LA Weekly mention of Prince in their "The Year In Music" article.

http://www.laweekly.com/i...usic.shtml

The mention is small, but news has been slow...lol...so here it is: Jay Babcock lists the 12 best things in music for 2001, and at #6 he mentions Prince's concert at the Palladium:

6. Older People: Prince at the Palladium, May 4; John Paul Jones at the Universal Amphitheater, November 15, reclaiming Led Zeppelin songs ("When the Levee Breaks," "Black Dog") with some biting slide-guitar work; J Mascis & the Fog covering Stooges tunes with guitarist Ron Asheton at the Troubadour, April 26; Adrian Sherwood’s dub party at Spaceland, August 29; King Crimson laying waste to Tool at the Wiltern, August 14; Paul McCartney, Driving Rain — sweet, melodic comfort food for the ears.

Like I said, not much...lol...one slightly funny (non-Prince) mention, though, is by another writer in this same article about Alicia Keys:

"Hype is the backbone of the modern music industry, and this year saw that spine contorted into ridiculous shapes, propping up the banal and cracking beneath the weight of true creativity. Somewhere Phyllis Hyman is screaming, "Alicia Fucking Keys?!?!"

[Now that's funny! -Ben]