Outlaw? Yes please. Photograph: PA
You may have noticed that the people responsible for unleashing the Crazy Frog on the world were fined a cool £40,000 the other day for misleading customers and will suffer further financial humiliations in the form of legally enforced refunds. Worth a Christmas cheer? Undoubtedly, writes Guy Dammann.
But I can't help thinking that the fine should have been enforced purely for aesthetic reasons. As if the British public weren't already sufficiently beleaguered, why should we suffer any more exposure to this miserable amphibian? For despite the migraine-inducing monotony of its tunes, the newest Crazy Frog release is currently sitting ugly at No. 5 in the charts, just below the expected Christmas Day battle between X-Factor's Shane and the JCB song.
It's not the only seasonal crossover between mobile phones and mainstream media. While the Queen will certainly be ploughing ahead with her post-lunch Christmas message, Damon Albarn's animated band Gorillaz is offering an alternative broadcast to be screened on mobile phones. And for those whose mobiles aren't quite up to the job, you can catch Murdoc's speech on the Gorillaz website from New Year's day onwards.
Anyway, the gaggle of cognoscenti high up in the ivory GU towers obviously have strong views on which poisonous Christmas tunes should be lined up against the wall and flambéed in brandy-flavoured napalm. And we're collecting rants below, so fire away and save your Christmas guests an earful. Keep them clean, keep them mean, but most of all keep them angry.
