Mother is a name held sacred
By most mortals of the earth;
It means great love and sacrifice
From the very day of birth,
A love that’s so full of beauty,
So tender, so very true!
Something, seemingly, from Heaven
That has come to me and you.
There’s no love so understanding
And so faithful to the end
As a Mother’s love – God bless her!
That to us our Lord did send.
Somewhere in interstellar space a supernova formed the Love Symbol
The year was 1982 and Prince was exploding into the realms of American popular culture. Ten years later, he’d go on to adopt the unpronounceable mark as only proper visual moniker for The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, but the symbol was born in 1982, on the album cover for 1999.
There, in a collage that scintillated with the Love Symbol’s formative phases, Minnesota’s Purple Yoda imaged a manifesto against social prototypes.
Deep within a starry, violaceous space, the words Prince and 1999 dominate the album cover’s vast expanse. Presumably it was Prince himself who drew its letters and numbers, along with other non-representational shapes, symbols, and scenes.
In doing so, the Purple One reflected on his previous body of work to propel rebellion across light-years.
In the same P where a mane suggests Prince’s masculinity, the Love Symbol began its genesis, making its first appearance with its first configuration. The widely used emblems for peace (☮), femininity (♀) and masculinity (♂) emanate separately from a sun. After traveling through the letters spelling Prince, the three icons return as one, O (+>, following the phallic 1 at the bottom of the 9, as if the product of ejaculation.
The melding of the three convolutes gender by implying that multiple can exist in one entity—simultaneously and without much turbulence.
In that way, the Love Symbol cruise-controls on sexual ambiguity. 1999’s cover shares paradigm-altering eccentricities with artists from a former time and space.
~~On June 7th Prince changed his name to a Symbol~~
~~Published on Jun 24, 2014~~
~~Prince explains his name change~~
1999 CNN Interview
~~Published on Apr 21, 2016~~
In a 1999 interview with CNN, Prince explains why he decided to take the step to replace his name with a symbol.
Angelika is my oldest grandchild. You may have seen here here: Angelika’s Songs series.
She’s 9 years old and is quite a special kid. Of course, I’m terribly biased.
In addition to the playing the game, she’s collecting the cute characters.
Moshi Monsters is a website aimed at children aged 6–14 with over 80 million registered users in 150 territories worldwide. Users choose from one of six virtual pet monsters (Diavlo, Luvli, Katsuma, Poppet, Zommer and Furi) that they can create, name and nurture.
Once their pet has been customized, players can navigate their way around Monstro City, take daily puzzle challenges to earn ‘Rox‘ (virtual currency), play games, personalize their room and communicate with other users in a safe environment.
Following its online success, Moshi Monsters has expanded commercially with physical products, including toys, Moshi Monsters Magazine (the number-one selling kids’ magazine in the UK), a best-selling DS video game, a music album, books, membership cards, bath soap, chocolate calendars, trading cards, figures of many Moshlings, mobile games, and a Moshi Monsters feature film.
In December 2012, eight Moshi Monster toys were included in McDonald’s Happy Meals in the United States and Canada.
~~History~~
The game was created by Michael Acton Smith (Mr. Moshi), developed in 2007 by entertainment company Mind Candy and launched in April 2008.
As of December 2009, there were 10 million players registered. In March 2010, Mind Candy announced that there were 15 million users and by September 2010 that number had surpassed 25 million. In June 2011 it was announced that there were 50 million users.
Poppet
Coolio
Katsuma
~~Music~~
In March 2012, Mind Candy confirmed a major partnership deal with Sony Music. The deal followed the recent launch of Mind Candy’s own music label, Moshi Monsters Music.
The deal will see Sony Music handle the distribution aspects of Moshi Monsters’ music releases, starting with the debut album Moshi Monsters, Music Rox! Jason Perry, formerly with the UK rock band A and head of Moshi Music, is driving the new album. The Moshi Monsters series features music from Sonic Boom, Beatie Wolfe, The Blackout, Portia Conn, and songs such as Moptop Tweenybop and Merry Twistmas.
~~Moshi Monsters The Movie – Official Trailer 2013~~
~Published on Oct 11, 2013~
Join Katsuma, Poppet, Mr. Snoodle and the other Moshi Monsters in an action-packed, song-filled race against time!
Together they must stop the evil Dr Strangeglove and his incompetent Glump sidekick Fishlips from pulverising the recently discovered Great Moshling Egg!
It Is What It Is 