Timmy84 said:

We don't have an Africa Channel on Time Warner lol

Timmy, Time Warner Cable has carried the Africa Channel for more than 2 years. In NYC, it is channel 87.

[Edited 4/19/11 15:34pm]

so there is nowhere we can see this feckin thing on the internet then...?

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prince....you are amazing...

2elijah said:

Timmy84 said:

We don't have an Africa Channel on Time Warner lol

Timmy, Time Warner Cable has carried the Africa Channel for more than 2 years. In NYC, it is channel 87.

[Edited 4/19/11 15:34pm]

I live in NC...unless it's in some channel 200-something that I didn't recognize. Lemme check my handbook.

Timmy84 said:

2elijah said:

Timmy, Time Warner Cable has carried the Africa Channel for more than 2 years. In NYC, it is channel 87.

[Edited 4/19/11 15:34pm]

I live in NC...unless it's in some channel 200-something that I didn't recognize. Lemme check my handbook.

It should say "Afrch" next to the channel number. I'm watching the Africa channel now and they're showcasing an artist named "Wayna" on their Red Kiva show, whose singing styles of Erykah Badu and Billie Holiday. Meanwhile, I've seen 3 advertisments of that Prince special in between. In NYC, it's the channel before the Travel channel. Hope where you live offers that channel.

[Edited 4/19/11 16:24pm]

Timmy84 said:

We don't have an Africa Channel on Time Warner lol

It figures, dosen't it?

psychodelicide said:

Timmy84 said:

We don't have an Africa Channel on Time Warner lol

It figures, dosen't it?

Yes they do, it depends on where you live. I have Time Warner cable, and the Africa channel included. If it's listed like in NYC, it should be just before the Travel channel.

What about Comcast? Check your listings if you have that. An orger who has Comcast said the Africa channel is on channel 182 in their area, and they live in Atlanta (in reply #37).

[Edited 4/19/11 16:50pm]

2elijah said:

psychodelicide said:

It figures, dosen't it?

Yes they do, it depends on where you live. I have Time Warner cable, and the Africa channel included. If it's listed like in NYC, it should be just before the Travel channel.

It definitely must be a regional thing, because I just looked at my Time Warner cable channel line-up, and the African Channel is not on there (I live in Ohio).

psychodelicide said:

2elijah said:

Yes they do, it depends on where you live. I have Time Warner cable, and the Africa channel included. If it's listed like in NYC, it should be just before the Travel channel.

It definitely must be a regional thing, because I just looked at my Time Warner cable channel line-up, and the African Channel is not on there (I live in Ohio).

Oh, sorry. . I could have sworn someone posted that DrF's twitter said he would have it on his site early today (reply 55). So far, nothing.

[Edited 4/19/11 16:46pm]

Does anybody know if Direct TV carries the African Channel?

Jboogiee said:

Does anybody know if Direct TV carries the African Channel?

Some orgers here said it's not on Direct TV.

2elijah said:

Jboogiee said:

Does anybody know if Direct TV carries the African Channel?

Some orgers here said it's not on Direct TV.

Thanks

(Hope it's ok, to give the details.. )

Things I missed at the first showing/and other things mentioned in the previous recap of the first presentation:

Damaris Lewis -supermodel interviewing fans outside LA forum and inside before the show.

(Laughing at fans outside the LA forum trying to sing Priince songs, and yes some of them are dressed in their own fancy, Prince costumes.. )

One lady sang some lyrics to "Chocolate Box"... and her outfit...

One guy sang some lyrics to "Endorphine machine"

Some fans sang "Purple Rain"

(Most of the interviews are just quick snippets)

Paul Stanley of the Group "KISS" interviewed

The African-American model in the "Black Sweat and Musicology" video was interviewed

George being interviewed by Harriet Cole. George states he never knew Prince before. George states he felt like 1120/30/40 years old, when he met/interviewed Prince. States he thanks Prince for charging $25.00 for his shows and showing love to the Latino community. George quoted lyrics from "I Wanna Be Your Lover;" George and Harriet Cole, states Prince moves people in a spiritual way (now showing snippets of George Lopez interview/Prince performances) George says Prince is now the "King of Rock & Roll." George states Prince's aura and energy is still in his studio and things will never be the same.

