Prince Celebrates The Release Of His New Book
Prince was on hand at the Gansvoort Hotel in the Meat Packing District of NYC last night to play a celebratory concert for the release of his new coffee table book of photography/poetry/music/lyrics titled 21 Nights. 21 Nights features photography work by Randee St. Nicholas of Prince from his twenty one night residency at the O2 Arena in London, England last year. The book was released in bookstores last Tuesday (I already have my copy) and comes with an audio CD titled Indigo Nights/Live Sessions. Here are a few pics from Prince’s performance last night:
Prince is always lookin’ for a reason to get his jam on and last night was no exception. I’ve been very fortunate to see the man in action at one of these scaled down, more intimate gigs and let me tell you, he turns the mother out. Now, about this book … I must confess that I am a bit disappointed with the photographic theme of the book. Some of the photos are amazing … but there are far too few of them. Some of the pics are of hotel hallways and empty Metro stations. I get that St. Nicholas is trying to tell a story with these photos (isolation, loneliness, etc.) but I was really hopin’ there’d be nothing but Prince within in the pages of this book. The CD is hot. It’s almost worth the price of the book itself. Die hard Prince fans (and completists) will not want to miss picking up this book. I don’t think, tho, that casual fans will be happy with it. I suggest you head on down to your local Barnes and Noble to look at the book before you buy it. I’m happy with my copy and am anxious to see the man live, in concert again.
[Photo credit: Wireimage]
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October 11th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Can’t wait to get it!
I’m not surprised. St. Nicholas takes some great pics, and some REALLY great celeb pics, but he’s definitely an “artsy” kind.
October 11th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Prince is a musical genius! I have <3 ed him since 1983…….and have seen him perform live a few times…….loved each and every one. I used to love getting his singles on .45 (okay, i am dating myself) because the flip sides would have music not released on his albums………he rocks my socks!
October 11th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
He turned it out last nite/early morning…the man is HOTT!!!
Although, I enjoying the book, I must agree I would have preferred most shots of just Prince. Also, the binding cuts some of the photos off a bit :(
“Indigo Nights” is a must have…first live CD of his that I’ve listened 2 continuously in quite awhile!
October 11th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Ok people, what’s your favorite Prince song? I can’t decide btw “When You Were Mine” and “Starfish and Coffee”…
October 11th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Aimee, I’m still a Rasberry Beret girl.
October 12th, 2008 at 7:18 am
I know it’s weird, but I really love “7,” maybe because of the memories.
October 12th, 2008 at 10:05 am
LOL! I didn’t read the headline, just scrolled past and thought that the top-right picture was of Rihanna.
October 12th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I LOVE Prince!
October 14th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I heard from Howard Stern (on his radio show) that Prince played with the lights off at the book signing and made everyone stand. Is this standard procedure? Just wondering…
October 14th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Um, yes. I went to a small Prince show here in LA and while the lights were on, we were all forced to stand for hours before and during his performance.