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   Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 07:13:14 JST Anil Dash

   On this night 15 years ago, I was on my way to Prince’s Oscars party — thanks to having asked him for a “purple raincheck” when I wasn’t able to take him up on an invitation to go to his house. Here’s the absurd story of how it all went down, complete with getting the chance to walk the purple carpet. https://medium.com/@anildash/the-purple-raincheck-a4bd8068de1f

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 12:39:36 JST Anil Dash

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     • Daily Grail

     @dailygrail @anildash oh I’m so sorry to hear it. Thanks for letting me know.

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     Daily Grail (dailygrail@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 12:39:37 JST Daily Grail

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     @anildash Heya Anil, just thought it worth pointing out the news that Karl Wallinger of The Waterboys/World Party passed away. A bunch of crossovers with Prince (a multii-instrumentalist himself, he counted P as a big influence), from his synth sound on The Whole of the Moon being directly inspired by Prince, through to him giving early support to a young up-and-comer named Sinead O'Connor (I’ve often wondered if she found Nothing Compares through her friendship with Karl).

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Thursday, 14-Mar-2024 03:09:23 JST Anil Dash

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     @dailygrail yeah, I love that cover

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     Daily Grail (dailygrail@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Mar-2024 03:09:24 JST Daily Grail

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     @anildash Also, a bit of fun Prince trivia: P actually covered The Whole of the Moon live (with a blues-funk vibe), cheekily swapping the pronouns throughout the song, perhaps to acknowledge the rumours that he was one of the inspirations for the song as a genius who ‘saw the whole of the moon’.

     (He also changed the lyric "with a torch in your pocket" to "with a lion in my pocket” 😂 )

     https://youtu.be/zYNfOaxDHts?si=5ba4nicyCh75Nu_z