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Prince (Musician)

  • Music

    April 26, 2012

    Starck Contrast

    Another new documentary on the Starck Club revisits the storied Dallas nightclub of the '80s

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Crushed Stars on Seeing KISS, Prince and The Replacements

    Crushed Stars' newest record, In the Bright Rain, came out this week, and to celebrate, we asked band mastermind Todd Gautreau and drummer Jeff Ryan about their first shows. What was the first show you remember seeing? Were you with your parents? Todd Gautreau: My first show was KISS. I must have b ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2011

    The Secret Genius of Ke$ha

    Crushed Stars' newest record, In the Bright Rain, came out this week, and to celebrate, we asked band mastermind Todd Gautreau and drummer Jeff Ryan about their first shows. What was the first show you remember seeing? Were you with your parents? Todd Gautreau: My first show was KISS. I must have b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2011

    Purple Pretenders

    Crushed Stars' newest record, In the Bright Rain, came out this week, and to celebrate, we asked band mastermind Todd Gautreau and drummer Jeff Ryan about their first shows. What was the first show you remember seeing? Were you with your parents? Todd Gautreau: My first show was KISS. I must have b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Finally, an Announcement Worthy of the Super Bowl: Prince to Play on Old Reunion Arena Site

    ​Two months back we revisited that magical New Year's Eve in 1984 when Prince played Reunion Arena, a high number in my all-time concert-going Top 10. And, sure, there's no more Reunion, but there's still a Prince Rogers Nelson, and per the announcement that landed in the Unfair Park in-box mere m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Listomania: The Top Music Videos of 2010

    This dude knew a thing or two about music videos.​The death of Michael Jackson in 2009 seemed to prompt a lot of artists to rediscover the art of music videos in 2010. Some, like Lady Gaga and Kanye West, took the artistic merit behind mainstream music videos from acts like Michael Jackson and Pri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Prince Rings In a Delirious 1985 at Reunion Arena

    Prince-Live.com​Details of Prince and the Revolution's stop through Dallas in support of Purple Rain remain a bit hazy; I was, after all, 16 at the time and just happy to get out of the house. Especially on New Year's Eve. Or was it the night before? Or the night after? My ride that night doesn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Listen: The Riverboat Gamblers Cover Bad Religion's "Heaven Is Falling" For Spin

    ​The punk rockin' Denton ex-pats in the Riverboat Gamblers are no strangers to the folks at Spin--not, at least, since the music mag vaulted the band from small regional clubs and the pages of Alternative Press and into the limelight by naming the band one of the best live acts in America. And the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Listomania: The 30 Best Songs About Genitalia

    The Caddyshack soundtrack is slightly phallic.​If Cee-Lo wrote the greatest song of all humankind with "Fuck You," which has sufficiently taken over the Internet this week, then Meat Loaf certainly deserves a firm No. 2 spot for his own masterpiece, "California Isn't Big Enough (Hey There Girl)," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Q&A: Legendary Electronic Musician Alexander Robotnick Talks Italo Disco And His First DJ Gig In Advance Of His First Ever Dallas Stop.

    Alexander Robotnick​The city of Dallas has never been a very vocal champion of electronic dance music. Apart from the infamous "club kids" and the days when MDMA was sold at bars in Dallas, the city hasn't ever really been known for its electronic music culture--not in any important or globally re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Whitt's End: 7.23.10

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *OK, OK,  I get it. So I write that Dez Bryant almost assuredly wouldn't be signed by Day 1 of Dallas Cowboys' training camp. "Barring an 11th-hour agreement ... " I think I penned. Never wish ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2010

    Beat It, Purple Rain

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *OK, OK,  I get it. So I write that Dez Bryant almost assuredly wouldn't be signed by Day 1 of Dallas Cowboys' training camp. "Barring an 11th-hour agreement ... " I think I penned. Never wish ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 4: DJ A1

    ​This week's DC9er takes you behind the booth with Dallas-based, hip-hop expert DJ A1. Having been exposed to DJ culture at a young age (back in the day, he used to tag along with his cousin, who was a DJ at the time), A1 entered his first DJ battle at age 16--and he came in second place. Not too ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2009

    Weekend Lover

    ​This week's DC9er takes you behind the booth with Dallas-based, hip-hop expert DJ A1. Having been exposed to DJ culture at a young age (back in the day, he used to tag along with his cousin, who was a DJ at the time), A1 entered his first DJ battle at age 16--and he came in second place. Not too ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Tipsy Turvy: Yes, You Can Build Alcohol Tolerance--But At What Price?

    That's not me--I wasn't that rousing, but I was pretty sober.​After wrapping up "Purple Rain" by Prince in the main karaoke room at the office holiday party last night, I turned to a coworker's wife, who was sharing the stage with me, and said that was so much fun I was going to go sing it i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Download: Spin's Purplish Rain Compilation, Featuring the Riverboat Gamblers, of Montreal, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, and Many More...

