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@darlingnisi
Mar 28, 2021 • 33 tweets • 15 min read • Read on X
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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 Image
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... Image
Up next is @stevengfullwood with Was Sexuality All He Ever Needed? Exploring Context and Currency in Prince’s Controversy Image
Lots of easter eggs here for sure! Image
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 Image
(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... Image
Traces of Prince's aesthetic during the rise of "low budget home video porn".

I....am so happy Zach leaned into this topic. Image
Influences here as well marketing himself to a Punk New Wave audience. ImageImage
"So Prince is barely legal? That's what we're saying here?" 😂

An example though of the strategic positioning @theorangefrog mentioned yesterday. Image
The article he mentioned re Prince and gay visual culture princesongs.org/2018/08/28/con… Image
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! Image
Some cool artifacts from Prince's first official Fan Club! Unfortunately...it didn't really stand up and organize, lol... Image
Also super love laying the trajectory of Prince's career over The Hero's Journey. Image
Great presentations from this crew! @stevengfullwood @dmsr89 @Journalistorian @EdgarKruize moderated by Mr C Liegh McInnis Image
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 Image
And now, the Controversy roundtable with @scottwoodssays @TonyaPendleton @FunkJazzKafe @milfinainteasy moderated by @arrthurr!

Watch it live!
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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 Image
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. Image
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! Image
Closing out this 3 day extravaganza! What a journey it's been! Image

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Oct 15
From Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music. Highly recommend this 3-part doc. #Prince was part of a legacy of many who came before him working for the same cause in the rights of artists, and specifically Black artists. Was really cool to see in the context of that history.
This documentary was done by Idris and Sabrina Elba and it was extremely well done. Check for it for free in the BBC iPlayer or on CBC in Canada. It hasn't come out yet with an American distributor.
I am not going to clip his entire segment though it was only about 5 minutes of a 3-hour documentary. I think it's important to see it in context with this full work. Paid in full the battle for black music poster
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Sep 9
I'm just going to say, don't look to other people to tell you what your opinion should be about anything. Whatever you feel is valid because that's how you relate to it.
All this talk and meanwhile the music is getting lost which is exactly what I warned about in the first place. Gimme Glam Slam as a franchise, Paisley as a studio, the musical process, the evolution of how he approached business...but nope headlines off the messy stuff...
Again. This.

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Sep 6
We're going to do a few of these decades... If y'all don't know these songs get familiar! #Prince
I love how I chose different songs for this not on purpose...

I really hope the casual fans know these songs at least! 😭

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Sep 4
See what happens when we cross post with other fandoms? The first peak was business in our fam, the last 2 were just me posting about going to DragonCon, live tweeting an Acolyte panel and my picture with Manny Jacinto. Around 30k impressions off of 2 main posts. 🧵
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I've been on one about helping people learn about Prince in a multitude of ways. We need more carrots! Lots of people noted my necklace with his symbol, I swapped my DragonCon lanyard out for a Prince one, gave out Prince pins....
Purposely wore his symbol in my Manny picture. Across all my social media this picture was seen at least 13,000 times.

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Sep 3
Chatting with folks about doing a group Prince cosplay next year. You can apply to host workshops, panels, and be a vendor as well. This also happens during the same weekend as the annual Lovesexy party. Con tickets are discounted right now. 5 days $100.

dragoncon.org
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It's legit a fan run convention to celebrate whatever you're a fan of. Space for every niche! Prince needs to be represented here more for sure I saw him all over the vendor area with bootleg merch, lol.


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I'll be talking about it more as the deadlines approach. While this is not necessarily focused on Prince like our celebration would be, it is absolutely an opportunity to expose him to people because most people who go to stuff like this know who he is. (Someone handed me this.) Image
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Aug 18
It was a pleasure to compile how we celebrate anniversaries of Prince's legacy. #Come30 is an extremely relevant era of #Prince's life that applies to what's going on in the industry and in society now, just like 2 other albums that have 10 year anniversaries next month. 🧵 Image
At the first post transition celebration at @PaisleyPark, Damaris Lewis said we, as fam, are ALL stewards of Prince's legacy. We should look to each other to make sure his legacy is accessible in the multiple dimensions of how we experience his life work.
Extra special thanks to folks like @polishedsolid who gather scholars and fam in her offering of a safe space for people to speak with passion and intelligence about our hero.

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