Showing Charlotte, NC concert - Prince and band singing "Cool" - Prince in purple shirt/black jacket/pants - 3 backup singers on Piano singing along - he shouting to band members asking if they're cool. Now he calls out to "Elisa" and ask her to "help him"... dance to cool. Now they're all dancing. (3 singers and Prince). He called out to Elisa quite a few times during that performance. In total, both the "Cool" and "Let's Work" performances ran about 12-15 min of the 1/2 hour special..

*During the performance of "Cool", Prince danced his pacheekas off, he shook his pacheekas all over the stage, then stopped for a minute and rotated them slowly to the left... then to the right.... then just stood there for a minute and shook it. He was also doing the "funk face". He also did his fast foot moves, JB style. Honestly, I don't know where Prince gets all that energy from.

Segueing into "Let's Work" and giving 92.7 a shoutout - (Prince takes off his jacket) Shelby and Prince dancing. Performance still going.

Shot of Twinz - They state Prince "choreographed" them, and that "He iis a one-man show" and states he's involved in every aspect of the performances.

Shelby interviewed - states Prince first saw her sing in Vegas, and liked her singing, and that's how she hooked up with him as one of his singers..

Morris Hayes interviewed - asked what he thought of the show he says "I liked it.". Also states they (band) "..put in extra time tonight...which is cool"

Boris Kojoe(sp) - interviewed - Boris states for him "Prince represented blackness he could identify with growing up the white world he grew up in."

Harriette Cole states - "Prince is a man of grace, dignity and humility."

*Maya Rudolph - Says she's a mother first, and then a Prince fan. (parapharasing) She expresses that Prince is one of the greatest musicians alive.

Shots of fans dancing on stage with Prince, and comments from many fans about the show or Prince.

Show over.

Raspberry beret playing as credit rolls.

*Edited to add more

[Edited 4/22/11 19:45pm]

2elijah said:

psychodelicide said:

It definitely must be a regional thing, because I just looked at my Time Warner cable channel line-up, and the African Channel is not on there (I live in Ohio).

Oh, sorry. . I could have sworn someone posted that DrF's twitter said he would have it on his site early today (reply 55). So far, nothing.

[Edited 4/19/11 16:46pm]

No need to apologize, it's okay.

2elijah said:

Timmy84 said:

I live in NC...unless it's in some channel 200-something that I didn't recognize. Lemme check my handbook.

It should say "Afrch" next to the channel number. I'm watching the Africa channel now and they're showcasing an artist named "Wayna" on their Red Kiva show, whose singing styles of Erykah Badu and Billie Holiday. Meanwhile, I've seen 3 advertisments of that Prince special in between. In NYC, it's the channel before the Travel channel. Hope where you live offers that channel.

[Edited 4/19/11 16:24pm]

I don't think it does. Wasn't until a year and a half ago we got channels like Chiller and Logo lol

2elijah said:

(Hope it's ok, to give the details.. )

Things I missed at the first showing/and other things mentioned in the previous recap of the first presentation:

Damaris Lewis -supermodel interviewing fans outside LA forum and inside before the show.

(Laughing at fans outside the LA forum trying to sing Priince songs, and yes some of them are dressed in their own fancy, Prince costumes.. )

One lady sang some lyrics to "Chocolate Box"... and her outfit...

