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  I had a 5-minute part tonight! And I got a "G"!

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  hey guys, .

  rejoice with me!

  i went on stage tonight at the surly girl saloon on open mic comedy night!

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  orbison11

  ok dave, now i am your problem/progidy lol

  i am going to write down my funies as i say them,

  then set together a bit

  keep me informed of your progress, please

  wendy
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  I had a 5-minute part tonight! And I got a "G"!

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  hey guys, .

  rejoice with me!

  i went on stage tonight at the surly girl saloon on open mic comedy night!

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  wow aa that is so cool

  that is also my secret...to be a stand up

  i am a mature female, but i have been told by almost all of my clients, etc, i am funny, quick funny

  i have often thought of sitting down and writing a gig

  i do write down some of my funnys

  tell us more about your monologue, i would love to hear it

  wendy
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  Prince, commentary from aol,,,,

  by orbison11 in

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  hope this is not a repost.... .

  last updated: wednesday, february 7, 12:08 pm est.

  prince's halftime imagery questioned.

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  orbison11

  hope this is not a repost...

  Last Updated: Wednesday, February 7, 12:08 PM EST

  Prince's Halftime Imagery Questioned
  By JAKE COYLE, AP ONLINE

  The shadow in question. (Getty)

  NEW YORK (AP) - In the sensitive post-wardrobe malfunction world, some are questioning whether a guitar was just a guitar during Prince's Super Bowl halftime show.

  Prince's acclaimed performance included a guitar solo during the "Purple Rain" segment of his medley in which his shadow was projected onto a large, flowing beige sheet. As the 48-year-old rock star let rip, the silhouette cast by his figure and his guitar (shaped like the singer's symbol) had phallic connotations for some.

  A number of bloggers have decried "Malfunction!" - including Sam Anderson at New York magazine's Daily Intelligencer. Daily News television critic David Bianculli called it "a rude-looking shadow show" that "looked embarrassingly rude, crude and unfortunately placed."

  CBS spokesman Dana McClintock said Tuesday that the network has received "very few" complaints on Prince's performance. CBS last aired the Super Bowl in 2004 when Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake's "wardrobe malfunction" sparked criticism and a subsequent crackdown on broadcast decency from the Federal Communications Commission.

  But this time, it was the NFL that produced the halftime show (MTV had in 2004). Spokesman Greg Aiello said the league has received no complaints.

  "We respect other opinions, but it takes quite a leap of the imagination to make a controversy of his performance," Aiello said. "It's a guitar."

  The majority of the reaction to Prince's performance has been laudatory, including positive reviews from The Associated Press, the New York Times and USA Today - all of which noted the lack of controversy in this year's halftime show. AP Entertainment Writer Douglas J. Rowe wrote: "He delivered one of the best Super Bowl halftime shows - ever."

  For decades, the electric guitar, by nature, has been considered phallic. From Jimi Hendrix's sensual 6-string swagger to Eddie Van Halen's masturbatory soloing, the guitar has often been thought an extension of a male player's sexuality.

  Was Prince's pose phallic?

  "The short answer is, of course it is," says Rolling Stone magazine contributing editor Gavin Edwards, who points out that on Prince's "Purple Rain" tour in the mid `80s, he performed with a guitar that would ejaculate, squirting water out of its end during the climax of "Let's Go Crazy."

  "All that said, it didn't seem like a sniggering little puppet show," adds Edwards. "I think it was one of those things because a guitar at waist level does look like an enormous phallus."

  By enlarging his shadow, it's possible Prince intended to accentuate this aspect of his solo, but it's just as likely it was accidental. (You can find videos of the halftime show at YouTube.com.) A message left with Prince's publicist Tuesday wasn't returned.

  The late-night shows have taken notice. On CBS's "The Late Late Show" on Sunday night, host Craig Ferguson said of Prince: "He was obviously very happy to be there, wasn't he?"

  Stephen Colbert reacted with mock outrage on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" Monday night: "They knew that they were dealing with a lustful, pansexual rock 'n' roll deviant," said Colbert, who joked that the sheet hid (not enhanced) Prince's "demonic guitar phallus."

  In recent years, Prince has scaled down his performances, which were once renown for their gymnastics. His mini-concert at the Colts-Bears game in Miami included parts of "Purple Rain," "Let's Go Crazy," "Baby I'm a Star," Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," the Foo Fighter's "Best of You" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary."

  The Minnesota native has attracted controversy before. Tipper Gore launched a campaign to place a warning sticker on his 1984 album "Purple Rain" because of the lyrics to the song "Darling Nikki." Though his musical style has been expansive, he's best known for funky, sexually charged songs like "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "Get Off."

