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Prince's pop life, song by song, in chronological order, by Zachary Hoskins (@dystopiandanceparty.com). https://princesongs.org/
Ended up going way deeper on Sheila E.'s "The Belle of St. Mark" than I expected to (or, frankly, than it probably deserves), including a brief detour into the Venetian Carnival imagery that started popping up in Prince's aesthetic universe circa 1984. princesongs.org/2025/10/14/t...
October 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Ended up going way deeper on Sheila E.'s "The Belle of St. Mark" than I expected to (or, frankly, than it probably deserves), including a brief detour into the Venetian Carnival imagery that started popping up in Prince's aesthetic universe circa 1984. princesongs.org/2025/10/14/t...
The Crypt Keeper’s rap song (yes you read that right) is incredibly NPG coded youtu.be/kA4DNa9j4rw?...
The Crypt Keeper - The Crypt Jam (Tales From the Crypt) (Official Video)
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October 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The Crypt Keeper’s rap song (yes you read that right) is incredibly NPG coded youtu.be/kA4DNa9j4rw?...
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Mural on the Side of Cookhouse Recording Studios (1986)
8 26th St. E
Source: Hennepin County Library
Cookhouse Recording Studios was a recording studio in Minneapolis. Prince's first professional recording was done at the studio after local musician Pepe Willie hired Prince to play guitar and ...
8 26th St. E
Source: Hennepin County Library
Cookhouse Recording Studios was a recording studio in Minneapolis. Prince's first professional recording was done at the studio after local musician Pepe Willie hired Prince to play guitar and ...
September 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Mural on the Side of Cookhouse Recording Studios (1986)
8 26th St. E
Source: Hennepin County Library
Cookhouse Recording Studios was a recording studio in Minneapolis. Prince's first professional recording was done at the studio after local musician Pepe Willie hired Prince to play guitar and ...
8 26th St. E
Source: Hennepin County Library
Cookhouse Recording Studios was a recording studio in Minneapolis. Prince's first professional recording was done at the studio after local musician Pepe Willie hired Prince to play guitar and ...
Feel like others have complaining about the ATWIAD release itself covered, so I'll just continue beating my dead horse: Ever since the estate changed hands the merch has been nothing but tacky shit. I would love a good ATWIAD T-shirt, but none of these designs are it store.prince.com/collections/...
Around The World In A Day
Welcome to the Prince Official Store! Shop online for Prince merchandise, t-shirts, clothing, apparel, posters and accessories.
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September 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Feel like others have complaining about the ATWIAD release itself covered, so I'll just continue beating my dead horse: Ever since the estate changed hands the merch has been nothing but tacky shit. I would love a good ATWIAD T-shirt, but none of these designs are it store.prince.com/collections/...
Oh shit, I just realized, if I stay on track with my current writing schedule I'll be starting my ATWIAD posts right when the reissue comes out. Is this what being timely feels like???
September 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Oh shit, I just realized, if I stay on track with my current writing schedule I'll be starting my ATWIAD posts right when the reissue comes out. Is this what being timely feels like???
$50 for the 12" version of Girl with some bonus tracks, sure, I'll take it
September 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
$50 for the 12" version of Girl with some bonus tracks, sure, I'll take it
New post on what may secretly be my favorite song from Sheila E.'s The Glamorous Life! princesongs.org/2025/09/09/o...
September 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New post on what may secretly be my favorite song from Sheila E.'s The Glamorous Life! princesongs.org/2025/09/09/o...
Finished my post on "The Glamorous Life"! I can already tell this album is going to be fun to write about. princesongs.org/2025/08/26/t...
August 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Finished my post on "The Glamorous Life"! I can already tell this album is going to be fun to write about. princesongs.org/2025/08/26/t...
My non-religious picture I think of as holy, obv
August 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
My non-religious picture I think of as holy, obv
I don’t like to be a professional estate complainer but these LinkedIn-ass, probably AI-generated “quotes” they’ve been publishing on social media are extremely wack
In the last two weeks, the Prince estate has published bogus, sourceless, “inspirational” quotes to its social feeds. As someone who counts him a top three foundational musician and did a lot of research on behalf of the label that now controls most of his recorded work, I am unspeakably embarrassed
August 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I don’t like to be a professional estate complainer but these LinkedIn-ass, probably AI-generated “quotes” they’ve been publishing on social media are extremely wack
Just finished a new post--my 150th!--on "Erotic City": continuing a real hot streak of #Prince B-sides, and setting up a new arc on Sheila E.'s The Glamorous Life. princesongs.org/2025/08/04/e...
August 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just finished a new post--my 150th!--on "Erotic City": continuing a real hot streak of #Prince B-sides, and setting up a new arc on Sheila E.'s The Glamorous Life. princesongs.org/2025/08/04/e...
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42 years ago today, on Aug. 3, 1983, Prince "and Friends" (soon to be known as The Revolution) performed songs for the first time that would appear a year later on the soundtrack album and in the movie "Purple Rain."
August 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
42 years ago today, on Aug. 3, 1983, Prince "and Friends" (soon to be known as The Revolution) performed songs for the first time that would appear a year later on the soundtrack album and in the movie "Purple Rain."