    As we discussed last week, the Denton ex-pats in the Riverboat Gamblers are among the artists who've been asked by Spin to participate in the magazine's celebration of all things Prince this month, appearing on the magazine's Purple Rain tribute called, quite ingeniously, I think, Purplish Rain in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Next Week, The Riverboat Gamblers Will "Go Crazy" For Purple Rain

    On Tuesday of next week, Spin will unleash Purplish Rain, a tribute record, quite obviously, for Prince's Purple Rain, released in conjunction with an oral history of the disc that the magazine is also putting out next week. And it's not just anybody on the disc: There's contributions from Sharon J ... More >>

  • Music

    June 18, 2009

    What's In A Name?

    There's plenty of music business precedent for Santogold's reinvention as Santigold.

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    What's In My Closet? Brush With Greatness Edition

    My career has its perks. I've sipped Mai Tais on Waikiki Beach with Troy Aikman. Shaken hands with Wayne Gretzky moments after his final NHL game. Seen - first hand - Roger Federer win at Wimbledon, Michael Johnson triumph in Atlanta and Michael Jordan sink his last shot as a Chicago Bull. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    The Scratch Pad: Prince William Talks Post-Rap And The Dallas Dance Scene

    My career has its perks. I've sipped Mai Tais on Waikiki Beach with Troy Aikman. Shaken hands with Wayne Gretzky moments after his final NHL game. Seen - first hand - Roger Federer win at Wimbledon, Michael Johnson triumph in Atlanta and Michael Jordan sink his last shot as a Chicago Bull. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2008

    Last Night: Raheem DeVaughn and Bryan-Michael Cox at Gilley's

    My career has its perks. I've sipped Mai Tais on Waikiki Beach with Troy Aikman. Shaken hands with Wayne Gretzky moments after his final NHL game. Seen - first hand - Roger Federer win at Wimbledon, Michael Johnson triumph in Atlanta and Michael Jordan sink his last shot as a Chicago Bull. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2008

    Last Night: George Michael at American Airlines Center

    My career has its perks. I've sipped Mai Tais on Waikiki Beach with Troy Aikman. Shaken hands with Wayne Gretzky moments after his final NHL game. Seen - first hand - Roger Federer win at Wimbledon, Michael Johnson triumph in Atlanta and Michael Jordan sink his last shot as a Chicago Bull. And ... More >>

  • Film

    May 22, 2008

    The Way You Make Me Feel

    Harmony Korine creates a Neverland for celeb impersonators in the singular and sincere Mister Lonely

  • Music

    March 13, 2008

    Trey Songz, J. Holiday

    Monday, March 17, at House of Blues

  • Calendar

    October 25, 2007

    Eerie Glow

    Monday, March 17, at House of Blues

  • News

    October 11, 2007

    Ghosthustler Resurrects '80s Synth Beats

    Ghosthustler's sound leaves you nostalgic for the future

  • Music

    August 2, 2007

    Free Love?

    The Lovemakers stay true to their name

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2007
  • Music

    November 17, 2005

    Madonna

    Confessions on a Dance Floor (Maverick)

  • Year End Music

    December 30, 2004

    On the Down-Low

    Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming and dig this year's buried black-music treasures.

  • Music

    December 16, 2004

    Odds & Ends

    Grammy noms, Denton cares and Deedle's last dance

  • Music

    June 17, 2004

    King Prince

    More than a quarter-century after he hit the scene, Prince still rules

  • Music

    June 10, 2004

    The Evolution of Prince

    On June 11, the purple one rocks out with his butt out

  • Music

    April 22, 2004

    Prince

    Musicology (Columbia)

  • Music

    April 1, 2004

    Prince

    April 2

  • Music

    November 14, 2002
  • Music

    September 26, 2002

    LeAnn Rimes

    Twisted Angel (Curb)

  • Music

    May 10, 2001

    Dump

    That Skinny Motherfucker with the High Voice? (Shrimper Records)

  • Music

    November 30, 2000
  • Film

    July 6, 2000

    The sick sense

    What's truly frightening about Scary Movie is that parts of it are actually funny

  • Music

    December 30, 1999

    Live in Chicago, 1999

    What's truly frightening about Scary Movie is that parts of it are actually funny

  • Music

    December 23, 1999

    Across the Bar

    New Year's evil

  • Music

    December 23, 1999

    Home groans

    Will this year's best local records survive the millennium?

  • Music

    November 18, 1999

    Out There

    The Artist

  • Music

    December 24, 1998

    Listen up

    1998 was not a very good year, but it's still worth the bother

  • Music

    May 28, 1998

    'Blue' it

    If she isn't careful, LeAnn Rimes could fade away before she's old enough to vote

  • Music

    January 15, 1998

    Real McCoy or decoy?

    Dallas hip-hop 1997

  • Music

    January 5, 1995

    Chocolate and cheese

    1994 wasn't The Year of Anything--except great music

  • Music

    November 17, 1994

    Of Prince and spines

    It doesn't matter if you Ween or lose, it's how you play their game

  • Music

    November 10, 1994

    Black and white

    Madonna isn't a failed icon; she's a failed artist

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