The Brits Are Serious About Their Music

I've already reported on the kerfuffle surrounding the upcoming Live 8 concert, but there's even more music news coming out of merry old England. The Brits take their music very seriously, and that's why the number 1 song in all the land is....a cellphone ringtone (from the Beeb):

The Crazy Frog ringtone has held on to the top position of the UK singles charts for a second week. The new version of Axel F - the theme to the Beverly Hills Cop films - is the first mobile ringtone to make it into the charts.

Coldplay's Speed of Sound single dropped from second spot to seventh.

Akon's Lonely is at number two, followed by Gorillaz track Feel Good Inc. Oasis are number one in the album chart with Don't Believe The Truth.

Last week, Robert Swift, from Jamster, the company that markets the Crazy Frog single promised more ringtone tracks.

Mr Swift insisted: "We didn't come along and change the music industry. "It's been changing for a while and people have been in denial. And this is the sort of thing that highlights that."

I understand that the National Art Museum in London will be opening their newest and most valuable collection next month. Their "Dogs Playing Poker" collection is sure to draw huge crowds, even larger than last year's debut of "Big Mouth Billy Bass", the original wall mounted singing fish.