There is so much happening with Madonna this week,so let's use this thread to keep up with all her activities.There are some important dates that you will want to remember,so you don't miss anything.Here we go...


***Appearances...

4/24---Madonna guests on the TV sitcom "Will and Grace"
4/25---Madonna will appear on "Live with Regis and Kelly"
4/29---Madonna will appear on "Dateline"

Her planned appearance on "Letterman" has been postponed.Should happen within the next week or so.


***Releases...

4/29---the maxi-CD for the single "American Life" will be released.It contains the following remixes---

"American Life" (Missy Elliot Remix)
"American Life" (Oakenfold Downtempo Club Mix)
"American Life" (Felix Da Housecat's Devin Dazzle Club Mix)
"American Life" (Peter Rauhofer's American Anthem Part 1)
"American Life" (Peter Raufoher's American Anthem Part 2)
"Die Another Day" (Richard Humpty Vission Electrofied Mix)


***Magazines---

Madonna is currently on the cover of "Q" magazine (a kickass U.K. music mag) and "People" magazine.Also,don't forget to pick up the April issue of "W" magazine,which features Maddy on the cover AND a stunning 44-page Madonna pictorial and interview!


***The MTV Special---

If you didn't get to see that amazing MTV "Madonna on Record and Onstage" special,it will be repeated several times throughout the week.Or you can see it here...


www.mtv.com/music/the_leak/madonna


***The Tower Records performance---

Madonna signed autographs at Tower Records in New York yesterday (April 23).She also performed a short,intimate concert! Here is the setlist...

"American Life" (acoustic version)
"Mother And Father" (acosutic version)
"X-Static Process" (acoustic version)
***"Like A Virgin" (acoustic version)!!!***
"Hollywood" (plugged)
"American Life" (plugged)


***Upcoming Singles and Videos---

During the last week of May,Madonna begins shooting a video for the album's second single "Hollywood".During a commercial break on the MTV special,Maddy told the audience that she wants "Nothing Fails" to be the third single!


***"American Life" video

To those of you who STILL have not seen the original,controversial "American Life" video that Madonna herself pulled before it was to premiere,you can see it in Quicktime format by going to this site and clicking on "American Life"...


http://homepage.mac.com/K...Menu4.html

NO f'n way!!! LIKE A VIRGIN!!! If anyone can get their hand on a copy of this I would be forever grateful!!!


DavidEye said:[quote]
***The Tower Records performance---

Madonna signed autographs at Tower Records in New York yesterday (April 23).She also performed a short,intimate concert! Here is the setlist...

"American Life" (acoustic version)
"Mother And Father" (acosutic version)
"X-Static Process" (acoustic version)
***"Like A Virgin" (acoustic version)!!!***
"Hollywood" (plugged)
"American Life" (plugged)

I am looking all over the net for the Tower Records performance,but so far,nothing.I hope that somebody taped it!! I'll post a link as soon as I find it.

Am I the only one who thinks that Madonna looks awful in the promo commercials for Will and Grace?

lovemachine said:

With that long blonde wig on?

I've never seen this show.Is it a good show? What are the characters like?

Only you Madonna asskisser's errr!!! excuse me, hardliners think that woman can sing...

gman1966 said:

Damn!!! I posted this reply on the wrong thread...

Hey Gman,we know you got a copy of the new Madonna CD

How about a track-by-track review?

DavidEye said:

I heard a few songs. Unfortunately my girlfriend likes Madonna. God save me!!! Hey man I was on MSN I read this interesting article.




AS WITH ALL of the singer’s offerings, her latest opus has come with its fair share of controversy aimed at stoking the public’s interest before the album’s release, her first in almost three years.
The video for the album’s first single was pulled due to offending images of her throwing a hand grenade at a George W. Bush look-alike — an image Madonna said might be misunderstood while the nation was at war with Iraq.
WP: Madonna, rebel without claws
Then there is the avant-garde art show in New York’s Soho district featuring videos of Madonna in a variety of garish poses, including one where she is being menaced by coyotes. She has incensed those trying to download her music for free on the Internet by posting decoy files on file-sharing Web sites berating users with an obscenity.






• Listen to 'American Life'
• About Madonna
• Showtimes and tickets
• TV listings
• Music downloads
• Music videos
• Celebrity photos






While controversy and a publicity blitz are nothing new when Madonna has something fresh to sell, this time the critics say the music fails to live up to the hype.
“For the first time in a remarkable 20-year record-making career, Madonna pours that near-mythic knack for reinvention into a spectacularly stinky artistic black hole,” Philadelphia Inquirer music critic Tom Moon wrote.
CNBC: Madonna's marketing plan
“ ‘American Life’ ... is not only the the most wretchedly empty thing she’s ever done, it’s also one of those big-budget projects that make sense only as megastar indulgence, a cloying mess of beats and noise and meaningless wounded-childhood outpourings,” the review said. “Among them: ‘There was a time I had a mother. It was nice.”’

TIRED AND CONFUSED
Jim Derogatis, a critic at the Chicago Sun-Times, also panned the singer’s latest effort.
“’American Life’ ... finds her sounding more than a little bit tired, repetitive and all played out,” Derogatis wrote, adding, “AMAZININGLY, AFTER TWO DECADES IN THE BUSINESS, THE STAR STILL HASN'T LEARNED HOW TO SING .”
‘Juice’: Madonna covers her ... bases

Slamming the album as “a confused and confusing mess,” the critic concluded by suggesting: “Really, Madonna: Don’t you think a nice, long vacation is a little bit overdue at this point? You certainly seem to need a rest.”
Even The New York Times, which took a more somber tone to its review, could not help but note, “Too often, the album approaches the folkie psychobabble of songwriters like Jewel.”
Despite the criticism, others expect the album to fly off the shelves.
“She HAS NEVER BEEN LAUDED AS A SERIOUS SINGER AND ARTIST AND THAT IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN,” said Thomas O’Neil, author of a book on the Grammy music awards and owner of showbiz web site GoldDerby.com.
“She is the pop music equivalent of a vampire — she just can’t be killed. She seems to transcend bad reviews and predictions that her career is over.”
Madonna: choice words for pirates
“American Life” comes hard on the heels of the biggest flop of Madonna’s career as a movie star — “Swept Away,” directed by her husband, Guy Ritchie.
In its first day of release “American Life” climbed to No. 3 on Amazon.com’s list of bestselling pop albums. The top spot was held by sultry Grammy-winning singer Norah Jones, while another master of reinvention, Cher, was No. 2.


http://www.msnbc.com/news...4.asp#BODY


I thought I would type in capital letters what I always claimed about your girl that was typed in this article.

"The critics have been writing me off for the last 20 years",says Madonna,responding to the negative reviews.


You tell 'em,Maddy!

DavidEye

I bet you are in heaven and estatic with all of these Madonna threads aren't you.