Bob Nanna fighting lymphoma again

Contributed by dusticles. Posted by adam on Monday, February 11, 2008 at 9:05 PM (EST)

Bob Nanna, former vocalist/guitarist from Braid and Hey Mercedes and currently of The City On Film, recently blogged that his battle with lymphoma is set for another bout. He commented:

The lymphoma is back. Thankfully not with a vengeance. It's manifested itself in my left eye. So... it's back to the scanning board. Had two on Friday. An orbital CT scan and a PET scan. If it is indeed only in my eye, then i'm going to argue for a lesser treatment than last time. My side effects with Chemotherapy 2006 were almost non-existent but that's not to say that it didn't still totally suck. So there's that.

It's not all bad news though. Bob has a number of fun musical projects linked in the blog, including mini-songs and collaborations with friends.

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Finney916 (February 11, 2008)

Oh man this sucks. He is such a nice guy.

misterspike (February 11, 2008)

A friend of mine is also fighting cancer. Good luck, Bob.

Dusticles (February 11, 2008)

Bob Nanna rules so much.

killthemoonlite (February 11, 2008)

fuck my life

DeadMilkMan (February 11, 2008)

Is this phrase like some new phenomenon? I've heard people say, "FML" around my school. I'll stick with "lol" and "roflcopter".

damnitsderek (February 11, 2008)

Superbad was a pretty popular movie, I'm surprised you haven't seen it.

BobLoblaw (February 12, 2008)

"Fuck my life" predates Superbad.

damnitsderek (February 12, 2008)

Sometimes, I can be very culturally unaware.

TheDude (February 11, 2008)

b. nanna's can do no wrong!

here's to a speedy recovery for one of my favorite songwriters and all-around nice guy of the indie music scene.

psychosis_cheer (February 11, 2008)

wtf bob seriously cant you tell this stupid lymphoma to go away forever or something

letthebeatdrop (February 11, 2008)

sigh, i love you bob.. infact, i think its safe to say that ALMOST everyone here at the 'org loves you. get better soon!!

randomhero323 (February 11, 2008)

that really sucks.

dropkicksoul (February 11, 2008)

You can do it Bob .. I know you can

Big_Guy (February 11, 2008)

Bob is one of my favorite people ever.

get well soon

andreatobrazil (February 11, 2008)

i love bob. please get better.

PaC (February 11, 2008)

All my thoughts are with bob and i hope that this thing goes away for good.

rugget (February 11, 2008)

Hang tough!

VStoriesFallen (February 11, 2008)

I love you Bob. If only you could play a song, to tame the beast that it is, you would defeat it in the opening notes.

hippiekiller (February 11, 2008)

Get well Bob, you are one of the nicest people this industry has.

listofdemands (February 11, 2008)

bob nanna is probably the nicest guy in music. please get better soon. the music world would suck without you in it.
-nic

ASVLN12 (February 11, 2008)

fuck lymphoma.

jumpkid_638 (February 11, 2008)

This is really, really sad.

It can't be said enough:
Get well soon, Bob.

Banal242 (February 11, 2008)

I'd walk 5K for Bob.

listofdemands (February 11, 2008)

i'd run 10k for bob. let's get an event together. seriously.
-nic

VStoriesFallen (February 12, 2008)

I'm in.

damnitsderek (February 11, 2008)

Man this is terrible news.

Best of luck Bob, you've got this.

Also, where's Russell Crowe when you really need him?

"Well Tugger, I couldn't find cancer, but I found a man WITH cancer...TAKE THIS, CANCER!"

David_Arquette (February 12, 2008)

"Russell Crowe's foightin' is poetry! Ya don't edit Russell Crowe's poetry, ya TESTICLE!"

One of the best lines in South Park history.

Also, please get well, Bob. You're awesome.

AlmostPunkEnough (February 12, 2008)

AYE!!! WHERE'S THAT PUSSY CANCER?!?!?

if only it was that easy, i'd definitley donate a good sum of money to have Russel Corwe beat the shit out of Bob's cancer.

and that episode has gotta be in the top 5 of South Parks very storied run.

MonsterLobster (February 11, 2008)

Having the right attitude toward this kind of thing is half the battle. I'm glad to see he's remained positive and not gotten all, you know, emo about it.

GlassPipeMurder (February 11, 2008)

funny, i was just lookign through this site's list of labels and wondering how often the Braid logo is actually used. i will remove my foot from my mental mouth.

and Bob Nanna rules, hope he gets better.

AnotherBoringStory (February 11, 2008)

Totally shitty news. Hope everything turns out alright.

Adlai_E_Stevenson (February 12, 2008)

Best wishes to Bob!

alpod4 (February 12, 2008)

bob nanna's law blog?

maverick (scott) (February 12, 2008)

Aw man, this is totally bogus. I ran into Bob at Spitalfield's last show a little over a month ago and when I asked him how he was doing, he said he had a clean bill of health.

You can beat this, Bob!

-Scott

uriahthomas (February 12, 2008)

get well soon

CapnHawk (February 12, 2008)

Get well soon Bob.

AlmostPunkEnough (February 12, 2008)

goddamnit, life is so fucking cruel.

Hey Mercedes is one of my favorite bands, truly top 10. but much more importantly than that is the fact that Bob is up there with the nicest/best/most real people i've ever met. not only a musical genius but someone who is genuinely good at life. few people deserve bullshit like this less than him. i know he's strong though and he'll fght this hard.

get well soon man...

BarleyPat (February 12, 2008)

The Rutgers women's b-ball coach just used up any remaining good-will credit I had toward her and her team after the "nappy headed hoes" debacle. What a whiny bitch. I'm referring to her post-game comments after losing to Tenn. They may have gotten robbed, but that was just a no class way of dealing w/ it.

insinceredave (February 12, 2008)

This sucks

Get well soon Bob.

baseball (February 12, 2008)

Sucks, hope he gets well soon.

I haven't heard any of his bands, can someone tell me what to get? Here are my options.

http://www.emusic.com/artist/Braid-MP3-Download/11486 339.html
http://www.emusic.com/artist/Hey-Mercedes-MP3-Download/ 11528693.html
http://www.emusic.com/artist/The-City-On-Film-MP3- Download/11573615.html

TheDude (February 12, 2008)

i would recommend hey mercedes' effort, everynight fire works .

a nearly flawless album that i believe to be the best all-around album any of his bands has ever made.

SlackMotherfucker (February 12, 2008)

I concur. The Dude abides.

maverick (scott) (February 12, 2008)

I'd get (in order):

Braid - Frame & Canvas
Hey Mercedes - Everynight Fire Works
Braid - Movie Music Vol. 1
Braid - The Age Of Octeen
The City On Film - In Formal Introduction
Hey Mercedes - Hey Mercedes EP
Hey Mercedes - Loses Control

It's all good, though.

-Scott

iamnormie (February 12, 2008)

What? No American Diary?

I'm surprised. Its a great EP and its Bob backed by most of Minus the Bear. You can't go wrong.

baseball (February 12, 2008)

Thanks all!

GlassPipeMurder (February 12, 2008)

Hey Mercedes - Loses Control is a 10/10.

iamnormie (February 12, 2008)

all of the above.

vaginalinferno (February 12, 2008)

we're pullin for ya bob

you still move me

ibitchslappedyourmama (February 12, 2008)

beat that cancer! get well soon