'Back to You'

After two weeks spent going back through the first hunk of my CD collection, and emerging myself in Elvis Costello and Madonna in advance of concerts from both, I'm ready to restart my journey through my CD collection. The next stop in my travels is my John Mayer chunk and I'm so looking forward to it.

I've written about my deep affection for John Mayer many, many times, and will surely delve back into that topic once I've made my way through his CDs.

Last week I saw Madonna live for the first time in more than six years. With her fierceness, attitude, intensity and stamina, Madonna remains my greatest idol. She has a lot to say and will find a way to say it all, damn the detractors.

In the midst of her grandstanding, she still knows how to put on a great show, as evidenced last week:

Thank you Madonna for another fantastic show, for being entertaining and challenging, inspiring and intriguing. I hope it won't take another six years for me to see you again.