Fandom Life In A Time Without Backstreet

So I do and will have other posts coming. They kind of got delayed because well? Real life got in the way. But as we come to the end of the year, I see tweets and I see comments, or I hear them. And you know, they make sense to me. Even if I don't …

Lifting Me Up…

When I'm down on my luck and I'm searching for my soul When I'm feeling too much and I start to lose control When I'm down so low that even enemies don't wanna know You still care for me, say a prayer for me, and I know I wasn't planning on blogging on this site …

Stop Saying The End Is Near, When The Existence Of Fans Will Ensure It’ll Never Be Here

I've been a fan for a long time. Because of this, I've seen a lot of things go in circles. I remember when before it even got released, fans were convinced that Never Gone was going to be the final BSB album. It was constantly discussed on the message boards in fact. After Kevin announced his break …

VIP and How It’s Changed the BSB Fandom

It's the end of the decade and as you can tell by my latest posts, it has me all in my head pondering a lot of things that have changed over time. A lot has happened. Today I plan to focus on the nugget of fandom life many of us take for granted in today's …

You’re Never Too Old For What You Love, For Me That’s The Backstreet Boys

I had another blog in mind for this weekend as it's one of those rare times I'm off. But I had an incident happen in my real life that basically spurred me to write this. I feel it's something we can all relate to, too. Because I'm sure I'm not the only one who's ever …

Fandom Is A Safe Space

It's Supposed To Make You Happy. When there's too many bad things happening in the world, or you get sick of the news, or if life has had some downs...fandom is where many go to escape. For me, it's where I know I can go and find what I need to take a break from …

Let’s Hear It For The Boys! (Fandom Life: Being a Male Fan in a Female Fandom)

In one of my recent posts, I talked about fans, favorites, and what they say about you. One thing that did slip my mind though was another faction I think we all often forget. And when they kindly pointed it out to me and it inspired this post. What about the men in this fandom? …

The Advice You Have For New BSB Fans

The Boys are EVERYWHERE right now. I love it, you love it. It's just freaking incredible. Nothing can bring them down! We're on the verge of a new album, the single has been blowing up on radio...life is good! Because they're everywhere though, they're bound to attract some new fans. I mean, they did so …

Fandom Life: The 90s Versus Today

I've said it before and I'll say it again, it feels like the 90s are back. 1999 specifically. A lot of things are back - tattoo chokers, mini backpack purses, even fanny packs. But obviously the most important thing is that the general public loves the Boys again. It's crazy. At the same time, there's …

Fandom Life – When It All Started

This post, wasn't really my idea so much. Emilia (one of my co-mods on the TDS forum, and who runs Kaos Online), started a thread on our lovely forum that we have, asking when and how people became a fan. So then my co-tweeter (and other co-mod) Gemma, asked the same question. The responses? WERE …