MADONNA OPENS SCHOOL IN KARACHI

KARACHI: Queen of Pop Madonna’s school in Karachi has opened its gates to students.

The 56-year-old “Material Girl” singer took to Twitter to announce that the Dream Model Street School has so far admitted 1,200 kids.



Madonna tweeted: “The revolution of love continues in Pakistan! The Dream School is finally finished. 1200 kids attending. Knowledge…”
The Revolution of Love continues in Pakistan! The Dream School is finally finished. 1200 kids attending?? knowledge… http://t.co/c5GezOMdgP

Madonna announced last year that she was raising money to expand a school located in the outskirts of Karachi.

The pop star also shared a photograph of girls studying in the classroom equipped with laptops.

“Girls learning at the Dream School,” she captioned the picture.

Source : TimesOfIndia

Paloma Faith on Madonna and ageism

…and don’t get her started about Madonna and age.
She adds: “People talk about Madonna, saying she should stop wearing all that stuff, she’s too old for that kind of thing now.
“But why? She’s been doing it all along. She’s entitled to wear that but at the same time, it was important for her to do that, back in the day.”

Amen!

“MADONNA TRACK SOUNDS WICKED” SAYS MNEK

MNEK has described Madonna’s new material as “wicked”.

The British singer-songwriter has been in the studio with the US icon to work on a track for her forthcoming new album, which is due out in 2015.

“I almost get quite scared talking about it,” MNEK told Digital Spy at the MOBO Awards launch.

“It’s happened, obviously.I did meet Madonna and I did work with her.It was great and amazing.The song sounds wicked – I’m really proud of it. Diplo’s dope, Madonna’s dope, her people are great and that side of things is working out great.”

MNEK is nominated for Best Newcomer at the MOBO Awards 2014.

digitalspy.co.uk

Madonna On Instagram September 23/14

MADONNA:

“2 sides 2 every story! #tsorrynotsorry #imdone #iconic”



MADONNA:

“Just sayin……………..#bitchimmadonna ❤️”

Madonna On Instagram September 22/14

“NICKI MINAJ : My trip to New York isn’t the same unless I bump into the Queen. #BitchItsMadonna 😜” MADONNA : We go Hard or we go Home we Gon Do this all night long! #werk



Goin to werk #bitchimmadonna

MADONNA ADDS DJ DAHI & BLOOD DIAMONDS TO COLLABORATORS LIST

The list of collaborators for Madonna’s next album continues to grow.

The diva posted an Instagram photo on Saturday (Sept. 20) of DJ Dahi and Blood Diamonds working behind a computer, with the caption, “Nothing can stop the Sex Boyzzzzzz!”

DJ Dahi is the producer behind Drake’s “Worst Behavior,” and has worked with other artists like Kendrick Lamar and Lily Allen. Pop act Blood Diamonds (aka Mike Diamond) is a frequent collaborator with Grimes.

Madonna has also been working with super-producer Diplo, who has turned up in multiple photos on her Instagram account. In his Billboard magazine cover feature, Diplo said that he’s had multiple studio sessions with Madonna that have resulted in at least three “amazing, smashes.”

The diva’s next as-yet untitled album will be released in 2015 on Interscope Records. Her last release, 2012’s MDNA, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Based on a glance at Madonna’s Instagram feed, the set may also feature collaborations with Toby Gad, MoZella, S1, Ariel Rechtshaid, Avicii, Natalia Kills and Martin Kierszenbaum.

Mitchell Peters
billboard.com

“YEARS” OF BEASTIE BOYS : MADONNA COME ALIVE IN EXHIBIT

The Beastie Boys, Madonna and Joe Strummer were not only the musical rebels of their time, but dear friends of photographer Josh Cheuse, as well.

In shooting these and many other famous faces, “my approach was to be kind to people, be real and just be honest,” Cheuse says. “I got good stuff because these people became my friends and family, and I respected them and they kind of got that. It wasn’t a paparazzi thing.”

Music fans with a penchant for candid moments can catch a glimpse of Cheuse’s more than 30 years of shooting artists in his new Grooving Years exhibit, opening Friday at New York’s Morrison Hotel Gallery and running through Oct. 11. The show includes rarely displayed and never-before-seen photographs of famed performers ranging from Oasis and Run-DMC and MGMT.

Cheuse’s photographic style comes from “perseverance, talent and luck,” as gallery owner Peter Blachley puts it. The native New Yorker began his photography career when he was just 16 and used his high school’s pay phone so he could call The Clash at Electric Ladyland Studios and ask to photograph them.

