It seems quaint in retrospect, doesn’t it? Five kids band together to form a musical group that goes on to achieve unimaginable levels of commercial success across the world. Say what you will about boy bands from yesteryear—or pop music in general—but there was a charm to New Kids on the Block, who formed in the mid-1980s, that wasn’t matched in subsequent decades by far more temporal YouTube sensations and the like. Indeed, the affectionately nicknamed “NKOTB” from Dorchester, MA, achieved even more unexpected success by maintaining their presence on commercial radio and MTV. Sure, *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys blew … Continue reading New Kids On the Block Are Still Kids