{"id":40692,"date":"2018-08-16T23:10:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T03:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=40692"},"modified":"2018-08-17T01:04:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T05:04:42","slug":"happy_60th_birthday_madonna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/happy_60th_birthday_madonna\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 60th Birthday, Madonna!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Madonna turned 60 today! She celebrated in style &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BmjbCSwA7sI\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" data-instgrm-version=\"9\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 62.5% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"background: url(data:image\/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc\/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5\/p8\/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo\/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli\/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif\/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BmjbCSwA7sI\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yes Bishes Its my Birthday! \ud83c\udf82\ud83c\udf82\ud83c\udf82! Thank you to my fans and friends all around the world! \ud83c\udf0d\ud83c\udf0e\ud83c\udf0f. #berber #bedouin #marakesh #magic #inspiration #blessed \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc \u2665\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/madonna\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Madonna<\/a> (@madonna) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-08-16T20:38:53+00:00\">Aug 16, 2018 at 1:38pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and <a href=\"http:\/\/toofab.com\/2018\/08\/16\/how-madonna-celebrated-her-60th-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave fans a gift<\/a> by sharing the video of her performance at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2018-met-gala-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this May&#8217;s Met Gala<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jVgE45ZYTfw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I posted my own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/wednesdays-video-a-big-birthday-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madonna tribute video<\/a> on YouTube yesterday. If you missed it, check it out now! I tell the story of how I skipped my senior prom to see Madonna at Radio City Music Hall in 1985 and show off some amazing Madonna concert artifacts from 1987.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mOwVipzjtt8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve belatedly found a photo of the oversize shirt I wore to the 1985 concert, though this was taken in 1986.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40815\" style=\"width: 408px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40815\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnaconcertblouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnaconcertblouse.jpg 398w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnaconcertblouse-134x300.jpg 134w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnaconcertblouse-300x671.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I wish I kept this thing!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I also figured out that the t-shirt that I wore for the video is from the Drowned World Tour of 2001. (Shout-out to Janet Gough, who took <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebrityphoto.com\/lightbox\/919071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this photo of the merch stand<\/a> at the Los Angeles show.)<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnatee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnatee.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnatee-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnatee-300x457.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>While I was hunting for an image of that t-shirt, I was amused to find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-rita-ora-arrives-at-los-angeles-international-airport-lax-in-platform-84685815.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this picture of singer Rita Ora wearing the 1990 Blonde Ambition tour t-shirt I have<\/a>. The difference is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/musical-interlude-madonna-part-ii-and-the-hole-y-spirit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I got mine at the concert personally<\/a> &#8212; and Rita wasn&#8217;t even born till a few months after that tour!<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40822\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/musical-interlude-madonna-part-ii-and-the-hole-y-spirit\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnaoutfit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"747\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnaoutfit.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnaoutfit-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnaoutfit-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me in the t-shirt in 2015. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Another post-video discovery is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/dress-meet-maripol-woman-behind-madonnas-early-iconic-look-015528814.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this great interview with Maripol<\/a>, the designer of Madonna&#8217;s famous black rubber bangles, which I&#8217;m still obsessed with. I meant what I said, Maripol! Let&#8217;s collab!<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I have plenty of previous Madonna-related posts if you want to do some reading. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/art-entertainment\/music\/madonna\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">She&#8217;s got a whole category to herself on this blog<\/a>. Here are some highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/thirty-five-years-of-madonna-fandom\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This July marked the 35th anniversary of Madonna&#8217;s debut album<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I had my best Madonna concert seats ever when I saw her at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/musical-interlude-madonna-at-madison-square-garden\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Square Garden<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/musical-interlude-madonna-part-ii-and-the-hole-y-spirit\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barclays Center<\/a> in 2015.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/happy-birthday-madonna-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This 2014 photo of my Madonna tour t-shirts needs to be updated to include the ones from 2015<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/mtv-vmas-fashion-flashback-madonna-in-1995\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In 2014, I reminisced about my obsession with the Gucci satin shirt worn by Madonna at the 1995 VMAs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/spartacus-madonna-aging-disgracefully-and-yolo-rings\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A 2012 post on Madonna and aging disgracefully<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/in-honor-of-madonnas-50th-birthday\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My &#8220;Happy 50th birthday, Madonna&#8221; post from 10 years ago<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/throwback-thursday-madonna-almost-26-years-ago-today\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madonna&#8217;s 1987 AIDS fundraiser, which I talk about at length in the new video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/throwback-thursday-madonna-and-her-keith-haring-denim-jacket\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madonna and Keith Haring<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/london-day-2-more-naughty-art\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In 2009, MrB and I bought a vintage topless photo of Madonna, which still hangs above our bed<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40825\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnabedroom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"429\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnabedroom.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnabedroom-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bedroom photo. I always wonder what would happen if Madonna dropped by and saw this. Hmmm.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Another piece of Madonna art resulted from my desperation to go to a <a href=\"https:\/\/todayinmadonnahistory.com\/2014\/11\/05\/today-in-madonna-history-november-5-2000\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">small show she did at Roseland in 2000<\/a>. MrB heroically got us into the totally unavailable show and then wrote about the experience for the Wall Street Journal, where he was managing editor at the time. The folks at the paper gave us the art that ran with his article. It depicts <a href=\"https:\/\/todayinmadonnahistory.com\/2014\/11\/05\/today-in-madonna-history-november-5-2000\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Britney Spears t-shirt Madonna wore<\/a>, and that pointy-nosed profile in the audience is MrB himself. <\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnapaul.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"568\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnapaul.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnapaul-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/madonnapaul-300x342.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I &#8212; the Madonna mega-fan &#8212; am not depicted!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madonna turned 60 today! She celebrated in style &#8230; Yes Bishes Its my Birthday! \ud83c\udf82\ud83c\udf82\ud83c\udf82! Thank you to my fans and friends all around the world! \ud83c\udf0d\ud83c\udf0e\ud83c\udf0f. #berber #bedouin #marakesh #magic #inspiration #blessed \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc \u2665\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6 A post shared by Madonna (@madonna) on Aug 16, 2018 at 1:38pm PDT &#8230; and gave fans a gift by&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/happy_60th_birthday_madonna\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[726,10,54,42],"tags":[1622,1554,1623],"class_list":{"0":"post-40692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art-entertainment","8":"category-celebrities","9":"category-madonna","10":"category-music","11":"tag-madonnas-60th-birthday","12":"tag-maripol","13":"tag-met-gala-performance","14":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40692"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40831,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40692\/revisions\/40831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}