Hey everyone, regarding Croke Park why not head over and leave a comment for Prince on his official(ish) website, Dr Funkenberry?.

Although I believe they maybe deleting the bad ones!

I noticed earlier that DR F himself has posted a comment regarding Princes 'whereabouts' on June 16th. Nope he certainly wasn't watching a sports final. Interesting though, it is kind of the first and only word we have heard from Prince's camp. And yes I do believe DrF's website is part of P's world. He mentioned a 'no-name' reporter the other day, sound familiar?




From Dr. Funkenberry site:

Dubliner Says:
June 19, 2008 at 12:55 am
Great achievement…so Prince choose to watch the finals…instead of playing in front of 55.000 paying customers…well each to their own…

drfunkenberry Says:
June 19, 2008 at 1:04 am
Prince was NOT at the Finals. No where was that said. Gotta love assumptions. Kevin Garnett played for the Minnesota Timberwolves for 10 years. Prince, being from Minnesota and a supporter of the local team, attended several Timberwolves games over the years and Mr. Garnett has been to Paisley Park Studios several times over the years from commercial shoots to jam sessions.

To retierate, Prince was NOT in Boston and if he watched the Finals on tv, I would hope that is not a crime.-Dr.FB
[Edited 7/3/08 7:07am]

Please read the title of thread Wolfie. MCD are full of shit. There was a full page in yesterdays newspaper about their cancelled gigs. Now they have done exactly the same with the Sugerbabes. Sold tickets, no mention of gig on artists website. Artist cancels. Big embarassing cover up. Not sure who would pay to see them but thats not the point. The Point? eaugh... not again. Let us mourn in peace. And that is NOT what this thread is about.

Thank you and goodnight.

Rorywan said:

Now that IS interesting...

a comment finally (a defensive one at that)

Dr.FB/Mr.PRN doesn't usually do anything resembling dialogue there...

hmm...

irishwolfhound said:

good idea to edit wolfy.
the sooner you realise that some office junior in MCD is pulling your dick the better.

i'd be very careful in considering Dr.W's blog as an "official-ish" site.

Anxiety said:

What is dr funkenberry exactly. It is very strange. It seems to be a cloaked mouthpiece for prince. The language used, the artists featured etc. Does anyone know anything?

Also a lot of comments revering to princes cancellation are being censored on the site. ???
[Edited 6/30/08 10:05am]

Rorywan said:

the vibe i get is that it's a general gossip site, like perez hilton or dlisted, only it's pretty clear that dr. funkenberry is a huge prince fan as well. i don't know if that translates into "official-ish prince site", but i wouldn't take it that way. the guy just seems well informed to me.

interesting... (seriously)

Hmm.. I don't know. Prince said he was withdrawing from the web completely. We have too much time on our hands apparently?!. Then Dr. Funkenberry shows up from no-where at the time at least 70-80% of the stories were about prince and his cohorts. All were written in 3121 news update style. And I mean exactly the same writing style. There used to be a list at the side of the page listing celebs and the number of stories about them. Jennifer Anniston (1) and so forth, Prince was like (39). I mean Nikki Costa (5) !!!!!
It has gone now..

Seemed strange to me at the time. Prince just isn't that big news in LA. He is making himself bigger news by releasing these 'hot party with purple one at blah blah" stories. And then come the press releases "honeybee collective" etc. I know Perez Hilton wouldn't run most of these stories. And then we have the names, funkenberry, purple type, no-name reporter etc etc.

Maybe Dr F is just a P fan. Maybe thats all there is to it. But the press releases are without question the only official mouthpiece from Princes camp at the moment online. But I have to admit I think there is more to it than that.. And the comments from Dr F in my post above show intimate communication with P....Maybe time will tell.




[Edited 7/1/08 4:25am]

it seems to me like it would be a strange way for him to get the message out.

there are more direct options.

as was said already, funkenberry is prob a prince fan.

angelcat said:

a prince fan with direct personal access to Prince...

