So, I’m about to reveal to you a problem I have that only a few know about: I cannot scream. That’s right, I can’t yell really loud at anything. I can raise my voice, I can get angry, but for some reason, I really can’t scream out loud. It’s hard to explain what actually happens when I try to — I mean, I just can’t condition myself to actually do it. So of course, today, when I heard “Summertime” (download) – the first single from the reunited New Kids on the Block — I naturally had to call up my BFF Suzy so she could just do all the screaming for me (what? It’s totally fine for a 32-year-old man to have a BFF). For like 15 minutes we went back and forth trading “Oh my God like totally” and “they’re so dreamy” statements. It’s was like 1989 all over again!Okay, so I admit I’m stretching the truth a bit there at the end, but it’s hard to be serious when you’re a grown man that has just listened to Jordan Knight sing for the 10th time in the span of an hour.

As you might have heard by now, New Kids on the Block are back. On May 13th, they are releasing their new single “Summertime,” with hopes of a fall album and a scheduled tour. But thanks to this little Internet thing here, I can listen to the song early! And I mean, who wouldn’t want to? This has all the makings of a smash hit, and by that I’m trying to say that it’s complete nonsensical dribble. I swear, if T-Pain were on it, it would be #1 tomorrow. Hell, it might not need any help because you know, as really (and I mean really) sad as this might be, I was actually looking forward to hearing this for the first time. I just listened to Slayer in the car today, and yet here I am creaming myself over the thought of hearing the New Kids reunite. And I swear to you that now I am absolutely not stretching the truth at all. (more…)