Edit: Apologies to the mods if this belongs in Cafe Society
According to Prince, the Internet is dead. 
But on the bright side, apparently newspapers are due for a big comeback.
So I guess it’s not all bad news :D.
What? No-one cares what Prince has to say? :eek: What is the world coming to?
How many seconds will it be after this CD is distributed before it is available online?
I am betting less than 120.
Not by him though. According to what I saw on HLN a couple of days ago he even shut down his own Website.
I was pretty broken up when Prince made that announcement. I have been on the web practically sense it began. I loved watching it make everything from day trading to Google to MP3 files available at my fingertips anytime. My job depends a lot on the internet as well. Oh well, it was a good run and all good things must end. I predate the web and I know how to use things like a card catalog in the library and I will be Ok but I worry about these younger kids whose entire lives were built around a fad. I don’t know what they are going to do and they really are the real victims in this.
Did Prince give any rough dates about when the internet will start to fade and when it will close completely? I am going to start teaching my daughter’s how to use the World Book Encyclopedia and a printed phone book (Yellow and white pages) so they will have a chance when the switch gets thrown.
Good - it’s about time I got out and started doing something.
Prince has been living in PrinceLand a long, long time. “Out of what? My dear, I am the touch.” Yeah, not so much. He does have another album coming out though, so YAY! He is a wacky little guy, but so musically gifted.
I guess you’re going to have to ask the Owners of the Internet when they plan to shut it down…
And around the world, without any fuss, the servers were going out.
E-mail will still work, right? I don’t want my boss coming to my office every 5 minutes to hand deliver me a note.
He sounds like he’s 20 years older than he actually is. He’s like an old person who’s like, “You young whippersnappers, with your computers and your Internet. Why back in my day…”
From what I heard on HLN and what I could find on the Web, no. I have no idea. I mean, I thought maybe it had already died. I wonder if the Mirror article is on-line?
I can’t help but wonder if the root of this, for him, is the analog/digital music production battle. A lot of musicians, myself included, think that analog production (tape, etc.) sounds much better, warmer, and more human than digitally produced music.
I don’t what the dates are but hopeully we can get the Dope converted to a BBS before the Big Purple Shutdown.
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Is the product of cult brainwashing, IMO. Digital gadgets (like, oh, I dunno, synthesizers, or sampling machines?) fill your head with numbers (like tempo or time signatures?) and that can’t be good? Somebody’s been drinking a little too much Jehovah’s Witness Kool Aid, if you ask me.
What he’s really bitching about is not getting paid. It seems a valid gripe to me, but a really stupid way to say it. I can’t understand why he can’t do what Radiohead did (and dozens of other mainstream acts have done) and simply release his music on his own web site (Trent Reznor, Saul Williams, Portishead, etc.). The internet isn’t dead as a distribution medium… the issue is that Prince can’t control the distribution and make money every time someone downloads his music.
That, and the fact that he might give money to his Jehovah’s Witnesses (and that the music is all about that stuff now, no more sex, drugs or fun in his songs), is why I stopped paying for Prince’s work. Control that, Purple One. :: sticks tongue out at Prince ::
Oh, and here’s the link to The Mirror interview.
What a strange, strange, man.
Oh that’s a definite must.
There will be at least one Trivia channel, right?
And Trade Wars?
'cause, hell, if I knew how to set up a BBS for that right now I’d do it.
I miss the days of wrangling with whoever was the top Trivia champion for that day. 
No grues, though. Grues give me the hives.
You’re just now realizing this?
For a fascinating insight into the bizareness of PrinceWorld, check out An Evening With Kevin Smith. He talks about his experiences with Prince hiring him to shoot a documentary, and boy does he let the crazy out.
I never paid attention to Prince, musically or his personal life. I mean, I’ve heard his radio hits and seen a video or two, but that’s about it.
Nobody does, apparently.
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Film at 11.