Voodoo Doughnut “magic”

Slogans are “Good things come in pink boxes” and “The magic is in the hole!”

sketch of a pendant design looks like armless female torso with spiral on belly
1988 Mike Payne’s pendant design
suicide note written in red pen on white scalloped paper restaurant placemat, pen stabbed through hole and affixed into a planter
1994 Kurt Cobain suicide note
voodoo doll style doughnut with spiral and pretzel stick
2003 Voodoo Doughnut

Trés Shannon who started Voodoo Doughnut was playing music in clubs around the same time as Nirvana under the name “Kurtz Project” which I think is, among other things, a play on the name Kurt and the German word for “short” – as in, electrical shorts, or a person who is expected to have a short life.

January 6, 1989 Nirvana opened for Mudhoney at Satyricon.
Kurtz Project played on January 25.