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THE PRINCE PROJECT: Around the World in a Day
Okay, imagine you’re Prince.1 You just released an album that is that rarest of all…
THE PRINCE PROJECT: Purple Rain
Maybe you’re tired of listening to, and/or hearing about Purple Rain. It’s such a cultural…
THE PRINCE PROJECT: 1999
The first words on 1999 are intoned by a deep and heavily processed voice: “Don’t…
THE PRINCE PROJECT: Dirty Mind/Controversy
And then came Dirty Mind, which is what I have always thought of as the…
THE PRINCE PROJECT: Prince
Prince’s second album starts with one of my favorite drum fills: a flam on the…
THE PRINCE PROJECT: For You
A few years ago a friend of mine listened to Elvis Costello’s discography from start…
Losing Control
My second novel came out two months ago. It seems weird that it’s out there…
Don’t Quote Me
Turning the novel in to my publisher freed up a lot of time. Starting the…
The Second Time Around
I have been thinking a lot about second novels. I sent my own to the…
All I (Didn’t) Know
By the time the new novel started to morph from a collection of rambling conversations…