purple please

a girl i work with just burned four CDs for me. she's a huge prince fan, and we got to talking about his music after she heard me play "gett off" at a party I DJ'd a few weeks ago. all four discs contain nothing but prince songs, mostly songs that are lesser known. one of the discs has a decidely sexual theme to it. gems like "soft and wet", "jack u off", "scarlet pussy", and "come". most of the tracks are from the purple one's early career (when he was all about sex!), and listening to these songs is revealing. although the p-funk and james brown influences are obvious, he took that inspiration and created such a distinct, original style, a sound he possessed right from the start. another surprise was i forgot how much i love "lady cab driver"! i hadn't heard that song in years! that song, along with lots of others, will be finding their way into future DJ sets...for sure!

it looks like i have 'date' set for tomorrow with l. i met l. at the reading on saturday. we're talking about seeing a show at the fringe festival. the question is which show? i want one with humor in it. l. and i talked for a bit on the phone yesterday. get this: she LOVES soccer! watching it and playing it! about a month ago, she actually played in the sunday pick-up game that i play in every week. well, not every week, obviously, since i wasn't there the week she played. i was probably having brunch with antiparticle. she knows a lot of the guys that i play with every week...