http://www.startribune.co...page=2&c=y

Prince on time?

Prince's fans are extremely curious about his almost timely arrival on stage at his recent Paisley Park charity coat drive concert.

Many a time Prince has taken the stage as late as 2 or 3 a.m. for a concert scheduled to start at 11 p.m. But on this occasion he showed up shortly after 11 p.m. for the Oct. 24 concert. Some have joked that Prince may be getting too old to start a performance in the wee hours. Other sources suspected that the city of Chanhassen imposed restrictions on when the concert started and ended.

"From 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. were the event perimeters," said Bob Generous, a senior planner for the city. Those were the hours Paisley Park reps requested when getting a permit from the city for the concert held at his studio. When told that some have theorized that Prince flirted with promptness because the city had ordered it, Generous let loose some hearty laughter. The permit would have allowed Prince to play until 5 a.m. Sunday.

"He's just a nice gentleman," Generous said, "because he had this charity event." While Prince engages in many under-the-radar charity pursuits, I have a feeling this one was related to meeting his Jehovah's Witnesses obligations.

Three different people who attended the charity concert said the sound wasn't very good. Symbolina probably had a few words with his engineer.

One source was surprised that people from Detroit and Chicago drove in for the show which was announced, as is Symbolina's way, at the last minute. These are true fans who would have waited as long as Prince wanted.

It should be noted, however, that Prince seldom has trouble being on time for David Letterman and Jay Leno.

CJ sure was timely with this article.

Paris9748430 said:

Gohi said:

I know.

Gohi said:

I made my Boo promise to hold off on the Prince articles 'til we had our own little concert that lasted 'til 5:00a.m. -- if you know what I mean.

CJBabyDaddy said:

squirrelgrease said:

She's so dumb.

Imagine if there was a pill one could take for punctuality that was as effective as a suppository is for constipation.

ernestsewell said:

She's So Dumb

CHORUS

She's so dumb, drives a '63 Rambler
She's so dumb, still livin' with her mother
She's so dumb and she won't get anywhere with me
She's always callin' on the telephone
She won't go out without a chaperone
Cuz she's so afraid 2 be alone with me

She's always writin' gossip articles
And she doesn't even wear blue jeans
Why can't she understand what all this means 2 me?

CHORUS

She watches television night and day
She doesn't listen 2 a word I say
And she's always tryin' 2 walk me home from school

I'd like 2 tell 'er that I wish she was dead (Drop dead)
But she could never get it through her head
She'll never change, she'll always be a fool

CHORUS

(Anywhere, I say she won't get anywhere)
She's so dumb {x4}
She's so dumb (Still livin' with her mother)
She's so dumb (I bet she never had a lover)
She's so dumb (And she won't get anywhere with me)
She's so dumb
She's so dumb (Still livin' with her mother)
(I bet she never had a lover)
(And she won't get anywhere with me) {fade out}

Well there's 2 minutes of my life I won't get back.

"Prince in not late shocker!"

I take it not a lot happens in MPLS?

Erik

erik319 said:

Sometimes it snows.

squirrelgrease said:

Can't wait to read CJ's detailed report about that!

squirrelgrease said:

in April.

I live in mpls. i've long realized that prince is a stand by talking point when she's got nothin lol. This aint NY, so prince is the one local celeberty that can get her through that tough deadline.

she needs to find another gig

I don't really understand why CJ's reporting on this now either. Also, how was this event related to Prince meeting his JW obligations? I didn't get that.

Anyway, while Prince starting a concert on time doesn't seem newsworthy for a paper, it does seem newsworthy (to me) for the org (also, I believe his Paris shows started on time too). I'm kinda shocked by it. I mean, it's pretty much unprecedented!

wow, that really is a pathetic non story.

It's obvious she couldn't find anything else to write about. ...and the Symbolina reference is so outdated. This isn't the 80s or 90s CJ, try something new.
[Edited 11/10/09 7:47am]

Paris9748430 said:

I wonder what that penis back there is listening to.

Efan said:

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"was related to meeting his Jehovah's Witnesses obligations. "

It was just a way to take a dig at Prince when he is actually known for doing things for charity off the rader of the press long before he became a JW.

2elijah said:

Why y'all gangin' up on my Boo? Show some respect for a sista willin' save the environment by recyclin'.
[Edited 11/10/09 10:05am]

Is she still calling Prince 'Symbolina'? She must want him to make another Billy Jack Bitch song about her!

Dayclear said:

Yeah, she's just that lame, bitter, and needs to get bent.

I gonna send her an email.



[Edited 11/10/09 10:27am]

Ya'll really need to stop hatin' on my Boo.

Without her gossip gig, I would have been out of Jaegermeister and Jr. would have been out of Pampers a long time ago.

Efan said:

I remember missing the first few songs and an opening set by Sheila E. in 2007 at the Orpheum cause that little MFer started on time!

Militant said:

And sometimes it's 60 degrees in November. I'm wearing shorts today.

She sure is bitter. So sad.

obviously fuck all ever happens in chanhassen if the most exciting news to come out of there is someone turning up on time

obviously cj's column is so fucking boring if the most interesting thing she can find to report on is someone turning up on time

she needs to wake up and smell the coffee like other journalists and just make shit up and print that instead