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By Jim Macnie, Photos by Rex Miller
04.16.91
Musician Magazine
It’s nightfall in the farmland outside Minneapolis. As Prince’s Paisley Park studiosÑa concrete monolithÑglows in the distance, “Raspberry Beret” comes on the car radio. But as the driver of the rent-a- car cranks up the box, a gruff voice bellows out the lyrics and some power strummer kerrangs [...]

By Brantley Smith
04.13.91
Details Magazine
At the Grit, a vegetarian restaurant in Athens, Georgia, the waitress has a few specials. “Tonight’s soup is potato and dill,” she tells Michael Stipe and me. “Is it thick?” Michael wonders. With a nod, the waitress starts to describe its consistency: “Yeah, it’s got a lot of…”
Michael deadpans, finishing her sentence: [...]