I miss Uretha Franklin and Prince in that order. For the newbies, Uretha Franklin was a member of our tribe who passed away. He recapped American Horror Story and some other things and was my friend and he died suddenly and he was young. The aftermath was HORRIFIC. I can’t even revisit that. My imaginary gay husband lives where the new AHS story was being filmed. I had spoilers. I wrote out the post months ago. I could not even post it. It was too much for me. I am missing him so hard right now. And listening to Lionel and Prince.
This is why I don’t listen to music. I don’t know what is happening but I would like to think that Uretha woke me up to listen to Lionel and Prince. He was such a great person. I have a huge hole in my heart where he used to be.
Also to lighten the mood, I just said out loud, “Why don’t I have on pants?” FUCK YOU ALL I JUST GOT WINE BACK LOL. Off to look for them.
Found them! underwear included. I tend to sleep walk and take off all my clothes. It’s a thing I do when really stressed.
T, my new favorite thing is to walk around in a wife beater and bikini bottoms outside to screw with the neighbor bitches. Pants are over-rated.
I miss Uretha too, he was on point with his posts and humor was spot-on.
Fucking funny!!!
Can’t stop crying. Because, Prince. And I am not music person. Banjo is picking up on it.
Sending love TT! As a 56 year old woman who has been listening and loving Prince since I was 17, I’m with you. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees announced and w that, best performances at the ceremony so I have been watching that a lot. #1 was Prince playing for the George Harrison tribute. Amazing 💜💜
Same. Thanks for being here. I am struggling tonight/today it all runs together for me .
We are all here for you! Hugs! I also greatly admire you and anyone who is able to express they are struggling. We all do at one time or another!
you are able to somehow talk about your emotions and it has helped (selfishly) me & I believe other people here. I’m grateful, and I’m rooting for you. xo
Don’t encourage the WHINING! LOL. I’m trying to do less of it! It’s a beautiful day outside. I wish I would have gotten out in it more. How are you doing today?
I can’t think of Prince or George Michael without getting hit with the feels SO hard. I fucking hate it
George Michael is my all time favorite!
Same ❤️
I YouTube the shit out of that concert.
Same! There was just a director cut of it which was great! I also YouTube the Super Bowl performance as well! Just amazing!
I have been obsessed with the video of Prince playing at the Rock & Roll Hall of fame tribute to George Harrison for a few years. It moves me like nothing else. Prince was such a gift to us. It just kills me that he died. I go down rabbit holes on You Tube with his performances. Another one that is amazing is his performance in Detroit–Musicology tour–DMSR.
I misplace the tops, lol. Alcohol induced. And I can never find the bra afterward. They usually turn up days later in some random part of my house. I figure I was dancing around gracefully (in my head) and decided to just fling it randomly somewhere to the music. I am an awesome dancer in my head.
Big hugs TT 🤗
((hugs)). urethra was a great tweep.
I’m sorry, TT. I remember Uretha Franklin from your site as well as a frequent poster on Dlisted. He was kind and witty. It’s always traumatic when someone passes away suddenly and what happened after is enough to give anyone PTSD. Sending you hugs ♥️
Thinking of you TT
Isn’t it Aretha? Not trying to be a bitch js.
And yet you are. His name was Uretha. SAY HIS NAME!AND I DUNNO READ THE ACTUAL POST YOU STUPID FUCKING CUNT.
😂🤪🤣
This is why you’ve lost so many posters you self-absorbed psycho!
And yet you are sill here,
My thought exactly!
Uretha was before my time. When I read the first few words I was HOPING it was a typo because Aretha is gone and I was hoping some named “Uretha” wasn’t gone too. Wish I would have met Uretha!
Now … because it SEEMS like a semi open forum … GOID news about my friend who had been evicted. She WOUKD have been on the street today with all of her possessions and two vehicles off to auction. Thank heaven I called Adukt Protective Services! The social worker got her 2 more weeks to move her stuff. AND $10k — TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS — for her trailer. They are buying it from her instead of auctioning. They are forgiving her $11k debt. So that is $21k for a trailer in REALLY REALLY BAD shape. The water damage (mold?) has rendered it pretty worthless. We can sleep again!
