Mad Max

Amoureux, Aspiring Journalist, NC-TN,

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As I sit here attempting to survive #finals week, I can help but think about all the amazing memories I've made this past year. Above is a shot from Spring Break in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, where I got to spend a week with one of my best friends @neilpeterson_. It's absolutely crazy to think you're graduating! I couldn't be more proud of you big man, it feels like just last week we're moving into our dorm and starting college. (at East Tennessee State University)

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I hope everyone was able to enjoy their #Thanksgivings. I know I certainly did with this bundle of joy. Please remember that you should #staygrateful everyday and not just the one day a year that it is acceptable to eat as much food as possible. Try to keep love in your heart during these incredibly dark times. #family #love #NC (at Waynesville, North Carolina)

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The Blue Ridge Parkway mountains are always calling my name. 11.08.2016 . . . . . . #photography #blueridgeparkway #NC #savethemountains #828isgreat (at Waynesville, North Carolina)

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Rick James with Special Guest Prince, Fire It Up Tour (1979-1980)

Prince was allegedly added to Rick James’ tour to bolster the headliner’s waning draw. “It was a rough period for Rick,” Prince’s guitarist Dez Dickerson told biographer Dave Hill. “We would go over like gangbusters, because the black audience was just dying for something new.” James himself famously loathed Prince, telling Rolling Stone, “I can’t believe people are gullible enough to buy Prince’s jive records.” James called Prince “a mentally disturbed young man. He’s out to lunch. You can’t take his music seriously. He sings songs about oral sex and incest.”

In his autobiography Rick even said Prince was jacking his performance style: “[Prince was] emulating my moves like a motherfucker. I know imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but because my act followed his, it looked like Rick James was copying Prince rather than vice versa.”

Tension grew as Prince was winning over the crowds and playing beyond his time limit. According to Teena Marie, Rick got back at Prince by allegedly stealing his programmed synthesizers and using them on his own 1981 album Street Songs, and then sending them back to him “with a thank-you card.”

On one occasion Prince attended Rick’s birthday party, and since he didn’t drink Rick grabbed his hair and poured Cognac down his throat, “He spit it out like a little bitch and I laughed and walked away.” Rick said he loved “fucking with him like that.”

While on tour Rick had mentioned the idea of starting an all girls group to Prince’s manager. Prince later persuaded Denise Matthews aka Vanity, who was Rick’s date to the American Music Awards to join Vanity 6. In response Rick formed the Mary Jane Girls.

In the mid 80s when Eddie Murphy wanted to work on his debut album which includes the hit “Party All The Time,” he first went to his friend Prince. Eddie said working with Prince in the studio made him uncomfortable, so he asked his other friend, Rick James, to help him. Rick eventually agreed because he said that “There wasn’t anything I’d rather have done than write a hit for Eddie — and stick it in Prince’s ear.”

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Needless to say, it was another amazing weekend spent in #Suwannee Finally got a few of my best friends to experience everything the magnificent @hulaweenfl has to offer. If you're curious, yes I am Rick from #RickandMorty with a Cromulon sign. #ShowMeWhatYouGot #Halloween #Hulaween (at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park)

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There's nothing quite like @sweetwaterbrew IPA after a long day of work and school, especially when I get to enjoy some beautiful #Fall colors from my porch. . . . . . . #Canon #5D #photography #IPA #HopHunter #CraftBeer (at Johnson City, Tennessee)

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Cat? Gargoyle? Tiger? The world may never know. . . . . . . . . . #Canon #catsofinstagram #photography #calico (at Johnson City, Tennessee)

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First pic with my #Canon5D goes to the always photogenic #Gonzo #Feline (at Johnson City, Tennessee)

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#tbt wishing I was back with the family in one of my favorite city's! If you're wondering, yes I do have on two pairs of sunglasses. #GoPro #NYC (at Top of the Rock)

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Since its apparently #internationalcatday here is yet another amazing picture of the infamous Gonzo. 😻 (at Johnson City, Tennessee)

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All eyez on me! #felines (at Johnson City, Tennessee)

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Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

Albert Einstein (via fyp-science)

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Happy 21st birthday to the most ridiculous story teller I know. You're an amazing friend who's always got my back but now it's time to celebrate accordingly. #junebirthdays #skun (at Johnson City, Tennessee)

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An adventure a day, keeps the blues away. @gopro @appalachiantrail (at Sill Branch Falls)

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"The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood." - Ralph Waldo Emerson #getputside #828isgreat (at Carver's Gap, Roan Mountain State Park)

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If you are lucky enough to spend today with your #Father, DO NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. The gift of Life is the most precious thing our world has to offer so be sure to enjoy and appreciate every possible second you have with your fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters. (at Johnson City, Tennessee)

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I seriously cannot stop thinking about how amazing this show was. Two Dead shows under the belt and I'm hungry for many more. (at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival)