«IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE»

Madonna's latest release will cost a little more than usual and will be available in only one, curiously archaic format: microcassette."Madonna Erotic Phone Messages" will be among several lots of Material Girl-related arcana up for grabs next week in the Rock & Roll Pop Art Auction. Minimum bid: $25,000 (U.S.). That works out to about $1,470 a minute.
Contained on "two original microcassettes from Jim Albright's answering machine," the 17 minutes of messages date from 1992-1993, when Madonna was dating Albright, who was her bodyguard before becoming romantically involved with the singer.Another lot contains "a very personal and intimate amateur video taken of Madonna and a few of her castmates from the 1993 film Dangerous Games." The 15-minute VHS tape bears the titillating label "1 SNAKE EYES WIFE SWAP FOOTAGE." The minimum bid: $10,000.

-Toronto Star
July 22 2009