Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Prince Vs. the Internet



I have always been a Prince fan, and I have often found his eccentricity almost as interesting as his music. However, his latest pronouncement that "the internet's completely over" even has a diehard fan like me scratching my head. In an interview with The Mirror, he compares the internet to MTV, claiming that the web will become outdated just as the music channel did.

Even more odd, he is releasing his new album as a free CD for subscribers of the print edition of The Mirror. That's it - no iTunes, no CD's available in stores, and he has even shut down his website. In other words, if you don't happen to live in the UK or subscribe to The Mirror, he doesn't really want you to hear his new CD.

You can read the full interview at The Mirror.
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5 comments:

Dexter Edge said...

Love the illustration. ;-)

Unknown said...

Thank you for noticing my picture of The Internet!

Kevin Clougherty said...

He got old real quick

Anonymous said...

Scratching your head? Maybe you should re-read what you wrote as the "Artist 2.0 Manifesto", in particular items 11 (even and entity called the Web 2.0 Manifesto), 12, 15, 17, and 18.

Unknown said...

Hmmm...good point, Christopher! I hadn't thought about it that way.

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