jayaredee said:

Damn,is she still working on that documentary?? LOL,it should be done by now!

DavidEye said:

I almost feel she should scrap it. It's taken too long, she couldn't promote it at Cannes and the tour is old news by now.
Maybe add it as an extra on the dvd

jayaredee said:

Agreed.She should stick it on the DVD as a bonus.That's probably what she's gonna do.

Seeing her read stories to a bunch of kids reminds me of the Pyjama Party she had for Bedtime Stories where she 'read' to a crowd full of adults. Oh, how things have changed.

jayaredee said:

"make sure you get a picture of me with the black kids... I know a photo op when I see one"

MartyMcFly said:

Oh brother!
Considering the audience of children is primarily made up of black kids, i see no photo op for such a silly idea.

MartyMcFly said:

them black girls are thinking,

"...if im a slut i can be like ritch like her, huh?"

jayaredee said:

its called a *joke*....

jayaredee said:

i wasn't

mancabdriver said:

as much as i hated that concert...imagine was actually good..why?

because madge did what madge does best...she emoted....

still confused though how her fans can excuse the horrific (and a good 1/4th of the show) guitar session...that killed all momentum..

but, since madge fans are soo non-objective in their admiration....they swear the concert was stellar..

my ass!!

JackieBlue said:

Has anyone else seen the episode of Saturday Night Live featuring the Sex book skit?Phil Hartman does Charlton Heston reading aloud from Madonna's Sex book.
"I like my vagina,I love to look at it in the mirror and wonder what it would like with no hair!"

[BREAKING NEWS] Another Interview! Madonna has a lot to say.

By Mark Shanahan, Globe Staff | June 9, 2005

Every couple of years, Madonna reemerges. Sometimes it's with a CD; sometimes it's with a movie; sometimes, unfortunately, it's with a fragrance. This time, the 46-year-old expatriate pop star is back with a children's book, her fifth in the past three years. If there was any doubt, the black-clad boy toy who squirmed so memorably on MTV 20 years ago is long gone. As one wag wrote recently, Madonna has become Mamadonna. The superstar singer lives happily in England these days with her director husband, Guy Ritchie, and her two children, Lola and Rocco.

But this week, Madonna is in New York, doing what she does better than just about anybody else -- publicity. Reached by telephone yesterday, she took a few minutes to chat about her new book, parenting, recording, and of course, religion.

Why are you doing press? Aren't there millions of people who'll buy whatever you do?

Are you kidding? No way. I still have to make an effort. You're being incredibly presumptuous and naive to think that people just run and get whatever you do.

So you don't think that way.

Hell, no.

Hell, no?

Yes. . . . I'm still a girl from Michigan.

How much time do you spend actually writing?

Haven't been writing books lately, because I've been busy recording. But when I am writing, I set time aside, maybe four hours in the afternoon, when it's quiet and my kids are at school. I sit at my computer, and I have this little statue on my desk. . . . She's a kneeling woman who's got her eyes closed, and she's very meditative. She's my muse.

If you're not writing or recording, what does your day look like?

There's always the bit where I have to get my butt out of bed in the morning. (Laughs.) That's at 7:15 a.m. I wake up, go downstairs, have breakfast with my kids, and argue with my daughter about combing her hair. Then I get them off to school. Sometimes I take them, but it's not my favorite thing to do, let's be honest. I don't like the whole getting up and make myself look presentable for school routine.

Tell me about motherhood. You like it? Is the idea better than the reality?

Isn't the idea of everything better than the reality? No, actually, I love it. My children aren't with me right now, and I miss them terribly. They fill up my life. I don't know where I'd be without them.


It's hard to talk about your children's books without at least mentioning your rather notorious first book (1992's picture book ''Sex"). You've said it was a different time. Does that imply regret?

No, no. You know me better than that. I don't regret it. What's the point of regretting anything you've done? If I didn't do everything I did, I wouldn't be who I am now.

Good Point

I mean, so I took my clothes off for a few pictures. That's the norm now.

You have to put your clothes on to get attention these days.

That's what I'm doing. (Laughs)

Tell me about your religious beliefs.

It's not religious beliefs. Don't call it religious beliefs. I was raised a Catholic, my husband's a member of the Church of England, I've studied Buddhism, Hinduism, and I was, briefly, an atheist. I don't think studying Kabbalah . . . It's not about a monotheistic religion. Everyone calls it Jewish mysticism, but that's absoutely not what it is. Nobody knows what it's about.

What's been Kabbalah's effect on you?

To me, the definition of religion is not asking questions. In England, soccer is the religion. In America, Christianity is the religion. It's really just what a group of people tends to do because everybody else does it. . . . If you want to talk about corruption and violence and pain, let's talk about the Catholic Church. Let's talk about the Crusades, when they annihilated anyone who wouldn't convert to Christianity. That's religion, but that's not what I'm interested in.


