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THEY'RE BAAAACK The Kids come back — or at least try to
David Atlas/Retna
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Release Date: Sep 02, 2008; Lead Performance: New Kids on the Block; Genre: Pop
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Nicholas Fonseca
Nicholas Fonseca watches ''Days of Our Lives'' religiously and thinks washing dishes by hand is the cheapest form of therapy on earth.
As if desperate to shed the boy band stigma and prove they're now men, New Kid's on the Block's new collection of
committee-crafted tracks The Block bears no distinguishing marks aside from a
compulsion for sex, sex, sex with a lover whose name, apparently, is
Girl. Breezy single ''Summertime'' aside, it's all vaguely icky: ''Grown
Man'' features the Pussycat Dolls chirping ''Do you like my body?/Do you
think that I'm a hottie?'' while ''Lights, Camera, Action'' vapidly
celebrates videotaped nookie. C-
DOWNLOAD THIS: Watch the video for ''Summertime'' on YouTube
Posted Aug 29, 2008
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