Fiction by New Breed Leader: "Call Me Michael", Chapter 1: 3 Hours of Love, Sex, and Liberty
“Curious child, you are on my mind/Do U care? ” - Prince November 1996 (3 years and one month before The Video) "Eman-ci-pay-shuuuuun! FREE! To do what I wanna!" 21-year-old Michelle Simmons and her friends belted at the top of their lungs to the cassette tape inside the rental SUV as they zoomed along Highway 5 in Minnesota, on their way to Paisley Park. Tonight was the night; the “Emancipation Proclamation” concert to celebrate the release of Emancipation, the 3-disc set by Prince, known then as The Artist; his first independent release away from Warner Bros. Michelle was so excited she could barely contain herself. The Artist Formerly Known as Prince was her hero. She felt a deep connection to his music, deeper than most of her friends; they all understood that she was the Prince historian, the one who had read more books on the subject of Prince than any other musician. The young woman was cutting it close for this trip; she was still a student at Columbia University Scho...
