APLA Dance-A-Thon 1989

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Madonna dancing at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for APLA Dance-A-Thon on February 26, 1989.

7 Years Ago Today - Front Row Center - ReInvention Tour

This is the one and only photo I have ever taken of Madonna.

7 years ago today, I was front row center with my sister at opening night of Madonna's ReInvention Tour at the legendary Los Angeles (Inglewood) Great Western Forum. It was the first time I had ever been that close at a Madonna concert. When I say front row center, I mean it. Nobody in front of us and dead center. It was fabulous. Before the show started, we were so nervous. Then The Beast Within started and she came up for Vogue. It was out of this world. At one point we had been jumping with one hand in the air for so long it felt like we were transported back to the 1930's at some bizarre Nazi rally jumping for a Blonde Goddess. It was strange and surreal.

Madonna's so strong and agile. Vocally she was supreme. In person, she was beyond gorgeous. We came home and looked on the AP wires for the photos. My sister said, "that is not the woman we saw tonight" because it just didn't photograph the same. In person, she glowed. Always much more beautiful in person. It was a wonderful live experience that we will never forget.

Madonna and Tony Ward at Paris is Burning Premiere in Los Angeles

Madonna, Tony Ward and Alek Keshishian at the Paris is Burning premiere in Los Angeles in 1991.

Madonna with Willi Ninja.

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Sticky and Sweet World Tour: Behind the Scenes

Desperately Seeking Susan Premiere

Madonna graciously accepts a rosary from a fan at Century City Plaza during her premiere of Desperately Seeking Susan.

Madonna Arrives in LA!

Madonna and Lola arrive in LA for the Oscars.

‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ Best Win for Documentary Feature This Sunday

Loved the major brain fuck that was Exit Through the Gift Shop when I saw it in the theater last year. Fabulous from beginning to end. Nobody does it better than Banksy. Anyway, hope it wins The Oscar on Sunday.

Little Tokyo in Los Angeles

Up and Through Los Angeles in '85

Fab bag! All Susan'd out.

Madonna Bedtime Stories Interview for Mexico with Jaime Camil

Look up, look down, look straight ahead.

She's been through it all and she still says, "fuck you, Sid."

Magnificent.

Happy New Year!!!

"They've Never Seen Anything Like It."

Selling a hundred an hour.

Before the backlash came flooding in, The Sex Book and Erotica were on fire. As with other Madonna projects, either the media (Sex, American Life) or her own fans (GHV2, Hard Candy) can leave a bad taste but even that filth and jadedness can't change history or the fabulous body of work. And Madonna knows it.

EAT IT!!!

LAX - 1985

Madonna and Clay at LAX in 1985

All I Had To Do Was Shoot Her Face...

My photographs of the 4th Street Bridge in Los Angeles where the beginning of Borderline was shot.

Like church bells on a Sunday morning after a hard night, Borderline beckons us to the Church of Madonna. That voice, that song, that face, those orange pumps. I still haven't gotten over it, 26 years later. Neither have you.

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The video:

The brilliant Mary Lambert speaking of it:

"We were up on a rooftop trying to steal a shot and the sun started to set and that beautiful golden light lit up her face and I was looking through the camera and I just looked down and I knew we were going to have a great video, all I had to do was shoot her face." - Mary Lambert on Borderline.

The Evita Premiere

These pictures and scans are courtesy of our reader Buster. He had the honor of attending the Evita premiere on December 14, 1996 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Hollywood had not seen a premiere of this magnitude since the early days of the Hollywood Movie Palaces. Utter mayhem - just the way we like it for Our Lady.
A Real Star with Real Style who really defines Star Quality.

Madonna in Los Angeles for Oscars.

Last night at dinner.  Vanity Fair Oscar Party Coming!

"The Pied Piper of Pop." Blond Ambition LA Sports Arena

I went to all 5 nights at the LA Sports Arena for the Blond Ambition back in 1990. Here's a local news piece of Opening Night from Los Angeles ABC news reporters Francesca Cappucci, Paul Moyer and Ann Martin.

Madonna Picking Sean Up from David Rabe's Hurlyburly in Westwood, California.

Blond Ambition: Express Yourself - Los Angeles Sports Arena - 05-16-90