With all this news about cartoons from my childhood being made into movies, the return of Better Off Dead director Savage Steve Holland, and now, a comeback by The B-52s, I really do feel like I'm living in the '80s. In the case of the self-proclaimed "world's greatest party band," I consider this a good thing.

As reported in Billboard today, B-52s just finished laying tracks for a new album, the band's first since 1992's Good Stuff. Wow, it seems like only yesterday I was a quirky middle-schooler with "Hot Pants Explosion" on repeat. The 11-song album, which is yet to be named, was recorded in the band's Athens, GA, birthplace. According to Billboard:

"We all lived down there for two months and just got back in the swing of things," singer Fred Schneider said from his home on Long Island, N.Y.

He said the group, which has been performing together since 1998 after taking an extended break, always had intentions of recording again.

I'm glad to hear they've managed to get back together, because the B-52s really have some excellent songs, from "Rock Lobster" to "Is That You Mo-Dean?" Plus, I love that the band always seems to be having as much fun as its fans, if not more. From what Schneider says of the next album, that's not likely to change: "It's up-tempo and a bit sexed-up. It's sexier than ever."

The band hopes to release the record early next year. Until then, let's dance this mess around, shall we? You know you want to so read more

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