"To retierate, Prince was NOT in Boston and if he watched the Finals on tv, I would hope that is not a crime.-Dr.FB"

Rorywan said:

I always took it completely for granted that Dr. Funkenberry was closely Prince-related. The style of names, plus the fun confident style of writing is exactly the same as P's blog on 3121 during O2 Residency. I'm surprised anyone thinks not.
I could be wrong - what is the timing on Dr.F - I dunno the details - was he around before P closed down 3121?
We all know how P lurves his computer! And since he took 3121 off, I'm guessing his blogging hand is gettin' a bit itchy..
I actually thought it was a very thinly veiled USA marketing strategy.. but it's not even really disguised...

anyhoooo...

Plus Funkenberry is barely a blog. Aren't blogs full of opinions? Don't want to be a Negative Nancy, but there doesn't seem to be a single critical entry on the site.

Ellie said:

i've seen some commentary here and there...mostly about movies and casting decisions and whatnot.

Rorywan said:

Yes, I do know... and no, it's not an "official-ish" site. Just a fan like the rest of us.

If there was any chance that this is Prince or someone from his camp writing, it seems then that he has pioneered a new blogging genre: the anonymous blog.

What would be funny then is him leaving the Net with great pomp, and then getting back in by the back door, incognito!

Ellie: as far as I know, blogs, at least originally, are by definition a personal webpage, and therefore are full of personal opinions. The authors are rarely critical towards their own blog/views [although it happens]. Most critical/independent thoughts on a blog come from the commentators - given that the author allows such commentary.

BorisFishpaw said:

How do you know?
And why do they have direct contact with Prince and his private affairs?

BorisFishpaw said:

Wow! So if you know the person who knows that Prince WASN'T IN BOSTON
then where was he Boris?...

Boris?...

Boris?

Hello Boris?

You are not going to drop a vague superior comment and not back it up are you?

Boris?


Where are you Boris???

Anxiety said:

Chile please,

It's a well known, well connected Prince fan who is allowing his blog to be used as a surrogate/mouthpiece for the Paisley posse. I ain't gonna start no isht by calling him out though.

babynoz said:

Yes we do love Chile...some great reds and fab fruity whites!! All for new world wines too!!!!!

Rorywan said:

because I know exactly who Dr. Funkenberry is.


They don't.

BorisFishpaw said:[quote]

Rorywan said:

Though he seems to frequent a lot of Prince's parties.

darlingfloor said:

Not really, I expect he went to a few of the LA appearances (as he's based in
LA too), but he's not been to any of the private parties. He's just managed to
get a bit of info from one or two of the people who did go.

BorisFishpaw said:[quote]

Rorywan said:

Oh wow. You know who he is. BFD. I found Waldo in the "Where's Waldo" books before anyone AND I rule on Guitar Hero. Want to give me a prize?

You still continue to bring this person's name up whenever you can. What's funny is that you know who funkenberry is, (or so you say) and that this person has no connection to Prince and/or his private affairs. This SAME person, IF he is who you say he is, (and I am NOT denying it is this said person, but they NEVER confirmed OR denied they were this person) this SAME person gave you a heads up that the hip story that was front page news on a site YOU help run was untrue, yet YOU, yes YOU, and others instead of listening, chose to discredit this person. So what did that person do because he was being made fun of by YOU and others for telling the TRUTH? Maybe this person felt thay couldn't post the truth about the hip on YOUR site, so, it seems this person posted on a site they run instead of posting on YOUR site fearing more backlash. YOU ALL created how big this person got because you felt YOU were bigger.

Isn't more backlash EXACTLY what happened? Even tho this person was right all along? Who gives a shit that they posted under a fucking different name? You know who gives a shit ONLY? YOU and the other mods of YOUR site. You know what would happen if that person admitted they were Drfunkenberry? the fans would LOVE this person even MORE! If it is this person, and I am not saying it isn't again, the fans would love this person because this person has broken more news stories than any FAN member in the past 10 years. This person has challenged Prince over the way tickets were distributed on previous tours and when he felt they went to high....and it seems he actually listened.