I'm relieved to hear that. The new book, ''Lotsa de Casha," is about a man who's rich but still miserable. Doesn't money make life easier?

I'm not complaining about having money, or that I have a roof over my head and can afford airplane tickets. I know I'm in a very privileged position, but I know ultimately material things won't bring you happiness. Most very wealthy people are not happy. Why? They have too much of something they don't need, and they don't share it with other people.

Do you miss living in New York?

London is a slightly more laid- back city, and that's preferable with kids. It's so hard-core in New York. In London, people don't get all up in your face, but sometimes I miss that. (Laughs.)

Is it important to you that the books are taken seriously, and you're viewed as more than just a multinational celebrity?

I hope I'm more than that.

It sounds like you might be, but I wonder if reviews matter.

I want children to read them. If good reviews mean a bigger audience, yes, it's important.

What do you call yourself when you're filling out an application for a CVS card?

I call myself an entertainer. That kind of covers it.

And how do you relax?

I love to ride horses and go for walks. We have a house in the country, in the middle of nowhere, where we go for long walks. We have chickens and build tree forts there. And I like to go to pubs with my husband.

You played Live Aid and you're playing Live 8. What are you going to sing?

I think I'll do 'Ray of Light' and 'Like a Prayer,' and the rest is a secret. The concert's in Hyde Park, and I live right down the street, so it's terribly convenient.

You can ride your bicycle to the show.

I'm thinking of dressing like a police officer and just walking in.

Are you wearing what you wore in 1985? Those embroidered pants, and that long jacket?

Ugh. Scary Larry. That was my Venetian period. (Laughs)

One last thing. Jose Canseco, to whom you were briefly linked in the '80s, wrote a book in which he said he spent most of the '80s taking steroids.

So?

Did you take steroids?

What? Are you mad?

Wow,she's doing alot of interviews lately

Drowned Madonna is able to reveal new details on Madonna's performance at Live8.

For the time being the set list includes Don't Tell Me, Like a Prayer and Ray of Light. Last minute changes are still possible.

Siedah Garrett will not be back as a background singer.

Donna DeLory and Lisa Fischer are the singers.

Band is the same as the re-Invention Tour.

Rehearsing is going to happen this week in London.

Please credit DrownedMadonna.com, if you decide to publish these info elsewhere.

ehuffnsd said:

I love Lisa Fischer.She's GREAT!

DavidEye said:

Call me naive, but who is she?

I guess, Nikki really fell of the wagon didn't she?

jayaredee said:

Lisa Fischer is a popular black vocalist who has sung backup for Luther Vandross,The Rolling Stones,and many others.She released a solo album in 1991 'So Intense' featuring the R&B hit "How Can I Ease The Pain".She tours frequently with the Rolling Stones.

jayaredee said:

It's a shame because I love Nikki.I miss hearing background vocals on Madonna's albums!

DavidEye said:

That's neat, she's proabably going to do the solo in LAP.

DavidEye said:

Yes, she is just amazing, and i like listening to her solo efforts as well.
I guess they just had enough of each other huh?

ehuffnsd said:

Sounds good, except i feel Don't tell Me is kinda played out don't you think?

Maybe Love Profusion or Nothing Fails could be done so she could do a slower song.

jayaredee said:

Yeah,I'm getting a little tired of "Don't Tell Me".Cool song,but she already performed it on the last two tours.I'd rather she perform these songs instead...


"Ray Of Light"
"Like A Prayer"
"Live To Tell"

that's 3 classic Madonna songs from three different phases of her career.She could also surprise fans by slipping a few lines from a new song (!) into her performance

and davideye gets his wish...

straight from the ho's...oops, i meant horse's...mouth:

I think I'll do 'Ray of Light' and 'Like a Prayer,' and the rest is a secret. The concert's in Hyde Park, and I live right down the street, so it's terribly convenient.
-from a new interview in The Globe (thanks to purplegypsy for the update)

GrayKing said:

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/129823
[Edited 6/22/05 7:44am]

SassyBritches said:

2 week old news.....

DavidEye said:

it would be great to hear her sing Live to Tell again, but it would be outta place during Live 8.

Swim... Why Is It So Hard... Music... would work beeter in this time of show

jayaredee said:

so sue me.

it was new to me and i thought i'd share it with some people who might care.

perhaps i should have just said "fuck you" and i could have earned that snotty response.

.
[Edited 6/22/05 13:35pm]

looks like Don't Tell Me has been dropped for Music.

according to DrownedMadonna.com

SassyBritches said:

Well i'm sorry if i seemed mean and spiteful, it's just that this news was posted in this same topic 2 weeks ago.

Anyways, you can tell me to fuck off all you like I certainly wouldn't care.
[Edited 6/23/05 2:13am]

ehuffnsd said:

Now that is going to be a killer set