PRESS RELEASE
27.08.04
A Prince Tribute: the night formerly known as the Slap Shack. There ain't no
party like a Prince party...Let's go CRAZY.
Prince stands as the most influential pop artist of all time, inspiring
everyone from Tricky to Andre 3000 to Green Velvet. It's 20 years - yes, 20
years - since Prince unleashed his blockbuster Purple Rain and tonight the
Slap Shack is painted purple with DJs playing props to the purple royal.This
ain't another Prince tribute - this is THE tribute to end all tributes.
Don't even think of rocking up unless your ass is dressed in purple or
you're dressed like one of the members of the purple court - take your pick,
Jerome, Wendy & Lisa, Diamond & Pearl ... First selector of the night
Cyclone ("I wanna be Cat when I grow up!") revisits purple proteges - Prince
classics recorded by anyone from Vanity 6 (Nasty Girl) to Apollonia (Sex
Shooter) to Sheena Easton (Sugar Walls, whoa, baby) to Sheila E (The
Glamourous Life) to Carmen Electra (say wha?) to rare remixes of all your
Prince favourites.
Sasha Perera ("Watch out Morris Day!") gets into the spirit with all the
Prince hits - and lots of The Time - including the raunchy ones that Tipper
Gore got stickered.
Ant J Steep ("My name is Ant and I am sho nuff fonky") reinvents Prince as
only he can with sneaky mash-ups. And Angela Maison ("watch me shake my
booty like Sheila E") gives it up to the artists inspired by Prince - from
Moodymann to Pharrell to Amp Fiddler.
Details:
A Prince Tribute: the night formerly known as the Slap Shack
There ain't no party like a Prince party...Let's go CRAZY.
Saturday 4th September
Honktyonks, Duckboard Place
$10 on the door (DRESS IN COSTUME)
Lineup:
Cyclone 'cocktail hour raritys' Wehner
Sasha 'tribute set' Perera
Angela 'cats inspired by prince' Maison
Ant J 'Clandestine' Steep
