Music Monday #099 – Prince

With the recent announcement of Prince’s 2012 Australian dates, and the tickets going on sale this morning, my Twitter stream has gone a little silly with comments from those who think that the ‘Purple One’ is just a tad more important than something called ‘One Direction’ (which seems to be mentioned by younger relatives on Facebook)

This, of course, means time for Prince to appear on Music Monday

Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson; June 7, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of the instruments on his recordings. In addition, Prince has been a “talent promoter” for the careers of Sheila E., Carmen Electra, The Time and Vanity 6, and his songs have been recorded by these artists and others (including Chaka Khan, The Bangles, Sinéad O’Connor, and even Kim Basinger). He also has several hundred unreleased songs in his “vault”.[
– wikipedia

And now for some music …

This weeks links (2012-04-16)

In brief:

* SAGE-AU concerned by purported email ethics issues (2012-Apr-14) [SAGE-AU]
Australia’s peak technology experts group, the System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU), has raised concerns regarding the accuracy of claims made in a recent article published in several Fairfax newspapers (“Email snooping IT admins like ‘Dracula in charge of the blood bank,’” Ben Grubb, published April 13, 2012).

Amstel Gold Race

* Amstel Gold Race 2012 Live Dashboard [steephill.tv]

* Amstel Gold Race 2012 [SBS Cycling Central]

Some reading/listening:

* William S. Burroughs Reads His First Novel, Junky [openculture]
Available as MP3 files.