You have NO CLUE!!!
PROBABLY YOU NEED TO “SHUT THE FUCK UP”
Not you Nanette, the Cindy below.
Glad to hear your good need Nanette. 😊
So good to hear about your friend, Nanette! I know you have been really worried about her. You are a great friend.
And yes this is an open forum. 🙂
U are a psycho TT…..
Amen to that,,,,
Nice to say to a person in pain. Self absorbed much?
not trying to be a bitch but maybe you should learn to read js.
oh? was that rude? well I was “just saying” so I should be absolved of any perceived rudeness.
This is it EXACTLY!
I was like who is “Uretha”??🤣🤣
It was the name he used as a poster. It’s a funny take on Aretha.
If only you had read the post before commenting.
You clearly explained it in the first two sentences of your post
If people would READ (sadly, becoming a lost skill in our country), they might actually understand. It ain’t rocket science.
@ those who read before commenting: thank you!
And I was “like” who is Marla. Teenager who uses the word like I suppose
Prince was the first concert I was allowed to go to alone with my friends, during the height of Purple Rain. My dad stood in line all night for the tickets(remember life before internet!?), and the whole night was magic.
To this day, his music is music I like to listen to alone, or with headphones on, I just dont like to share it, does that make sense to anyone else? I just get so many feelings with it I guess, and I just want to FEEL them and not explain them.
Diamonds and Pearls…still gives me goosebumps.
Thank you all for letting me share here. XO
It totally makes sense to me. I cannot stand to listen to music in public places. Especially grocery stores . But now that I think about it they may have stopped. I’ve literally left a cart mid shop to run away and cyy.
It’s sort of the same feeling (but a little different in a way), as buying cards for people you love. I go down the aisle, start reading the messages, sobbing. The messages (although often corny) bring back memories, make me think of how I’ll feel when the person passes- it’s awful. I wear sunglasses while buying cards. It’s the same with certain music- instant, gut-wrenching sob fest.
😘🤗 💛
I can’t listen to music. I get the memories of what or who was happening, and EXACTLY how I felt.
Fully agree with you on this. I only listed to current music as I can’t face the memories!
Yes! I can still picture myself in the bar I was in in my twenties, the first time I heard “When Doves Cry”. I still cry.
I remember Uretha, was very sad to know he had passed. When you really love someone, there will always be moments of grief. Remember, cry through it, and then keep your warm thoughts of him. Then play “Let’s go crazy”
I’m going back to bed. But I miss him so much.
As you should. I remember. 💛
You have us, and we are still here, going nowhere.
I loved Prince. Music can lift me up or drop me on my ass. I always loved driving on our family vacations. We would drive through the night usually so the kids would sleep and the trips would seem shorter to them. I was always so content with just me, the music and the road.
I’m sorry your grief is beating you up so much today. Uretha sounds amazing. It’s great that he touched you so much that he’s living on through you.
I agree with music and crying. I used to all the time. But now I work with a very intense person that I have to share the office with and Pandora has been a saving grace to break up the tension. I love love love Prince’s music.
Tamara I read about the place you mentioned in St.Lucia and I actually convinced my man of 4 decades to come with this February! Thank you for your worldly knowledge!
It was Urethra, like the body part, a great play on words. I remember him. Very sad loss.
Uretha is very missed. To this day the best Superbowl half time show was when Prince sang Purple Rain and it started to down pour…that was magic!
That was so good. I replay that a lot.
I agree! Prince’s Superbowl half time performance was hands down the best ever.
I am so glad you went back to bed. Uretha was very clever and enjoyed him So much. I am so sorry you (and we) lost him, good friends are hard to find.
