Turns out I had a few things to say about losing Prince. And, as usual, writing this made me feel better. Crank “Purple Rain” while you read this and try to get to the bottom in time for the “wooo-hooo-hooo-oooo.” It’s worth it.
The balustrades of my generation’s pop culture are starting to come down. Certainly, you can never really “kill” pop culture. You can never actually kill Prince, because – and I assure you, this is true, from my last 24 hours’ experience – his music aches like overspent sex organs right now. And probably will ache forever, at least for us.
Read more: http://twitchfilm.com/2016/04/destroy-all-monsters-nostalgia-loss-and-purple-rain.html#ixzz46a9Bd3fO
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