Macaulay Culkin's pizza-themed Velvet Underground cover band

woah

your dick is double full length? impressive!!!!

take it to the my dick thread, original guy

I kind of find the half-assedness of the band to be part of the fun. It's very much a one-off, not meant to last kind of thing. Honestly it was a project I only enjoyed for a few hours and then forgot about, and I think that's about what it deserves. I know they sold out the Black Cat and all, but I don't think this is going to have a very long life or catapult them to higher heights.

Now, would this thing even get this kind of traction if not for Macaulay Culkin's name attached (and his presumable connections etc.), almost certainly not. But I can't really be mad at him for that.

Yeah, people might be buying tickets because they think it would be fun to see a huge icon from their childhood play songs about pizza and not because he’s killing the novelty music game with his wit and sick chops. I’d pay 15 bucks to see Mac tbh.

I will say I didn't realize the Black Cat still charges only $10 or $12 for so many shows. A lot of those bands would be pricier in NYC I think.

Greatest City In The World

It is basically the public that is dissapointing me

Never underestimate the capacity of people to disappoint.

i suggest we elect a new public

You might want to.

http://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/band-featuring-macaulay-culkin-performs-new-brunswick-basement

greatest basements in the world

My sister went to that and she said it was a good time. My dad saw the VU in '68 at the Electric Factory but he doesn't remember much about it.

has chris ott weighed in

no, but he did eat some pizza from an awesome local shop in Allston

in 1987.

but does anybody remember that slice? no, and why would they.

i'm going to see this band tomorrow

but will you actually hear their message?

I hear if they finish their set in 30 minutes or less, it's free.

i'm not going to be the one to say that you should feel bad about ponying up for this ultrahipster garbage....

#noshame

^ate the last slice of cheese

dngaf

lol Adam B

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.

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.

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.

I thought all the homeless lived in Carnegie Hall with pigeons.

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!

When things happen

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/blog/2014/04/16/pizza-underground-macaulay-culkin/

http://www.nottinghampost.com/Macaulay-Culkin-booed-stage-pelted-beer-Rock-City/story-21140459-detail/story.html

lol @ attempting to do this in the UK

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.”

Good work, Nottingham!

For the record, Personal and the Pizzas only have a couple of pizza-themed songs.

still dunno how well they'd go down in the UK

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.

his friend seth green would disagree

Well, yes.

http://gawker.com/macaulay-culkins-pizza-themed-velvet-underground-cover-1668700320

Grab the reins, little Kevin - this horse is one you ride to the flaming end.

or:

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Is there a "Why we don't let celebrities/actors near musical instruments" thread yet?

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.

http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/features-issue-sections/15148/macaulay-culkin-pizza-underground-disaster/?fb=dd

Aw, that article was good for a chuckle.

et tu, JDarnielle?

so glad i am not in music journalism i would have written that exact email

poor Richie Rich wants a band but doesn't want to interact w the filthy peasants that come to his shows

That is one needlessly long piece about a not very interesting or cool story bro.

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.