Do you desperately need to own a teeny-tiny piece of Prince's Purple House?

A Twin Cities man who wishes to remain anonymous is selling what he says is a teeny-tiny piece of that Chanhassen residence for a starting bid of $1,500 on eBay.

By teeny-tiny, I mean a piece a little larger than a quarter (based on the size-reference photo: www.startribune.com/a1127).

Since it's concrete, painted a light purple color, the seller assumes it's from the home's foundation. "ONE OF A KIND PRINCE MEMORABILIA" declares the description on eBay.

Snatch it up before Prince's lawyers get into the act.

This is apparently what's left of the Lake Riley residence Prince had demolished in 2003. His father, John Nelson, was living in the Purple House at the time of his 2001 death. The Lake Riley residence is not to be confused with another structure that Prince, famed historical preservationist, razed on Lake Ann in 2005. That's on a gorgeous piece of land that was Prince's primary residence before he started living mostly elsewhere.

"If you are a Prince fan, here's your chance to own something no one else in the world can say they have," reads the eBay listing. "This piece of Prince's former Lake Riley house has been in my possession for many years. I like Prince's music, but I know someone else would appreciate this piece more than I do."

On Tuesday I talked to the memorabilia seller, who said he has family members who live on Lake Riley. He said he and his brother went over to the property when they heard it had been torn down and found these pieces of the foundation on the street just outside the property. His brother also has a piece. "He's going to send it to me and we're going to list both of the pieces," said the seller.

When asked about the word "symolina" that the seller advises eBay buyers to use as a search word, he said: "A misspelling there?"

It leapt out because I coined the nickname Symbolina for Prince, who absolutely despises the sobriquet, according to former Paisley Park denizens. Seemed rather natural to me after Prince decided, for a period, to adopt a glyph as his name. Symbolina responded, naturally, by writing a song about me: "Billy Jack Bitch."

The memorabilia seller agreed with me that symolina sounded like a great name for a special purple Italian pasta flour.

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Cj had got to be the dumbest broad in MN. Does she really get paid for this?

lezama said:

Cj had got to be the dumbest broad in MN. Does she really get paid for this?

just becouse she is not a sycophant??

just cos she teases ol princey..never maliciously you think shes"dumB"?

methinks your a fam??

me ?i think CJ is fucking hilarious

jonylawson said:

lezama said:

Cj had got to be the dumbest broad in MN. Does she really get paid for this?

just becouse she is not a sycophant??

just cos she teases ol princey..never maliciously you think shes"dumB"?

methinks your a fam??

me ?i think CJ is fucking hilarious

You obviously don't read what she writes regularly...

jonylawson said:

lezama said:

Cj had got to be the dumbest broad in MN. Does she really get paid for this?

just becouse she is not a sycophant??

just cos she teases ol princey..never maliciously you think shes"dumB"?

methinks your a fam??

me ?i think CJ is fucking hilarious

Well the reason she does teaae ol' Princey is because she felt dissed by him like 15-20 years ago...so yes...she's dumb.

this was in the next part of her story which included prince

As we talked Tuesday, I was reminded that before Prince got religious he would simulate sexual movements on stage; rapper Akon took it much further, more horrifyingly, with a girl under 16 years of age; and don't get me started on the vulgar sexual language that comes out of some rappers' and singers' mouths these days.

so does she write about prince alot?

how did he diss her so bad

LOL at the price.

[Edited 3/16/12 13:04pm]

It's a rock

methinks your a fam??

I know that I probably should know the answer to this time old question, but what is the difference between a fan & a fam?! I don't think I like that word fam- sounds rather clumsy & does not flow eloquently from one's tongue!! Ha ha. Seriously though, what does it mean?

SometimesIwonder said:

jonylawson said:

methinks your a fam?? I know that I probably should know the answer to this time old question, but what is the difference between a fan & a fam?! I don't think I like that word fam- sounds rather clumsy & does not flow eloquently from one's tongue!! Ha ha. Seriously though, what does it mean?

A fam is a person who enjoys Princes music, goes to his concerts, buys the records etc etc. Buys all of it...dissects every minutiae of Princes works, wardropbe, loves, etc. A fan is a Prince.org member who does the same shit but acts like they are above it all.

