Black Sand (I)

We're on the Summer peak, so here it is: one of the sessions from the amazing Malibu photoshoot by Herb Ritts, 1985. Some of the photos would be featured in the Virgin Tour Book and Rolling Stone's May edition.

Black sand, tanned skin, swimming suits, the Boy Toy belt, Sea Sex & Sun. Madonna at her best.

Lines of Style

Continuing the Herb Ritts '93 sessions for Interview magazine, the white wall series portray Madonna in all her class and sophistication. And speaking of sophistication, we could all see a couple of outtakes from this session later (thank you Pud), in the astonishing Rain video. Have I already told you that this is my all-time favorite Madonna video?







Watch more from this session Through The Looking Glass.

The first sounds!!!

OH MY GOD!!!
These were recorded by a fan, in front of M's house in London.
I just died and went to heaven, ok? I'll be back in a few hours...

New music in the making!

Never a 4th of July has been so HUGE for all of us! On this day, 2 birds tweeted what we've all been dying to hear:

It's official.. Madonna's 1st day in the recording studio for the new album... Very exciting.. Happy 4th of july...
Guy Oseary

London – Production session today
Martin Solveig
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On June 30th, M was spotted leaving a recording studio. THIS IS IT!

Rolling Stones bows to The Queen

On the 9th day, God wrote this on what would be called The Music Bible.
F**K YEAH!!!

«To say that Madonna won this poll in a landslide would be like saying that she was a kind of popular pop singer in the 1980s. It wouldn't even begin to explain the scope of the situation. She received five times as many votes as Lady Gaga, who landed in second place by a very comfortable margin. The only persistent criticism that Gaga has dealt with in recent years is that she's too much like Madonna. It's a hard shadow to escape. Madonna is a musical icon without peer. Her run of hits over the past 30 years is simply astounding, and when she hits the road, tickets sell like it's a Led Zeppelin reunion tour. Sure, her last few albums didn't match up to the classics. Nobody cares. She's Madonna. Lady Gaga has accomplished more in recent years than any artist of her era, but she's still got a long climb until she reaches Madonna level. It's very likely that no other artist will ever reach it though. Her manager Guy Oseary recently tweeted that she's started recording her 12th studio album, so clearly she has no intention of slowing down anytime soon.»

Rolling Stone, 2011

Lola, 2011 / Madonna, 1980