I can't wait to hear
All the things
People say
Controversy
#1plus1plus1is3
Getting the good news already! @polishedsolid announced the Triple Threat symposium already, but she also announced a one day symposium for The O(+> album!
Alright kicking us off on day 3 is @Journalistorian on How Prince Used 'Controversy' To Address The News Cycle Of 1980-1981 Through Song
He's talking about how the Controversy album was Prince addressing questions about his personal politics.
"PrInCe NeVeR TaLkEd AbOuT PoLiTiCs"
False a thousand times over...
Up next is @stevengfullwood with Was Sexuality All He Ever Needed? Exploring Context and Currency in Prince’s Controversy
Lots of easter eggs here for sure!
Yesss we bout to talk about this poster with @dmsr89 (and his cat haha
I Wish We All Were Nude: Allen Beaulieu’s Infamous “Shower Poster” as Aesthetic Linchpin & Artifact
(again this poster still comes with the reissue if you want to have one!)
"Vulgar stream of water from the bulge in the black panties"
Poetry.
#vulgarstreamofwater is this year's hashtag y'all 😂
Loving the comparison of the album promo posters here...
Traces of Prince's aesthetic during the rise of "low budget home video porn".
I....am so happy Zach leaned into this topic.
Influences here as well marketing himself to a Punk New Wave audience.
"So Prince is barely legal? That's what we're saying here?" 😂
An example though of the strategic positioning @theorangefrog mentioned yesterday.
The article he mentioned re Prince and gay visual culture princesongs.org/2018/08/28/con…
Zach is a fav! Def check out his blog princesongs.org, his other work dystopiandanceparty.com
And his Prince podcast too that I've been on a few times myself!
princesongs.org/?s=podcast
(Zach is also the reason why I met @scottwoodssays @Miss_EThompson, Harold Pride, and legit half of my online Prince fam super thankful I originally found him on tumblr and disagreed with 70% of his Prince opinions! 😂)
Next up Mr @EdgarKruize with New Age Revelation looking sharp in presentation AND in style!
Some cool artifacts from Prince's first official Fan Club! Unfortunately...it didn't really stand up and organize, lol...
Also super love laying the trajectory of Prince's career over The Hero's Journey.
Great presentations from this crew! @stevengfullwood @dmsr89 @Journalistorian @EdgarKruize moderated by Mr C Liegh McInnis
Because relevant peep this thread for The Second Coming that they're talking about!
The roundtable on the debut of @theoriginal7ven starting now! Watch live on YouTube!
@MDean @RichardCole_NOW @footprintsgroov @PrincesFriendYT
@WSEMarc
And now, the Controversy roundtable with @scottwoodssays @TonyaPendleton @FunkJazzKafe @milfinainteasy moderated by @arrthurr!
Watch it live!
Self plug again....shout out to Tonya for being on my podcast too! 💜
Not wanting to dance with dudes to Prince is so. Real. Thanks for surfacing that Dr. Morgan.
Quietly, or maybe not so quietly, I love to see all this melanin discussing a Prince album in this way. And I'm kind of sad that this is notable enough to comment on. This happens in our spaces often, but it doesn't get the visibility it should... #1plus1plus1is3 #Controversy
Also resonate with what @arrthurr is saying re being the "token". "Am I Black or White"....also a question I got asked a lot. And same with Prince/Dez being a bridge to liking Rock as well as "Black" music.
Another good point by Dr. Morgan...the "nasty" sex stuff wasn't early rap. That was already established in R&B. I'm personally thinking of Love Won't Let Me Wait by Major Harris. P would take that idea and use it on Come's Orgasm in the 90's.
Need a little more nuance around discussion of queerness...🙃
Also need more awareness of what queer means. Not sure her question was understood...
Getting started with the keynote! Ms Peggy Mac and @drfink1980!
Closing out this 3 day extravaganza! What a journey it's been!
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