Monthly Archives: January 2009

Album #6 [The Word]

Posted on January 31, 2009 by

I must have reviewed this album a zillion times over the past two years, but can you blame me? First off, its one of my first albums. And second, it is one of his best. To say it IS his … Continue reading →

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Who U write 4

Posted on January 23, 2009 by

For my reading assignment in my Creative Writing class, I came across a passage about public and private poets. We discussed this in class too. How certain poets write their stuff to be understood and others write whatever the hell … Continue reading →

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The Beautiful Ones

Posted on January 22, 2009 by

I’m going to be very bold with this statement, but based on the experience I just had, I’m definitely in a daring mood right now.I am willing to bet that this song is all but perfection. It’s hard to determine … Continue reading →

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Bridging gap of playful to raunchy: For You 2 Dirty Mind

Posted on January 15, 2009 by

is something I’ll unfortunately have to do seeing as I don’t own the album that completes this set. As one of my many experiments [eww, experiments? need a better word for that], I played these albums back to back to … Continue reading →

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Introductionary chapter #1

Posted on January 14, 2009 by

Disclaimer: I’m not quite sure how to get this project off the ground. There needs to be somewhat of a hook to bring people into it. I have no expertise in music in general. I don’t play an instrument [well], … Continue reading →

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Another awesome article

Posted on January 13, 2009 by

I figured I had to post this for later so I can totally reek the benefits.It really looks like things are moving along for him. Hopefully I’ll be able to get my hands on those albums when they’re released (my … Continue reading →

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For You- in progress

Posted on January 11, 2009 by

I’ll put down whatever I can tonight and see what else I can post in the morning. Long story short, I was typing up my last blog and googled “Oberheim synthesizer”… somehow, I hit the semi-motherload: a limited preview of … Continue reading →

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Purple Rain review- 1/9/09

Posted on January 10, 2009 by

Last night was full of ups and downs. Mostly downs, but watching Psych made me smile, just like always.Earlier, I had checked out the “Backstage Pass” feature on the Purple Rain DVD and had seen it for probably the 7th … Continue reading →

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[work-in-progress] Purple Rain Intro/Film

Posted on January 9, 2009 by

Purple RainThe song, the album, the film, the legacy IntroductionFor everyone who has ever heard of Prince, these two words automatically come to mind. While this film was the biggest move he ever made and most likely the best move he … Continue reading →

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Return from “the other side”

Posted on January 9, 2009 by

Even though Prince’s very name rests above the title of his infamous semi-autobiographical film, you forget there are two sides of the coin. You have Morris Day and Prince at opposite poles. One lives in reality and the other lives … Continue reading →

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