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[jupitergaze]

my high school art room I've done a lot of things in this classroom... now I can add teaching my own class to that list

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Prince - 'Alphabet Street' O(+> Alphabet St. is the twenty-eighth Prince video to have been released for broadcast.

It is a very basic video which has Prince performing the song against a computer generated background of messages and letters floating around. The white Ford Thunderbird mentioned in the song (unlike the lyrics suggest actually a 1964 Thunderbird, previously owned by Prince's dad) is also featured.

Of note it is the first video to show the white custom Auerswald Model C guitar. Alphabet St. is also famous for its hidden “Don’t buy The Black Album, I’m sorry” message.

The decision to make a video was a spur of the moment thing, after Prince had a change of mind about not wanting do a video for the song. It was a snowy Sunday afternoon, when Prince called Alan Leeds that he wanted to do the video. Leeds searched all day and finally found local video producer Michael Barnard prepared to come and do the shoot. Sheila E. And Cat were also commissioned. Equipment was rented from a local cable tv company.

The video shoot commenced at 7:00 p.m. and was shot using four cameras with 2/3" tubes, shooting on 3/4" U-matic cassettes.

Music Video details First aired: April 1988 Producer(s): Prince, Michael Barnard Director: Patrick Epstein Related home video/DVD: The Hits Video Collection First (Commercially) Released: 14 September 1993

Prince - Alphabet Street (Official Music Video) O(+> Alphabet St. (a.k.a. Alphabet Street) is the second track on Prince's tenth album Lovesexy, and, three weeks before the album's release, Alphabet St. was released as the album's first single.

In 1993, the track was included as the 14th track on Prince's first compilation album The Hits 1 (also included as the first disc of The Hits / The B-Sides).

In 2001, the track was included as the twelfth track on the compilation album The Very Best Of Prince. In 2006, the track was included as the eleventh track on the first disc of the compilation album Ultimate.

In 2002, a live version (as Alphabet Street) was included as the fifth track on the live release One Nite Alone... The Aftershow: It Ain't Over. In 2008, a 2007 live recording of the track was included (as Alphabet Street) as the tenth track on Prince's fourth live album Indigo Nights.

In 2011, a live version from the 3 August 2011 show in Oslo Spektrum was available as an mp3 download on Shelby J.'s Facebook page the day after the show (the meta-data attached to the track gives an album name of "Live In Oslo", but this is likely not an indication of an actual album).

Recording process Basic tracks were recorded on 30 December 1987 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (the day before the 31 December 1987 show where Prince and Miles Davis performed together for the first and only time).

Cat's rap on the track was originally used in the unreleased song Bloody Mouth, recorded the previous month. Alphabet St. is a blues-based pop/rock number distinguished by a scratchy rhythm guitar part played in a style reminiscent of Bo Diddley. The rhythm section features a simple drum machine beat, handclaps, and a popping bass line.

The song includes a "yeah, yeah, yeah" chorus. The song expands from a sparse opening as layers of instrumentation build, creating a complex musical track.

Cat provides a rap introducing the "Lovesexy" theme, before the song goes into an expanded vamp with a discordant horn motif to the fore. Ingrid Chavez ends the track with a recitation of the alphabet, from A to H, followed by "I... love u".

Recording Personnel

Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Sheila E. - drums Cat - vocals Atlanta Bliss - trumpet Eric Leeds - saxophone

Recording Information

30 December 1987 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Initial tracking

Indigo Nights version Prince - vocals and guitar Cora Coleman-Dunham - drums Josh Dunham - bass guitar Morris Hayes - keyboards Renato Neto - keyboards Greg Boyer - trombone Mike Phillips - saxophone, vocoder Lee Hogans - trumpet Shelby J. - background vocals Marva King - background vocals Maya McClean - background vocals Nandy McClean - background vocals

Song details

Performer: Prince First Released: 15 April 1988 - Alphabet St. single (UK release)

Album(s): Lovesexy The Hits 1 The Hits / The B-Sides The Very Best Of Prince One Nite Alone... The Aftershow: It Ain't Over Ultimate Indigo Nights 4Ever

Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince

Prince 4ever! in my life O(+>

[tonynelsonphotoblog]

Just ran across this photo I took in 2002 for the #wellstone campaign at a friend's house where he'd saved the promo piece all these years. Taken at his campaign headquarters a couple months before he died. #dfl #minneaota #paulwellstone #greatamericans #senator #portrait #pentax67 #minnesotaphotographer (at Saint Paul, Minnesota)

[hercrossroads]

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[shroodlu]

I pray for all the fuckboiis to step the fuck away from me or i'll curb stomp their tiny heads

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AUTUMN ON THE MISSISSIPPI - Lock and Dam 2 On The Mississippi River Trail (MRT) - Hastings, Minnesota

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LAKE ISABEL AUTUMN - Just off the Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota

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