by Erin Alphonso | Jul 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
It has come to my attention that not everyone loves Prince as much as I do. This realization first surfaced about a year ago, when, at a cocktail party, I was chatting happily about my latest writing project, which of course involved the Purple One. As...
by Erin Alphonso | Jul 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
Allow me to introduce myself … my name is Laura, and I am addicted to personality tests. I love them all, from The Enneagram to Strengthsfinder and the Newcastle Personality Assessor (because maybe I would have a more appealing personality in England?)....
by Erin Alphonso | Jul 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is one of the first artworks I recall seeing in the Riley Creek tunnels outside of Paisley Park. It’s a favorite of mine, partly due to the sentiment of “Ride On,” which feels exactly like what Prince must be doing in the afterlife, and also due to the depiction...
by Erin Alphonso | Jul 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Paisley Park (credit: the now-defunct “Paisley Park After Dark” Facebook page) Welcome to my blog. I’m Laura, and I’m the author of The Rise of Prince: 1958-1988, a biography of music icon Prince Rogers Nelson. Two years ago, my family...
by Erin Alphonso | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
As Celebration continued into Friday, Saturday and the Sunday finale, I started to think of the experience as Purple Summer Camp. The first day, you run on adrenalin and excitement. This is going to be the best experience EVER. Around the halfway mark of day...
by Erin Alphonso | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
On April 19, I took off my journalist hat and put on my raspberry beret to join fans at Celebration 2018. Sitting amidst a sea of purple on opening night, in the massive soundstage inside Prince’s creative sanctuary of Paisley Park, the lights dimmed and...
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