After Terry died I could not listen to music for YEARS. We were both musicians and it just triggered and made me FEEL. I didn’t want to FEEL. Happily, it has been almost 5 years this July. I am in a great place and have been getting out playing music and it feels so good. You are not alone. ❤️
Urethra was amazing & wrote the best AMERICAN HORROR STORY recaps. I miss discussing the show with him here. I would love to hear the spoilers for the upcoming season but understand if you are not up to it. Take good care of yourself & Banjo. Glad to hear you went back to bed. Sleep & rest is always good. So important. I’ve had the worst insomnia since the initial lockdown & have a hard time sleeping thru the night. I have tried every sleep aid melatonin on the market. No difference. I’ve also started grinding my teeth due to stress & chipped a back tooth which later became infected & needed removal a few weeks ago. Feel better T.T. I am so sorry for your loss. I know he loved you & you certainly loved him. Sad to remember his sudden passing. He is missed.
xo Marc
I’m so sorry, Tamara. I didn’t realize Urethra had passed away. I always enjoyed reading his comments.
Glad to hear your good need Nanette. 😊
News not need Nanette.
Hey TT- I just got home from work so am just now reading this. I hope you got some rest and are feeling better. And screw the idiots who cannot read and seem incapable of understanding that of course “Uretha” Franklin is a clever play on words, as anyone idiot with 1/4 of a brain would, then spit venom out of their stupid keyboards when you’re in pain. I still cry when I hear “When Doves Cry”.
Hope you got some rest today and maybe feel better. Don’t know if this info helps in any way, but a few threads ago you had asked about Queen Sugar. I googled today and Season 6 is back this fall! (in production now). I live for this show. Anyway, hugs and feel better.
Wow, I hadn’t thought of Uretha in such a long time. He’s definitely missed! Best wishes TT.
He was clever like his handle. Basic A&P, but why am I explaining, since the uninitiated won’t bother to read, anyway. I shall go listen to Prince’s version of Nothing Compares to You, dedicated to the late, great Urethra Franklin💜
Hugs to you. I remember his presence on this site.
It’s good to remember. It keeps them alive in your memory. I remember too. Xoxo
Growing up, I took dance lessons at a regional dance academy from ages 3 to 18. We had a dance company for students from 8th to 12th grade and we had an annual performance once a year that we worked on as soon as the previous performance ended. The best one we ever did was a tribute to Prince.
It was a blend of pointe and modern dance. And it was so much fun. We all wore either black or red full bodysuits and our toe shoes were dyed to match. It was the most creative and cool thing I have ever been a part of. It was literally 1999! My favorite dance was Diamonds and Pearls. We were a bunch of high school girls dancing on pointe to Prince. I might just go dig my scrapbooks out. I am definitely going to jam out to Prince.
I miss Urethra every time I go on Twitter. He was one of my only friends on there and I was devastated when he passed. He will always be a huge part of TT to me, I am so glad we got to know him. What a blessing we had to see into that kind, funny mind.
His recaps were the reason I started watching AMHS. He was a really talented and insightful recapper. I am so very sorry for your sadness. The loss of great love always reaps great sorrow. Sending you so much love and hugs.
Thanks so much to everyone for understanding. Sometimes we all need a good cry.
To the fools who attacked you on this post “reading is fundamental”. I’m late to the party. However; I really miss Uretha too. AHS is one of my favourite anthologies and I would watch and come here to ready Uretha’s take to see if I saw what I saw. Oh the good times. Sending hugs TT. Missing loved ones is so painful especially in these times we live in now because sometimes you just want to talk to them about stuff.
Thanks the WLS is full of idiots tonight. Thanks for understanding. I’ve never understood what happened to UF. But his sister was a total cunt.
If you go to the official USPS site they have plenty of their packing materials shown. You should be able to easily find a size for your folded tee shirts . That site should give you an idea of cost of packaging as well as shipping.
Your “T” shirts look great!
Sorry – I posted on the wrong topic after reading about your new merchandise.
Also sorry about your friend Uretha too. Think many of us have lost someone we loved so much that a song can bring us to tears no matter where we are at the time. Everyone needs to be able to grieve no matter however long it’s been.