[MUSIC] Five music links: Q Lazzarus, Jake Shears, Madonna

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• Spin shares the news, from fan Kelsey Zimmerman, that the singer of "Goodbye Horses", Q Lazzarus, is alive and well in Staten Island after three decades of silence.


• Hornet Stories raves over Jake Shears' self-titled solo debut album.


• Joe. My. God. shares the story, as he has every year since 2006, "Ricky Loves Madonna", remembering an early victim of HIV/AIDS and his Madonna fandom.


• Daryl Deino at Queerty writes about how Madonna, with her early opposition to homophobia and her engagement with HIV/AIDS, may have saved his life.


• Hornet Stories describes, and shows, the set of 20 Lego minifigures that Michigan artist Sam Hatmaker has designed for Madonna's 60th birthday today.