This person over YEARS has been under the radar because he does not CRAVE the attention like OTHERS do. This person can be TRUSTED it seems with a LOT of info. And I say Kudos to that person if it is this person and I hope Prince & his people continue to feed this person info because this person can be trusted and is loyal to a point, and Prince needs more people behind him like this person. Let this person into EVERY house party. Let this person write EVERY review for them. It is sooooo much better than that drivel we got at the old NPGMC and 3121...

I want to apologize to this person for all the crap I used to start with this person on AMP and on the old org back in the day. You earned my respect and had me gain respect for my former friend.

BorisFishpaw said:[quote]

Rorywan said:

They Don't? Man, someone is blowing smoke up your haystack. If this person is who YOU say this person is..let's do a track record on a few things this person has done.

Let's see.....used to run a newsletter back in the day called the 77 Newz or something and was given an UNRELEASED track a month after Rave got released...I believe it was called "Livin 2 Die" and found a way for it to be encrypted in the same style that NPGMC video downloads were later in the future. Hmmm. Coincedence? Still, given an outtake that was distributed thru the news letter without getting in trouble.

Bitched about the way One Night Alone ticket sales were being handled in the U.S. where ticketmaster holders got better than Music Club member seats. After a few gigs, Prince would have the music club hold down the first 20 rows so all fans got those seats on a first come first serve basis. Hmmm. Didn't this person feel guilty for giving Sam Jennings more work to do, this person offered to help with the L.A. shows? (This was done without much knowledge because this person did not make it public that this person was helping at all because this person was not trying to get known in that way?) How many fans would help in any aspect and keep that shit on the downlow like this person did? Shows trust right there.

Let's skip the years of hints about cd's and performances but let's go to spot on stuff. Like when people thought he would be doing Black Sweat on Saturday Night Live and this person two days before was telling us it would be a new song called Fury but no one believed this person and what look did we have on our face when he did do a song called Fury? How the hell did this person know that? Ohhh..but this person has NO direct contact with Prince or his affairs? He just happens to get lucky EVERY time.

Lastly....anyone remember the Golden Globes a few years ago when Prince was not there to get his award from Justin Timberlake? Remember how the boards were out of control saying Prince was rude for not showing up? This SAID person came online and said Prince was late because he was stuck in traffic and on his way to the show. Yea right, we thought. How would this person know? Is this person in the limo with Prince? How would they know? Then 2 hours into the show, Hugh Grant wanted Prince to take a bow as he was STUCK IN TRAFFIC and was late to the show? It came to a point that I did not give a shit HOW this person got his info or why, but I was GLAD this person did.

So you know for 100 percent fact this person has NO contact with Prince or anyone? Shit, knowing how private this cat TRIES to be, I would not be surprised if he is not fed info from Prince or someone directly. How does one person know that much shit all the time? You tell me!

BorisFishpaw said:

HOW do you know what this person does? Are you there? Do you wipe this person down when they step out of the shower? STALKER!

I agree this person may not have went to any of those house parties and if they were going to let any fan in, I would hope it would be this one who seems to have a LOT of connections anyway. I hope his people see this and show it to Prince and they let this person into ALL the house parties. Why? Because YOU all seem to be so much HATERS when it comes to this one person. HATER.

This person seems to come with the game of keep your name out of my mouth and I will do the same. It seems this person for months on both boards has kept ALL of YOUR names out of this persons mouth, but YOU all can't go a week without bashing this person HERE or over THERE.

And it comes off to everyone like bullying. Why else would YOU care what is being said about this person? Jealous HATER! This person obviously won't talk or fight with you guys and I RARELY post but this crap is so lame. LEAVE this person alone.

Cheers!