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Monday, February 14, 2005
Many miles, many roads.
Whoa, feels like ages since I've posted here. Either there's less going on in my life lately, or less I'm willing to talk about. Probably the latter (those who know about the nipple candy spillage may understand).
I knew I wanted to update my theme again (it's nice to rack up all those intro images), but I really had no idea what subject to choose.
After some consideration, I decided to do a Madonna-themed skin. Why?
Well, it's a bit of a long story I suppose.
On Saturday night I heard the Oakenfold version of "What it Feels Like for a Girl". I hadn't heard it in a long time. And it made me remember the video clip -- you know, the one that was apparently banned in the USA (wasn't it available late at night on MTV or something?)
I remembered how upsetting that video was. Not due to the violence, mind you. But due to the whole message of it -- basically, a woman frustrated with living in a man's world...and venting her anger in a night of violence against men, that ultimately leads to her own suicide. It's a pretty harsh message. But it's something that I think a lot of people can probably relate to on some level (though not as extreme, and not necessarily if you are female).
So, I was looking for images that might give me ideas (thus the one in my intro). But I also did some reading.
I discovered that Madonna's "Music" album was a collaboration with Mirwais, a French house artist, whose music I've actually had up on myOtaku here before. I believe I had Disco Science playing -- my favourite Mirwais track, with an awesome video clip.
I read that Mirwais favourite song on the album was a song called "I Deserve It". So I tried downloading it and, lo and behold, I actually like it quite a lot.
It reminds me of Madonna's collaboration with William Orbit on the Ray of Light album. I still think that was the pinnacle of her work, probably. I've never been much of a Madonna fan -- I've somewhat liked a song here or there, but I've never really followed her career.
The Ray of Light album had a lot of songs that I warmed to after a while. It was very...earthy, while still being fundamentally electronic. Very unique.
Apparently she is collaborating with Orbit on her next album too, which can only be a good thing.
In the midst of Britney Spears collaborations and American Life, I have lately wondered if Madonna has been singing her last breaths. Afterall, some of these latest songs and collaborations have been really questionable, especially after the relative greatness of Ray of Light.
But it looks like Madonna still has some life left. This song and a few of her recent works tend to remind me that she's still a pretty remarkable artist -- if she can still somehow lure me in on occasion, she must be doing something right, I think.
Oh, and, normally I do vector drawings for my intro images. At least, that's been my trend lately. But since this one is a photo manipulation, I thought I'd post the original for you to compare:
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