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Macaulay Culkin Basement Show (Jan 2014)

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In the winter of 2014, my pal, Jim told me that his out-rock band, quit, were invited to play a show with Macauley Culkin's conceptual band, PIZZA UNDERGROUND.  The concept, that the Brooklyn-based group dreamt up was reworking Velvet Underground lyrics to be pizza themed.  Pretty clever.  I mean thats 2 things that most American hipster kids can agree on. Pizza and VU.  I was a bit jealous and wanted to play too.  Jim, being a most excellent friend and cohort in noise making, asked the promoter if HUMAN ADULT BAND, could play.  There wasn't room to add another band but the promoter suggested quit & HAB do a collab set.  It was cool of Jim and quit to agree to do a collab set with us.  I was thankful, as the events that follow were quite memorable and kind of represent HAB's final hurrah as a New Brunswick band. A couple weeks before the gig, (which was booked as a basement show), all three members of quit and 3 then current members Human Adul...