"I was thrown off the premises, taken to jail, and banned from Paisley Park for life, thus ruining my vacation."

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To Whomever It May Concern,

I was one of the few that had obtained a VIP pass for the huge "Prince:A Celebration" that was to occur in Chanhassen, MN from June 7-13. I was very excited,and made the proper arrangements so that I could attend the full week.

Each day, tours were given of Paisley Park (Princes studios), and parties were held nightly, each with their own "theme", meaning that the parties would run with a theme of a popular Prince album (Purple Rain, Dirty Mind, etc).

So on "Lovesexy Night", I decided to dress like Prince from the cover of "Lovesexy When I showed up, I was laughed at and mocked by the staff. People threw NPG water bottles and cans of food from the Food Drive barrels at me, and spit on me at any oppurtunity.People verbally taunted me, hurled hateful insults, and threw whatever they could get their hands on.Several took it upon themselves to grope my genitals while the security staff os Paisley Park did nothing.I was thrown off the premises, taken to jail, and banned from Paisley Park for life, thus ruining my vacation.

I thought Paisley Park stood for liberation and love? Apparently not, That is why I am filing a lawsuit against Prince,the entire staff of Paisley Park, and the Chanhassen police department for their cruel treatment they so hatefully displayed during my night in jail.I was emotionally shattered to begin with, but my night in jail was pure hell. I am too proud to desccribe the awful things that I was forced to go along with, but let me assure you,I've never been so humiliated in my life.

I for one will not stand by as this culture grows more cynical and sarcastic, and I will not take this abuse from what was supposed to be a dream vacation. I have suffured great trauma and distress as a result, and cannot wait to see the staff of Paisley Park in court.

Yes friends, justice WILL BE SERVED!

(Wilson has now decided against the lawsuit, and has no intention of filing charges against ANYONE involved with Prince or Paisley Park. Please, no more lawyer letters !!)

Sincerly,

Wilson Rainway

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 December 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

uh.. http://www.angelfire.com/ri/rainway/images/manoftheyearpromo.jpg

― howell huser (chaki), Monday, 26 December 2005 21:17 (twenty years ago)

http://www.angelfire.com/ri/rainway/images/nightmare.JPG

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 December 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

Mr Rainway in action --

http://photobucket.com/albums/v693/rainway/3%20my%20artwork/?action=view¤t=inlay.jpg

― TRGEE, Monday, 26 December 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

sweet lord why did i look at the picture?

― deadair (deadair), Monday, 26 December 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for introducing me to my new favorite website.

― never forever, Monday, 26 December 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

livejournal: "anyway, ive been lousy.. was dating a great girl, but had to end it because it wasnt working out. so ive been meeting new people, whatever.. new girls are great, but they arent the same. no one can kiss me like she did.. even though she had herpes, and couldn't kiss me for days on end when the blisters were present.. but still.. "

― little & purple, Monday, 26 December 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

This is classic. I will pay real money for a picture of Rainway dressed as Lovesexy Prince.

― Affectian (Affectian), Monday, 26 December 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

http://www.myspace.com/wilsonrainway

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 26 December 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

Holy shit, toothbrush + cough drops is GREBT!

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 December 2005 23:04 (twenty years ago)

[i]i'm also trying to break into the indie pro wrestling scene, and have been training with Mike Rosa as of late.[/i]

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 00:14 (twenty years ago)

america is still here, my freind

well ha
did you think you could kill us?
did you think you would win?

think again.

america is still here,
my foreign freind..

it takes more than the brutal murder
of many men to keep us down.
it takes more than bio-terorrism
to kill america..

laugh all you want, my friend..
we'll see who is standing when the
sky is all purple,
and people run everywhere,
trying to run from the destruction..

i dont even care.
i dont even care.

america is still here,
my freind

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 01:08 (twenty years ago)

i behaved and am dating mayte.she's a brickhouse.

― retrokid, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 01:58 (twenty years ago)

toothbrush and cough drops! holy moly!

― TRGEE, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v693/rainway/1%20my%20pictures/Wilson_Rainway_Nude.jpg

(Affectation, e-mail me for my paypal account info).

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

Well that's a public service. Way to go, Peru . . .

It's too bad The Bravery is already taken, as that name suits Mr. Rainway's running-on-sheer-chutzpah agenda pretty well.

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

This is my new wallpaper. I don't mean on my computer, I mean on my actual walls.

― Names? Fame (the TV show; hard working dead bearded celebrity politicians), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

"i am only a vessel of thought... my words are divine like the one who gave me them"

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 04:13 (twenty years ago)

I can't even see his vessel!

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 04:33 (twenty years ago)

Whoa. 20 years from now, someone is going to anthologize the great Outsider Music from the Interweb, and this guy is going to be everyone's hands down favorite.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 04:45 (twenty years ago)

"LETS GO TO GROUND ZERO
WE ARE HEROS
WE WILL WILL
UNTIL THE END
WELL STAND IN GLORY
WELL STAND IN HOLES
WELL DO WHATEVER
THE BELL MAY TOLLS"

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 04:56 (twenty years ago)

a friend sent me a link to this forum, and honestly, im not impressed at all.. since i went public with my work in 1999, i've had to deal with people like you over and over.. online, and in public.. i do have supporters, but, there has always been a group of cynical pricks who think it's funny to send me hateful emails, post my work in forum sites and make fun of me, holding me up for ridicule.. some in Dallas even ganged up and started showing up at poetry readings, forcing me to stop performing in public all together. and i've tried putting the Paisley Park thing b-hind me, but thanks to people like ALL OF YOU, that's rough and tough to do.

i just want to say that karma is real, my friends.. and one day, what goes around, will come around.

-Wilson Rainway
"Man Of The Year"

― Wilson Rainway, Saturday, 7 January 2006 23:07 (twenty years ago)

Wilson, I LIKE you!
Seriously!
Toothpaste and Cough Drops is great!
Stick around, we value talkative musicians.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 January 2006 23:15 (twenty years ago)

Also, how is posting your work in forums hateful? It's giving your voice greater amplitude!

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 January 2006 23:17 (twenty years ago)

Hi Wilson, I just knew that before I even clicked on the thread that you were the person who'd revived it. WElcome! Hey, I also really liked Toothpaste and Cough Drops. And if you want to put Paisley behind you, maybe you should remove it from your website. But yeah, definitely man of the year ('05 and '06).

― TRG (TRG), Saturday, 7 January 2006 23:29 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I don't think this forum is hateful at all. I think it's more a celebration of your individualism. So hold strong young Wilson!

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Sunday, 8 January 2006 00:49 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

I was really hoping he'd become a regular. Or... didn't he?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 26 March 2006 21:01 (twenty years ago)

He has always visited us. And however did I miss this thread before?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 26 March 2006 21:04 (twenty years ago)

Ew, those blog comments he's written are outright disturbing. I hope weapons and other sharp objects are being kept far, far away from him. :(

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 27 March 2006 00:23 (twenty years ago)

Reason #68 for Why Unregistered Users Should Have Access to ILM.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 27 March 2006 02:08 (twenty years ago)

eleven months pass...

We got back Marissa, but we never Wilson

― forksclovetofu, Friday, 16 March 2007 06:13 (nineteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

Still wish he'd stuck around.

― forksclovetofu, Sunday, 17 February 2008 07:19 (eighteen years ago)

heh, when i first got the internet i lived on alt.music.prince. lots of prince fans are like this.

― Crackle Box, Sunday, 17 February 2008 11:05 (eighteen years ago)

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