NPNY: Prince Hip Replacement Rumors Re-Surface

2009-06-19 Thread Amil Dave
I've been seeing a lot of new articles with rumors that Prince needs double hip replacement surgery... http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jun/11/prince-refuses-hip-surgery http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur53894.cfm etc etc Amil ---

NPNY: Spin Magazine Presents Purplish Rain

2009-06-17 Thread Amil Dave
"-- Spin is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Best Movie (and Soundtrack) Ever Purple Rain with Purplish Rain, a song-by-song tribute to Prince's classic soundtrack album. Of Montreal cover "Computer Blue", Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings take on "Take Me With U", and Greg Dulli's Twilight Singers

NPNY: Purple Drain: Is It Time To Give Up On The Prince We All Want?

2009-05-09 Thread Amil Dave
Yahoo article: http://tinyurl.com/qdo75l - NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPNY.Org - Unsubs

NPNY: OT: Anthony Hamilton & Musiq Soulchild

2009-05-08 Thread Amil Dave
Another pre-sale for NYC MSG tomorrow. Wow. I wish I could afford to see all of these shows! http://msgnyc.com/viewmsg.cfm?n35043s12593c21068587t12612 - NewPowerNewYork Mailing List

NPNY: OT: Beyonce MSG Pre-Sale Tomorrow

2009-04-23 Thread Amil Dave
If anyone is interested in seeing Beyonce at the Garden (NYC) on June 21st, there will be an internet presale starting tomorrow at 10AM here: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1D004291EE594FB1?camefrom=CFC_MSG_MSG&bran d=msg Keep in mind, Fan Club and Target pre-sales are already underway, and th

NPNY: OT: Just Hear It

2009-04-12 Thread Amil Dave
There's a new (completely legal) music search engine launching, which allows you to search for any song and play it back on the spot. It's in beta right now, but you can try it out. Once they start allowing registration, you'll be able to maintain a "library" of songs which you can access f

Re: NPNY: Comp Tix To BB Kings - including Days of Wild

2009-04-12 Thread Amil Dave
ew dollars for the ticketmaster charges. Amil -- Forwarded message -- From: Amil Dave Date: Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 1:49 PM Subject: NPNY: Comp Tix To BB Kings - including Days of Wild To: npny@lists.panix.com Comp tickets to various cover band shows at BB King's (in

NPNY: Comp Tix To BB Kings - including Days of Wild

2009-04-10 Thread Amil Dave
Comp tickets to various cover band shows at BB King's (including Prince cover band Days of Wild) are available here: http://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/42cbx8 Amil - NewPowerNewYork Mailing List

Fwd: NPNY: RE: [thebumpsquad] Prince Debuts On Billboard at #2

2009-04-09 Thread Amil Dave
I definitely think his sales will drop off a cliff next week. Also keep in mind that Target may have purchased Prince's CD's to artificially boost his sales. There's strong evidence to suggest that Walmart has done this with exclusive deals in the past (such as AC DC), and no reason to believe that

Re: NPNY: Prince Signs Deal With Target

2009-03-03 Thread Amil Dave
There's one in Queens! :-) He must be getting a great advance from them. Christina Ag released an album exclusively through Target late last year - no one bought it. Guns N Roses did Best Buy, with so-so results. Walmart has been successful with Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, etc, but it's been rumored

Re: NPNY: Two New Pics on LotusFlower site

2009-02-11 Thread Amil Dave
Seriously? Actually, I'm surprised he's not charging us already... two new photos! Sigh. Amil On Feb 11, 2009, at 9:48 PM, Sumeet Music wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Andrew Stanger Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:17 AM Subject: NPNY: Two New Pics on LotusFlower site

NPNY: New Music From Prince

2008-12-16 Thread Amil Dave
Yeah, of course it is! And it's official... http://mplsound.com (via http://www.drfunkenberry.com) [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/x-pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s] -

NPNY: Video: Prince performing with Q-Tip

2008-12-14 Thread Amil Dave
Here's the video footage of Prince performing with Q-Tip at the House of Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwF7qAdH0og Amil http://www.soundvillains.com [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/x-pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s] ---

Re: NPNY: New Yorker (11/24/08): Soup With Prince

2008-11-18 Thread Amil Dave
; 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 th

Re: NPNY: New Yorker (11/24/08): Soup With Prince

2008-11-17 Thread Amil Dave
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?). Ho

Fwd: NPNY: NY Ticket on sale and fan giveaway...

