Video of the Day: Brooklyn's Pagoda In Austin

While at SXSW last month we had the pleasure of drinking some Lone Star beers in an alley with Michael Pitt & Co. His band, Pagoda, signed with Thurston Moore's label and was in Austin to play some shows. Autopilot was on hand so we got it all on tape (though much was left on the cutting room floor), the edited footage just came in and... just be sure to watch to the very end.

Pitt resides in Bushwick so you can be sure once Pagoda hits the road they'll have some shows in the area. We prefer his acting side a bit more, so in the meantime (from Last Days, the film he discusses meeting Moore during the making of), watch what may be one of the greatest scenes in a movie (or at least this particular movie).

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment, Miscellaneous on April 16, 2007 11:12 AM

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anonnymous

As someone who digs Pagoda, that scene you linked in Last Days is one of the only ones I could sit through in that movie(it was the best scene in there) , that Gus Van Sant shit is so meandering, iit was killing me. Never saw the whole movie... I liked Elephant better by far...Mike's a great guy, not to be judged by how he's seen in the limelight (interviews or performing)... If we all had to say what we did for a living and give a sample everytime we posted here, we'd be subject to bigger judgement and ridicule than an actor, methinks...

Reality Czech

Last Days sucked big time. Yawn.

anon

as far as shows in the area, they have played Magnetic Field twice, and played Sputnik once, all since january...

Makai

I don't know what DUDERT is talking about. It's obvious he's already made an opinion about Michael based on this EDITED footage. Really Michael is a cool dude.

dudert

I've always thought Michael Pitt was a terrible actor (he just acts weird and gyrates all over the pllace), and a generally irritating douche in interviews. Thanks for helping to confirm this!