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Nightclub's dragons chase Prince away Nightclub's dragons chase Prince away
http://www.palmbeachpost....7&cxcat=17 
Saturday, February 03, 2007 Prince nixed an appearance at his own post-Super Bowl party — and a payoff rumored to be about $100,000 — because he was spooked by dragon motifs on the walls of the nightclub. Even promises by the owner of Ink, on Miami Beach's Washington Avenue, to cover all dragon carvings, sculptures and drawings with thick purple blankets for Sunday's affair couldn't change the weird little guitarist's mind. Prince, 48, scheduled to play a medley of his biggest tunes during the halftime show, is a devout Jehovah's Witness — and the group's followers believe the devil looks like a dragon. "We thought we had him for sure," said owner Laurent Bourgade. "We sent him the signed contract, but he sent back a woman from his entourage to tour the club. She seemed pretty satisfied at first. But then she said: 'Oops! This isn't going to work!' " The nightclub's name, Ink, refers to tattoos. Its décor features popular tattoo subjects, including dragons. "At first, she suggested that we cover everything in something purple (Prince's good-luck color)," Bourgade said. "That would have been no problem. But she called back a day later to say that even covered, Prince would know the dragons are all around him." The gig didn't involve much heavy lifting. All he'd have had to do is show up and look like, well, Prince. For that, he'd have received half the club's loot that night. "I've been at this for 23 years," Bourgade said. "So I know that with celebrities, it's all out of our control." Prince's reps didn't return calls for comment [Edited 2/3/07 9:41am] | |
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mmhmm sooo it was truee. Your lips would make a lollipop too happy. | |
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Ohhhhh! I thought he backed out of the Maxim party for religious beliefs. I thought it was about images of nearly naked women, not dragons. That just goes to show how confusing the news can be. Well, this is too bad. But hey, just put that on the list of reasons why the general public views Prince as strange and difficult. It's his own personal business, imo. Wanna hear me sing?  www.ChampagneHoneybee.com | |
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Wonder if the walls were covered with calendars would there be a problem since days of the week and months come from paganism too.
Fred Sanford, you ol' HEATHEN, you!!!  | |
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UCantHavaDaMango said: Ohhhhh! I thought he backed out of the Maxim party for religious beliefs. I thought it was about images of nearly naked women, not dragons. That just goes to show how confusing the news can be. Well, this is too bad. But hey, just put that on the list of reasons why the general public views Prince as strange and difficult. It's his own personal business, imo.
naked woman < dragons Game...Blouses | |
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 Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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Yet hes playing a half time show for a sporting event that, as with ALL sporting events, have all the hallmarks of ancient, Roman, Greek, Assyrian, Persian, etc. blood-thirsty Gladitorial Games, where Gods True People or Christians were tortured and executed and bore the brunt of the merriment!!  Has he researched into all that??? 
Also, with all these Sporting events there is a very UN-Christian element of competition and pitting one team against another!! And 2 some extent Prince is playing a small part in that, albeit just a performer, but still getting himself involved in it, just for the sake of getting his worldwide fame back and for the sake of a very hefty payback from it!! I expect he was paid, 1000s if, not a million or two bucks for doing the half time show!!! If I was in his position and one of Gods Servants, I would have put my beleifs and Spirituality FIRST, before anything like that!!  | |
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Oh, please. Ya hadda know there was gonna be some kinda weirdness or controversy sooner or later. I mean...who we talkin' about here? We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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And I thought he was becoming a little more down-to-earth lately. 
I love his music, but I'll never understand how his mind works. But I guess that's alright, it's just that this story sounds a little bit embarrassing. Okay, I'll be honest - If true, this is nothing short of ridiculous. | |
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FFS...just wait 'til my non-fan friends hear this. I'll never hear the end of it.
(wonder if he dislikes Barney, too? At least he's purple! )
 Wait a minute--were there any dragons on the Muppet Show?!?The check. The string he dropped. The Mona Lisa. The musical notes taken out of a hat. The glass. The toy shotgun painting. The things he found. Therefore, everything seen–every object, that is, plus the process of looking at it–is a Duchamp. | |
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[Sorry, someone beat you to it, but it was locked because of the no linkage rule... so, reinstating the other and locking this one. It's only fair... but check it out here: http://www.prince.org/msg...=202844915
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