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By Michael Alan Goldberg

Published on August 25, 2005

C'mon, A.J., pick up the damn phone, Nick thought to himself.

"Hello?"

"A.J., it's Nick, what's up?"

"Hey, Nick, how's it goin'? Wait a sec, lemme mute the TV . . ."

"Whatcha watchin'?"

"Oh, just this thing on the History Channel about Hitler invading Russia and how he fucked it up 'cause he didn't learn from Napoleon's mistakes -- you know, all that 'history repeating itself' crap."

"Oh, cool, I don't know much about the Vietnam War, I should check that out."

"Umm, yeah . . . anyways, what's up, Nick?"

"Check it -- I was talking to Brian, Kevin and Howie, and they wanna get the group back together."

"Whoa, really?"

"Yeah, what do you think?"

"That's a pretty good idea! I know we've been away for a few years, and that whole pop scene is dead, but we can bring it back. Dude, I know we won't be another New Kids on the Block."

"That's right, man, we've had huge hit songs and albums, we can sing, and we have a huge fan base that will never desert us. I know we can keep this thing rolling."

"Let's do it! What could possibly go wrong?"