by Erin Alphonso | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
The blog will be on pause for a week as our family makes like Prince by escaping the tail end of a very long Minnesota winter by decamping to warmer climes. When I return on Monday, April 1, I will say a fond good-bye to my month of color and unveil April’s...
by Erin Alphonso | Mar 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlQmElEfsyI Has anyone seen this video short of Rami Malek (who most recently played Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody) reading the lyrics to “Kiss” as a phone sex operator? The delivery couldn’t be more perfect....
by Erin Alphonso | Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the early 90s, Prince wrote a song called “Color,” a song that is important during this month of March because it was as close to a manifesto about communicating with color as Prince ever wrote. Given that Prince was somewhat color-obsessed during his...
by Erin Alphonso | Mar 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Embed from Getty Images Prince had some of the craziest and most colorful guitars in music history. More than simply custom guitars (which many musicians have), Prince had singular guitars with shapes that had never been used before. Above, this beautiful multicolored...
by Erin Alphonso | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Prince’s songs are like this colorful Moroccan apothecary. Take one for what ails you and call me in the morning. Part of living like Prince is using his songs like an apothecary. I like to imagine his songs as colorful bottles on a shelf of a magical...
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