The Color Purple

You know, once in a while a story comes down the pike that is so utterly perfect that you realize: you just can't write this shit. That's how I felt when I came across this seemingly ordinary story about a fight between a landlord and his leaser. Ordinary, you'd think. Every renter occasionally has a gripe with their landord, and vice versa. But this is no ordinary renter...


For some reason, Prince decided to rent a multi-million dollar mansion in LA (pictured above, click to see larger) at $70,000 a month instead of just buying it. Lord knows, he's got the cash (dolla dolla bill, yo). I guess Prince was a little confused about the alterations a renter could legally make to the property they live in. After all, he is Prince and who's going to argue with royalty. That is, until you get a look at the remodeling his highness did: (click to see larger)

According to the lawsuit...[Carlos] Boozer claims Prince did an unauthorized extreme makeover to the 10-bedroom, 11-bath property, including "painting the exterior of the [house] with purple striping, 'Prince symbol,' and numbers 3121." The latter digits, of course, represent the name of Prince's latest album, which hit stores Tuesday. Interior renovations included "removing carpet in master bedroom and installing purple monogrammed carpet," per the suit, as well as the more curious installation of plumbing, piping and excavation of "a large hole" for the presumed purpose of a private beauty salon. [eonline]

A beauty salon??? But I digress... Bloggers have been having a field day w/this story... and the comments have been funnier than the story itself. Case in point:

Carlos Boozer is a lying dick. Prince is one the five funkiest people who ever lived. Case dismissed.
by flubby on 03/21/06 11:59 AM

Perhaps if C Booz Multifamily I LLC purified itself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka, we could find a peaceful resolution.
by Mr. Poopy Pants on 03/21/06 02:26 PM

Prince: Just in case you're reading these comments, if you want to redecorate a small row house on the North Side of Pittsburgh drop me a line. The space is nice, but it lacks funk.
by Sarcastro on 03/21/06 02:42 PM

I swear, I giggled for about an hour after reading through the multitude of articles that have surfaced once this report hit the web. Sometimes life if funnier than fiction. Game: Blouses. --Joan.