baby i'm a star

INTRO

2mins30s - Growing up in Chicago Illinois

4mins - Pursuing a career in the Web back in the mid 90s..."it was an interesting time, it was kind of like the Wild West"

5mins30s - Nona Gaye & The Beautiful Experience

6mins30s - Finding all of the other Prince fans on the internet via online communities...and organising parties at the Berlin club in Chicago

9mins - When did Sam first have contact with Prince? Fans coming together on a 'community project'...and AOL chat rooms.

11mins - How long did you think it would last?

13mins - Confidentiality and Prince...

14mins - Love4OneAnother.com in 1999 and Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic

16mins - Prince's legacy in the digital world - one of the first to have his own internet business and music distributing artist

17mins - Releasing a 'ton of music in 2001'...'a tremendous explosion of activity for him...' and The Prince Museum online.

19mins - If Prince had lived and you had to design a digital presence for him now, what would that be?

21mins30s - What was the Prince music you first became aware of, early memories and favourite unreleased recordings...

27mins30s - Meeting Prince in person for the first time...

30mins - Maintaining professionalism as a fan...

32mins - How difficult was it to challenge Prince? Fan websites

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

LINKS

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1mins30s - Prince's music in the 90s, albums Jim liked, plus bootleg tapes from '93/'94 - The Beautiful Experience and stripped back versions of Come and Endorphinemachine after hours in London.

3mins15s - Emancipation was a major artistic statement, but was it a seminal work? Plus liner notes for The Gold Experience (and not getting paid for it).

5mins - "Fighting for the freedom he knew technology offered...". And Chance The Rapper winning multiple Grammys from a self-produced tape...missing Prince

6mins - Hit n Run part 1: 'A Creative Approach'.

7mins30s - Getting commissioned to write the liner notes for The Gold Experience.

9mins - A rebirth in the 90s & 'Bud Lite on guitar!' on NBA All Star weekend.

13mins - Getting up, then staying up late, to watch Prince play aftershows...

17mins - Prince & Madonna on the same stage...and still seeing some of the NPG and The Revolution around town

18mins - In admiration of Morris Hayes

19mins30s - Going back to Paisley Park...how do you feel about it?

21mins - Opinions on the music after 2002...remaining 'an avid listener'. The Current radio show in MPLS.

22mins30s - memories of the last show, a Piano & Microphone performance

24mins - When Prince passed away...an energy change in Minneapolis: writing an obit 'through the tears'

26mins30s - 'I would never write that now...' an open letter to Prince in the media

28mins - Playing with local musicians on the night Prince died

29mins30s - Jim's view on the music coming out retrospectively & Welcome 2 America

32mins30s - 'Context is everything with Prince...', so stay open

33mins30s - Favourite live show of the 1980s, and which live DVD should be released?

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

LINKS

Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.

Email me at: bleazas@hotmail.com if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. 

#prince4ever #love4oneanother

Jim Walsh - journalist and author of Gold Experience: Following Prince in the '90s

Intro

2mins - Were the 1990s Prince's 'punk period'?

5mins - Challenging Prince to be more vital!

8mins30s - the mad scientist out in Chanhassen, the feeling of greatness nearby

10mins - Going back to Paisley as a museum? Being in the building together...

11mins - the 90s, the forerunner to everyone having their own radio station...and preserving the legacy

13mins - Thoughts on The Rainbow Children, a transitional album and critically renowned live shows

15mins - seeing Prince over the years, often until 6am

17mins - living your life to the fullest creativity

18mins - seeing Prince for the first time in the early 1980s at First Avenue - "they were just badass, oh my God!"

21mins - Allen Beaulieu photographer, studio was just up the street from First Avenue...where Target Center is now. Pictures eventually adorned all of Prince's early album covers.

22mins30s - What kind of person was Prince? "Really warm and loving...he was know-able, that was my experience."

25mins - Playing different styles of music every night at Paisley Park

27mins - Jam of the Year tour memories from 1997, followed by an all-night performance... 'it was so good!'

29mins - Middle-aged bad-assery at The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and The Superbowl

30mins30s - Best guitar solos ever? 'Feathery blues at Glam Slam...'

32mins - Carlos Santana, Larry Graham & Prince at the Northrop Auditorium

34mins - Larry Graham's influence on Prince: Jim Walsh's view

36mins - A fleeting sight of Prince in 2014, 'a deeply spiritual God-loving man'.

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

LINKS

Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.

Email me at: bleazas@hotmail.com if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. 

#prince4ever #love4oneanother

Jerry and Erica go the route for the space theme - songs about stars  :D   Are you more fist pumping or heart pumping?  Plus, a grunge song we can agree on!