Scanner : pole dancing

One Man, Living His Pole Dancing Dream on YouTube: We Salute You

Drew Grant — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:00:00 GMT

I was introduced to to Poledancefan's videos by the duo over at Videogum, who had the same reaction as I did to a video of someone's dad doing his damnedest to learn how to pole dance like a stripper: You go, guy!

Now, some of you may watch this video and think that we're holding this man up to ridicule. We're not. This guy is the best, and not in an ironic, schadenfreude way. This dude seriously has 78 videos of himself, spanning back 10 months, teaching himself to pole dance in his basement. He installed the pole, put down the mats, opened himself up to ridicule by putting these videos online, and took constructive criticism from the online dancing community. Hats off to you, Poledancefan. May we all be so proactive about learning a new skill.

Video of the Day: Cougar Barbie

Emily Farris — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:12:00 GMT

We don't know how we missed this when it aired (and we can't believe no one sent it to us!).

Saturday Night Live is all about the Cougars this season. So it's no surprise they'd cash in on Barbie's 50th birthday. Cougar Barbie comes with dream Botox and she pole dances to the smooth stylings of Steve Perry.

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[Via The Frisky]

So Lap Dances Aren't Acceptable at High School Basketball Games?

Emily Farris — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:13:00 GMT

When I was on the dance team in high school—the aptly named Fort Osage "Indianettes"—I was given the nickname "PT" for pelvic thrust(er). According to my fellow dancers, I couldn't even perform the fight song without a little extra pump from my rump.

Apparently it was nothing compared a dance routine performed at Jonesboro High School in Georgia.

After a recent performance by the school's dance team, all dance, cheerleading and band members in the school district must have their routines approved by an administrator and the dance team has been disbanded. Its coach has been removed as well.

Heh. We bet the principal got a boner.

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While You Were Sleeping: Morrissey Gets Naked For CD Sales

Brian Fairbanks — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:12:00 GMT

The police used to have a fetish for busting dying dope smokers. Now, they're getting into busting up private dance studios that teach pole dancing.

Here's your daily creep. Today, it's a driving school instructor.

Can you believe Bon Jovi hadn't been inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame? These judges give the state a bad name...

People are afraid to even acknowledge they know who Sasha Grey is-- even after calling her name in public.

Drunk driving is so 2008. How about drunk helicoptering?

Careful when you decide to beat up a guy caught robbing someone's purse-- he may have been in the right.

Morrissey is butt naked!

The Flight of the Conchords are going on tour.

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Dare to Dream, Girls: High School Offers Pole Dance Demo

Colleen Kane — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:35:00 GMT

A high school in Paignton, England offered a lesson in pole dancing during a recent lunch break as part of Be Healthy Week. The demo was given by 32-year-old instructor Sam Remmer from the pole-dancing company The Art of Dance, in a public area of the school.

Students in the crowd made videos with their cell phones, and presumably something like the teen craze "sexting" ensued. As did staff complaints. The second demo was moved inside to the gym.

Remmer gave these lessons for free on the condition she could post her own videos online, and that's where this situation gets even more problematic. The school asked her to take down her videos, and she took down the videos that showed students, but not others in the gym, and defends herself thusly:

"Mrs Remmer said unless people are educated in the differences between modern fitness pole dancing and lap dancing then negative stereotypes will not go away," reports the Sun. "She said pole dancing is appropriate for young teenagers at school as it is a mix of dance moves and gymnastics and is excellent for fitness."

And, for some, it teaches a profitable, if short-term, career skill!

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Dita's New Nude Revue

Emily Farris — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:50:00 GMT

Pack a beret and pick up a smoking habit: Scanner dream girl (some want to do her some want to be her) Dita Von Teese is gearing up for a two-week nude revue at the Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris.

"I feel that Paris is a place that still appreciates its showgirls," she told Reuters in an interview before a two-week run at the celebrated Crazy Horse theater from February 1.

Von Teese, a familiar figure at the Paris couture shows, has carved a peculiar niche over the years, leading the way as burlesque has grown from simple striptease to becoming an established part of the fashion world.

Two years ago she emerged from a rhinestone-encrusted bubblebath as the first guest star at the Crazy Horse but the new show will have more specially designed numbers, including two songs she has recorded herself.

"I feel I have to raise the bar," she said.

The Crazy Horse has been a Paris institution since 1951, regularly drawing celebrities like Madonna or fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier to see its dancers strut the stage in little more than fluorescent wigs and strobe lights.

"I've always had a real fascination with the Crazy Horse ever since I was a teenager and I found a picture of this line of nearly nude toy soldiers standing at attention," she said, referring to the trademark parade that opens the nightly show.

"I wanted to do something more elaborate this time," she said. "Combine the Crazy Horse style with what I do which is classic American burlesque."

We think you can make reservations here. But then again, we failed French. Twice.

[Yahoo: Dita von Teese back at Paris revue]

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Motorcycle Party Features Screaming Orgasm Contest, Rampant Nudity

Brian Fairbanks — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:44:00 GMT

Back when we were alerting you to the triumphant success of the New Zealand Boobs on Bikes parade, we agreed with the readers that it wouldn't be long before a copycat event (or two) sprung up stateside.

