not to make this sound like nostalgia day, but i never got new kids on the block even as a grade schooler at the height of their popularity. after that, it was all grunge-rawk and no one was paying attention to teenage-boy pinups. the shrieking and crying and all that, it never made sense to me.
…i guess i was sorta giddy for motley crue. (snort!)

I was all ready to bag on how silly these kids look, but was then jarred by the memory of two posters in my tweenage bedroom (ripped from the pages of BOP!, natch): Joey McIntyre in a porkpie hat and a plaid vest over a sandwashed silk shirt and Corey Haim in an aqua Bum Equipment sweatshirt and a dangling ankh earring.

God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, I guess.

Is the one girl crying because she's next to the dork who looks like he belongs in a 1940's barbershop? Or is she actually excited? I don't understand the youth of today. In my day, I had posters of Mork, Chachi and John "Bo Duke" Schneider on my walls. Had they made posters of Radar and Gopher, they would have been my favorites. The decor eventually gave way to a frightening accumulation of Duran Duran and Wham memorabilia. But come on- even I never liked Andy from Duran Duran. You have to have standards, girls!

My cousin produces Ryan Seacrest morning show, so she gets to meet all kinds of famous people. She got to meet these kids one day and she said that they are down to earth and really friendly.

By the way, Paula is crazier than she appears on TV. Simon is way nicer, and Randy is as cool as you'd think.

Soda Jerk Chic. Make it work.

I was never into boy bands, sorry Whitney. No obsessions for me.

On the bright side, that little boy in the bow tie
can look forward to years and years of looking like Gilbert Gottfried ahead of him.

By the way, it wasn't N*Sync?

and this too, shall pass.

I want to be in charge of naming the next boy band wonder smash, and I would like that name to be WONDER SMASH.

Hey, weirder names have happened.

While his upper body says 40s barbershop, his lower body says whoa, aren't those jeans cutting off circulation down there?

Stupid teenie-bopper girls make jackasses of themselves.

My six year old loves these guys….my six year old. Although when I was in third grade, I did write letters to……Michael Jackson asking him to marry me. ( Off the Wall on the cusp of Thriller phase ) so I guess I should stop ragging on her.

I'm a mean mom, what can I say.

My daughter was into Hanson. OMG, it was a wild ride! She got to go backstage and meet them in Nashville and was over the moon. Then, we went back to Nashville the next time they played and we both went backstage. What nice kids they were! And they put on a great show. I don't think those guys ever got much respect in the public because of MMMMBop. But they really are good musicians.