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Tonight: Prince Vs Bowie Dance Party

Dearly beloved and fellow pretty things, tonight we will be gathering to celebrate two of our greatest icons, Prince and David Bowie with one of the best dance parties of the year. Transmission Dance Party’s Bill Page and Xotec will be spinning all the hottest jams from both oeuvres for Americans young and old and the scary monsters (no super creeps, please), and with performances from Eddie Gomez, Seraphine DuMaul, Anatomy + Lady Zilla of the Hell’s Harlots, Stella Virgin and Fly Guy Shawn, the Mohawk will definitely be a rave unto the joy fantastic. In keeping with the ongoing theme of Buffalo dance parties raising money for righteous causes, proceeds from the Prince Vs Bowie Dance Party will be going to Planned Parenthood, and please note, any nonsense (fighting, inappropriate behavior, anything non consensual) will get you thrown out. Cover is only $5 and Mohawk’s doors are at 9pm. Remember,[...]

Tonight: Prince vs. Bowie Dance Party

Tonight, Buffalo Infringement Fest 2017 honors two of the heroes we lost last year with an epic Prince vs. Bowie dance party at the Mohawk to raise money for beloved and embattled art space Dreamland. DJs Xotec and Bill Page will be kicking the most danceable jams from the Prince Rogers Nelson (1958-2016) and David Bowie (1947-2016) oeuvres, along with some secret performances in between sets throughout the night. The dance party will be dedicated to Buffalo artist and Infringement Fest supporter Jenny “Lovely” Keys, who passed away last month; and proceeds go to the still closed Dreamland, which was regrettably caught up in the bureaucratic justice this spring. Infringement, Dreamland, Bowie, Prince… they are all about expression, and about getting free. Tonight, get free for a worthy cause. Cover is $5 and doors open at 8pm.

A June 7th Prince Playlist

June 7th has been a special day for fans of Prince since the beginning as it’s the great man’s birthday. Before he became a Jehovah’s Witness and gave up on the concept of birthdays, Prince would mark his birthday with special performances, announcements, and the release of singles, and after he stopped having birthdays the fans kept celebrating them for him. This year however will be the first June 7th without Prince Rogers Nelson in 58 years , the incredibly sad result of a fatal overdose six weeks ago on April 21st, and that means it is going to be hard. As we get ready for another round of public mourning and appreciation for Prince’s aforementioned brilliance, here’s a playlist highlighting some Prince music from his legendary vault underneath Paisley Park, something for Purple newbies, casual fans, and for hardcore members of the Purple Squad to savor the profound genius of a prolific and[...]

Tonight: Midnight Purple Rain At The North Park

Tonight The North Park Theatre joins in the many Prince tributes happening around WNY  (and the world) with a midnight screening of the 1984 classic Purple Rain. Proceeds go to Music Is Art and Prince videos will be shown to get the crowd ready for the movie that made Prince an international star; a glorious rock and roll B-movie with the best soundtrack ever and magnetic performances from our dearly departed Purple One, love interest Apollonia, and  onscreen “foil” Morris Day. Show starts at 11:55. Prince tribute screenings of Purple Rain will also be happening this weekend at the Riviera Theatre Saturday night in North Tonawanda and at the Transit Drive-In in a wonderful double feature this weekend with Bowie’s Labyrinth, a reminder of just how lousy 2016 has been for music fans. Wear purple to all the above and say goodbye to a legend gone too soon.

A Few Thoughts On Prince (1958-2016) [UPDATED]

I’m not even going to try cranking out an obituary for Prince, who died unexpectedly at age 57 Thursday. There’s already a tremendous amount of excellent writing out there marking this terrible and frankly surreal tragedy. So as staff Princephile, I’m just going to stick with a few thoughts on the great man, his music, and how it changed my life: I was a little too young to truly appreciate 1999 and Purple Rain when both took over the pop world in 1982 and 1984 respectively. I liked the singles and videos but I wasn’t tuned in enough to be down with Prince when he broke big time. But five years later I was a full blown teenager and in love with Tim Burton’s Michael Keaton/Jack Nicholson Batman movie, and I had no choice but to get both the Danny Elfman score and Prince’s album of original music for the[...]