2008-10-10 Thread Amil Dave
Zaheer! Did you just win this??: http://prince.org/msg/12/285178/-org-and-HQ-s-Infinite-Contest-WINNERS-ANNOU NCED?&pg=1 Amil Begin forwarded message: > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: ZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 2:07 PM > Subject: Re: NPNY: NY Ticke

NPNY: Judge: Copyright Owners Must Consider 'Fair Use' Before Sending Takedown Notice

2008-08-21 Thread Amil Dave
An update on the case regarding the fair use of "Let's Go Crazy" in a YouTube video: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/judge-copyright.html - NewPowerNewYork Mailing List

NPNY: Interview: Mayte Garcia

2008-06-17 Thread Amil Dave
New interview with Mayte... Amil Begin forwarded message: From: "Tirusha" Date: June 17, 2008 9:31:22 AM EDT Subject: Latest Interview: Mayte Garcia Hey Everyone!! I hope you're a Bollywood bluff because you're about to be put to the ultimate test! Remember the Hindi movie Dus? If so, rem

Re: NPNY: Planet Earth Anyone Buy It?

2007-07-26 Thread Amil Dave
> I really like the album. I'm on the side of it being one of Prince's best in years. Better than 3121 and Musicology. In fact, I think it will outsell 3121 and Musicology. One reason is that I think people who haven't bought Prince albums in a long time, but know him from the 80's and ear

NPNY: Live Earth Concert: 7.7.07

2007-04-12 Thread Amil Dave
If anyone is interested... should be a good concert. The US performances will be at Giants Stadium, NJ. They're still adding some acts, from what I understand: http://liveearth.msn.com/USPR410 Amil -

Re: NPNY: Prince Tour 2007

2007-02-14 Thread Amil Dave
That's terrible. Not cool. I would have called my credit card company and told them to dispute the claim and refund me the money because you paid for a service that was not provided. I'm sure a lot of others got left out in the cold with recent memberships just before they closed up shop.

Re: NPNY: Prince Tour 2007

2007-02-12 Thread Amil Dave
(and presumably non-) seats behind the "circle" part > of the symbol where the band was at the SB halftime show. Wouldn't > make sense for the symbol to be further up, allowing for more seats > south of the symbol? Whatever the case, if this is a planned stage > for a tour

NPNY: VH1 Pop Culture Show: Open Call

2007-02-12 Thread Amil Dave
Anyone watch the Pop Culture game show on VH1 last year? If so, and if you're interested in competing to be on it this year, check out: http://pciq.vh1.com Amil - NewPowerNewYork Mailing List

NPNY: Prince Tour 2007

2007-02-10 Thread Amil Dave
This was posted on Prince.org: http://www.ticketmaster.ca/seatingchart/131157/17911 'nuff said. :-) Amil - NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPNY.Org

Re: NPNY: Oh Lord! Here we go! Even when Prince is being good!

2007-02-10 Thread Amil Dave
I don't think it's ridiculous at all. I think Prince totally knew what he was doing (phallic imagery), did it on purpose, and I think that it was great! Very funny. And it's very much the kind of thing he would do. However, I do think it's ridiculous that people are upset and making controv

Re: NPNY: Guitar Is Available for Download...

2007-02-02 Thread Amil Dave
I agree with Derek. "Guitar" is not a very good song. "All Along The Watchtower/Best of You" sounds much better (from Howard Stern show). Amil > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Derek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Feb 2, 2007 8:48 PM > Subject: NPNY: Guitar Is Available for Down

NPNY: RE: [thebumpsquad] Private Prince Vegas show 4 those who

2007-01-11 Thread Amil Dave
Is Prince putting it together, though? What if Rio just buys a bunch of tickets to one of his shows to invite and comp a bunch of high rollers? Or maybe it was part of the deal - that he would play a show to Rio VIPs? (Promotion.) It logically seems more like a casino thing than something P

NPNY: Purple New Year (TMZ)

2006-12-15 Thread Amil Dave
Small TMZ article about Prince's $1000 New Year's Eve party: http://www.tmz.com/2006/12/15/happy-purple-new-year/ Amil - NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPNY.Org

NPNY: Meeting Tevin Campbell

2006-11-08 Thread Amil Dave
I met Tevin Campbell tonight! I was walking with my friends Ashlene and Sumeet down 8th Ave, past 52nd (NYC). Ashlene spotted a guy walking into a Rite Aid on a nearby corner, and called out, "Thats Tevin Campbell!" I didnt believe her, so I chilled outside while Sumeet and Ashlene went in

