04-28-2016, 08:54 PM
Fucking ticketmaster and their bots had denied me tickets to all 3 Oakland shows. My one consolation was that he loved Oakland and I knew he would be back.
I had taken half the day off to go to the Giants day game. Dee Dee called me and gave me the news. I was stunned.
The organist and between-inning music was mostly Prince (some fans around me didn't even know what had happened and were destroyed when told).
I still remember buying "1999" and being overwhelmed with how awesome every song was (on a double-album no less!). It was the first record I had bought from the 'R&B' section of Tower Records and led me to abolish the seperation of 'R&B' and 'Rock' from my store in Emeryville. This turned out to be a great business move in the Bay Area where people have wider tastes.
I saw the 'Purple Rain' tour in Austin, TX and still have one of the plastic flowers dropped from the ceiling at the end of the show.
Fuck you 2016 for stealing Bowie and Prince.
Maybe I should hold that in.
It's only April.
I had taken half the day off to go to the Giants day game. Dee Dee called me and gave me the news. I was stunned.
The organist and between-inning music was mostly Prince (some fans around me didn't even know what had happened and were destroyed when told).
I still remember buying "1999" and being overwhelmed with how awesome every song was (on a double-album no less!). It was the first record I had bought from the 'R&B' section of Tower Records and led me to abolish the seperation of 'R&B' and 'Rock' from my store in Emeryville. This turned out to be a great business move in the Bay Area where people have wider tastes.
I saw the 'Purple Rain' tour in Austin, TX and still have one of the plastic flowers dropped from the ceiling at the end of the show.
Fuck you 2016 for stealing Bowie and Prince.
Maybe I should hold that in.
It's only April.
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