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“What Is The Last Dream You Remember That You’re Willing To Share?”

September 16, 2013 in Excerpts, Videos | Permalink

Don’t let the faux British accent fool you: Like any good American, Madonna never let modest talents get in the way of her dreams. She worked really hard and had the good fortune to arrive in NYC just as the city was rebounding creatively, rubbing shoulders with many in music, film and fashion who could feed her image as videos were becoming ascendant. She was a designer and she was the product. The singer just did an Ask Me Anything on Reddit, which turned out to be kind of meh, but that’s never stopped her before. A few exchanges follow.

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Question:

If you were a gay man, would you be a top or bottom?

Madonna:

i am a gay man

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Question:

Hi Madonna!! Listen, I go through a rough breakup after a 3 year relationship with my bf…what should I do to ease the pain?? Which of your songs should I play repeatedly???

Madonna:

gang bang

Madonna:

the song gang bang from my last record

Question:

I love how you felt the need to clarify.

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Question:

What is it about Frida Kahlo that inspires you the most?

Madonna:

that she was the subject of her art all of her work is a self portrait and yet she shared universal stories and feelings by sharing her personal story also she was a freedom fighter and she lived a controversial life and was a survivor so i admire her life story and art the way she lived her life as well as her art

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Question:

What is the last dream you remember that you’re willing to share?

Madonna:

Brad Pitt and I were living together and there was a small blonde child in the bed. Sorry Angelina, it was only a dream

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Question:

I know you love soundtracks. Which ones have you been listening to recently?

Madonna:

the soundtrack to The Skin I Live In

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Question:

Is your publicist or an intern typing everything for you? Be honest. This is still awesome. Thank you! 

Madonna:

my housekeeper im vacuuming the housekeeper is typing•

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Recently Posted On NYC’s Craigslist

July 30, 2010 in Misc., Urban Studies | Permalink

No visible stains. (Image by Tony Barton.)

LIPS couch. That’s a couch shaped like a huge pair of lips – $300 (Midtown)

Yes, it’s a couch shaped like lips. We’re selling it because we’ve downsized and we don’t really have room for it anymore. It looks cool and funky but the covering is showing it’s age a little bit – there’s a few holes in the fabric but nothing too noticeable.

Apparently this was first made for a Madonna video. We’ve examined it closely and can’t detect any traces of Madonna odors, stains or other ikky stuff, so I imagine it was thoroughly cleaned after she rubbed her girl bits on it. We’ve had it for years and had numerous clients sit on it over that time. Nobody has reported contracting anything gross or disgusting from it, so I think you’re pretty safe.

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Excerpted: “Elliot Murphy’s New York,” Rolling Stone, 1977

December 28, 2009 in Excerpts, Misc., Urban Studies | Permalink

I got my designer jeans on, ladies. Let's go boogie at Studio 54.

During a grungier era in New York, Rolling Stone published an issue dedicated to the city. The October 6, 1977 edition bore a cover with a Warhol silkscreen treatment of pioneering female politician Bella Abzug. (It was Abzug who first said “You have to be a little crazy to live in New York.”) Writers fixated on Abzug’s hats the way they do with Hilary’s pantsuits. With female politicians, it always seems to be about the clothes.

There’s an interesting article titled “Elliot Murphy’s New York,” in which the singer-songwriter, novelist and journalist lists some of his favorite places of the moment. Murphy was raised in the city by the family that owned Aquashow. a water ballet arena that was located on the former World’s Fair grounds. During Murphy’s childhood, big-band concerts by Duke Ellington, Count Basie and others took place there.

One of Murphy’s favorite places of the moment was Fiorucci, a designer clothes outlet right near Bloomingdale’s that sold skintight jeans suitable for Studio 54 to Madonna, Cher, Marc Jacobs, etc. (It closed in 1984.) Murphy writes: “I have seen 50-year-old women walk into Fiorucci and ask one of the dancing salesmen (disco music is omnipresent) what is the latest thing. I have seen these same women walk out in gold láme hot pants. When you buy jeans at Fiorucci they fit them as tight as they can. I think this is a form of Italian birth control. Fiorucci clothing is usually very well-made though with the way fashion changes these days, by the time it makes it through the third wash it’s out of style anyway.”

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