One guy sang some lyrics to "Endorphine machine"

Some fans sang "Purple Rain"

(Most of the interviews are just quick snippets)

Paul Stanley of the Group Kiss interviewed

The model of the "Black Sweat and Musicology" video was interviewed

George being interviewed by Harriet Cole. George states he never knew Prince before. George states he felt like 20/30/40 years old, when he met/interviewed Prince. States he thanks Prince for charging $25.00 for his shows and showing love to the Latino community. George and Harriet Cole, states Prince moves people with his music in a spiritual way (showing snippets of George Lopez interview/Prince performances) George says Prince is now the King of Rock & Roll. George states Prince's aura is still in his studio and things will never be the same.

Showing Charlotte, NC concert - Prince and band singing "Cool" - Prince in purple shirt/black jacket/pants - 3 backup singers on Piano singing along - he shouting to band members asking if they're cool (Elisa/John)

Now he calls out to "Elisa" and ask her to "help him"... dance to cool. Now they're all dancing. (3 singers and Prince). He called out to Elisa quite a few times during that performance. In total, both the "Cool" and "Let's Work" performances ran about 12-15 min of the 1/2 hour special..

Segueing into "Let's Work" and giving 92.7 a shoutout - (Prince takes off his jacket) Shelby and Prince dancing. Performance still going.

Shot of Twinz - They state Prince "choreographed" them, and that "He iis a one-man show" and states he's involved in every aspect of the performances.

Shelby interviewed - states Prince first saw her sing in Vegas, and liked her singing, and that's how she hooked up with him as one of his singers..

Morris Hayes interviewed - asked what he thought of the show he says "I liked it.". Also states they (band) "..put in extra time tonight...which is cool"

Boris Kojoe(sp) - interviewed - states for him "Prince represented blackness he could identify with growing up in a white world"

Harriette Cole states - "Prince is a man of grace, dignity and humility."

Shots of fans dancing on stage with Prince, and comments from many fans about the show or Prince.

Show over.

Raspberry beret playing as credit rolls.

[Edited 4/19/11 18:04pm]

2elijah, I'm not sure if i'll get a chance to see this show, so thank you for the post! You rock!

I just searched all my channels on Time Warner in San Diego and it's not here either

I'm so surprised they're not blowing up the advertising here just a few hours away! If someone else in San Diego can find it please let me know!

Tom509 said:

2elijah said:

(Hope it's ok, to give the details.. )

Things I missed at the first showing/and other things mentioned in the previous recap of the first presentation:

Damaris Lewis -supermodel interviewing fans outside LA forum and inside before the show.

(Laughing at fans outside the LA forum trying to sing Priince songs, and yes some of them are dressed in their own fancy, Prince costumes.. )

One lady sang some lyrics to "Chocolate Box"... and her outfit...

One guy sang some lyrics to "Endorphine machine"

Some fans sang "Purple Rain"

(Most of the interviews are just quick snippets)

Paul Stanley of the Group Kiss interviewed

The model of the "Black Sweat and Musicology" video was interviewed

George being interviewed by Harriet Cole. George states he never knew Prince before. George states he felt like 20/30/40 years old, when he met/interviewed Prince. States he thanks Prince for charging $25.00 for his shows and showing love to the Latino community. George and Harriet Cole, states Prince moves people with his music in a spiritual way (showing snippets of George Lopez interview/Prince performances) George says Prince is now the King of Rock & Roll. George states Prince's aura is still in his studio and things will never be the same.

Showing Charlotte, NC concert - Prince and band singing "Cool" - Prince in purple shirt/black jacket/pants - 3 backup singers on Piano singing along - he shouting to band members asking if they're cool (Elisa/John)

Now he calls out to "Elisa" and ask her to "help him"... dance to cool. Now they're all dancing. (3 singers and Prince). He called out to Elisa quite a few times during that performance. In total, both the "Cool" and "Let's Work" performances ran about 12-15 min of the 1/2 hour special..

Segueing into "Let's Work" and giving 92.7 a shoutout - (Prince takes off his jacket) Shelby and Prince dancing. Performance still going.

Shot of Twinz - They state Prince "choreographed" them, and that "He iis a one-man show" and states he's involved in every aspect of the performances.

