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 | 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...
by Laura Tiebert | Aug 22, 2019 | August
There’s no shortage of real-life accounts of people giving up their phones. Some give them up for Lent, some mimic intermittent fasting and give them up for a prescribed number of hours per day. I’ve been taking a more Princely approach, which is to avoid doing what...
by Laura Tiebert | Jul 29, 2019 | July
You sure are pretty, Apollonia-ized friends! In the pursuit of living like Prince, I knew that I couldn’t end July’s month of play without hosting a gathering. Prince was an inveterate party-thrower who loved to bring people together, whether that was at the...
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