Macaulay Culkin's pizza-themed Velvet Underground cover band

The end. Of what, I do not know.

http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/herman-cain-smile.gif

Now on my second listen-through of this, what am I doing. The Nico impression is genuinely otm though.

This is great.

tags: rock antifolk austin kilham deenah vollmer macaulay culkin matt colbourn nevermound phoebe kreutz pizza the nevvy awards velvet underground weird al New York

Mildly disappointed that "Pizza" wasn't "Heroin"

Can't believe how much I'm laughing at the stoopidity of "Cheese Days."

This is no My Dick, but it's amusing.

http://static.gigwise.com/gallery/3494453_wenn3264556loureed33.jpg

antifolk?

Can't believe how much I'm laughing at the stoopidity of "Cheese Days."

― Conceptual Brew (Dan Peterson), Friday, December 6, 2013 6:15 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"I don't do too much toppings these days"

This is like something friends would do in college and only ever perform twice, but in the best way.

Famous Ray never once gave it away
Secret sauce same every day
New York City wanted a change
Buffalo chicken, hey that sounds strange
said hey Ray, take a bite of the wild slice

Mildly disappointed that "Pizza" wasn't "Heroin"

x 2

Cheese My Best Friend

Andy's Crust

Cool It Down

The Nico impression is genuinely otm though.

I'm hoping this is MC.

The Rocka-fire Exploding Plastic Inevitable

<3 <3 <3 <3

JF can I count this as one track for the EOY poll?

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macaulay = hero

The Black Olives Death Song

White Pie, Let's Eat

What Goes On ( in your pie)

Whoa, I have met one of the people responsible for this. How weird.

I really love this. That 8-minute medley effing rules. It's like the Moldy Peaches plus Weird Al but completely straight-faced or something.

http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a3105933281_2.jpg

So which one is MC?

oh by the way, which one's...

top I think

Of all the NYC crowds that a millionaire child actor could get caught up in, I would have probably not guessed antifolk

it's the easiest, basically no effort

Someone told me last week he was living w Adam Green so it kinda figures.

He's having fun
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2272202/Macaulay-Culkin-opens-doors-trippy-2million-apartment-turned-art-studio-strewn-cigarettes-alcohol.html
http://www.buzzfeed.com/angelameiquan/a-gallery-of-macaulay-culkins-art-70fn

i love this so much! hilarious

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web04/2012/9/17/12/enhanced-buzz-16373-1347897656-16.jpg

stupid sexy luigi

I knew I would regret clicking on this thread

Really creeped out by that Herman Cain gif.

http://www.abload.de/img/untitled-24r6i.gif

I Cain stand it any more.

Lady Godfather's Operation

http://www.spin.com/articles/personal-pizzas-macaulay-culkin-velvet-underground-response/

a Spin article that also manages to include Whiney fave "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell"

I think I'm a pretty humorless, overly-serious guy sometimes and then people start disapproving of something as innocuous as this and Personal and the Pizzas and I feel pretty alright about myself.

like, there's a guy on my FB feed who's been driven to all-caps ANGER and RAGE over the fact that pizza-themed bands exist

You're facebook friends with chris ott?

actuallyithinkiwasatonetimebutithinkhedeletedhisaccountisaidnothing

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i am pretty okay with pizza-themed bands existing

i kind of thought it was over though

like pizza-themed bands i mean. in the picture it is gross that iggy has pizza elbows.

hilarious

Was wondering how long before Personal showed up!

..god help us.

http://www.mxdwn.com/2014/01/21/news/macaulay-culkins-pizza-underground-scheduled-to-play-at-sxsw/

Dammit! I'm going out of town that week!

They really missed out on a chance to get the Moldy Peaches to do a reunion tour w them as The Moldy Pizzas.

This "band" has been selling out shows. Black Cat D.C. sold out extremely quickly at $15 a pop. Folks trying to sell their tickets online for serious $$$. Just having fun though, right.

As long as it's just hipsters trying to find tickets, sure.

live set on WFMU three weeks ago:

http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/53826

stinging cultural commentary there from grandavis

Pizza Underground are playing the very day I go to New York - it's a sign!

