prince.org staff blog

G’day mates! (See, this can only get classier from here on…)

A reporter for the Melbourne Sunday Age, is trying to get in touch with a few long-time, knowledgeable Australian Prince fans to interview for a piece he’s doing to coincide with Prince’s 50th birthday.

If you’re interested, and think you can speak about all facets of Prince’s career (of course including how much prince.org means to you!  No, just kidding… well, sort of ), then drop me a line at ben@prince.org with your phone number and email and I’ll foward it on.

Throw another shrimp on the… ehh, I can’t even force myself to type the rest of that — just help out this reporter if you can,
Ben

There is a new documentary (info here) about Prince, made by 1xtra (BBC radio, I guess). They are looking for a couple (at least) London-based fans 25 or younger to be interviewed/take part in a discussion Wednesday (TOMORROW). Anyone want to volunteer? Remember, the criteria is:

• Live in London (and be there on Wednesday)
• Under 25
• Prince fan (and hopefully, willing to pimp prince.org on the radio )

If you want to participate, please e-mail me your contact info (name, email, phone number) ASAP to ben@prince.org. Let’s represent! Thanks!

Just wanted to make sure everyone knows about Pete Escovedo’s brand new website. Pete and his family have been friends to prince.org for many years, and I’m actually pretty jazzed (pun intended) about his snazzy new site. A quick perusal, for example, will show you that Sheila E’s dad is not only a super-talented latin jazz musician–scratch that, musician, period–but also an accomplished fine artist (of the painterly sort). I had purchased some painted tiles at one of his concerts in Oakland a few years back, and they’re really great… kind of haunting almost. I’ll have to scan ‘em and put photos up in the gallery once of these days.

Probably the most exciting thing on the site, however, is the info (including how to get tickets) for his 72nd Birthday gig at Yoshi’s. We’ve been to a couple of these in the past and they’re a blast! You will absolutely get your fill of family-friendly, world-class, gotta-get-up-and-dance latin jazz at one of their events. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like we can make it this year, as we’re in the process of moving apartments and taking a quick vacation around that time, but I’ll sneak off if I can. I guarantee it’s worth the trip if you’re anywhere near the Bay Area August  2-5. Even if we can’t go, I’ll try to get some pictures to share in the blog!