Important News from Britain

Two thoughts about the fact that the Spice Girls are getting back together.

(1) Sorry, Britain, but any aspirations about being "Cool Britannia" are badly undermined by the facts that the Spice Girls are English and that you all bought the tickets for their London show in 38 SECONDS!

(2) The Spices say the motivation for reuniting isn't financial. Right - they just wanted to work through some of the more original ideas thay have for modern popular music. There are complicated and original things they couldn't accomplish during their storied career, tragically cut short (by um what exactly?), that will doubtless push the edge of musical experimentation well beyond anything that tired hacks like Radiohead or OutKast or Bjork or Damon Albarn are doing.

Sorry, I couldn't type that with a straight face. Of course it's about the money - money based on their now-slightly-more-mature (and in some instances, silicon-enhanced) tits-and-ass. I mean, what else was there about the Spice Girls?

Besides, Beckham's dad's heart is dodgy and Posh needs to replenish her shopping budget.