Where did I fucking read that Michael Gira dated Madonna?

I'm glad you two spoke up. I was biting my tongue. Anyone here read Gira's book The Consumer? Nah, probably not. Extremely warped and perverted. Honestly I just can't imagine him and Madonna even getting along. Ken I'm sure you mean well, but...you certainly have the burden of proof on this one.

KIM: No, we like her.

THURSTON: No, we like her a lot. We just like that one song.

KIM: I think she's becoming a bit driven, though...

THURSTON: ...no, it's like, she the kind of person who insinuates being real populist, and at the same time a like Lower East Side loft kind of mentality or something. It's too obvious, now. I mean, we never wanted to try to exploit that we like Mandonna, it just sorta happened. We did that song . . .

CY: Did you ever get in trouble for that? Legal trouble at all?

THURSTON: Supposedly she heard it, and said it's OK, she just won't tell her management. And she's like, she used to live in New York, she went out with a friend of ours for a while, and I won't tell you who, because you know who it is. And she was in this band called "Spinal...", this weird Gang-of-Four-ish new wave band, with these kids who were in Deep Six, Circus Mort, who turned into the Swans. I mean, there's a weird connection there; so she is actually
part of the Swans thing.

(http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/cc/092087.html)
S: Madonna is part of the whole Swans trip? This has the makings of a real underground Weekly World News story. . .

THURSTON: Weekly Weird News.

S: A real news flash: Madonna went out with Michael Gira, we have pictures.

THURSTON: Why Michael Gira?

S: Well, I don't know, you said she was hanging out with the Swans, I mean...

THURSTON: Well, you can't say Michael Gira, 'cause he'd be offended. Michael Gira would be very offended.

KIM: Yeah, he's a very private person.

THURSTON: Well, when she used to play around, we used to always hate her, 'cause she's such a jerk. She used to like... well, there's this guy she used to go out with we know, she used to sit on his lap, the whole time like looking around...

I don't know what to do but laugh my ass off at this point.

And damnit I've been meaning to pull out that Ciccone Youth tape for 7 billion years. There's something on there I really liked and I never went back to it. ARgh.

And people still read Spin?

Are you thinking of Dennis Rodman? Apropos of an invitation from Madonna?

an ex-swan who posts to the manhattan before 1990 fb group posted on an old pic of madonna that "she was dating the lead singer of my band when this photo was taken."

re-poll Justify My Love: Madonna's Boyfriends, Girlfriends, Husbands et al (A silly poll)

was she sitting on his lap?

Funny I just came across the Gira/Madonna story somewhere recently too. Can't think where though. Thought it was a direct reference to him shagging her in a certain location which I also don't remember.
Otherwise I might think it could have been a Spin I still had at my mother's place or other interview from mid 80s. Bob Stanley doesn't refer to it does he? Think that's about the only recent thing I'm reading that might touch on either NY Noise or Madonna.

ILXor to the rescue: http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2013/10/return-again-to-danceteria.html

I am positive that I read an interview with Thurston/Kim where they goes into this, they mention Gira saying "you won't believe how beautiful this girl is" or some such

actually looked through some old zines last night, but no dice.