Brb, checking Zillow
On this date: The Time’s debut LP was released. The cover photo was taken outside of 1818 5th St S in Minneapolis. Then and now photos below.
July 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Brb, checking Zillow
Probably my favorite story from the sessions that produced "17 Days" (which caused me to go into a rabbit hole about tape speeds that derailed my writing process for a good two weeks).
Next post (on "Erotic City"!) is chugging along, read this one in the meantime: princesongs.org/2025/07/17/1...
Next post (on "Erotic City"!) is chugging along, read this one in the meantime: princesongs.org/2025/07/17/1...
![Excerpt from my post on "17 Days": "He would pick up the groove again a few months later–either late December or early January, by Tudahl’s reckoning–when he, drummer Bobby Z, Lisa and Wendy, and their respective siblings David Coleman and Jonathan Melvoin, arrived at Sunset Sound to cut the master version. By this point, Prince had been jamming on '17 Days' for so long that he wanted plenty of room to stretch out; so he instructed assistant engineer Bill Jackson to roll the tape at a slower speed (15 ips, or inches per second, rather than the then-industry standard 30), allowing for more recording time at a cost to fidelity. 'I said[,] "That’s not aligned. It’s not going to sound right,”' Jackson remembered, 'but he didn’t care about that and said, "Just do it.”' The ever-mercurial artist then proceeded to launch into the song before Jackson was ready, leaving the soundman scrambling: 'As they were playing I was adding some EQ and making things sound a little better and getting the levels right and they played until the tape ran out for like thirty minutes.'”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:okf7t2zviubiytxg54aqru6p/bafkreifqdrxnsnqv5horryypp4krgf3g4fbvgpaphtilzx4vsgv7uyip7q@jpeg)
July 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Probably my favorite story from the sessions that produced "17 Days" (which caused me to go into a rabbit hole about tape speeds that derailed my writing process for a good two weeks).
Next post (on "Erotic City"!) is chugging along, read this one in the meantime: princesongs.org/2025/07/17/1...
Next post (on "Erotic City"!) is chugging along, read this one in the meantime: princesongs.org/2025/07/17/1...
Finally finished writing about what might be my favorite #Prince song of all time (and no, I did not mean to publish it on 7/17, but I'll take it!) ☔🚬🚬💔 #17days princesongs.org/2025/07/17/1...
July 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Finally finished writing about what might be my favorite #Prince song of all time (and no, I did not mean to publish it on 7/17, but I'll take it!) ☔🚬🚬💔 #17days princesongs.org/2025/07/17/1...
This week (God willing) ☔️🚬🚬💔
July 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This week (God willing) ☔️🚬🚬💔
Today marks 41 years from the start of "When Doves Cry"'s five-week reign on the Hot 100. I don't usually mark non-milestone anniversaries, but I wanted an excuse to share this monster post I wrote last year. One of these days I'll finish writing about the B-side... princesongs.org/2024/07/29/w...
July 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Today marks 41 years from the start of "When Doves Cry"'s five-week reign on the Hot 100. I don't usually mark non-milestone anniversaries, but I wanted an excuse to share this monster post I wrote last year. One of these days I'll finish writing about the B-side... princesongs.org/2024/07/29/w...
Jumping on this to share my Prince research library/de facto shrine (which has grown to the point that my sister’s Dirty Mind painting is almost fully obscured)
July 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Jumping on this to share my Prince research library/de facto shrine (which has grown to the point that my sister’s Dirty Mind painting is almost fully obscured)
PSA: Most of the sessions from this past weekend's incredible #PopLife40 virtual symposium (including mine!) will be available to watch "on demand" via the Zoom Events platform through the end of the month. Register here if you haven't already: poplife40.substack.com
#PopLife40 Virtual Symposium | polished solid | Substack
Preregistration and Announcements for the Prince #PopLife40 Virtual Symposium in April 2025! Click to read #PopLife40 Virtual Symposium, by polished solid, a Substack publication with hundreds of subs...
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April 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
PSA: Most of the sessions from this past weekend's incredible #PopLife40 virtual symposium (including mine!) will be available to watch "on demand" via the Zoom Events platform through the end of the month. Register here if you haven't already: poplife40.substack.com
Just joined the live keynote for #PopLife40 (a little late) with the original lineup of the Family!!! What a coup for Prince nerds www.youtube.com/live/mpkFakF...
#PopLife40 Keynote: The Family
YouTube video by polishedsolid
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April 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Just joined the live keynote for #PopLife40 (a little late) with the original lineup of the Family!!! What a coup for Prince nerds www.youtube.com/live/mpkFakF...
It's already been a long, crummy year, but I'm happy to announce that I will be presenting at the #PopLife40 virtual symposium on Saturday, April 12! My presentation will explore the discourse of Around the World in a Day as Prince's "Beatles album": poplife.polishedsolid.com/zachary-hosk...
Zachary Hoskins – #PopLife40
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March 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It's already been a long, crummy year, but I'm happy to announce that I will be presenting at the #PopLife40 virtual symposium on Saturday, April 12! My presentation will explore the discourse of Around the World in a Day as Prince's "Beatles album": poplife.polishedsolid.com/zachary-hosk...