Whoa!! The New Yorker is not known for sensational journalism? What about that Barack Obama / Michelle Obama cover that depicted them as terrorist/radicals. I read a New York Times article about the owners Conde Nast, where it was stated that they like to stir up a controversy every now and then. Of course when Prince had a website, he had a golden opportunity to share his beliefs instantaneously.
Peace,Love,Happiness and Godspeed!!  Amen!!Steve Marshall                                                                            --- On Mon, 11/17/08, loven happiness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: loven happiness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: NPNY: New Yorker (11/24/08): Soup With Prince > To: npny@lists.panix.com > Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 2:57 PM > Totally agree.The New Yorker is not known for sensational > journalism. I also > agree that this is a sad development for those of us who > have followed him a > long time. > > The difference here Derek, in my opinion, is that in the > past we > haven't seen evidence of such distain. I understand > "growing" and gaining new > perspectives and new views but this holier than thou stance > is more than a bit > nauseating. And ironic, all things considered. > > ******************************************************** > You're so vain; I bet > you think this all is about you.... > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Amil Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: npny@lists.panix.com > Sent: Monday, > November 17, 2008 2:08:55 PM > Subject: Re: NPNY: New Yorker (11/24/08): Soup > With Prince > > The printed quote about his opinion on gay marriage and > abortion > comes > off as a bit homophobic, don't you think? If he made > it, he probably > didn't realize that it sounded that way. If it's a > total misquote, > then it > really emphasizes how ridiculously naive his "no tape > recorders" rule is > (was?). > > However, I think as Christian as Prince is, and now with > his JW > beliefs, he must be against gay-marriage and abortion. > It's logical. > As a > Prince fan, you don't want to believe it. But I think > it's a safe > bet that he > did say something to that effect. The New Yorker is not > the NY Post. > > There > are posts debating this in reaction to the article on Dr > Funkenberry's site > and on the Org. If true, in my opinion, this would > be another sad evolution in > Prince history. > > Amil > > <Moderator: Prince's views on homosexually has been > a > rumbling in the Princeverse for many years now. This is > nothing new just the > first real public mention of it that I can recall. > -Derek> > > > On Mon, Nov 17, > 2008 at 1:51 PM, Sumeet Music <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > ---------- > Forwarded message ---------- > > From: ZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, Nov > 17, 2008 at 11:14 AM > > Subject: NPNY: New Yorker (11/24/08): Soup With Prince > > To: npny@lists.panix.com > > > > > > [This article just started making its rounds > on the net... nothing really > > surprising for those who have been following > Prince's religious life over > > the past decade or so. Still, don't recall > reading such direct & candid > > statements before re: > politics/religion/Republicans/Democrats.--NPS] > > > > > http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/11/24/081124ta_talk_hoffman > > > > Soup With > Prince > > by Claire Hoffman November 24, 2008 > > New Yorker > > > > The > thirty-thousand-square-foot Italianate villa, built this > century by > > Vanna > White's ex-husband, looks like many of the other houses > in Beverly > > Park, a > gated community in L.A., except for the bright-purple > carpet that > > spills > down the front steps to announce its new tenant: Prince. > One > > afternoon just > before the election, Prince invited a visitor over. Inside, > > the place was > done up in a generic Mediterranean style, although there > were > > personal > flourishes here and thereâ€â€ > a Lucite grand piano with a > > > gold-colored > > "Artist Formerly Known as Prince" symbol > suspended over it, > purple paisley > > pillows on a couch. Candles scented the air, and New > Age > music played in the > > living room, where a TV screen showed images of > bearded > men playing flutes. > > Prince padded into the kitchen, a small fifty-year-old > man in yoga pants and > > a big sweater, wearing platform flip-flops over white > socks, like a geisha. > > > > "Would you like something to eat?" he asked, > sidling > up to the counter. > > Prince's voice was surprisingly deep, like that of > a much > larger man. He > > picked up a copy of "21 Nights," a glossy > volume of > photographs that he had > > just released. It is his first published book, a > collection of highly > > stylized photographs of him taken during a series of > gigs in London last > > year. "I'm really proud of this," he > said. Short > original poems and a CD > > accompany the photographs. (Sample verse: "Who > eye > really am only time will > > tell/ 2 the almighty life 4ce that grows stronger > with every chorus/ Yes > > give praise, lest ye b among . . . the guilty > ones.") > > > > Limping slightly, Prince set off on a walk around his > new bachelor pad. > > > Glass doors opened onto acres of back yard, and a hot tub > bubbled in the > > > sunlight. "I have a lot of parties," he > explained. In the living room, he'd > > > installed purple thrones on either side of a fireplace, > and, nearby, along a > > > hallway, he had hung photographs of himself, in a Moroccan > villa, in various > > > states of undress. At the end of the hall, a gauzy curtain > fluttered in a > > > doorway. "My room," he said. "It's > private." > > > > Prince has lived in Los > Angeles since last spring, after spending years in > > Minneapolis, holding > court in a complex called Paisley Park, where he made > > thousands of songs, > far away from the big labels. Seven years ago, he became > > a Jehovah's > Witness. He said that he had moved to L.A. so that he could > > understand the > hearts and minds of the music moguls. "I wanted to be > around > > people, > connected to people, for work," he said. "You > know, it's all about > > religion. > That's what unites people here. They all have the same > religion, > > so I wanted > to sit down with them, to understand the way they see > things, > > how they read > Scripture." > > > > Prince had his change of faith, he said, after a > two-year-long > debate with a > > musician friend, Larry Graham. "I don't see > it really as a > conversion," he > > said. "More, you know, it's a realization. > It's like > Morpheus and Neo in > > 'The Matrix.' " He attends meetings at a > local Kingdom > Hall, and, like his > > fellow-witnesses, he leaves his gated community from > time to time to knock > > on doors and proselytize. "Sometimes people act > surprised, but mostly > > they're really cool about it," he said. > > > > Recently, > Prince hosted an executive who works for Philip Anschutz, > the > > Christian > businessman whose company owns the Staples Center. "We > started > > talking red > and blue," Prince said. "People with > moneyâ€â€ money like > > > thatâ€â€ are > > not affected by the stock market, and they're not > freaking out over > > anything. They're just watching. So here's how > it is: > you've got the > > Republicans, and basically they want to live according > to > this." He pointed > > to a Bible. "But there's the problem of > interpretation, > and you've got some > > churches, some people, basically doing things and > saying > it comes from here, > > but it doesn't. And then on the opposite end of > the > spectrum you've got > > blue, you've got the Democrats, and they're, > like, 'You > can do whatever you > > want.' Gay marriage, whatever. But neither of them > is > right." > > > > When asked about his perspective on social > issuesâ€â€ > gay marriage, > > abortionâ€â€ Prince > tapped his Bible and said, > "God came to earth and saw > > people > > sticking it wherever and doing it with > whatever, and he just cleared it all > > out. He was, like, 'Enough.' " > > > > > Later, in the dining room, eating a bowl of carrot soup, he > talked about an > > > encounter that he described as a "teaching > moment." "There was this woman. > > > She used to come to Paisley Park and just sit outside on > the swings," he > > > said. "So I went out there one day and I was, like, > 'Hey, all my friends in > > > there say you're a stalker. And that I should call the > police. But I don't > > > want to do that, so why don't you tell me what you want > to happen. Why are > > > you here? How do you want this to end?' And she > didn't really have an answer > > > for that. In the end, all she wanted was to be seen, for me > to look at her. > > > And she left and didn't come back." > ♦ > > > > <Moderator: > Interesting story at the end... -Derek> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPNY.Org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], in body place npny ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions/Help?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
