Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie has had his computer confiscated by the U.S. government.
Walla had his solo record on the computer, which is said to contain some political songs.He writes on his blog "My solo record is coming along nicely, despite the fact that the master drive was confiscated by US Homeland Security at the border (much of the record was recorded between Vancouver and Victoria, BC). I'm told it's at 'computer forensics in Quantico' but I wouldn't be able to tell you what that means in any real way; you see, there's exactly no customer service element to our federal government.
"If the drive containing your solo record is confiscated at the border, the feds don't have to do shit for you. And, in fact, they don't."
Life of course could be worse for the singer. He could be locked up, or even worse, he could've not had a backup (which he apparently does).
"It's not a Kafka novel, and I'm not a prisoner at Guantanamo. My life isn't so bad. But still, this situation is a concrete and real reminder of what fuels the world we live in: It's fear and mistrust and suspicion. And oil."
Stick that in your pipe and ponder it.