Shelby interviewed - states Prince first saw her sing in Vegas, and liked her singing, and that's how she hooked up with him as one of his singers..

Morris Hayes interviewed - asked what he thought of the show he says "I liked it.". Also states they (band) "..put in extra time tonight...which is cool"

Boris Kojoe(sp) - interviewed - states for him "Prince represented blackness he could identify with growing up in a white world"

Harriette Cole states - "Prince is a man of grace, dignity and humility."

Shots of fans dancing on stage with Prince, and comments from many fans about the show or Prince.

Show over.

Raspberry beret playing as credit rolls.

[Edited 4/19/11 18:04pm]

2elijah, I'm not sure if i'll get a chance to see this show, so thank you for the post! You rock!

Hey 2elijah! It was great of you to post this. I watched it tonight. We have the Africa Channel on Comcast in Chicago. One thing that is great about this is that folks are realizing that there is an Africa Channel.

You did a great play by play. Although, I think you missed Maya Rudolph talking about how Prince is the greatest alive and how creative he is.

Oh, I noticed in the closing credits that Prince and Harriet Cole were the executive producers.

2elijah said:

(Hope it's ok, to give the details.. )

Things I missed at the first showing/and other things mentioned in the previous recap of the first presentation:

Damaris Lewis -supermodel interviewing fans outside LA forum and inside before the show.

(Laughing at fans outside the LA forum trying to sing Priince songs, and yes some of them are dressed in their own fancy, Prince costumes.. )

One lady sang some lyrics to "Chocolate Box"... and her outfit...

One guy sang some lyrics to "Endorphine machine"

Some fans sang "Purple Rain"

(Most of the interviews are just quick snippets)

Paul Stanley of the Group Kiss interviewed

The model of the "Black Sweat and Musicology" video was interviewed

George being interviewed by Harriet Cole. George states he never knew Prince before. George states he felt like 20/30/40 years old, when he met/interviewed Prince. States he thanks Prince for charging $25.00 for his shows and showing love to the Latino community. George and Harriet Cole, states Prince moves people with his music in a spiritual way (showing snippets of George Lopez interview/Prince performances) George says Prince is now the King of Rock & Roll. George states Prince's aura is still in his studio and things will never be the same.

Showing Charlotte, NC concert - Prince and band singing "Cool" - Prince in purple shirt/black jacket/pants - 3 backup singers on Piano singing along - he shouting to band members asking if they're cool (Elisa/John)

Now he calls out to "Elisa" and ask her to "help him"... dance to cool. Now they're all dancing. (3 singers and Prince). He called out to Elisa quite a few times during that performance. In total, both the "Cool" and "Let's Work" performances ran about 12-15 min of the 1/2 hour special..

Segueing into "Let's Work" and giving 92.7 a shoutout - (Prince takes off his jacket) Shelby and Prince dancing. Performance still going.

Shot of Twinz - They state Prince "choreographed" them, and that "He iis a one-man show" and states he's involved in every aspect of the performances.

Shelby interviewed - states Prince first saw her sing in Vegas, and liked her singing, and that's how she hooked up with him as one of his singers..

Morris Hayes interviewed - asked what he thought of the show he says "I liked it.". Also states they (band) "..put in extra time tonight...which is cool"

Boris Kojoe(sp) - interviewed - states for him "Prince represented blackness he could identify with growing up in a white world"

Harriette Cole states - "Prince is a man of grace, dignity and humility."

Shots of fans dancing on stage with Prince, and comments from many fans about the show or Prince.

Show over.

Raspberry beret playing as credit rolls.

[Edited 4/19/11 18:04pm]

Thanks for the rundown.

icried said:

I just searched all my channels on Time Warner in San Diego and it's not here either

I'm so surprised they're not blowing up the advertising here just a few hours away! If someone else in San Diego can find it please let me know!

Try ch 176..

bellanoche said:

Tom509 said:

2elijah, I'm not sure if i'll get a chance to see this show, so thank you for the post! You rock!

