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Sloppy Seconds: Trent Reznor's Love

Emily Farris — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:33:00 GMT

Dom DeLuise, actor, chef, all-around awesome dude, is dead at the age of 75. [The Feed]

The NIH is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on "the prevention of HIV" by studying patrons and proprietors in gay bars in Argentina. FYI: Next time the NIH wants to do a study on drinking and sexual promiscuity, we're available. Hit us up at Scanner@nerve.com. Buy us a drink and we'll give you whatever information you want. [CNSNnews]

A Kansas City newscaster interviewed Guy Fieri, that annoying guy from the Food Network, during a Royals game last night. Except it wasn't Guy Fieri. Oops. [Kansas City Star]

Scanner Crush (we know Scanner Brian is with us on this one) Jeff Tweedy, frontman of Wilco, is being sued by an ex-bandmate. Jay Bennett, who played with Wilco from 1994 to 2001 wants $50,000 for five albums he recorded with the band. [BBC]

Trent Reznor has decided to tie the knot with girlfriend Mariqueen Maandig. [The Inquisitr]

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Scanner Highs and Lows: This Week Was So Gay

Emily Farris — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:32:00 GMT

Highs:

Clay AIken finally came out. And now he's so much cooler.

We think Lindsay Lohan finally came out, too. Even if it was accidental.

We saw the funniest video we've seen in a long, hard time.

McCain fucked up.

Our favorite band is our favoriter band. Huh?

Chocolate chip cookie dough covered cupcakes.

We learned what a woman is really supposed to look like. We think. Maybe.

We talked about some things that needed to be discussed, even if it pissed a few people off.

Lows:

John McCain made us feel a little better about our spending habit.

We drank too much.

We crushed on someone far too young for us.

We got way too excited about our period.

We found a "sex blogger" who's less sexy than we are.

We haven't been asked out on a date in ten months, so we're considering this guy.

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We Love Wilco and Voting, And So Can You!

Emily Farris — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:07:00 GMT

You may not know that we're huge, huge Wilco fans. We may or may not have Wilco lyrics tattooed on the back of our neck and Scanner Emily and Scanner Brian may or may not have kind-of sort-of met over a Wilco ticket via Craigslist. We snuck back from camp to see them one night and drove back the same night (6 hours each way). We've even seen them in Amsterdam. If Jeff Tweedy wanted to put a baby in us, we would most definitely let him.

Now, if it's possible, we love them even more, because we also love voting.

Our Favorite Band Ever covered Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" with Fleet Foxes at a show recently, and they're offering a free download for anyone who pledges to vote in the 2008 Presidential Election.

Pretty sweet deal, right?

Right.

It's simple. All you have to do is go here and pledge to vote. Within 30 seconds you'll have the zip file in your inbox. And it's worth it, or so we like to think. And it's virus free. We promise. We're still here, aren't we? Actually, we're here in sweet, sweet musical bliss.

[Wilcoworld via BoingBoing]

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Sloppy Seconds: Matthew Broderick And Sarah Jessica Parker On The Run?

Brian Fairbanks — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:25:00 GMT

John McCain waited for Obama to buy $5 million in ad to air during the Olympics before making his own $6 million buy. He'll do the same thing, kinda, with his VP choice.

Charlie Sheen, the highest paid actor on TV (hang your heads in shame, everyone), paid a doctor bill with loose change.

Lindsay Lohan's Dad is in the news again...

...this time he says because of his supposed "Christian values," he must refuse to walk his lesbian daughter down the aisle.

Baseball hasn't been this hip since the fifties: Wilco played "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" at Wrigley last night, during the 7th inning stretch.

A man has been jailed for "fondling himself" while running naked after a garbage truck. Guess we're not hip enough to be up to date on the latest fetishes.

Grand Theft Auto is back under the microscope after a kid killed a cab driver to see if real life is anything like his favorite game.

Amanda Peet says people should ignore the advice of famous actors and listen to her advice instead. In other news, Amanda Peet is apparently not an actor.

And Matthew Broderick and-- gasp!-- SJP may have to leave New York (scandal!) or at least find a new place to live because the paparazzi won't leave the couple alone. It doesn't help that your husband is probably cheating on you, Ms. Parker.

Crush of the Week: GTA IV's Lollipop Girl

Songs of Love and Hate: V-Day Edition

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Charlie Sheen In Today's (Second?) Biggest Hooker Scandal

Michael Lohan Sells Out Lindsay Once Again

Songs of Love and Hate: V-Day Edition

Brian Fairbanks — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:56:00 GMT

Minnesota Public Radio put together two separate shows for V-Day. The first is five separate hours of great love songs (The Jayhawks, "Shelter From the Storm," Sam Cooke, etc.) and the second is, well, for haters (Wilco, Pulp, Patsy Cline, Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker.")

If you can get past the sometimes annoying between-song patter (we're spoiled by internet radio), this will put you in whatever mood you want today.

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Scanner Emily Gives a Hot, Sticky, Sweet Welcome to Bobby Tisdale and Brian Fairbanks

Emily Farris — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:14:00 GMT

In my ongoing effort to surround myself with men whose names begin with the letter 'B', I've invited my friends Bobby Tisdale and Brian Fairbanks to join us here at Scanner for a while.

I love them both, for sentimental reasons, and soon, you will, too.

I love Bobby Tisdale because he's pretty famous, and it makes me feel really good about myself to have famous friends. I love Bobby Tisdale because he's enriched my life with Sunday night BINGO at my neighborhood bar. I love Bobby Tisdale because he's hilarious, even though he calls me "Sissy." Mostly, I love Bobby Tisdale because he loves to cuddle and I'm so looking forward to his regular feature, Bobby Tisdale's Cuddle Fest 2008. In between posts, you can stalk him and all that good stuff on his MySpace page.

I love Brian Fairbanks because even though I was just a stranger (sort-of, but we didn't know it at the time), Brian sold me a ticket to a sold-out Wilco show on Craigslist at face value when everyone else was charging hundreds of dollars or only offering tickets in exchange for blow jobs. I love Brian Fairbanks because when you google him, the top hit is an author whose book is called "Brian Fairbanks is Gay." He's promised this is not him. Mostly, I love Brian Fairbanks because his favorite picture of himself is of his interview with Dennis Kucinich for Consumerist, and I'm thrilled to have him covering the presidential campaign as whatever awesome political correspondent title I'm sure he'll make up for himself. Also, you should know he's in love with Chelsea Clinton. Feel free to give him shit for that.

All told, be nice to these guys, give them big, warm welcomes, and try to keep Scanner Bryan and Scanner Brian straight, if it's not too much trouble.

P.S. I'm convinced Brian Fairbanks' first (and still unpublished) novel caused Columbine. Ask him about that later.

Scanner : wilco

Sloppy Seconds: Trent Reznor's Love

Scanner Highs and Lows: This Week Was So Gay

We Love Wilco and Voting, And So Can You!

Sloppy Seconds: Matthew Broderick And Sarah Jessica Parker On The Run?

SJP And Matthew Broderick Skids In The City?

Crush of the Week: GTA IV's Lollipop Girl

Songs of Love and Hate: V-Day Edition

Did Eliot Spitzer Get Charlie Sheen's Sloppy Seconds?

Charlie Sheen In Today's (Second?) Biggest Hooker Scandal

Michael Lohan Sells Out Lindsay Once Again

Songs of Love and Hate: V-Day Edition

Scanner Emily Gives a Hot, Sticky, Sweet Welcome to Bobby Tisdale and Brian Fairbanks