That you shouldn't go to New York?

stinging cultural commentary there from grandavis

― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, January 22, 2014 1:42 PM

...who is a much better poster than you, FYI

yes, uncovering the cynical, greed-driven motivations behind Macaulay Culkin's pizza-themed velvet underground cover band, good work

guys let's not fight about Macaulay Culkin's pizza-themed Velvet Underground cover band

let's have a fight about pizza

let's have a pizza fight

Velveeta Pizza?

war 'n' pizza

I'm starting a Haim tex-mex parody. This is my ticket to the big time baby. You people better not steal my idea.

Days Are Guac

Running when you call out my order for nachos

Good ideas. You guys can be in my Haim Tex-Mex group. We should work on the harmonies for Don't Save Me (from the Hot Sauce)

CWA (Corndogs with Attitude)

Hah Hurting 2 not sure why that post would rankle you. Believe me I do not think it's a deep post, but I find this interesting on a lot of levels. Take my comments as you will.

Enjoyed the recordings not sure if I need to see the artists perform them live.

nuke brooklyn

let's pay lots more attention to this, it totally merits it

do u think this is macauley's cry 4 attention bc his mom and dad forgot him on 2 consecutive christmases smh parents

did u guys know that daniel stern was in a movie with lou reed

i didnt know lou reed played joe pesci

Hah Hurting 2 not sure why that post would rankle you. Believe me I do not think it's a deep post, but I find this interesting on a lot of levels. Take my comments as you will.

― grandavis, Wednesday, January 22, 2014 9:06 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no biggie, I just think the suggestion that a pizza-themed velvet underground band is primarily aimed at bringing in major bank for a (former?) celebrity. I mean, selling out the Black Cat at $15/head isn't exactly a shitload of money for the guy who starred in the home alone movies.

Hurting 2, this is just a general follow-up, not looking to blow this up, but to be clear here, I think Culkin is the least blameworthy person involved, and I sincerely doubt he needs the money (though I do not know the ins and outs of his ability to cash in on his big hit movies from his childhood, my assumption is that turning 18 set Culkin up for life for the most part, but I could be wrong). Generally, that was not my point at all, I was just feeling like being a counter to all the "oh its just innocuous, folks are just having fun" nature of this as true as that may be for some.

Still, selling out the Black Cat at $15 a head is a shitload of money for most bands, and tons of folks I know balk at paying even $10-15 for a (good) band. Generally I got over this kind of thing a long time ago, and I certainly am not angry or losing sleep over it, but I do find it a bit rich that an 8-minute medley of half-assed rewrites based around pizza is not only selling out (in an extremely short timeframe) but also getting scalping action for serious cash. It is basically the public that is dissapointing me, the band is a sidebar (though I don't think they are funny/good enough to warrant much attention, but for some reason WFMU, ILM, and the public in general is not only giving them a free pass but eating it right up for the most part). Just my particular moment to be an aging curmudgeonly music fool, I get that the stakes are low but maybe I am pissed that they are just getting so damn low, if you know what I mean.

grandavis kinda otm. I was gonna post yesterday after hearing the WFMU session, this is kind of like if Weird Al albums consisted entirely of the first draft of one of the polka medleys. I know the haphazard nature is a large part of the appeal, but some of the songs they are parodying they don't even really seem to have worked out the proper chords.

Wait are you serious

These VU songs where crucial words were changed to pizza

has improper chords?

*dies of embarrasment*

Compare this to My Dick. Those guys really worked hard on that similarly juvenile concept.

Well let's be fair here, the Pizza Underground took a ton of press/band photos, so they did some hard work.

I've never seen Your Dick

I'm sorry that Your Dick is so juvenile tho

i'm going to see them play

You're going to see people play with Adam's Dick? Who's opening?

http://mydickband.bandcamp.com/album/my-dicks-double-full-length-release

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:

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

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.

pretty sure i said the exact same thing in my head after reading half and skimming the rest.

xp

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

otm

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...

patton oswalt is so fucking annoying. this diss by tim heidecker about those corny as fuck "twitter essays" still cracks me up:

@timheidecker
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