laurarichardson said:

I swear that there are a lot of childish, spiteful bitches in this world, and the majority of them, suprisingly, are men. Sometimes, I wish social media would "power-down" at least once or twice a month. Those who are more productive will create more, and those who rely heavily on the medium will be forced to produce on real terms rather than with "characters".

Dr Funkenberry needs to have several seats somewhere. It is funny he isn't criticizing his favorites for cashing in as well.

laurarichardson said:

CooperC62057 said:

Sheila E shared a beautiful "dream" that she had of Prince which brought a smile to my face and was somehow very comforting. You can see it here. https://www.facebook.com/...86187456:0 Dr. Funkenberry responded on Twitter with this Seriously, P had many associates throughout his lifetime and Sheila was there for many, many years. Dr. Funkenberry, by his account, was a friend in P's later years. Many of his associates are making money from their association with P in lots of different ways. I believe Sheila and the t- shirts was sharing with the fams, as was her tribute on the BET, her "giving" Boy Meets Girl" free to the fams and her upcoming celebration of Prince's philanthropy with proceeds going to a cause. She is an artist in her own right but right now, she is giving fams what they want with her concerts, tv appearances, etc. She always draws a line in just how much she shares about P's personal life. And in her share of her dream, she asks for prayers for his family - who else have you seen do that? Dr. Funkenberry shares DAILY about Prince. His podcasts are about Prince. Almost everything about him is about Prince. Hypocricy at it's worse! No wonder Sheila E seems to have distanced herself from many of the "others". Thoughts? [Edited 10/3/16 3:05am]

This guy needs to knock it off. I don't care for shirts but be real she is not going to become a millionaire selling shirts at her shows and website.

She had a long intimate relationship with him and people need to stop discounting that. Even after they stopped seeing each other they remained friends which makes her next to Andre Cymone one of his oldest associates. I take what she has to say seriously

Agree with all of the above.

On one hand, Dr. Funkenberry put down Apollonia for posting on social media her negative thoughts about Mayte and her book. Funkenberry stated in his podcast that Apollonia should have handled her thoughts in private by contacting Mayte directyly. He then went so far as to praise Mani, saying that if Mani had any negative thoughts about it she handles it in private. Gotta wonder about his sucking up to Mani...really. Yet, he then publicly bashes Sheila on social media. Very hypocritical. Why didn't he address his issues with Sheila privately like he wanted Apollonia to do with Mayte?? I am growing a bit weary of his caped crusader talk and am a bit baffled by his sucking up to the ex wives. I believe he has been friends with Mayte for years. He started sucking up to Mani once Prince passed, it seems. That situation makes me cringe a bit. He looks the other way when they use Prince to make $$ then bashes Sheila?? Come on. He also seems to hold hostility towards a large number of people. He is not the most positive person.

I don't know anything about Dr.Funkenberry, so his words don't mean much. He is just another person who claim they were "close" to Prince and don't seem to know jack about him. I thought the Sheila shirt was very nice. I was just wondering if she had permission to use his symbol.

b4ugo said:

On one hand, Dr. Funkenberry put down Apollonia for posting on social media her negative thoughts about Mayte and her book. Funkenberry stated in his podcast that Apollonia should have handled her thoughts in private by contacting Mayte directyly. He then went so far as to praise Mani, saying that if Mani had any negative thoughts about it she handles it in private. Gotta wonder about his sucking up to Mani...really. Yet, he then publicly bashes Sheila on social media. Very hypocritical. Why didn't he address his issues with Sheila privately like he wanted Apollonia to do with Mayte?? I am growing a bit weary of his caped crusader talk and am a bit baffled by his sucking up to the ex wives. I believe he has been friends with Mayte for years. He started sucking up to Mani once Prince passed, it seems. That situation makes me cringe a bit. He looks the other way when they use Prince to make $$ then bashes Sheila?? Come on. He also seems to hold hostility towards a large number of people. He is not the most positive person.

He seem to be a busy body. He is sucking up to the ex wifes to get tea/gossip from them. Nothing more to it than that.

Purplestar88 said:

b4ugo said:

On one hand, Dr. Funkenberry put down Apollonia for posting on social media her negative thoughts about Mayte and her book. Funkenberry stated in his podcast that Apollonia should have handled her thoughts in private by contacting Mayte directyly. He then went so far as to praise Mani, saying that if Mani had any negative thoughts about it she handles it in private. Gotta wonder about his sucking up to Mani...really. Yet, he then publicly bashes Sheila on social media. Very hypocritical. Why didn't he address his issues with Sheila privately like he wanted Apollonia to do with Mayte?? I am growing a bit weary of his caped crusader talk and am a bit baffled by his sucking up to the ex wives. I believe he has been friends with Mayte for years. He started sucking up to Mani once Prince passed, it seems. That situation makes me cringe a bit. He looks the other way when they use Prince to make $$ then bashes Sheila?? Come on. He also seems to hold hostility towards a large number of people. He is not the most positive person.