Hey 2elijah! It was great of you to post this. I watched it tonight. We have the Africa Channel on Comcast in Chicago. One thing that is great about this is that folks are realizing that there is an Africa Channel.

That was the point of Prince doing this.

I realize that fans want to see anything they can on Prince, and that's cool, but having watched this I have to say that it's not that great.

Guess that makes me a "hater."

Good on the Africa channel though.

[Edited 4/20/11 6:19am]

The best part of the show is when they show him and the band playing Cool and Let's Work, which should have been on the Time's album. The rest of the show is just fluff and orchestrated worship. Yeah, I like Prince, too, but I don't really want to watch 15 minutes of people praising him.

Humility is not one of Prince's virtues. But it will be interesting to see what he does with the rest of his career.

Come back to NYC like you promised.

TheDigitalGardener said:

I realize that fans want to see anything they can on Prince, and that's cool, but having watched this I have to say that it's not that great.

Guess that makes me a "hater."

Good on the Africa channel though.

[Edited 4/20/11 6:19am]

That hater tag is just silly.

U do have the right NOT 2 like something.

bellanoche said:

Tom509 said:

2elijah, I'm not sure if i'll get a chance to see this show, so thank you for the post! You rock!

Hey 2elijah! It was great of you to post this. I watched it tonight. We have the Africa Channel on Comcast in Chicago. One thing that is great about this is that folks are realizing that there is an Africa Channel.

You did a great play by play. Although, I think you missed Maya Rudolph talking about how Prince is the greatest alive and how creative he is.

Oh, I noticed in the closing credits that Prince and Harriet Cole were the executive producers.

Hi Bella Thanks, no problem. About Harriet Cole, yeah I stated that in another post on here that she obviously had something to do with working with Prince to get this presentation on this channel. She's worked with the African Global Project, an exhibition featuring works of art from African artists. She used to be editor-in-chief of Ebony magazine, and I believe she is the one who interviewed Prince in that Ebony article last year. About Maya Rudolph, I mentioned she was interviewed in a previous post, when it was first aired, but had forgotten what she said.

[Edited 4/20/11 7:19am]

[Edited 4/20/11 7:22am]

PurpleChi said:

Just saw this. Not sure if this was Prince's intention, but I'm definitely turned onto this channel now. They have a lot of good programming. Also, I really liked that special. I don't know what some folks on here were talking about saying it was a snooze fest. It made me want to hop on a plane to L.A.! Looks like the 21 Nite Stand is going to be a blast. My favorite part of the special was when the big-boned gal was trying to spank Prince on stage. He was going for it too. Hilarious.

Yes, I've been watching this channel for the pass 2 years. They've shown African models on the runway, participating in fashion shows all over Africa and Europe. They have a program that focuses on travel/customs of various ethnic groups throughout Africa. I have one sister who watches African movies (DVDs), and the other has been hooked on their "Generations" soap opera. There's another movie, but I believe it's series called "Ella" about the apartheid system that took place in South Africa and the devastation it caused on families/neighbors, while breaking them apart it. I had no idea Africa has their own Oscar award show, until I caught a program talking about it. They also have a program dedicated to Black filmmakers and non-Black filmmakers who make movies surrounding various sectors of African life/culture/history/socio-political issues. They have a show called "Red Kiva" featuring African musicians/artists from all over Africa, as welll as African musicians/artists who are citizens in other countries, including the U.S.

For instance, I posted about Cameroon born artist "Andy Allo" who now lives in Los Angeles, sometime ago in the non-prince music forum;she was featured on the "Red Kiva" program sometime ago, that's how I found out about her.

Andy Allo "

Andy Allo - "Know You At All"

There's also Ethiopian born "Wayna" - her sound reminds me of a mixture of Eryka Badu and Billie Holiday

Wayna - "Mr. Duracell"

[Edited 4/20/11 8:21am]

Graycap23 said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

I realize that fans want to see anything they can on Prince,

and that's cool, but having watched this I have to say that it's not that great.

