speaking about Bi-Polar Disorder. she has not spoke out since the Pope thing. ...and i wonder how the majority feel about that now....frankly the Catholic Church freaks me out..jmho. im spiritual but dont know about man made religion...i know weve talked about that befoe here...
(befoe) lol *if you can watch please do......
Bi-Polar is the same as Manic Depression ....and its hardly talked about. AND hard to diagnose, as ive said before. Sometimes 20 years according to John Hopkins. It should be a very good informative show i think. ...well have a good nite everyone and sleep well. ....majik*

ps. a few peeps (not here) took my name on myspace. ..and damit if majik isnt a band. ...ohwell you snooze ya lose , right? dam i made up majikmind in 2000! lol i hate that.
BUT glad someone is doing it. ... take care

My dad has a Sinead O'Conner CD. I don't really know much about her. Did she have Bi-Polar disorder?

I don't get why people get so worked-up about the Pope thing. Freedom of expression is vital to a free world. I think people forget that if YOU want the right to express yourself, then you have to give OTHERS that same right, even if you don't like/agree with them.

I LOVE Sinead. She's incredibly talented and yes ruffled feathers but she's had a hard life and said her apologies, to those who care about the Pope lol.

THANKS FOR THIS MAJIK!! I swear, Miss Oprah gets all the good guests, but none ever better than LISA!!

Two sides of Sinead
With dual versions, O'Connor opens "Theology" to interpretations
BY JIM DeROGATIS Pop Music Critic
Chicago Sun-Times
September 21, 2007

Though the quality of her music has never lagged, Sinead O'Connor's career never fully recovered from the misunderstood 1992 incident when she tore up a picture of the Pope on "Saturday Night Live."

In recent years, the singer has devoted herself to a series of wonderful stylistic experiments, including "Sean-Nos Nua" (2002), a collection of traditional Irish songs, and "Throw Down Your Arms" (2005), her reggae excursion with the renowned rhythm section of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. In July, she released her eighth album and her first set of all new material in seven years: "Theology," a double CD featuring many of the same songs on both discs, one recorded sparely with just voice and guitar in Dublin, and the other recorded in London with a more conventional rock band.

Sinead O’Connor, who plays in concert Sunday at Symphony Center, recorded the same songs in quiet and more conventional rock versions for her double CD “Theology.”

It's a startlingly powerful work, but as much as highlighting that accomplishment, her current tour is about reviewing an extraordinary career and reclaiming a musical legacy that remains one of the most impressive of the last quarter-century. I spoke with O'Connor the morning after the first show of a tour that brings her to Chicago on Sunday.

Q. When you perform the songs from "Theology," will you be doing the London or the Dublin versions?

A. To be honest, the bulk of the show is older stuff: It's kind of a revue. There are maybe three songs from "Theology," two of which are done with the band, but very softly -- somewhere half between the London and Dublin versions.

The audience coming to see me wouldn't necessarily know any of "Theology" yet. So of course, the advice everyone gave me was it would be better for me to do older songs, and I'm enjoying reconnecting with those. At first, it was kind of freaky, because I hadn't done a lot of the songs for a long time -- some of them for 20 years!

Q. Where did you get the idea of recording two versions of "Theology"?

A. First of all, I loved the idea of making an acoustic record with just voice and guitar, because the audience never gets to hear what a song sounds like when the artist is sitting there writing it. Like, I'd love to hear a Mariah Carey record where she was just sitting at home in her pajamas with a guitar and a milk shake, you know? So I wanted to show what can be done with the evolution, but it was actually an accident that I ended up doing the two versions.

I had been fooling around in the studio with my friend, [producer] RonTom, singing these songs just for a laugh -- I was going to work on a different record with him -- but when I told him that, he begged me to let him work on these songs as well. So I said, "OK, but I'll release them both," because I was very attached to the acoustic versions as well.

I think the two versions work well in the end, because with the subject material, I liked the idea of musically being able to show how certain people can take the same set of scriptures and do completely different things with them, and I wanted to show that musically -- the vastly different slant that can be put on the same theology.

Q. Do you feel as if you're still suffering some fallout in the States because of your religious views and the "Saturday Night Live" incident?

A. No, now they've got Britney Spears! [Laughs] I can't believe the way they treat her.

To be honest, I don't notice if there's any fallout, because genuinely I don't care. I'm sure my management and certain people around me would be happy if I had shut my mouth and puckered up years ago, because they'd be making a lot more money if I had. But I really don't give a s---; I'm just happy to be working.

great photo of her.. glad she's gonna be on Oprah!