He seem to be a busy body. He is sucking up to the ex wifes to get tea/gossip from them. Nothing more to it than that.

b4ugo said:

Funkenberry's relevance was really diminished when Prince started up his own twitter, instagram, and the short lived facebook page. He was basically just free advertisement for Prince. A fool if you ask me. Kind of like the batshit crazy parking lot attendant at Paisley Park. I mean who works for free?

Purplestar88 said:

Purplestar88 said:

motherfunka said:

laurarichardson said:

NinaB said:

motherfunka said:

Funkenberry's relevance was really diminished when Prince started up his own twitter, instagram, and the short lived facebook page. He was basically just free advertisement for Prince. A fool if you ask me. Kind of like the batshit crazy parking lot attendant at Paisley Park. I mean who works for free?

Totally agree.

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You fools ... you would do it in a second if it meant that Prince was sharing information directly and firsthand with you.

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Simply maintaining a website and posting every now and then some news from the Prince camp? 99% of the orgers would do that if they'd gotten the chance. Its not like its a lot of work, I'm sure the guy has another job that pays his bills.

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Having said that, I'm not a fan of the Dr. either. He gets a little to wrapped up in his own personal life and personal little drama's - I have zero interest in that. I don't bring my personal shit to work either, so when I listen to someone's podcast, I expect it to be professional and not about his life, his diabetes, his girlfriend. I only listen to find out what's going on in Prince-land.

Heidi said:

SoulAlive said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

With all the love talk from Prince songs and such, I think it is a big shock to see how nasty Prince fans or followers can be. I mean a bunch of grown ass people 'throwing shade' and chiming in on every little word someone says about Prince or an associate artist

Dr Funkenberry, why would he care.
She might not have done it if he was alive, but it was also a response to his death.
Do they want her to stop performing the songs too

People are disgusting with this stuff

I agree.I'm getting sick and tired of all the "shade throwing" that's been going on recently....either from Prince associates or from fans/followers.It's sickening Whatever happened to the concept of "love 4 one another"??

motherfunka said:

Funkenberry's relevance was really diminished when Prince started up his own twitter, instagram, and the short lived facebook page. He was basically just free advertisement for Prince. A fool if you ask me. Kind of like the batshit crazy parking lot attendant at Paisley Park. I mean who works for free?

People who want to hang out with famous people. Prince was good at getting work for free as most wealthy people know that it is better to get other people to do things for you and not paying is an extra benefit. Look at Trump and his tax issue. Free is how the rich stay rich.

rogifan said:

So on Dr Funkenberry's podcast he keeps saying he'll get involved with PP once Graceland is out of the picture. One, why does he assume that his involvement is wanted/needed? Two, if it's successful Graceland isn't going anywhere so basically he's rooting for it to not be successful. Which if that happens his services won't be needed anyway because PP won't be able to survive and will probably be sold.

His shady, two faced ass is just salty because they won't give him the time of day. Talk about overblown ego....he is so transparent, smdh.

I guess all twelve of his sychophants are begging him to get involved?

babynoz said:

rogifan said:

So on Dr Funkenberry's podcast he keeps saying he'll get involved with PP once Graceland is out of the picture. One, why does he assume that his involvement is wanted/needed? Two, if it's successful Graceland isn't going anywhere so basically he's rooting for it to not be successful. Which if that happens his services won't be needed anyway because PP won't be able to survive and will probably be sold.

His shady, two faced ass is just salty because they won't give him the time of day. Talk about overblown ego....he is so transparent, smdh.

I guess all twelve of his sychophants are begging him to get involved?

babynoz said:

OperatingThetan said:

Drfunkenberry stated that Prince did intend on a museum, but some of the features he intended and the kind of experiences he wanted to offer, are either not ready or available here. Prince reportedly wanted an engineer present to play unreleased music to guests. It seems Prince was thinking of a much more exclusive, bespoke experience for loyal fans. Say what you will about Drfunkenberry, but Prince trusted him and was still in contact with him right before his death. I've found Shelia's behaviour dubious - why is no-one talking about her 'Purple Rain' tribute concert with Morris Day that is sponsored by a pharmacy? [Edited 10/4/16 11:57am]

Sheila E. 10-23 Minneapolis Benefit Show

Sheila E. & The Time - Philadelphia, 8.25.2016

OldFriends4Sale said:

bondno9 said:

Well, the whole c&d thing is probably because Londell has tweeted numerous times insinuating legal action would taken against those who use P's image, etc.

so if we found out that before 1984 that the combined MF symbol was used, can there really be legal action?

You'd have to ask Mr. Lawyer Londell

I think Dr Funkenberry comes from a good place.

He is just telling his side of the story. He is trying to protect Prince. Maybe he knows about what Prince wanted or at least he think so.

But the only person who really knew it all is dead.

who rang for this clown? insinuating that people want his help and input into PP matters. i have no use for McM or Koppelman but at least they were/are court appointed. this guy....SMH! he can go have a seat with all the thristy hens and exmanager's managers imo.