That hater tag is just silly.

U do have the right NOT 2 like something.

^ I am with you Dig. Gardener, this is actually quite un-cool, not that great.

All the microphone-HYPE..... is so annoying.

And the live clip is far from great.

Sigh, I feel old. Like "everything was so good back THEN".... and "not anymore".....

I really wish it wasn't so.. damn.

[Edited 4/20/11 7:12am]

TheDigitalGardener said:

I realize that fans want to see anything they can on Prince, and that's cool, but having watched this I have to say that it's not that great.

Guess that makes me a "hater."

Good on the Africa channel though.

[Edited 4/20/11 6:19am]

Well, like they say "To each their own".

thedance said:

Graycap23 said:

That hater tag is just silly.

U do have the right NOT 2 like something.

^ I am with you Dig. Gardener, this is actually quite un-cool, not that great.

All the microphone-HYPE..... is so annoying.

And the live clip is far from great.

Sigh, I feel old. Like "everything was so good back THEN".... and "not anymore".....

I really wish it wasn't so.. damn.

[Edited 4/20/11 7:12am]

(bolded part) You sound like you're missing the W&L connection. I liked the clip of the performances. Lots of energy and audience participation.

Tom509 said:

2elijah said:

(Hope it's ok, to give the details.. )

Things I missed at the first showing/and other things mentioned in the previous recap of the first presentation:

Damaris Lewis -supermodel interviewing fans outside LA forum and inside before the show.

(Laughing at fans outside the LA forum trying to sing Priince songs, and yes some of them are dressed in their own fancy, Prince costumes.. )

One lady sang some lyrics to "Chocolate Box"... and her outfit...

One guy sang some lyrics to "Endorphine machine"

Some fans sang "Purple Rain"

(Most of the interviews are just quick snippets)

Paul Stanley of the Group Kiss interviewed

The model of the "Black Sweat and Musicology" video was interviewed

George being interviewed by Harriet Cole. George states he never knew Prince before. George states he felt like 20/30/40 years old, when he met/interviewed Prince. States he thanks Prince for charging $25.00 for his shows and showing love to the Latino community. George and Harriet Cole, states Prince moves people with his music in a spiritual way (showing snippets of George Lopez interview/Prince performances) George says Prince is now the King of Rock & Roll. George states Prince's aura is still in his studio and things will never be the same.

Showing Charlotte, NC concert - Prince and band singing "Cool" - Prince in purple shirt/black jacket/pants - 3 backup singers on Piano singing along - he shouting to band members asking if they're cool (Elisa/John)

Now he calls out to "Elisa" and ask her to "help him"... dance to cool. Now they're all dancing. (3 singers and Prince). He called out to Elisa quite a few times during that performance. In total, both the "Cool" and "Let's Work" performances ran about 12-15 min of the 1/2 hour special..

Segueing into "Let's Work" and giving 92.7 a shoutout - (Prince takes off his jacket) Shelby and Prince dancing. Performance still going.

Shot of Twinz - They state Prince "choreographed" them, and that "He iis a one-man show" and states he's involved in every aspect of the performances.

Shelby interviewed - states Prince first saw her sing in Vegas, and liked her singing, and that's how she hooked up with him as one of his singers..

Morris Hayes interviewed - asked what he thought of the show he says "I liked it.". Also states they (band) "..put in extra time tonight...which is cool"

Boris Kojoe(sp) - interviewed - states for him "Prince represented blackness he could identify with growing up in a white world"

Harriette Cole states - "Prince is a man of grace, dignity and humility."

Shots of fans dancing on stage with Prince, and comments from many fans about the show or Prince.

Show over.

Raspberry beret playing as credit rolls.

[Edited 4/19/11 18:04pm]

2elijah, I'm not sure if i'll get a chance to see this show, so thank you for the post! You rock!

Thanks!