New Kids on the Block reunion!

It's really happening: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20174022,00.html

If the Spice Girls and the Jackson 5 can go on reunion tours, why not NKOTB? I'm surprised Jonathan Knight is willing to go along, since he's been the one for years who has wanted nothing to do with a reunion. I'm also a little surprised tough guy Donnie Wahlberg wants to go back to his teeny bopper dancing days. I guess nobody can turn down a paycheck.

They were everyone's favorite band in middle school. I loved "The Right Stuff" and "Hangin' Tough."

I am totally going to see them if they do a Pittsburgh show. Should I be embarrassed by this?

YouTube: New Kids on the Block - You Got It (The Right Stuff)

How's about some Christmas tunes

Three quick thoughts on Christmas music:

1. My favorite Christmas song is probably David Bowie & Bing Crosby doing "Little Drummer Boy", followed by Bruce Springsteen's classic "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".

2. The worst Christmas song of all-time is Paul McCartney's "Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time". This song, like most of McCartney's solo shit, is terrible, with awful keyboards and lyrics that are happy to be the point of being stupid.

3. I still can't believe the lyric in Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" where Bono sings, "Well tonight thank God it's them, instead of you." Yay! Let's celebrate! People in the world are suffering and dying! And it's not us! Woohoo!

And now, some mp3s... (yes, I'm being ironic with most of these selections...)

MP3: New Kids on the Block - Funky, Funky Xmas
MP3: Wham! - Last Christmas
MP3: Weird Al Yankovic - Christmas at Ground Zero
MP3: Alvin & the Chipmunks - The 12 Days of Christmas
MP3: Johnny Cash - Silent Night
MP3: David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy
MP3: Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis

And holy crap, look what I just unearthed... a live performance of "Funky, Funky Xmas" from the Arsenio Hall show!