Bonjour mesdames, messieurs, et mademoiselles!

Welcome to the Backstreet Grill, our specials today are Nick with a side of embarrassment, the Howie with a mortified sauce, Brian with a short attention span, and the chef’s personal recommendation, inked AJ.

To complement these dishes, our sommelier recommends Richardson Vineyards’ beautiful 2001 Whine de Kevin for its aggressive salt tear notes and smoky fan regret.

How would you like your Backstreet prepared? Perhaps something deliciously tender and juicy, lightly cooked?
Or do you crave the subtle flavors of something more firm, with hint of smoke?
By chance, do you tend toward the rich, hearty palate of the superbly grilled?

We have a sampler platter available today for your pleasure, please let us know what tickles your palate.

(Welcome to Grilled BSB, all the questions we wish we could ask the Boys!
Special thanks to everyone in the Question of the Week post, and to Diane, who sent me lots of inspiration, and more than a few great ones!)

Rare

AJ:
*Who paints your nails? And do you do a topcoat, or basecoat, because my nails don’t stay that sharp looking that long. Ever think of doing a polish line?
*How many hats do you own?
*Are you really that afraid of Twitter since the porn incident?

Brian:
*Kill the spider, or let it out?
*Who’s buying you all those scarves? We need to have a talk with them—it’s very Tiny Tim from A Christmas Carol.
*Um, chirp chirp—why is there a cricket on your twitter?

Howie:
*Do you sing in the car?
*Would you rather be a fish or a turtle?
*Do you guys really like to be in futuristic space armor, wrestling robes, and sports jerseys for tour? …Do you look at the pictures after? We’re still scratching our heads on some of those choices. If you’d like to go back to that open shirt look, we’re okay with that though.

Nick:
*Have you ever licked a nine-volt battery?
*Where are you most ticklish?
*Are you ever freaked out by the Brian-Leighanne-Baylee cuteness factor?
*Do you have a booty-shake quota per stage show?

Medium-Rare:

AJ:
*Tell the truth—are the toenails painted too?
*If you couldn’t be a BSB, would you go to college, and for what?
*AJ contemporary dance—what would that look like? Updated Dance of the Seven Veils?
*You must have a lot of pent up rage toward the “Backstreet Men” vs. “Backstreet Boys” question—if there were no judicial system, what would you do to the next reporter who asks?
*Shirt ripping—why did we stop this?

Brian:
*Do you wish you got sexy dance moves?
*You have to assassinate one celebrity—who is it?
*You guys made a LOT of grammar mistakes on the early albums—do you wish you could correct them now? They make us a little crazy….
*Does AJ ever try to do your make-up for you?

Howie:
*How much hair gel do you go through in one tour?
*Do you worry the other guys get the cool clothes?
*We all know about the women’s pants: now if you had to wear a dress, would it be Versace or Valentino? Good news is, studs are coming back as accent decorations this fall, so maybe you could match it with some of AJ’s jewelry collection.
*If fans said they missed Kevin's sexy voiceovers, could we convince you to start whispering in Spanish on tracks?

Nick:
*How often exactly do you brush your teeth? Ever heard of floss?
*Miss Kevin more because he was so easy to annoy, or because he was the other tall guy? You seem to slouch a lot now….
*Do you have nightmares about the Jonas Brothers outselling you?
*Did you buy Brian’s solo album? And are you buying AJ’s?

 Well-Done

AJ:
*When you’re recording, how often would you estimate that you think “what the heck, I’d NEVER use that on a girl!”? We’re voting all of “PDA” qualifies.
*Speaking of PDA, did you guys have a secret meeting to decide to dislike Nick’s PDA, and is that why you got licked onstage? (Because I think he knows.)
*Brian wants to set you up on a blind date: she’s a really good cook, but not physically hot. Yes or no?

Brian:
*Ever go commando? Do you have proof?
*AJ decides you guys need to do stripper-robics to get in shape for the US tour. What song do you choose?
*Playgirl magazine called, and Leighanne says she’s cool with it: would you sign up?
*We have to ask: who decided in 1997 that Nick got to be “sexual” in “Everybody”? He was underage! And we’re dying to know…why do you guys say yes?
*Could you maybe stop using “Backstreet’s back, alright!” or lines from “The Call” as a response to everything? You’ve done many, many songs now, and you have lots of options for quotes….Also, it's a little contagious, and not something we want to catch.

Howie:
*Do you think you fall off the stage so often because Nick secretly plans it? We’re starting to wonder.
*The world’s going to end if you don’t kiss another BSB: who gets one landed on them?
*Did Kevin leave his “you guys are soooo annoying” face to you legally, or just in theory?
*Where’s your solo album? We did the math, and the Howie love is lacking!

Nick:
*What’s with the plaid shirt? It seems to be sucking up all the Happy Bouncy Hyper Nick that used to overflow frequently.
*Have you started wearing underwear again? These plaid shirts are getting in the way of us being able to tell.
*When you randomly wander New York City, is it some of sort of channeling James Dean thing? Because we will willingly buy you a moody black trench if it will encourage this meandering without angry bodyguards….
*If you’re a BSB, why does only a portion of the McDonalds Monopoly money go to charity? Are you running low? Oh, sorry, that wasn’t very sensitive—is that why you keep wearing the same shirt?

And if you see Kevin, please pass these on….
*The eyebrows: would you ever consider tweezing them, and do they have names?
*Do YOU remember the story about having to eat pizza in AJ’s hotel bathroom?
*Do you ever miss your Disneyland days?
*How many times would you guess you’ve smacked Nick?
*Is Howie going to take over for you as Group Most Classically Fashionable?
*Do you listen to the new albums? Are you as concerned about Shawty as we are?