Flip said:

this was in the next part of her story which included prince

As we talked Tuesday, I was reminded that before Prince got religious he would simulate sexual movements on stage; rapper Akon took it much further, more horrifyingly, with a girl under 16 years of age; and don't get me started on the vulgar sexual language that comes out of some rappers' and singers' mouths these days.

so does she write about prince alot?

how did he diss her so bad

I do not know if he dissed her but she did write in her column that she ran into in front of his house and he took the time to speak with her along with some other fans. She said he asked her "What her beef was with him and if he had dated her in the past. They way she wrote about it I got the impression that he does not take her that seriously.

fan? somebody like me! digs his music..coudnt give a shit what he says or does..as long s he keeps lapping that bass and i have his musuc im okay

fam? wears an NPG ice hockey jersey..writes "eye" instead of i...and runs down to the front row

Anybody who pays $1500.00 for that rock, is neither fam nor fan. They're just fucking !

SometimesIwonder said:

jonylawson said:

methinks your a fam?? I know that I probably should know the answer to this time old question, but what is the difference between a fan & a fam?! I don't think I like that word fam- sounds rather clumsy & does not flow eloquently from one's tongue!! Ha ha. Seriously though, what does it mean?

The name 'fam' was coined by Prince himself during the L41A days. When they asked for all the fansites to come together under one banner and designate themselves as fams because fan was short for fanatic and fam was short for family.

It is now indicative of a Prince asskisser. Prior to "fam", these were known as "Princefags."

Spinlight said:

SometimesIwonder said:

jonylawson said:

methinks your a fam?? I know that I probably should know the answer to this time old question, but what is the difference between a fan & a fam?! I don't think I like that word fam- sounds rather clumsy & does not flow eloquently from one's tongue!! Ha ha. Seriously though, what does it mean?

The name 'fam' was coined by Prince himself during the L41A days. When they asked for all the fansites to come together under one banner and designate themselves as fams because fan was short for fanatic and fam was short for family.

It is now indicative of a Prince asskisser. Prior to "fam", these were known as "Princefags."

Boy, the hindsight on that is just utterly HILARIOUS, ain't it?

jonylawson said:

lezama said:

Cj had got to be the dumbest broad in MN. Does she really get paid for this?

just becouse she is not a sycophant??

just cos she teases ol princey..never maliciously you think shes"dumB"?

methinks your a fam??

me ?i think CJ is fucking hilarious

The problem with CJ is that she went past journalism to vindictive attitude toward Prince it wasn't impartial at all and the term Symbolina although quaint in the 90's not relevant any longer.

yikes

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Anybody who pays $1500.00 for that rock, is neither fam nor fan. They're just fucking !

certifiable

That rock isn't just a rock - it's literally the foundation of funk! Who knows how many thousands of historical guitar licks, bass lines and drum fills are resonating in it right now?!?

At least, if I was trying to sell a rock, that's how I would do it.

Could be worse. I'm guessing the rock would ship faster than the Opus...

There is a product for every fool to buy.

rdhull said:

jonylawson said:

just becouse she is not a sycophant??

just cos she teases ol princey..never maliciously you think shes"dumB"?

methinks your a fam??

me ?i think CJ is fucking hilarious

Well the reason she does teaae ol' Princey is because she felt dissed by him like 15-20 years ago...so yes...she's dumb.

... co-sign RD and all I could dow was SMDH and CJ ... WoW ... just ... Wow ... LoL

kewlschool said:

jonylawson said:

just becouse she is not a sycophant??

just cos she teases ol princey..never maliciously you think shes"dumB"?

methinks your a fam??

me ?i think CJ is fucking hilarious

The problem with CJ is that she went past journalism to vindictive attitude toward Prince it wasn't impartial at all and the term Symbolina although quaint in the 90's not relevant any longer.

SUPER-WRONG. A columnist is not a journalist. It's more of an opinion situation. That doesnt mean she's not an ass - I've never read her - but she has no need of journalistic ethics and Prince is entertainment "news" at best.

Prince should have never paid attention to her, and especially shouldn't have written a song about her. That just feeds her ego.

steakfinger said:

kewlschool said:

The problem with CJ is that she went past journalism to vindictive attitude toward Prince it wasn't impartial at all and the term Symbolina although quaint in the 90's not relevant any longer.

SUPER-WRONG. A columnist is not a journalist. It's more of an opinion situation. That doesnt mean she's not an ass - I've never read her - but she has no need of journalistic ethics and Prince is entertainment "news" at best.

A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions.Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs.