Ryan Seacrest Wants to Meet Your Mom

[Reality Hell] Just when you thought Reality TV production (excluding MTV) couldn't sink any lower, here comes Momma's Boys--from NBC and Ryan Seacrest! And they're casting in Salt Lake City! The Very Important Message from NBC casting, who are only looking for "good-looking, fun guys," so all you homely, dull dudes can just move along to The Biggest Loser:

"I was told this was THE magazine of Salt Lake City by our NBC affiliate in town. We will be in town from October 1st to October 6th. We will be hold casting events at the following locations:

Thursday, October 2nd:
9:30 am- 10:30 am - Curves - 2142 S. Highland dr. Salt Lake City

9pm - 11pm - Studio 600 - 26 E. 600 S. Salt Lake City

10pm - 12pm - Green Street - 602 E 500 South Salt Lake City

12am - 1:30pm - SkyBar - 161 W 600 S Salt Lake City

Saturday, October 4th
10pm - 12am - Huka Bar - 151 E 6100 S Salt Lake City"

In case you'd like to know exactly what you're auditioning for (an afterthought for most reality-TV hopefuls), read these:

THE magazine? KSL 5 knows we exist? (Bill Frost)

Idol Kills News Anchor Brain Cells

[Media] And to think this happened just across Main Street from us yesterday. How did we not sense a disturbance in The Force when Darth Cowell was near?


(Bill Frost)

The Week in Suck

[Music] As Dan Nailen points out in The Lounge Act, Lifehouse is indeed one of the worst rock bands ever--and they're playing a sold-out show tonight at The Depot. Meanwhile, I'll bet tomorrow night's Clutch (the best rock band ever) show at the same joint won't do the same numbers. I'm not passing judgment on you people ... far as you know.

And it's not just Lifehouse; this is a week rife with shitty music. Tomorrow night, Angels & Airwaves (a former Blink-182er's stab at "adult rock," read: paid to go pussy) swish through In the Venue, then Matchbox Twenty (the thinking man's Vertical Horizon) drag their sorry asses through the E Center. What did we do to deserve such a tsunami of suck?

Oh, and the there's Linkin Park (Lifehouse 2.0--with a "rapper"!) next week! Jeeesus! Why? (Bill Frost)