I tell you, sometimes this blog just writes itself. The latest Prince news is that the landlord of his rented West Hollywood home (70,000 smackers a month!!), Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer, sued him for violating the lease agreement. The list of infractions drills right to the core of the eccentric purple man:

• “painting the exterior of the [house] with purple striping”, ‘Prince symbol’, and the numbers ‘3121’.
• “installing purple monogrammed carpet” in the master bedroom.
• the installation of plumbing, piping, and excavation of a “large hole” for the presumed purpose of a private beauty salon.

You mean I’m not the only one who has a home beauty salon in a hole? I feel so unoriginal now!

Man, 70 G’s a Month…

Prince: Housequake (7 Minutes mo’ Quake) [mp3] – from the 12″ extended remix single of “Hot Thing”. Original version found on Sign o’ the Times.

• Full Yahoo Article.
• See the Smoking Gun article for the court documents.