Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

Don't believe everything you read; I know for a fact he's still lurking on alt.nerd.obsessive.

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

Simpsons Season Seven reference FTW!

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

He should have stay married. Prince has gone a lot off the deep end.

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

Prince is batshit crazy. He makes some great music, but batshit crazy. But is anyone surprised that he's so eccentric? I just find it funny that a pioneer of digital distribution is now abandoning the channel, the second it is legit. Ah well. Like he needs more money.

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

:lol:

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

Well in Prince World this might be true but reports of the Internet's demise may be premature. Need to go watch Evening with Kevin Smith again.........

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

Isn't this the same Prince who gave his album away to people on his website two weeks before it hit retail?

I guess he didn't make enough money on that deal. He is fucking nuts, but he does make incredible music.

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

Just because he sucks at the Internet doesn't mean it's over. :)

On one hand, I get his frustration... he was one of the earlier adopters of a paid digital distribution model with his NPG Music Club and one of the first 'name' acts to release a large amount content exclusively via the web.

The problem was his model was flawed and he didn't listen to what the fans wanted (a big problem when you go with a subscription-based plan). He was (is) sitting on a wealth of unreleased material dating back to his '80s heyday, stuff fans have only heard through crappy bootlegs, and yet he released very little of this material through the club, instead focusing on so-so newer material and pointless remixes.

I wonder when someone will inform him that CDs are digital data as well... he's been releasing his music in 1s and 0s since the '80s. :)

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

Can't wait to hear what crazy conspiracy theories he has on his mind the next time he stops in to visit with Tavis Smiley. Like several others have stated, the man can still create some amazing music, but he clearly has issues.

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

I don't think downloading music is a fad. I can't say I would miss downloading music if they all shut down. I would prefer to buy my music if it was a cheaper option.

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

Yeah that was a pretty stupid remark from Prince

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

Not so dirty anymore. He's been a holy roller for the past 10 years or so. Considers himself a man of God, avoids all his old sexual material, doesn't even swear. Sometimes studies the Bible for eight hours at a time, goes door to door asking people if they want to talk about Jesus.

I don't want to judge the guy's beliefs, but to go from Horny Pony to Jehovah's Witness? He's kind of bonkers

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

I do remember reading an account of some people who had Prince come to their house to preach the good word to them. I don't know what I would do if Prince showed up at my house with Jehovah's Witness literature.

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

I'd hand him a guitar and tell him that, if he really wanted to convince me, he'd do it through music. :)

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

I'd hand him my electric guitar and tell him to play the solo from Let's Go Crazy.

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

So what is to become of porn with no internet?

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

:rotfl

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

Clips from 3 songs on the new album:

http://soundcloud.com/pk2/compassion...avaux-snippets

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

I'd ask him why it's not acceptable to receive a blood transfusion because of the line in the Bible that says you are to abstain from blood, yet it's perfectly acceptable to eat sushi (which, of course, as uncooked meat, is rife with blood).*




* An actual question I once presented to a Japanese JW that I worked with, while he munched on some fatty tuna rolls. He didn't have an answer.

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

He's probably been recording and mixing in digital for a while as well.

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

As per Kenny G

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100708/..._music_kenny_g

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

Not that the internet is a tangible thing that can be offended and react thusly, but Prince should be pretty thankful to the internet that he still has any kind of career at all. Merchandise and music made available to his fans and the general public has naturally progressed from mail order to online, and he's made a shitload of money from it, so he definitely has a lot of nerve to turn up his nose and scoff at the very thing that puts a very big roof over his head, and continually maintains his ability to keep producing his music.

Prince went on to explain how he will now be recording on the Edison wax cylinder phonograph.

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

He's just mad because there's no "Prince Symbol" key on computer keyboards.

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

ooooooo, catfight!

Re: "The Internet is over," declares Prince.
 

Apparently he was okay with digital devices last year when this came out:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...princeipod.jpg