When we last saw the former Mrs. Federline attempt a comeback, Britney and her belly were shamefully sprawled across the stage at the 2007 VMA’s. Fast-forward 14 months later and Brit-Brit is at it again.  This time she’s chosen Germany’s Bambi Awards to test the water.  Could there be a country more sympathetic to reinvention than Germany?  Like Frick & Frack.

I’m an equal-opportunity reviewer. Top 40 pop is hardly my favorite kind of music, but gimme (gimme) a well-crafted album of well-produced pop and I”ll find nothing but praise for it.

Britney Spears has seen more resurgences and backlashes than any pop star not named Michael Jackson. From losing custody of her kids to her disembodied performance at the VMAs, Brit has been an overexposed part of pop-culture that we cannot run away from…no matter how hard we try.

So, Blackout: it’s low-energy, manufactured trash. To hate Britney Spears the Person is commonplace and expected; but hating Britney Spears the Artist – “artist” has never sounded so poor – sparks violent criticism from the lowest depths of the music-listening community: teenyboppers. (more…)

Colin is Cla$$y: Back in 2003 Colin Ferrell got word of a female disc jockey offering $2000 to anybody who can bring him in for an interview. Not so naturally, Ferrell befriended a homeless man named “Stress” and brought him down to the radio station to collect the $2000. Even more unnatural was Colin reuniting with Stress recently, bringing him on a shopping spree, unloading an ATM full of cash and putting a down-payment on an apartment for the guy. (Toronto Sun)

Brit Hits the Skids: After her, uh…lackluster performance at the VMAs Britney Spears’ single “Gimme More” stalls at #85 on the Billboard charts. (TMZ)

Upstanding Citizens Brigade: The Amish community, still shaken after last year’s West Nickel Mines Amish School massacre left five girls dead and five wounded, show compassion and give a large donation to the shooter’s widow. (Philadelphia Enquirer)

Dig It: After his tractor tipped over, pinning him underneath, 83-year old John Cockerham spent four hours digging his way out from certain death – with a pocketknife. (WCPO)

Blindsided: A teenager attempted to mug a 33-year old blind man in a Germany train station. Unfortunately for the teen, the guy was a world-class blind judo wrestler. (Stuff)

Picked this one up via AskMen.com.

“Over the past few months, we’ve all watched Britney Spears experience a decline in her personal life; her dismal performance at Sunday night’s MTV VMA performance suggested that Ms. Spears’ professional pursuits have also suffered.

In this context, it’s easy to forget that there was a time when Britney was every man’s fantasy… that this is the same woman who, in June of 2000, was offered millions of dollars in exchange for her virginity.”

“So now you remember that Britney was once hot. But when was she at her hottest? Or is that time yet to come? We’ve thrown together a few musical moments to help jog your memory.”

See the videos after the jump!… (more…)

Long ago, before K-Fed, kids, wack tracks and bald-headed insanity, there was Britney Spears: The Most Boneable Girl on Planet Earth.

Remember her sassy schoolgirl phase? Remember her skin-tight red catsuit? Remember when she cooed “Kitty, kitty” and gyrated in “Slave 4 U”? Remember when she stuck her tongue down Madonna’s throat? Remember when Britney was hot?

We here at CO-ED remember.

To commemorate Brit’s past boneability is our first edition of “Morning Wood,” a collection of hand-picked photos that ensure maximum wood in the morning hours.

Check out Britney’s best after the jump. (more…)

The blog-universe has been giving the seal of approval to Britney’s leaked songs since early this week – have I been listening to the wrong ones?

These tracks are complete tripe. There is no way somebody with working eardrums can possibly give a “thumbs-upâ€? to Brit’s latest batch of bimbo-pop.

Even hipsters looking for their next bastion of irony will be thoroughly disappointed.

The three songs – “Gimme More,â€? “Cold as Fire,â€? “Baby Boyâ€? – each have flat, lifeless production left over from the last millennium. This major mistake could’ve been easily remedied with the right collaborators (hint, hint).

Check out Britney Spears’ new tracks after the jump.

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