Re: NPNY: 3121 Finally Gold

2006-11-01 Thread Amil Dave
The Gold/Platinum certifications by the RIAA are only for domestic U.S. sales. They never include international. (The NPGMC may include int'l sales figures when they say "1 million sold", but this is not standard for the industry.) 3121 has NOT yet sold 500,000 physical copies (although it

Re: NPNY: Diddy Album

2006-10-13 Thread Amil Dave
Yeah, but then he used ghost writers anyway. Most of the songs are written by other rappers. He has a song called "The Future" (written by Pharoah Monche) which sounds like Diddy trying to be like Pharoah. In general, Diddy sounds horrible rapping. Amil > -- Forwarded message -

Re: NPNY: Katt Williams

2006-10-10 Thread Amil Dave
Yeah, thats the Katt Williams from MTV's "Wild N Out" show :-) Amil > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Oct 10, 2006 12:26 AM > Subject: NPNY: Katt Williams > To: npny@lists.panix.com > > OK...Katt Williams is on HBOfunny as HE

NPNY: Wendy & Lisa: Heroes

2006-09-27 Thread Amil Dave
Just an FYI that Wendy & Lisa are music composers for the new show on NBC called "Heroes". Amil - NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPNY.Org --

NPNY: Timberlake admits to 'huge influence' of Prince on new CD

2006-09-21 Thread Amil Dave
This article was posted on Prince.org: http://www.prince.org/msg/8/202846 about the Prince influence on Justin Timberlake's new album. Track #3 "Sexy Ladies" sounds like Prince actually produced the song! Has anyone heard it? It's crazy - straight Prince music. Amil --

NPNY: BORAT / Free Preview Screening!

2006-09-18 Thread Amil Dave
> From: "Aparna Rao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: September 18, 2006 3:15:14 PM EDT > To: "Aparna Rao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: BORAT / MySpace Screening / Wednesday, September 20th > > This is a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE screening for our upcoming film > BORAT. As long as you're a MySpace mem

NPNY: Re: VMAs

2006-09-08 Thread Amil Dave
Yeah, Angie has a lot of excuses on that show! (Although, I think on Sunday's episode they actually find out that she does have a heart condition (I could be wrong) - of course, I would guess that it was caused by her weight in the first place, so...) Half of Christina's album - including he

NPNY: Re: VMAs

2006-09-07 Thread Amil Dave
Yeah, there seems to be some pre-determined hate going on with this review. I mean, we all know it's Justin Timberlake in the end. He's not pretending to be the greatest musician or singer by any means. And personally, out of all the similar artists, I like him best. He doesnt wear jewelry/

NPNY: OT: Ronald Isley Gets 3.5 Years in Federal Prison

2006-09-02 Thread Amil Dave
For some serious tax evasion. He didnt pay from 1976 -1996. And has since continued not to. Wow. I guess he figured he would never get caught. Pretty dumb. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060902/us_nm/crime_isley_dc Amil -

NPNY: E Badu and Questlove w/ me tonight...come!

2006-08-11 Thread Amil Dave
Sorry, this is super last minute. Erykah Badu is hosting a screening of "Before The Music Dies" tonight at 8p, followed by Questlove DJ- ing. At SOL in Manhattan. Amil Begin forwarded message: > From: Forrest Renaissance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: August 11, 2006 5:11:13 PM EDT > To: [EMAI

Re: NPNY: The Artist Formerly Known as Married

2006-07-27 Thread Amil Dave
Thats sad. But I hope we hear some of the songs that he writes during this period. Wally, pt 2? :-) Amil > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Derek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Jul 26, 2006 11:53 PM > Subject: NPNY: The Artist Formerly Known as Married > To: npny@lists.panix.com >

Fwd: NPNY: [thebumpsquad] Tamar's CD postponed/cancelled...AGAIN!

2006-07-19 Thread Amil Dave
In my opinion, that's a smart move by Universal. No point in spending money on the Tamar album - it's not like she's a new artist that they signed and had input on developing. Personally, I don't care about her album. Amil > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: thebumpsquad

NPNY: Former Prince Bodygaurd

2006-07-15 Thread Amil Dave
I ran across this MySpace site by a guy who says he is a former Prince bodyguard: http://www.myspace.com/trueprincestories Amil - NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPN