ThoughtCrime: Jones From PartsUnknown Banned From Twitter

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Prince Rogers Nelson: The Musical Purple People Eater

Prince Rogers Nelson: The Musical Purple People Eater

The first time I saw Prince in purple, I automatically assumed it was in honor of the Minnesota Vikings we admired during our youth.

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Apr 21, 2025
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On this day (April 21) in 2016, the world lost one of the greatest musical polymaths to have lived - Prince Rogers Nelson. Born four years before me on June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, where he was raised and lived the majority of his life, he signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records before he was 18. He was born the same year one of my favorite mov…

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