Today I found out Madonna used to work at Dunkin’ Donuts. No word on the details, but it was sometime in the late 70s when she first moved to New York to be a dancer. Now she’s mysteriously English and only eats a macrobiotic diet - “I don’t really eat food in restaurants.” - so I’m sure she’s cut all ties to working class food - but it’s nice to know she had honest beginnings.

Brief conversation with coworker about Madonna Donut revelation:

Blognut: Did you know Madonna used to work at Dunkin’ Donuts?

Coworker: Madonna sucks.

Friend of Blognut returns with Yo La Tengo’s thoughts on Donuts.

Friend of Blognut recently attended The Freewheelin’ Yo La Tengo, a show in bassist James McNew’s former hometown and home of Spudnuts, Charlottesville, Virginia. The format was seated audience, chatting bandmembers, Q&A encouraged. FOB asked the question that was surely on everyone’s mind:

FOB: Favorite donut?

Ira Kaplan (guitar): [puzzled] Donuts? Hmm, I don’t really eat donuts.

Georgia Hubley (drums): [deadpan] I like whole wheat glazed. Whole wheat glazed.

Ira: [admiringly] That’s a classy choice, a classy donut.

James McNew (bass): [happily] Donuts? They’re donuts, they’re all good. It’s still a donut. How can you have a bad donut??

Ira: [skeptically] But why would you have a donut when you could have a chocolate chip cookie?

A little bit later, someone asked a complicated question about references to/in Kinks songs and Ira tried to answer for a bit and then asked “Don’t you want to know something about donuts?”