it's PRINCE...♥♥

wow ! this is so badass!

'blue rain'....?

as in...'purple rain'...

as erika and i were headed to chinatown on monday--she notices a blue replica of prince's "purple rain" motorcycle...!!! i had totally forgotten that it is an actual motorcycle normal people ride... just haven't seen one in a while...! this one was blue... not as shiny, not as..short and not as... flamboyant..? hahaha i tried getting photos but i didn't want the guy to see me! so erika snuck a photo using her rearview mirror... it was just funny to see one of those bikes. thanks erika for the snapshot !

egyptian theater presents: purple rain♥

yay! how exciting! a while back erika found out that they would be playing 'purple rain' at the egyptian theater in september♥ (note: for those not familiar with the egyptian theater on broadway, seattle--they play old movies, classics, cult classics, etc theater-style... i think it's every friday/saturday and they start the movies at midnight. I've previously seen Pulp Fiction. Purple rain was my second time♫)

it's really cool too because the egyptian theater is an old style theater. or should i say theatre, hehe. it's got those fancy double doors and the old school fancy curtains ♥

gotta say, loved the crowd that night! first off, there were more people than i thought ! both women AND men! yea, i know ! the second the opening started with "let's get crazy", the audience just started wooting and clapping and there was a dude at the very front who got up and danced for every song ! hahahaha as you know, purple rain features full songs, so after every song people applauded. and of course, people laughed at all the cheesy scenes. that was fun :) i laughed out loud too... i mean, you can't help but laugh at most of the scenes !

my favorite scene is when the kid sings 'the beautiful ones' to apollonia in the audience. he gets so emotional and...i got the goosebumps, for reals !

and finally...the ultimate cheesy scene...the very last part where the kid turns his head...
see below...

BAM!!

dance your ass off...!

i don't normally watch television...just movies, occasional late night shows...

but i saw commercials for a competition show called "dance your ass off" and it caught my interest... basically, a group of large/overweight contestants compete every week by losing weight by way of dancing... every week is a different style, like hip hop, tango, jazz, etc.

jamus and i have been watching it every week and it's quite entertaining.

these are the judges...ok, that's cool. yes, every competition show needs a few judges to determine who gets eliminated. but that first lady, mayte garcia...isn't she gorgeous?! i've had a girl crush on her since the first episode.... she's just so exotic... so i looked her up. she's one of the judges because she's a choreographer.

turns out she's done choreography for britney spears...and even before that, she was prince's main dancer on his purple rain tour !!!! and..! and...!!!

she was married to prince as well...!!! omg!! how sexy !! they are divorced now but still...what a gorgeous couple... prince has good taste♥ my fascination for prince and everything prince related continues to grow... hahaha

my next prince mission....!

yes...i've heard of such movie..but i've never seen it nor do i have a clue of what it's about...

so..is it a movie about prince? like..an autobiography? or some crazy love story starring prince? is it based on a true story? does it rain purple drops of rain ? is that really prince sitting on the motorcycle or is it photoshopped? does the story revolve around his pre-seinfeld pirate shirt..?!?! aaaah! so many questions ! i need to see if jamus would be willing to add this movie to his netflix...i won't make him watch it with me, as a matter of fact i'd like to dedicate a solo night for just me and purple rain... purple rain being a dramatic/beautiful song, i'm expecting the movie to be the same...if not, more intense ! ( i hope♥♥)

new music...old and new♥

yes i did, i finally did ! i purchased "the very best of prince" and it is the very best indeed♥
i've been listening to this album at work for days now:) how is it that i didn't listen to him back in the 80's / 90's?! i'm boggled! boggled at myself! he's just oober awesome♫

and then i also purchased the new cd by cage, "depart from me...". i came upon this cd by accident. i learned about cage from alex. his previous album was "hells winter" which btw was pretty friggin' good. so i didn't hesitate to pick this one up. beside, check out the cover ! so...cool...! ♥

prince...♥

ok, so i never thought i'd say this but...prince is sexy♥
when he was mega popular..(was that the 80's?) i didn't listen to him much...and i think it's because my parents weren't huge prince fans. i believe michael jackson was also at his peak at the time so we were more-so MJ listeners :)
erika got me listening to prince...it took a while before i finally decided to listen (and thanks to pandora.com for this! after i added MJ, it recommended so many prince music)
i now see the fascination with prince... first of all, his music is danceable and catchy..i love the 80's beats. if i were in my 20's during the 80's, i'd totally go to clubs to dance to prince music♥ his voice is what makes him sexy i think...he gets pretty crazy in some songs and he's got that high pitch he can hit . that scream he does...that gets to me♥
i'm still a "beginner" with prince music so i haven't heard much but i really like "i would die 4 u" "when doves cry" "1999" and "kiss" <---erika really loves that one....