has chris ott weighed in
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
no, but he did eat some pizza from an awesome local shop in Allston
― Spaghetti Sauce Shampoo (Moodles), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 18:55 (ten years ago) link
in 1987.
but does anybody remember that slice? no, and why would they.
― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 06:23 (ten years ago) link
i'm going to see this band tomorrow
― coops all on coops tbh (crüt), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 22:29 (ten years ago) link
but will you actually hear their message?
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:39 (ten years ago) link
I hear if they finish their set in 30 minutes or less, it's free.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:43 (ten years ago) link
i'm not going to be the one to say that you should feel bad about ponying up for this ultrahipster garbage....
― real myst opportunity (sleepingbag), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:47 (ten years ago) link
#noshame
― coops all on coops tbh (crüt), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 00:22 (ten years ago) link
^ate the last slice of cheese
― POO: the blossom or full flower of the evening (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 00:45 (ten years ago) link
dngaf
lol Adam B
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 13:42 (ten years ago) link
I think they have to play their set twice to achieve 30 minutes, unless they worked in a lengthy "Brother Ray's" jam or something.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 13:56 (ten years ago) link
Feel extra weird about this cos it's in a part of town w a big homeless population and nobody does any fundraisers for the homeless, it's always stuff for the art galleries. I hope they donate some pizzas to the homeless.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 20 March 2014 01:56 (ten years ago) link
There are 5 people in the band, and equally dividing 15 minutes between them gives each person 3 minutes of effort. And these people will be getting free food, free drugs, free places to stay, free hugs, etc. Meanwhile there are people who have been freezing all winter who will be ignored, or likely, exploited for iPhone photos and authenticity stories.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 20 March 2014 01:59 (ten years ago) link
I thought all the homeless lived in Carnegie Hall with pigeons.
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:42 (ten years ago) link
People are literally walking by freezing homeless people to pay Richie Rich (and his friends) $15 to sing about pizza that he is getting for free!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 20 March 2014 03:24 (ten years ago) link
When things happen
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/blog/2014/04/16/pizza-underground-macaulay-culkin/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 April 2014 03:29 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nottinghampost.com/Macaulay-Culkin-booed-stage-pelted-beer-Rock-City/story-21140459-detail/story.html
― popchips: the next snapple? (seandalai), Monday, 26 May 2014 15:01 (ten years ago) link
lol @ attempting to do this in the UK
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Monday, 26 May 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
One fan who didn’t want to be named said: “It just sounds awful. I can’t believe he is doing this. Why bother? It must go down well in America or something.”
― eats, roots, manuvas (S-), Monday, 26 May 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
Good work, Nottingham!
― emil.y, Monday, 26 May 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
For the record, Personal and the Pizzas only have a couple of pizza-themed songs.
― brio, Monday, 26 May 2014 19:36 (ten years ago) link
still dunno how well they'd go down in the UK
― riot grillz (contenderizer), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 01:40 (ten years ago) link
Watercooler discussion of child stars today led to Macaulay Culkin, which gave me the opportunity to tell a 60-something-yr-old partner about Macaulay Culkin's pizza-themed Velvet Underground cover band. We both agree that he seemed like a guy who had spent some quality time with "the drugs." All in all, it was a good watercooler sesh.
― ₴HABΔZZ ¶IZZΔ (Hurting 2), Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
his friend seth green would disagree
― Sufjenga Cat Giffin (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
Well, yes.
http://gawker.com/macaulay-culkins-pizza-themed-velvet-underground-cover-1668700320
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link
Grab the reins, little Kevin - this horse is one you ride to the flaming end.
― Hark! The Village People (fake penthouse letters mcgee), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
or:
Depression and what it's really like [Started by Not Dead Yet in October 2001, last updated 3 minutes ago by Benson and the Jets (ENBB)] 1 new answer
― Hark! The Village People (fake penthouse letters mcgee), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
Is there a "Why we don't let celebrities/actors near musical instruments" thread yet?
