hi this is an email i got from the NPG Music Club regarding how you can only access the retail part of their website...


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We're very sorry, the 2002 design of the NPG Music Club has been closed. There is no further in4mation at this time. But once more in4mation on continuing in 2003 is available, we will emale all the members immediately. Thank u 4 ur patience and understanding.



two things here, why not just keep the 2002 design until you open the 2003 one. and whythe hell spell hi as high?!?!? its doesnt shorten it down or anything!

because they are RETARDED

I'm beginning to think that Prince is brain damaged.

And that's why?

Another example of the incredible marketing as conducted
by the Prince-camp.

Release the first ever live-set and put the www.npgmc.com
link in there. Furthermore promote the club to death on
the ONA tour and then, as if by magic, the whole thing is
brought to a grinding hault and the site appears to be no
more than a link to a retail-branch.

Looking more bleak and deserted than it has ever done
since it's first inception in, what, 1997?

The club is a cool initiatif, but it's just being run
very poorly. And it's incredible how they can't seem
to get things right. It's been two years now, so they
should have some clue now as to how it works and what
exactly is needed to accomplish a well-oiled npgmc.

Only thing I can think of now as to why the whole thing
might be deserted at the moment is that perhaps they're
working hard to design a new lay-out for the site and
get a good solid frame structure [package] which they
can use to promote the club.

Something more materialised than just the names of four
*possible* albums which are merely *ideas*, since folks
got pretty upset about that last year.

So let's give them the benefit of the doubt and wait a
while to see what they'll come up with.

Who knows, perhaps they're taking all the info they've
acquired in the first two years and put that to good use
and create a smooth ride for 2003.

Yeah, I know. But miracles do happen once every so often.

If the NPGMC was a kick-a$$ website with useful information, I'd probably care about what they were planning to do with it. But, unfortunately, it's not useful at all in terms of real information. We know more about what goes on with Prince by coming to Prince.org than anywhere else.

Yeah, I know there's a lot of speculation on here. But there's also a lot good and useful information too. I mean, why don't we know directly from Prince that Sign O The Times is being released on DVD??? Yeah, I know he doesn't own it, but surely Prince MUST know that a DVD of such a classic and legendary show is something that his fans would want to have. So even if he doesn't sell it, he would be wise to at least be the first to let his fans know it's available. The NPGMC should be the first and last stop for any and all things related to Prince, NOT an independent unofficial fansite like Prince.org. And don't get me wrong, I love Prince.org and I'm glad we have it. But to me, it's a shame that Prince makes so little use of his own website that the fans are forced to go somewhere "unofficial" to get "official" information regarding Prince. So to me, the list of uselessness for the NPGMC just goes on and on.

Besides, one thing is for sure, and that is that when Prince releases new music we will all be able to get that music one way or another. So if selling his new music is through the NPGMC is all he wants to do, then that's fine with me. But as far as any other use for the NPGMC is concerned, if the past few years is any indication of the future for that website, it's totally useless to a fan.

When Prince is through counting all of his money from this past year, and decides how much more he needs to make for 2003, (or what albums NOT to release) it'll be back.

herb4 said:

No comment to these line of silliness...

I just don't understand why they would shut everything down DURING a major push in promoting the club (Leno, Vegas, ONA-L!)... I'm starting to get antsy...

klaatu said:

That may have been a tad out of line.

Sorry.

some of y'all say some harsh stuff.

Maybe we should just wait awhile, but it's funny it didn't take him long to put the retail back up.

When is basketball season over?

Come on folks this is just so "Typical" of Prince and/or the folks actually running the place ...
get all the hype goin get the emotions of the "fams " all in a swing ... watch how people get all fidgity and desperate... Giggle at every one getting agrivated lookin for some one to blame ...
And then...
A great light appears and low and behold ...
you are here by blessed with your reward the line we all know so well... sorry to be late ...
Hope you enjoyed your shopping experiance in the mean time ....
[This message was edited Wed Feb 19 1:17:31 PST 2003 by Yexzandrah]

In my opinion, simply Prince has not decided yet what he wants to do. I always felt that releasing, or rather deciding what to release, to the public in one form or another has always been a sort of painful process for him.