I seen that she is going to be on Oprah today when I watched Oprah yesterday when Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson & Jill Scott were on there talking about Tyler's new film Why Did I Get Married!

Shoot thanks for the reminder...I LOVE Sinead! She is one of my fave artists!!! That chick can sang

YALL ARE WELCOME.
YEAH I SAW OPRAH YEST. WITH LITTE MISS JANET. ... ...OPRAH DOES HAVE GREAT GUESTS. THAT TYLER IS A TRIP ....HE SAID WHAT MY FRIEND DRUMMER DAVE SAID ABOUT LISA...
"WHEN YOU GO TO THE SHOW , TELL LISA I WANT TO MARRY HER AND SHE DOESNT HAVE TO EVEN SIGN A PRE-NUP." LMAO.

ANYWAY , YES I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT INTERVIEW TODAY.

THANKS MISS OPRAH !!!!
THANKS FOR THE ARTICLE TOO PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

btw. i love her hair. lol...(oprah)

ahhhhhhh sheit! I missed it!! I wanted to see that!!!!!!!! grrrrrrrrrr

well THAT one put me in tears. ...sad. but in a happy way ...coz that guy is getting better help...and Dr. Jamison ive told yall about a long time ago...she has another book that is more like a text book...called...
"Manic Depression and the Artistic Temperment" ...and you wouldnt believe how many famous, smart people are in it... and its kind of sad cause alot of people in the book commit suicide, were commited, or drank/drugged themselves to death. the story of each person is written like a text book. ...Hemmingway, Frued, W. Blake...idk about 100 people ...its very interesting and you dont have to read it page by page ...you can just look up a name in the index you know. ...very interesting. BUT when i read "The Unquiet Mind" ...THAT book really helped me understand what the hell was going on with me. ...i felt so bad for that guy on Oprah. ....BUT GOD LOVE HER, PATTY DUKE ...came to him. ...and i think said some things that hopefully hit home w/ him...im sorry i forgot his name. ...Bi-Polar is very hard to diagnose and DOCTORS THROW IT AROUND LIKE ITS NOTHING. ...MANY ARE MIS-DIAGNOSED. MANY WHO REALLY NEED HELP SUFFER...becoz it has the same symptoms as drug abuse.....AND IF YOUR LIKE ME....I HAD BOTH GOING ON ...AT THE TIME I FINALLY GOT DIAGNOSED. I KNEW I WASNT AN ALCOHOLIC , EVEN THOUGH I DRANK ALOT... I JUST WANTED TO FEEL BETTER ...ANYWAY ...NOW? LIKE THE SWEET GUY ON OPRAH IVE BEEN THROUGH EVERY DRUG COMBINATION ....AND NEVER....EVER WAS EVEN TOLD ABOUT LITHIUM AND IVE BEEN ON MEDS SINCE A KID! MAKES ME MAD AND KINDA MAKES ME WONDER ...FORCED DRUG ABUSE? ONCE YOUR ON THOSE NARCOTICS ITS HARD AS HELL TO STOP EVEN W/ DOCTORS HELP...you see lithium is a salt....kinda funny that they usually prescribe heavy narcotics for bipolar...when lithium (according to Dr. Jamison and others ive read) has no addiction with it. WHY WOULDNT THEY SUGGEST IT? IM A CONSPIRICY THEORIST SOMETIMES. ANYWAY ...WHAT IM TRYING TO SAY IS THAT ...YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE INTENSE THERAPY TO DIAGNOSE BIPOLAR EXSPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ON DRUGS OR DRINK TO GET DRUNK ALL THE TIME. ...since they both come with VERY similar consequences and symptoms. ....
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH OPRAH !!!! SINEAD!!!!! PATTY DUKE!!!!!! AND DR. JAMISON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SPREADING THE WORD.


when i get down ...and believe me i know why i feel bad and when its coming on (which took years to realize that too)......but when i do get into those dark moods. ....i think about...the people who cant afford to see a doctor.....and i cry for them ....it tears me up....but puts things into a kinda weird perspective. ...

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this is an interesting subject, majik, and i wish everyone could be enlightened on it, and helped with it. i missed oprah; i'm sure her guests shed much light on a subject that every bit of info helps...

i know. ive dealt with it since the 80s ...and just know hearing about it really....

It was a great episode. I really admire Sinead for speaking out. Oprah has really blossomed over the years. So poised she's positively regal! Important issue. Thanks to Majik for posting. I would have missed it for sure without ur post.

o man your welcome ...anytime. ...THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO LISTENED THANK YOU . ...