Aaron, the bodyguard

Pierre Igot, the former L$1A newsman

Kathy (don't remember her last name), that cunt that organized "the collective"




more as they come to me, and add your own.

Here's Pierre..
http://www.latext.com/pm/...ogue/P985/

How about Si? Remember him?

Easter edit!

I heard that Aaron the bodyguard ran away crying to his daddy because someone stole his name.


[This message was edited Sun Apr 11 9:03:24 2004 by 2the9s]

Don't know if it's true, but I heard Aaron the bodyguard left Paisley Park because he tried to get a job for his girlfriend on staff there, but Prince wouldn't hire her except for a temporary job during the celebration.

Some of you remember seeing Aaron with the Asian woman who worked security at Prince: A Celebration in summer of 200. Aaron's girlfriend was hired to work security at Paisley temporarily for the celebration, but not permanently.

Last I heard of Aaron he had started an airport/limo/taxi service at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport.

Another former Paisley employee who disappeared is Fred Evans, Prince's former right-hand man.

Maybe there's more than just music locked away in the vault.

Bwahahahaha!

hey - and what about the members of Mazarati? any of them still in music or fans of prince? maybe one of them is on the org . . .HI

Pierre wrote a pretty nice blog about P's Tavis appearance and Eric Leed's project.
http://www.latext.com/pm/...ue/C0_6_1/
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Friday, February 20, 2004
Prince on Tavis Smiley (PBS) [Music]
This was a real treat. The first part of the show was a short instrumental piece by Prince on acoustic guitar. Then there was a 15-min interview about various topics: the Grammy performance with Beyoncé, the music industry, Prince's audience, the evolution of his art, raciness in hip-hop today, etc. There were no ground-breaking revelations, but a new studio album is definitely coming out this year (although no details were provided).
Then the show featured a unique live performance of "Reflection" (a song released exclusively through the NPGMC web site in 2003) with Prince singing and playing acoustic guitar and... Wendy Melvoin (formerly of the Revolution) accompanying him, on acoustic guitar as well. (She didn't sing.) It was quite moving to see the revived chemistry between the two. And the performance was top-notch.
Then as a special bonus they previewed the new video clip for the forthcoming single "Musicology". It was very disappointing that they didn't show the whole thing, and it's hard to get a good idea of what the song is really like when experienced in full, but it definitely sounded very funky indeed -- probably the funkiest single Prince has released in a long time (although "The Work, Part 1" was pretty effective too in the funk department).
I hope that this upcoming "mainstream" release by Prince enjoys the success that the artist so rightfully deserves. It's hard to predict in today's ultra-commercial environment, but if anyone can launch a revival of real music performed by real musicians for real music lovers, it's got to be Prince.
Witness the scope of his artistry as it was displayed in less than half an hour in a show that was, well, mostly talk! Even though I am more than familiar with Prince's immense body of work, I couldn't help but get excited all over again!
Posted by: Pierre Igot on Feb 20, 04 | 11:06 am (AST)

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Eric Leeds, Now and Again (2003) [Music]
If you had any doubts, after the rather subdued Things Left Unsaid (1993), whether saxophonist Eric Leeds could get really funky without the help of Prince, then you owe it to yourself to check out Now and Again.
The album was originally released in 2000, but was very hard to find. The 2003 re-release is readily available, however.
It features Eric Leeds' trademark smoothness, but with a very heavy dose of funk that is sure to satisfy even the most ardent fans of the Madhouse albums and other Prince/Leeds instrumental collaborations, including the latest Prince release entitled N.E.W.S.
Posted by: Pierre Igot on Nov 24, 03 | 10:21 am (AST)