Having grown up just a few blocks away from the Beastie Boys’ Mike D, Cheuse struck up a friendship with him as a teen and watched as the band transitioned from its rock origins into a hip-hop group — fondly remembering the time they crashed on the floor of Rick Rubin’s mom’s house the night before a video shoot and she made them tuna sandwiches.

He also connected with other artists and bands at nightclubs throughout the city such as the now-shuttered Danceteria, where he shot and watched Madonna as she performed some of her earliest material.

“She was just the girl we used to dance with and hang out and smoke with,” Cheuse says. “She was just kind of like a friend from the club, always very sweet. She said she was going to (become) the biggest female singer of all time — and she did.”

So what is it about musicians that has entranced him all these years? For one, “it’s fun to photograph people that look cool and dress well,” Cheuse says. “Part of how they look expresses where they’re coming from. It’s interesting, and it creates good shapes and shadows.”

Simply put, “it’s something worth capturing.”

Source : USAToday

MADONNA ON INSTAGRAM : ABOUT THE NEW 2015 CALENDAR

Poppin Bottles……See for yourself in my new calendar on madonna.com! Pre order now! #bitchimmadonna



Get ready for another surprising Madonna year with this 16-month calendar featuring stunning photographs by Tom Munro, Steven Klein and Madonna herself! 12 X 12 inches.

STUART PRICE AND THE TRUTH ABOUT MADONNA’S ‘CONFESSIONS’

Stuart Price has an impressive resume and unprecedented aliases. He also joins the short list of regular Madonna contributors, first working with the pop icon on her Drowned World tour in 2001 and later producer her acclaimed 2005 dance record, Confessions on a Dance Floor.

Price recently spoke to THUMP’s Bruce Tantum about the experience of making the album nearly a decade ago.

Right before we made Confessions on a Dance Floor, I had made a record with a girl named Juliet [2005’s Random Order]; we had made that album over Thanksgiving in New York, when the city was completely dead, and it was just the two of us concentrating on working on it. [I went] straight from that to Madonna, and I assumed that would be a much different experience, but she completely surprised me.

The real eye-opener was about how focused she was on avoiding the kind of over-the-top, excessive, entourage-in-the-studio environment that I had expected. It was the total opposite, really. She helped to create an environment where we were like two kids working together in a studio. It was exactly the same feeling as it was when I was working with Juliet. She was really… I don’t want to say “smart,” but she was really honest about music. She’s really instinctive in understanding that dance music comes from a very minimal way of working. It doesn’t come from throwing lots of money on a lavish production.

We spent five or six weeks in my apartment; the studio used to be upstairs in the loft. I would work on a track overnight, then she would come in and we’d start messing around. She would do vocal melodies and I would come up with a few ideas, and then she’d go, “Okay, I’m gonna go home and think about it.” Then she’d come back the next day and have the hook for “Hung Up” or the chorus for “Sorry.” Then I would carry on working on more tracks to keep us going. It was more of a really fluid and almost childlike environment than anything that seemed too serious.

They always say that an album sounds like the time that you had making it. I know that with that album, it was a super-productive time, but it was also really fun and natural. And I think that comes across in the way it sounds.

It’s surprising that Madonna has such a simple work mode. I would have expected her to come in with her full entourage and play the diva, at least to some extent.

Well, don’t get me wrong—I think in a lot of parts of her life, she is

Written by: Stuart Price
thump.vice.com

Madonna New Herb Ritts Outtakes!

Beyond Beautiful!!!

Fantastic Madonna Outtake by Herb Ritts.

Beautiful. The two together were beyond magical.

Encyclopedia Madonnica 20th Anniversary Edition

It’s been 19 years since Matthew Rettenmund published Encyclopedia Madonnica. And now our friend Matthew wants to make a definitive update to his beloved and successful book. Clich here and help Matt!




You may know Matthew Rettenmund also for his Boy Culture… here is what he has to say…

It’s been 19 years since I published Encyclopedia Madonnica. It’s hard to believe that she was only about 12 years into her career then…just thinking about everything that’s happened since (Evita, Ray of Light, Confessions on a Dance Floor, MDNA, movies, scandals…children!), it’s crazy to think of all the stuff I’ll have to compile. But in those 19 years, I’ve never stopped observing and collecting—I have a gigantic archive, plus now I have the Internet and greater connectivity to other fans to help me out. I’m confident this unauthorized but fan-friendly book project will become a reality because Madonna is a popular and relevant as she was 20 years ago. I mean, who else can make headlines with every single bathroom selfie she Instagrams??? The book will have lots of unpublished photos and I’ll make it the fun read that fans expect. I simply can not wait to start work on it! – Matthew Rettenmund.