Careless Notions

I somehow got sucked into a thread regarding Madonna’s albums back in 2017 on a web forum, which proved to be a lot more interesting than I expected it to be.  Also strangely timely in the wake of the Christmas 2016 passing of George Michael, as this passage I came across when researching facts about her eponymous debut album demonstrates.   Tell me this isn’t the hand of fate intervening. Michael Rosenblatt, A&R, Sire Records: Mark Kamins told me there was this girl who had a demo and was trying to get him to play it over the dance floor. And he was going to have none of that – he didn't play any demos. But he said she looked amazing, so I was trying to keep an eye peeled for her.  A friend of mine had just signed a group called Wham! They were about to put out their first single, but before they put it out, my friend wanted them to see the New York club scene. So I was taking them to clubs on a Saturday night – I'm at the Danceteria second-floor b...