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Reply #90 posted 12/07/12 4:37am

ZsaZsaJackson

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naffi said:

Elle85n09 said:



Timmy84 said:


That's actually creepy they read the comments here... just saying... lurking



I know... neko


And nothing was said about the article being posted on the forum


This thread is not the one they read. And/or rather, this is not the thread with Gen's highlighted comments posted on it.
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Reply #91 posted 12/07/12 11:15am

philmoreliz
I have read the ALS article a few times and I have to say I am impressed. It has grown on me and withstood scrutiny.
Good for Harper's for getting it.
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Reply #92 posted 12/08/12 4:04am

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Timmy84 said:

It is not about Prince; it is about Hilton Als.


Thank you. The audience for this article was not meant to be Prince-nerds on the internet. It's meant for the literate readership of Harper's magazine. And Hilton is talking about his own life in relation to Prince.

I liked the article cause it talks about Prince from the angle of queer subjectivity. I too feel a loss when I come across new, more hetero-ish, Jehovah's witness Prince. The ambiguous Prince was very powerful for a lot of us. Hilton Als can be as prententious as fuck, and his style may not be something many people here are used to, but I think this story is quality.

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Reply #93 posted 12/08/12 1:32pm

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JudasLChrist said:


Timmy84 said:



It is not about Prince; it is about Hilton Als.





Thank you. The audience for this article was not meant to be Prince-nerds on the internet. It's meant for the literate readership of Harper's magazine. And Hilton is talking about his own life in relation to Prince.

I liked the article cause it talks about Prince from the angle of queer subjectivity. I too feel a loss when I come across new, more hetero-ish, Jehovah's witness Prince. The ambiguous Prince was very powerful for a lot of us. Hilton Als can be as prententious as fuck, and his style may not be something many people here are used to, but I think this story is quality.


I had a similar reaction to seeing his name on the cover of Harper's. Call it selfish or childish but I enjoy how my 'literate' friends roll their eyes when I refer to Prince as a great artist. Prince--or our interpretations of him--remain complex. I love that Hilton Als took that on.
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Reply #94 posted 12/11/12 6:21am

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very weird, racially & sexually twisted... and he/she didn't like much the best & most prolific period of Prince's career 1982-1987?

I did like the description of Cat

and it did give us a nice Controversy/1999 era pic I've never seen before

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Reply #95 posted 12/14/12 8:57pm

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The level at Harper's has really declined that they would publish this type of garbage. sad

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