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  • Tom Wolfe: The Bonfire of the Vanities

    Tom Wolfe: The Bonfire of the Vanities
    I listened to the unabridged version of this book on tape back in 1995 when I was working at the US Postal Service, and I loved it. I'm reading it for myself now because in some weird way, I fancy myself the black female version of Tom Wolfe.

recently read

  • Jean M. Auel: The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children (Paperback))

    Jean M. Auel: The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children (Paperback))
    This is probably my fifth or sixth time reading this book, but I never get tired of it. I recently came upon the fifth book in the series and decided to read them all again so that I can be refreshed on all previous tidbits before starting the fifth book. (*****)

  • Emma McLaughlin: The Nanny Diaries: A Novel

    Emma McLaughlin: The Nanny Diaries: A Novel
    The Nanny Diaries was an excellent, fast-paced read. I finished it in one or two days. The main character, Nan, is an NYU student who takes a job as a nanny to the wealthy X family. The characters were well-developed and (*****)

  • Shannon Holmes: Bad Girlz : A Novel

    Shannon Holmes: Bad Girlz : A Novel
    In a word, booooooo! I absolutely loved B-More Careful, which was Holmes' first book, but this one sucked to be quite frank. It had it's moments, and it was a quick read, but I got tired of all the hood talk rather quickly and I didn't really care about the characters. Some of the situations seemed unrealistic and that was the one thing I appreciated about B-More, the realism. Read it if you want, but don't get mad at me if you don't like it. (*)

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Monday, February 02, 2004
Prince

The Prince concert was phenomenal. That man is so talented and he put on a hellified show, better than the one at the Aladdin last year. House of Blues is a more intimate venue and it lends itself well to the type of show that Prince likes to put on.

I can't remember the exact order of all the songs, but I know the first one was Musicology. He also did What is Hip and DMSR, Controversy, Shhh (break it down), an instrumental of Sweet Thing, I Feel For You, The Love We Make, Girls and Boys and oh god I know I'm forgetting some.

I was in sensory overload. The band was all of that (including Maceo Parker on Alto-Sax) and he looked so damn good in his khaki colored pants and black tunic. I had a totally unobstructed view of him for the entire show. That rocked.

This show made me love Prince more than I already did. Oh, one thing I noticed was that he changed all the sexually explicit lyrics to spiritual things. For instance, in I Feel for You he said "I wouldn't lie to you baby, it's mainly a spiritual thang" instead of "it's mainly a physical thang". I didn't care. He still owns you.

If you've never seen Prince live, do it before you die.

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I wish you could know how jealous I am of you right about now. I've seen him live twice, the last time being about 7 years ago. He hasn't been back...and I'm mad! *sigh*

Posted by: Rikki at Feb 2, 2004 10:19:29 AM

man, the tunic was plumb colored and how you could you not tell the masses that vegas got 2 encores out of the purple one? 2!!

Posted by: nakachi at Feb 3, 2004 3:14:22 PM

plum colored? damn, my glasses must have been dirty or something.

Posted by: monique at Feb 3, 2004 5:00:48 PM

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