It turned out one was coming up soon... and it's already been a success once before, as evidenced by these (nsfw!) photos...

Brooksville, FL has been hosting these rallies for years and have raised over $30,000 on behalf of various military organizations, including disabled veterans, via the local marine corps. This time, however, they want to break out the "Wet T-shirts, Screaming Orgasms, Pole Dancing" and, um, "Frozen T-Shirt Contests." Hmm. Also, judging by the photo below, there is some sort of stand where you can get booze that a woman runs over her breasts and is funneled through a maze of ice. Or something.

As far as these photos, we'll give up on explanations and let them speak for themselves:

"Mom... thanks for letting me come to the party with you, but... please!"

The 4th Annual Old School Biker Rodeo kicks off on Halloween day... unless the county commission has its way. According to the St. Petersburg Times, the Hernando County event is in jeopardy because, even though the event was permitted last year, the committee finally got around to checking out the organization's website and... whoops, yep, the above photos were all there, plus a helluva lot more. And it doesn't help that there are the aforementioned contests to consider, either.

Luckily, the same guy who arranged for Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie to appear at the event as part of a Simple Life 2 episode is filing an appeal... and he used to lead the commission. So, in other words, there's a good chance the event will go on as scheduled. Charity rules!

Top photo (from Boobs on Bikes) via China Daily, last photo via Flickr, story via Tampa Bay.

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Scanner Highs and Lows: Strippin' The Night Awaaaay

Brian Fairbanks — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:41:00 GMT

Strippers melted our hearts, got arrested, ran the bases with us, and earned some money for charity. Meanwhile, the celebrities just didn't seem as scandalously delicious as usual...

Highs:

We had an intelligent discussion about running the bases. Thankfully, it had nothing to do with A-Rod.

Is there such a thing as a GILF?

7/11 gave away Slurpees today, did you get one?

Patton Oswalt melted Scanner Nicole's snarky little heart.

These breasts basically baffled readers of all ages.

This girl stripped for earthquake relief. Or fame. Whichever.

Batman would've totally crushed on this chick.

And we wrapped up our sexiest albums list with the Top 10 and #1.

Lows:

American Apparel once again used troubled young women (i.e. porn stars) to sell clothes.

No one explained the brum thing to us.

These girls gave pageants a bad name, which is kind of redundant.

This video just creeped us out, although for some, the mere idea of childbirth orgasms was creepy enough.

We learned more about Mini Me's sex tape. More than we eeevver want to know.

We got banned from Digg for showing you this middle-aged convicted Congresswoman's giant boobs.

Sloppy Seconds: Is Hayden Engaged?

Brian Fairbanks — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:09:00 GMT

A man in Atlantic City was arrested for merely "displaying" pornography in his car... including a naked barbie doll.

Local residents complained about "being exposed" to items in his car, which had been parked off an on, in the same lot for several weeks. The classic line:

"...The only thing that was found up front was a topless Barbie doll on the dashboard, two DVD's in the console, the rest of the stuff was in the back seat....the only way that anyone would know there was anything in there was to walk up and actually look in the car." [NBC]

A woman claiming to be A-Rod's favorite stripper called a Detroit radio show this morning. Madonna's reps denied the singer made the call.

Is Milo Vermtitieitithatahghgag about to pop the question to Jailbait Hayden Panettiere? Dude, she's 18... you're 31... let her grow up a bit first!

Lucky for us an even better catch is back on the market: Emily Blunt, formerly attached to Michael Buble, is rejoining the dating circuit, woo hoo.

Worst. Coworker. Ever. [ABC]

A Chilean stripper was just arrested for pole dancing on the subway. You've been warned, L train girls. [Reuters]

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The More You Know: Pole Dancing

Emily Farris — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:22:00 GMT

We don't know about you, but spring sure does make us think about pole dancing. We hope this two-step tutorial will make your subway ride home a little more exciting tonight.

[YesButNoButYes: Now You Know]

Armageddon Time: 800 Car Traffic Jam in Wisconsin

Brian Fairbanks — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:40:00 GMT

Okay, it doesn't look anything like the totally rad photo above, but we're imagining Woodstock-style lines, couples meeting and falling in love because the guy with the motorcycle picked the girl up hitching, people hanging out and tailgating. Unfortunately, the real pictures are probably a lot less fun: this interstate in Wisconsin is just probably the world's largest clusterfuck.

Just another opportunity for us New York City folk to rub it in: we got the subway, baby. And you remember what the subway has, an idea no doubt Scanner Emily will try out after her many triumphs last night.

Video of the Day: NYC Subway Pole Dancing

Bryan Christian — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:08:00 GMT

Here in the Big Apple, they're talking about raising the price of a subway ride again. This will be, roughly, the 900th time this has happened in the last ten years or so -- which wouldn't be a problem if the trains were appreciably faster, cleaner, or had more pole dancing. Hey, MTA: guess which one we'd vote for!

[Via the Daily News and just about every single news outlet in the whole of NYC]