― ∞, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
They released the PU Demos as a single for Record Store Day:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/broadtime_thumbnails/845/418456381845/418456381845%3A245.jpg
I picked up a copy, one of only two items I picked up for myself for RSD. It's amusing, but we all know that.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 18 April 2015 23:33 (nine years ago) link
http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/features-issue-sections/15148/macaulay-culkin-pizza-underground-disaster/?fb=dd
― big WHOIS aka the nameserver (s.clover), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 04:52 (eight years ago) link
Aw, that article was good for a chuckle.
― how's life, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 11:43 (eight years ago) link
et tu, JDarnielle?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 11:59 (eight years ago) link
so glad i am not in music journalism i would have written that exact email
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
poor Richie Rich wants a band but doesn't want to interact w the filthy peasants that come to his shows
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
That is one needlessly long piece about a not very interesting or cool story bro.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
By that Friday, it felt like the entire Internet had turned against me. Hundreds of people, maybe thousands, maybe millions, thought I was a jerk. Hundreds told me so on Twitter, dozens on Facebook, a few over email, including a producer of The Drew Carey Show. - See more at: http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/features-issue-sections/15148/macaulay-culkin-pizza-underground-disaster/?fb=dd#sthash.UKGvC7qX.dpuf
This writer seems to have very little sense of scale when it comes to the internet.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link
pretty sure i said the exact same thing in my head after reading half and skimming the rest.
xp
― circa1916, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
missed that there was an "uproar" over her article ... and i'm still not sure i understand why anyone cared? what was the problem exactly? just that it was mean to mac?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 19:33 (eight years ago) link
Both the reaction and her reaction to the reaction seem blown out of proportion. It was a mean article and not that funny. Culkin and the writer both escaped relatively unharmed and afaict few people noticed or remembered that it happened.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
she was an unknown freelance writer w no power and now all these famous people were outing her as a bully in front of a huge audience.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
the sum impact of the whole thing is probably the article itself and her nerves for a week. i don't think she is saying anything more really.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
It only got worse. The next day, Patton Oswalt—comedian, professional troll, wildly outspoken opponent of Internet outrage—sent several tweets to his millions of followers criticizing my tone. “Way to topple the mighty,” one read.I couldn’t help but think that if I was a comedian myself, Patton Oswalt—someone who pretends to mock oppressed people (like the transgendered) in service of proving that nothing in comedy should be out of bounds—wouldn’t have been so disapproving; that my blog post would have fallen under the welcoming umbrella of free speech in comedy. Instead, I was a journalist trying to be funny and therefore not allowed to hurt anyone’s feelings, even those of millionaire celebrities and their well-compensated publicists. I wasn’t part of the protected comedy class, and so I wholly deserved the scorn he heaped upon my feeble attempts at mean-spirited humor. Or so it seemed.
I couldn’t help but think that if I was a comedian myself, Patton Oswalt—someone who pretends to mock oppressed people (like the transgendered) in service of proving that nothing in comedy should be out of bounds—wouldn’t have been so disapproving; that my blog post would have fallen under the welcoming umbrella of free speech in comedy. Instead, I was a journalist trying to be funny and therefore not allowed to hurt anyone’s feelings, even those of millionaire celebrities and their well-compensated publicists. I wasn’t part of the protected comedy class, and so I wholly deserved the scorn he heaped upon my feeble attempts at mean-spirited humor. Or so it seemed.
Civilians, journalists, famous comedians like Nikki Glaser, comedy fans: all came out against me, saying I was bitter, a failure, jealous, fat, a terrible journalist, a terrible person, a bitch, an asshole, a cunt, that I would rot in hell
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link
In large part it's just too long in relation to the interest/significance of the story, lots of mundane detail that could be left out.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 20:02 (eight years ago) link
otm
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 21:32 (eight years ago) link
this was usurped on my facebook by a story about a guy who gave public enemy a lift in his car. so, not a lot of legs...
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 21:45 (eight years ago) link
patton oswalt is so fucking annoying. this diss by tim heidecker about those corny as fuck "twitter essays" still cracks me up:
@timheidecker(1/256) humor, which began in ancient times has always been an important part of society...
― flappy bird, Thursday, 3 December 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link