Tag: Madonna
MDNA: An Underrated Breakup Album
As Madonna’s custody battle for Rocco heats up–and her tongue gets looser when it comes unloading her thoughts about Guy Ritchie onto Rebel Heart Tour [Read More…]
The Madonna-Bowie Connection
Needless to say, any embryonic talent who saw David Bowie perform in the 70s ended up going on to be influenced by him: Joy Division, [Read More…]
Orlan Takes On A New Art: Suing Lady Gaga
Orlan is an artist who rarely gets her due. Unlike say, Cindy Sherman or Judy Chicago, very few seem to pay the French artist the [Read More…]
Selena Gomez’s “Hands To Myself” Video Gets a Truth Or Dare Tinge
In keeping with Gomez’s music video tradition of self-subjugation, “Hands to Myself” centers around the premise of her obsession with real life model Christopher Mason [Read More…]
Madonna & Manchester: A Brief History
While Madonna and Morrissey are mortal enemies, she and the latter can probably at least agree on this lyric from “Suffer Little Children”: “Manchester, so [Read More…]
The Most Glamorous Trans Woman: Holly Woodlawn
When you’re a Warhol superstar, no one expects you to live very long. Holly Woodlawn a.k.a. Haroldo Santiago Franceschi Rodriguez Danhakl was a rare exception [Read More…]
“What Are You Gonna Do?”: “Justify My Love” Turns 25
The month of November 1990 may have been a cold one by normal standards, but luckily Madonna was there to keep things sweltering. Yes, it’s [Read More…]
On the Janet Is Better Than Madonna Argument
A recent article put forth the notion that Janet Jackson is more important and influential as an artist than Madonna. Such an assertion is not only [Read More…]
Sean Penn: Wife Beater or Misunderstood “Bad Boy”?
Sean Penn has long since shirked his 80s-held reputation for being a choleric and abusive proponent of violence, liable to snap with one mere glance from [Read More…]
The Rebel Heart Tour: A Conglomerate of Madonna’s Favorite Themes
When you’re held to a certain standard the way Madonna is, grandiosity is expected as the norm on any production she puts on. Her tours [Read More…]
