by Laura Tiebert | Oct 4, 2019 | Featured
The NPG Music Club inside Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minn. on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. (Evan Frost/MPR) In the early 2000s, Prince began experimenting with delivering music direct to fans via his NPG (New Power Generation) Music Club. For $100 a year (what a deal!),...
by Laura Tiebert | Sep 3, 2019 | September
There’s nothing prettier than a Minneapolis neighborhood in autumn. In late August, I pulled into the parking lot of Lakewinds Food Co-op in Chanhassen, a place that Prince shopped on occasion. (My brain is nothing if not a treasure trove of Prince-the-real-guy...
by Laura Tiebert | Sep 5, 2019 | September
My husband and kids pose in front of a poster of our new state shortly after our move to Minnesota in 2016. As a young person, did you believe you had to move away from your hometown in order to achieve your ambitions? I sure did, and young Prince thought so, too....
by Laura Tiebert | Aug 1, 2019 | August
Good-bye, sweet phone. This month’s theme has me quaking (and not “Housequake”-ing), in my boots (or sandals, since it’s high summer). In August, I’m giving up my cell phone. Dammit, Prince. Why couldn’t you have carried a cell phone like the rest of us? Yes, it’s...
by Laura Tiebert | Aug 13, 2019 | August
Dear Cell Phone: You’re no longer the boss of me! Given that freedom-loving Prince advocated for partying when facing the very-real-in-the-1980s threat of nuclear war, it might seem counterintuitive to assert that Living Like Prince is about restraint. After all, the...
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