Prince’s iPod

April 30th, 2016 by James L. Sweaney, CGA, FGA. GG

With the unfortunate passing of Prince, I’ve been watching some of the tributes and interviews with and about the Purple One. The Saturday Night Live tribute last week was a hoot, showing some of his past performances on SNL, as well as several hilarious sketches called “The Prince Show” featuring Fred Armisen as Prince and Maya Rudolf as Beyonce Knowles. The highlight of the SNL show was a never before shown clip of Prince improvising during the SNL 40th anniversary afterparty– be sure to see this if you missed it.

I’m a true fan of unusual and rare gemstones and remembered a very short blog about Prince’s purple diamonds that I posted April 16, 2009. Ultra-rare purple diamonds accented his “Love Symbol” on the cover of the artPod. I’m not sure how to find the original Luxist post, but here’s the essence of the blog.

“From Luxist

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Musician Prince reinvents himself one more time with this latest “artPod”, an iPod Touch entitled “Prince Opus Number One” that features extremely rare purple diamonds.
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While I’m more of the Beatles generation, I love good music of all genres. In all the tributes and clips of his performances, I was struck by how good a musician he really was and by the love and admiration people have for Prince– not only his fans, but also his peers.

One of the impressive things about Prince was his skill and integrity as an artist. While he probably could have made more money by signing with big record labels and companies that would promote him for the big bucks, he insisted on control of his brand and his music. This wasn’t the easy way to fame and fortune, but it was his way.

In our own way, we at Mardon have chosen the path less taken. We make much of what we sell and brand it with our maker’s trademark. Making jewelry on a professional level is much more difficult than simply buying and selling jewelry. It requires effort, discipline and creativity, but it’s also very fulfilling and satisfying when people buy your creations. We learn and grow with each item we create, and think our best pieces are yet to come.

Most of our pieces are made right here in our community using local craftsmen. Our clients really appreciate our unique hands-on approach to our business. We do lot’s of custom designs as well as superb one-of-a-kind designer pieces. Stop by our shop Tuesday thru Saturday, 10 am to 5:30 pm– you can see some of our fine original works and we’ll be happy to discuss the custom piece you’ve always wanted.

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