The back cover of my book with Anthony Coombs, MLVC6o (Image by Alejandro Mogollo)

Madonna's Like a Prayer turns 30 today, which is something I wish I could say about myself!

It's truly mind-boggling to think this album has been with us so long. I vividly remember buying it and being blown away by the entire thing, by Madonna's growth as an artist. My college dorm advisor, a dad in his thirties and an ex-hippie, made a point of telling me (I went to the University of Chicago, were everyone was an egghead and I was this kid with a room covered in Madonna posters) that he was shocked by how musically refined Like a Prayer was. He was impressed.

Japan always had the best graphics. (Image via Warner-Pioneer Corp.)

I went home from one of my first gay bars with a sexy, slightly older guy, Enrique (where is he now?), who played the album while we fooled around, a photo of his young daughter on prominent display as “Oh Father” — and he — throbbed.

When I was in high school, I drew.

A lot.

Join me on Wednesday, March 6, at Nitehawk Cinema (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY) at 8 p.m. for the North American premiere of Madonna and the Breakfast Club, the new docudrama about Madonna's early years in NYC directed by Guy Guido!

I'll be moderating a panel after the screening, which will feature Guy, his amazing Madonna look-alike star Jamie Auld and two subjects from the film — Ed Gilroy and Gary Burke.

It will be a rare opportunity to see an accurate portrayal of Madonna's musical roots, and to hear directly from some of her earliest musical collaborators what she was like when she was Madonna ... but before she was Madonna.

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Trailer after the jump ...

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Also, Madonna says 2019 is the year she starts using reading glasses. Me, too! Though for me, I'm using them (sparingly ... for now) again. I had Lasik six years ago, but that shit does wear off, and as they warned me, you do need reading glasses eventually. Sigh.

We went our own way. (Image via Matthew Rettenmund)

Was thrilled to see my first Lindsey Buckingham concert — and to meet the guitar god — in NYC last night. Full review here.

After the jump, one of my favorites of his songs ...

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If you want to get MLVC60 — my latest labor of love with Anthony Coombs — and Amazon is being a bitch, you may order it here, directly, for $75 FLAT with free shipping anywhere in the world:

Due to the holiday crush, my manufacturer won't promise to process orders (especially in the U.S.; it's faster outside the U.S.) sooner than 20 days, plus shipping time would then be tacked on. I'm sorry, but this is at least a different option. So far, most people have been getting books relatively soon, with New York City a big exception to that rule. So be advised.

Or, the book is apparently in stock and shipping at Barnes & Noble now!

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