That’s what we thought. Introducing Blue Rain — the fire hose that is the BlueSky feed, falling semi-cryptically down your screen in Matrix-style letter droplets. Ahh, isn’t that nice?

But it was 1984’s film and soundtrack to Purple Rain that catapulted him into true pop icon status. For much of the film, Prince wore a ruffled white shirt, like a time-traveling musician from ...

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last 20-odd years, you will have come across The Matrix series of movies, and the cool green ‘digital rain’ effect used frequently. This ...