  Prince's previously most talked-about performance came at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards, where he donned yellow, butt-baring pants, (a stunt later spoofed by Howard Stern). Always eccentric, he famously changed his name to The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, then to simply a symbol and finally back to Prince. He also became a Jehovah's Witness in the mid-`90s.

  But Prince's halftime performance, though celebrated, came in a much different cultural environment, where even the fleeting outline of a man and his guitar could, for some, suggest shaded depravity.

  "If people want to be hypersensitive, they can be hypersensitive," says Rolling Stone's Edwards. "Those trombones are phallic, too. What are you going to do?"

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  Oh NO!!! It's raining on Prince!!

  by MsMcDucket in

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  i'm scared he's going to get electrocuted or break a leg or something!

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  well based on his hosting an after awards parti (cant remember which one) a few weeks ago, with hollywoods hottest, (and not a jw to be seen in sight)

  and the after parti papers noting who was boinking who in the stairwells, who was doing what drugs where, etc

  i would say he is on his way out,,,,

  my x was/is an entertainer, and if he ever missed a meeting for a gig,,the ppoo would fly,,,,wonder if prince made the public talk and watchtower in the morning before the game////wanna bet,,no

  orb
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  Listen to phonecall made to WT regarding "Brother Prince"...

  by rare treat in

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  hello everyone.

  here is a video of a phonecall made this morning to the wt regarding "br.

  prince" and his "worldly" performance at the superbowl yesterday.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdldlvl4ktw.

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  we could always contact prince himself,,,well via his studio anyway
  
  Prince Rogers Nelson was born on June 7, 1958. ... Contact Prince via Paisley Park. The address is: Paisley Park Studios 7801 Audubon Road ...
  
  and then wherever the ctiy is that his studio is in
  
  i will if you will lol
  orb
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  Does anyone live on a warm Island or in the Keys?

  by Asheron in

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  every year about this time the wife and i have our yearly talk about selling everything and moving to a tropical location.

  we are getting more and more serious about this as the years go by.

  we have even made a financial plan.. one of the possible destinations are the caymans because of its openess to other nationalities.

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  Yes, and if you do, would you consider taking on a mature, fun maid? oh yes, and Harley, my beautiful shish tzu/bichon

  she is famous, haven been on the Ellen show, so that should count towards something

  orb
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  The Artist formally known as Prince

  by Sasha in

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  did any of you floridians see the article in the palm beach post.?

  it seems they were giving a party for prince the other night (he's performing at the super bowl in miami toinght) and he would not show up because there were designs of dragons on the walls.

  the article went on to say that prince is a "devoted jehovah's witness" and therefore believes that you can't look upon dragons because it is a symbol of the devil...now, my question is: have any of you current, or former witnesses ever heard of that?

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  i thought donna (disco queen) was born again..she wrote a book on her experience with it
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  The Artist formally known as Prince

  by Sasha in

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  did any of you floridians see the article in the palm beach post.?

  it seems they were giving a party for prince the other night (he's performing at the super bowl in miami toinght) and he would not show up because there were designs of dragons on the walls.

  the article went on to say that prince is a "devoted jehovah's witness" and therefore believes that you can't look upon dragons because it is a symbol of the devil...now, my question is: have any of you current, or former witnesses ever heard of that?

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  Ankh
  Symbol of eternal life. The gods are often seen holding an ankh to someone's lips this is considered to be an offering of "The Breath of Life". The breath you will need in the afterlife.
  
  
  
  
  
  Both the cross and the circle were fertility symbols, for the ancient world venerated the generative powers of Nature as being expressive of the creative attributes of the Deity. The Crux Ansata, by combining the masculine TAU with the feminine oval, exemplified the principles of generation. MPH
  
  darn, cant paste the pixs, but is very similar to prince's symbol
  orb
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  The Artist formally known as Prince

  by Sasha in

  1. watchtower
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  did any of you floridians see the article in the palm beach post.?

  it seems they were giving a party for prince the other night (he's performing at the super bowl in miami toinght) and he would not show up because there were designs of dragons on the walls.

  the article went on to say that prince is a "devoted jehovah's witness" and therefore believes that you can't look upon dragons because it is a symbol of the devil...now, my question is: have any of you current, or former witnesses ever heard of that?

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  orbison11

  well he is coming on half time right now
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  The Artist formally known as Prince

  by Sasha in

  1. watchtower
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  did any of you floridians see the article in the palm beach post.?

  it seems they were giving a party for prince the other night (he's performing at the super bowl in miami toinght) and he would not show up because there were designs of dragons on the walls.

  the article went on to say that prince is a "devoted jehovah's witness" and therefore believes that you can't look upon dragons because it is a symbol of the devil...now, my question is: have any of you current, or former witnesses ever heard of that?

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  well i guess prince will no longer be going to a chinese restaurant for chinese food then,,,they all have dragons on their walls, menus, pictures, lol

  orb