The Jehovah's Witness Church has released a statement following the untimely death of Prince, who officially converted to the religion in 2003. "We are saddened to hear about the death of Prince Rogers Nelson, who was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2003," the church said in a statement obtained by People. The church said that Prince "found fulfillment as a Witness and in sharing his faith with others." The statement added: "We do not have any details regarding his medical condition or the cause of his death. Our thoughts are with his family and friends, particularly his fellow worshippers...
- 4/23/2016
- by George Stark, @GeorgeStark_
- PEOPLE.com
The Jehovah's Witness Church has released a statement following the untimely death of Prince, who officially converted to the religion in 2003. "We are saddened to hear about the death of Prince Rogers Nelson, who was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2003," the church said in a statement obtained by People. The church said that Prince "found fulfillment as a Witness and in sharing his faith with others." The statement added: "We do not have any details regarding his medical condition or the cause of his death. Our thoughts are with his family and friends, particularly his fellow worshippers...
- 4/23/2016
- by George Stark, @GeorgeStark_
- PEOPLE.com
Prince's conversion to the Jehovah's Witness religion actually started, in a roundabout way, with Sly & the Family Stone. Well, that's not entirely accurate: It started with Graham Central Station, the funk group started by Sly and the Family Stone bassist Larry Graham after his tenure in that band. "I was on tour with Sinbad, Graham Central Station, Earth Wind & Fire and Teena Marie," Graham explained in 2013. "We did a show in Tennessee and we were playing the amphitheater and Prince was playing the big arena there in Nashville. He heard I was in town and invited me to one of his famous after-shows.
- 4/21/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
Prince's conversion to the Jehovah's Witness religion actually started, in a roundabout way, with Sly & the Family Stone. Well, that's not entirely accurate: It started with Graham Central Station, the funk group started by Sly and the Family Stone bassist Larry Graham after his tenure in that band. "I was on tour with Sinbad, Graham Central Station, Earth Wind & Fire and Teena Marie," Graham explained in 2013. "We did a show in Tennessee and we were playing the amphitheater and Prince was playing the big arena there in Nashville. He heard I was in town and invited me to one of his famous after-shows.
- 4/21/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
Yes, I have too much time on my hands. Here's a new feature that was fun to put together (though quite time-consuming, which makes me worry about my ability to do this every month). I look back at rock, pop, and R&B albums that came out five years ago, ten years ago, etc.
1967
Buffalo Springfield: Again (Atco)
There was much chaos surrounding the creation of this quintet 's second album. Bassist Bruce Palmer, in some ways the soul of the band, was unavailable due to a drug charge deportation, and a string of session players took his place. Stephen Stills, who saw himself as the leader of the group, was feuding with Neil Young, who considered himself an equal, and Young actually quit -- but returned. And that's without getting into the fiasco that was the band's management team.
Nonetheless, it was a quantum leap forward from their debut,...
1967
Buffalo Springfield: Again (Atco)
There was much chaos surrounding the creation of this quintet 's second album. Bassist Bruce Palmer, in some ways the soul of the band, was unavailable due to a drug charge deportation, and a string of session players took his place. Stephen Stills, who saw himself as the leader of the group, was feuding with Neil Young, who considered himself an equal, and Young actually quit -- but returned. And that's without getting into the fiasco that was the band's management team.
Nonetheless, it was a quantum leap forward from their debut,...
- 10/30/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
I was working on a long, thoughtful piece filled with insightful observations and crackling comedy. Then Prince snapped off on Kim Kardashian and all that thoughtful shit had to go.
You Don't Defy His Royal Badness.
Really. He's Prince. There's like seven people on Earth who can defy Prince with impunity and the only one who hasn't killed at least a dozen people is Bishnu Shrestha, and he single-handedly held off 40 would-be rapists with a machete.
Prince calls you up on stage and tells you to shake your ass, You Shake That Motherfucker. I shouldn't have to tell y'all that. What the hell are kids learning in these public schools?
Jason Harris has a "Sexy Mf" tattoo in a place you can't see.
You Don't Defy His Royal Badness.
Really. He's Prince. There's like seven people on Earth who can defy Prince with impunity and the only one who hasn't killed at least a dozen people is Bishnu Shrestha, and he single-handedly held off 40 would-be rapists with a machete.
Prince calls you up on stage and tells you to shake your ass, You Shake That Motherfucker. I shouldn't have to tell y'all that. What the hell are kids learning in these public schools?
Jason Harris has a "Sexy Mf" tattoo in a place you can't see.
- 2/9/2011
- by Jason Harris
M.I.A. is one of the music world's most colorful personalities, and her fashion sense, visual flair penchant for melding together disparate styles of electronic music into a rugged stew have kept her in the conversation since she first dropped her debut album Arular back in 2005. She just let the world know the title of her new album, and it's worthy of a double-take. The record, which will hit stores in July, will be called /\/\/\Y/\. Sure, it sort of spells out her name (her government moniker is Maya Arulpragasam), but it's mostly just a bunch of slashes with a "Y" tossed in there for good measure.
In fact, it immediately ascends onto the list of these confounding album titles that are either bizarre, uncomfortable or simply unpronounceable.
Limp Bizkit, Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water
For a band whose signature song was called "Nookie," Limp Bizkit crammed...
In fact, it immediately ascends onto the list of these confounding album titles that are either bizarre, uncomfortable or simply unpronounceable.
Limp Bizkit, Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water
For a band whose signature song was called "Nookie," Limp Bizkit crammed...
- 5/12/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
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