What the world needs now is...

BOYBANDS! Or more specifically The Boyband For The Next Generation. Perez Hilton and some other peepz who are important in the music industry are setting out to assemble the next great male musical ensemble featuring singing, dancing, hair gel and probably some amazing matching outfits. Boys between the ages of 13 and 21 can audition by submitting videos of their talents to the project's website, and PLEASE DO because I need more 13-21 year old boys in the media to drool over.

I could not be more excited about this project, because we all know the best boybands are made by wannabe Svengalis manufacturing acts through mass auditions and forcing together young men who may or may not get along. The only thing that could make it better is doing it in front of a reality TV camera (if they're smart, it will come). I still have every episode of O-Town's Making The Band on video cassette and treasure those precious television and musical moments. Plus, the world in general could use a pick-me-up. 1998-2001 was a pretty upbeat era, and I attribute much of it to Chris Kirkpatrick's dreads and Nick Carter's falsetto. I'll take that stimulus package any day...