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What gets you excited?

By Scott Dagostino • June 3, 2009 8:47 pm EDT

Is it lesbian sports porn parody? Welcome to The Pleasure Dome!

Is it another political victory in America? Take a bow, New Hampshire!

Is it three nude men walking through Paris? Here’s…umm…three nude men walking through Paris:

Is it deciding which Hollywood celebrity is the dreamiest? Take the Vanity Fair poll!

Is it the strange return of a 1960s TV classic? Check out this quick and creepy peek at Ian McKellen in ‘The Prisoner:’

Is it an imminent terrorist attack or a hilarious HBO misunderstanding? Syracuse, NY had you covered either way.

Is it the idea of hearing the word “santorum” in a Broadway musical? Dan Savage‘s memoir gets a musical redo!

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A former editor of the late, lamented fab magazine, Scott has been writing for Xtra since 2007 on a variety of topics in news pieces, interviews, blogs, reviews and humour pieces. He lives on the Danforth with his boyfriend of 12 years, a manic Jack Russell Terrier, a well-stocked mini-bar and a shelf of toy Daleks.

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