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AMERICAN LIFE
MADONNA
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Since The release of every Madonna album, especially every album in the past five years or so, is a tremendous event. There's no denying that the once "material girl" has become the single most important female entertainer of any generation. And with each release, her worldwide audience is reminded once again of this uber-status.What's unfortunate, however, is it seems ever since Madonna betrothed herself to British director, Guy Ritchie, her entertainment has fallen to disaster. 

Her latest film, Swept Away, was universally panned as one of the worst movies of 2002 and, truth be told, American Life is no improvement.Where Ray of Light and Music found Madonna redefining herself as just as hip to modern times then as she was in the 80's, American Life is marred by self-indulgence, unbelievably boring and reptetive production values, and cliche mistakenly disguised as introspection.In what seems to be Madonna's soup du jour, following closely in the techno/folk mold created with Music, American Life does little to challenge the listener musically. The basic formula throughout sticks with Mirwais Ahmadzai's "quirky" French beats and production coupled with an acoustic guitar. Perhaps Madonna felt she'd be taken more seriously as a "musician" if she expanded on her guitar playing through the incorporation of more guitars, or maybe the general consensus that this would be considered an intriguing contrast between classic folk and today's every-present techno sound... or maybe they just liked how this sounded - but the underlying fact is that the music ends up being just plain boring.What's more, although Madonna's never really been considered the most amazing songwriter, American Life's lyrics mostly fall flat. Attempts at intelligent and challenging investigations of American life and self ultimately end up as insipid and humiliating. 

Lines like "I do yoga and pilates/and the room is full of hotties" in her attempt at self-deprecating pseudo-rap are just inane, and while this may be one of her lowest points on the disc, still remain closely indicative of what lies beyond.Of course, fans of Madonna will likely talk themselves into enjoying American Life as they need to justify continued backing of an artist well past her prime, but what American Life will do for others is help us realize that although the release of a Madonna album has always been a global event, there's little reason for this trend to continue.

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ANY GIVEN THURSDAY (DVD)
JOHN MAYER

Since most of us didn't know that John Mayer even existed about a year ago, some may argue that a live DVD is a tad premature.A live performance captured a year and a day after the WTC/Pentagon disasters on 09/12/02 at the Oak Mountain Amphitheater in Birmingham, AL show the 2003 Grammy winning wunderkind in top form. 

His appeal as a singer/songwriter is pretty easy to understand as Mayer delvers strong melodies and does not fall into the mostly inevitable doldrums that haunt those who primarily have an acoustic affixed to their torso. Mayer has a sort of introspective energy that resonates well into his genre of music and he is much more compelling live than his earlier videos portray. His passion as a live performer is fairly uncommon in this day of many just "mailing in" (or pre-audio taping) their live performances.By playing his biggest hit " No Such Thing" so early on in the set (it was his third number) seemed like it could have been a mistake, but he does round out his repertoire quite nicely and even bangs out a cover of the classic Police tune "Message in a Bottle" with a fervor that Sting wishes he still had in him (and if you caught The Police reunion at the Rock Hall of Fame a few weeks back, you witness first hand that he has mellowed beyond recognition when compared to his glory days).

Mayer is much more adept at his instrument than was previously known, but that fact is more than evident on a solo performance of "Man on the Side," which is drenched in guitar noodlings ala, Hendrix & Stevie Ray Vaughan.So, putting out a DVD so early in his career was a tidy move and more than demonstrates to the non-faithful that Mayer is no fluke.

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Lisa Marie Presley will hook up with crooner Chris Isaak for a number of dates on his summer tour. Presley will open from a July 11 show in Boston through an Aug. 9 appearance in Minneapolis. The run includes a stop at the Botanic Garden in Presley's childhood hometown, Memphis, Tenn.

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