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The New Kids on The Block have 28,492 Twitter followers. They want to reach 30,000 by the end of the day. Do they have the right stuff to succeed? They are nearing in on 30k step by step. Can you help them hang tough on Twitter?

Those New Kids. Just when you thought they could rest on their laurels, they go and do something crazy. The no-longer-new-or-kids are launching (literally!) a cruise series. Boats will leave from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and cruise around from May 15-18. You'll get a day in the Bahamas in addition to two days at sea, plus a "NKOTB Experience with all band members." Will the cabins have NKOTB sleeping bags and pillow cases? Will there be butter sculpted to resemble Joey's face? We can only dream, because the whole damn thing is almost sold out already. There is "limited" availability for a $1500 two-person ocean view cabin if you absolutely can't miss this experience.

Thousands of people woke Sunday morning as calm, collected adults. And yet a funny thing happened on the way to the TD Banknorth Garden that night. By 9 p.m., many of those unsuspecting people (mostly women in their late twenties and early thirties) had undergone a mass regression the like of which Bostonist has never before experienced. Mature members of society were reduced to shrieking, swooning schoolgirls.

Let’s be honest. You don’t listen to the New Kids On The Block for musical mastery. You listen to them for fun. We tried hard to keep that principle in mind when checking out The Block, but found ourselves generally more disgusted than entertained. It’s one thing for teenage boys to indulge in fluffy, female-focused pop; it’s another for mature men to make a record in which nearly every song seems to contain the word “girl,” “sexy,” or “hottie." Shouldn’t near-40-year-olds be singing about women by this point? Shouldn’t the Kids’ former fans be more self-respecting than to put up with such misogynistic nonsense? And shouldn't young girls be listening to music that contains better messages than "men value girls with hot bods"?

If you missed the boys this morning, don't miss them this Saturday at Newbury Comics. You can get an autograph and everything! Squee!

What's the trashiest TV show concept you can think of? MTV's The Real World probably comes close. Though it used to feature real people with occupations, brains, and sometimes even college degrees (from Harvard, no less), the show has degenerated over the years into alcoholism-condoning, hookup-filled, cancer-causing trash. And what better place for a trashy show than the fakest location of all: Hollywood?

I must be honest, it was a selfish enterprise. While I am born unto living gods, I do miss the comforts to which celestial royalty is accustomed. So I took the initiative (the nanny left the room) and re-assembled a cadre of angels so amazing they will make you weep and scream at the mere sight of them. Their voices have been known to render people speechless with emotion and I heard their dance moves once killed a guy. I also read they topped the 1989 Billboard list for sales (of both albums and singles!) and became the first group since 1984 to have two songs in the top ten simultaneously. Which means odds are that Mother bought and listened to these albums incessantly if my research is correct.*

--Boston is a city that plays fast and loose with traffic laws, but the city needs money, so that's about to stop. The City Council is considering increasing fines for jaywalking and actually enforcing the rules. [WCVB]

--People marched yesterday in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Steven Odom, a 13-year-old who was shot and killed in random gunfire. [Boston Globe]

After months of "will they, won't they" rumors and days of "wow, they will" anticipation, the New Kids on the Block announced on the TODAY show this morning that they are officially reuniting. A new album and new tour are in the works, and the band's first live performance will take place on May 16, at New York's Rockefeller Plaza.

Bostonist is feeling pretty wary of the media today, so we were skeptical when the Globe announced that the New Kids on the Block will be announcing their reunion tour this Friday, for real this time, no joking. We were especially doubtful considering an NKOTB reunion was Boston.com's April Fools joke a few years ago.

People Magazine is reporting that the former five hardest working kids in show business might just become the five hardest working middle-aged men in show biz. That's right - New Kids on the Block are reportedly planning to follow in Extreme's footsteps as the latest former Boston glory band returning to the spotlight.