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With all this talk of the Vatican's papal conclave choosing another Pope in the wake of Pope Benedict XVI's departure, along with the rumors of why he retired, the song "Pope" (1993) by Prince (His Royal Purpleness), keeps running through my head. The song is included on his album, "The Hits/the B Sides," a compilation of his early hits. In particular, I recall the song's chorus, which follows

I love it! Prince fan and artist Troy Gua created the doll you'll see in the video, Le Petit Prince, a tribute to Prince, the singer. I heard about it on Facebook today, but according to the video, the dolls went viral on the Internet back in the spring. Gua can't reproduce this doll for sale, an amazingly accurate likeness of Prince, without the star's

Here is video of Oprah's interview with Prince in 1996 when he released "Emancipation" after he was completely free of his Warner Bros. contract. This is vintage Prince. The man is ever evolving. (See more recent interview on Lopez Tonight)1996: Sleep Around, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Do... by PrincelicousI'd say watch it while you can because I doubt Oprah gave permission for this video to be

I would not have missed this Prince appearance and interview in April if I watched Lopez Tonight. *Sigh.* But thank, God, for the Internet. Lopez and Prince talk about not swearing--replacing cuss words with the word artichoke. They also discuss Prince's low-cost concert tickets, auctioning off one of Prince's guitars, his being a vegetarian (Is that why he looks so good?), and his fashion sense,

Lately people have been surfing to my blog after googling for Prince comments on Michael Jackson, and I can tell from the key words they don't mean Michael's son. They probably land here because of my old post about the anniversary of 25th anniversary of Purple Rain falling on the day of Michael's death. Nevertheless, I decided the visits must be a sign that I should post something on the topic

I was working on something else, when I glimpsed the headlines for Metrodome's roof collapse. I thought I was misreading the news, but it's true. With the blizzard sacking the Midwest, so much snow has fallen in Minneapolis that the stadium's Teflon roof caved in. As a result, the Vikings/Giants game will be Detroit tomorrow night. Gee, I hope Prince is nice and warm. Here's Fox Sports video of

Thanks to Teachbx, who commented on my Examiner post about Prince at the BET Awards Sunday night, and also because of this post at the Island Mix forum and another at Prince.org, I now know the attractive bald woman who sat beside Prince Rogers Nelson is Shelby Johnson aka Shelby J. of the band Black Gypsy.She's also been, according to comments at Island Mix, a backup singer for Prince for years,

BET VideosI enjoyed the BET Awards 2010 tribute to Prince. He received BET's lifetime achievement award. I wish this video included his thank you speech that followed, but still this is a great clip. Prince really seemed tickled by Alicia Keys's performance, and she is a well-known Prince admirer. Furthermore, he appeared mesmerized by Patti LaBelle. Keys, who is pregnant, climbed on top the