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Band to create album in NYC in big bubble
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s a good thing the members of the Atlanta emo act Cartel are accustomed to cohabitation. The emotionally available rockers are spending the next 20 days inside a Dr Pepper-sponsored bubble where they’ll live, eat, sleep, get gawked at by fans and record a new album as part of an MTV reality series “Band in a Bubble.”
On Thursday, front man Will Pugh and his bandmates Nic Hudson, Kevin Sanders, Joseph Pepper and Jeff Lett were sealed inside a large transparent bubble on Hudson River Park’s Pier 54 in New York City. Twenty-three live Webcams will chronicle the band’s every activity over the next three weeks.
Fans are invited not only to come and visit Cartel for an interactive experience, but they can also go online at www.drpepperbubble.com for a look-see. MTV is also planning four 30-minute episodes of “Band in a Bubble” for broadcast as well as live streams on Mtv.com.
On a Dr Pepper MySpace page, Pugh relates: “This is huge for us. Making an album is a very personal and emotional experience, and in the past we’ve never wanted anyone around when writing or recording.
“But given that this is probably the biggest opportunity we’ll ever have to show the world what we’re made of, we can’t wait to invite the fans into both the studio and our lives.”
The band will finish the experiment with a June 12 concert performing songs that are created during the 20 days. The music will presumably be used as the follow-up to the band’s debut full-length album, “Chroma.”
Some Cartel fans posting Thursday on the act’s MySpace page are already crying “Sellouts!” But, reasoned a fan who goes by Dan X Core on the site: “It is not selling out to make money making music.”
Let’s just hope that daily Dr Pepper consumption isn’t mandatory …
OVERSCENE
Actress Vivica A. Fox once again lunching at Atlantic Station’s Lobby at Twelve. She ordered the Tuna Nicoise salad with tuna tartare croutons, green beans, hard-boiled eggs and olives.
BEER BELLY FOR BREAKFAST?
Those with sensitive constitutions may want to avoid Peachtree Road in Buckhead this morning. 99X’s New Morning X program has conjured up something called the Beer Belly Brigade for a parade. We’re told that the radio stunt was inspired by a recent episode of “The Tyra Banks Show,” in which the model talk show host encouraged average-size women to walk through the streets of Los Angeles chanting “My thighs rub together when I walk, so what?!” At least 20 gentlemen with ample bellies will participate in the event that will begin at Locos Grill and Pub in Buckhead. Labeled “The Massive Man March,” the group will proceed toward Lenox Square fueled by doughnuts and Mountain Dew before heading back to Locos for a Memorial Day kickoff weekend cookout from 9 a.m. to noon. Buzz was supplied with explicit photos of the participants but in a rare demonstration of taste, we opted not to publish them …
CARTER CENTER’S HEALTH GOAL REACHED
The Carter Center has something to celebrate. The institution e-mailed Buzz to announce that its Guinea worm eradication campaign challenge by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been completed in just two years. The Gateses gave the center $5 million outright and pledged to match one-to-one all funds the campaign raised up to $20 million. The goal has been accomplished with $45 million now in the till. Said Jimmy Carter in a statement: “We have come so close to our eradication goal. People in rural forgotten communities are counting on a permanent end to their suffering.” The center estimates that an additional $35 million will be needed to completely eliminate the parasitic pest.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Elisabeth is not a very smart person. She’s one of the dumber people in television.”
— The always tactful Donald Trump weighing in on Wednesday’s on-air meltdown between co-workers Rosie O’Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck on “The View.” Trump has been feuding with O’Donnell for months. Thankfully, the show was pre-empted Thursday for a presidential press conference.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Songwriter Hal David is 86. Actor Ian McKellen (“Lord of the Rings”) is 68. Actress Dixie Carter is 68. Actress-singer Leslie Uggams is 64. Director-Muppetteer Frank Oz is 63. Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 44. Actress Anne Heche is 38. Actor Jamie Kennedy (“Scream”) is 37. Actor Justin Henry (“Kramer Vs. Kramer”) is 36. Singer Lauryn Hill is 32. Actor Ethan Suplee (“My Name Is Earl”) is 31.
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