From: tjwu@athena.mit.edu (Thomas J Wu)
Subject: Re: The Official Madonna Fan Club
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:22:46 GMT

In article <1992Nov15.031041.5467@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Joseph.J.Marcheso.Jr.@dartmouth.edu (Joseph J. Marcheso Jr.) writes:
   In article <7021@news.duke.edu>
   mossiar@north10.acpub.duke.edu (Dante Mossi) writes:
   [concerning the Madonna fan Club
   > There's an annual fee of about $27 and youi get two pictures
   > of madonna, one signed by her(?),

   Oh Wow just what I need, More picture of Madonna including one that
   signed by a fully automated Madonna signature signing machine!! (Worth
   MY money!!)

   >a catalog to order stuff, 

   Great, I'll blow 27 dollars so I can get a catalogue showing me what
   other Madonna oriented dreck I can blow hundreds more dollars on. 

Nobody's forcing you or anyone else to buy *anything* from any catalog or
join any fan club.  Chill out.

   >and a magazine edited by madonna.

   Who the hell is she, Edward R Murrow? Anyone who thinks Madonna's sole
   responsibility as "editor" is to tell the printer "No I think we can
   sell the official Madonna pumpkin carver gift set for an extra eight
   dollars" please raise your hands, Thank you.

Who the hell are you, Edward R Murrow?  Anyone who thinks your sole
responsibility as "net user" is to tell everyone "I like to whine about
Madonna as much as I want," please raise your hands.  Thank you.

   > There are international subscriptions as well for three bucks more!

   Great, great. Madonna crap from around the world; and only three
   dollars more!!

   > I'm getting my subscription next year.

   Along with Time, Town & Country and National Geographic right?

   > Also, if you get a friend 

   Friend? [read sucker]

   >into the club, you get $5 madonna dollars(?) toward your account!

   Is five "Madonna" dollars the bounty for turning in your friends' good
   taste? Sounds like an even trade 5 Madonna dollars = 27 of your
   friends' dollars. I bet Madonna comes out just about even with that
   exchange :-)

   For those of you who defend Madonna on musico-artistic grounds It
   doesn't look from this that she's really devoted to her art or trying
   to make it accessible to as many people as possible with the minimum
   price. for $27 you should at least get a single every issue or so! She
   should even sing it at the subscribers house for 27 damn dollars in
   yearly "dues".

I have in the past and will continue to defend her on musical and artistic
grounds.  Her music is no less accessible to people; just visit your local
music store and see for yourself.

   And for those of you who defend her as a marketing "genius" You call
   this a spark of genius? This cheap 5th grade marketing scam is what is
   so great about Madonna? I'm beginning to think that almost anyone with
   a high school education will appear as a genius because some of you are
   sooo gullible. However I could be wrong, been known to happen, but
   TWENTY SEVEN DOLLARS!!! COme on does anyone really think that her
   motives are anything but "shift-4" on your keyboard???

Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed?  I repeat, nobody is forcing
you to buy *anything* or join any club, and I doubt insulting the intelligence
of people is a very effective way to make friends.  If you don't like it,
*don't buy it*.  Lighten up.  Geez...

Thomas Wu
Internet:  tjwu@athena.mit.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.madonna