It seems that Chris Walla's (the guitarist from Death Cab For Cutie) soon to be released solo albm was seized by Homeland Security on the Canadian border.
The hard drive that contained all the songs was taken.
Yes, it seems that recently, Walla's solo record (which has been scheduled to come out at various points over the past, well, four years) took another step toward oblivion when the master hard drive — containing all song files — was confiscated by Homeland Security at the Canadian border, for reasons not abundantly clear, and sent to the department's computer-forensics division for further inspection.
If it sounds like a huge joke, Walla ensures you it isn't.
More on the flip I guess...
All I have a link in from MTV News, which I wouldn't usually call credible, but they do have a quote from Chris Walla.
"It's a true story. Barsuk [Records, which is putting out the record] had hired a courier — who does international stuff all the time and who they had used before — to bring [the album] back from Canada, where I was working on it. And he got to the border and he had all his paperwork and it was all cool, only they turned him away, and they confiscated the drive and gave it to the computer-forensics division of our Homeland Security-type people," sighed Walla, who has produced nearly all Death Cab's output, as well as records by the Decemberists, Hot Hot Heat, Nada Surf, Tegan and Sara and others. "And now I couldn't even venture a guess as to where it is, or what it's doing there. I mean, I can't just call their customer-service center and ask about my drive. There's nothing I can do. I don't know if we can hire an attorney ... is there a black-hole attorney? You can't take a black hole to court."
I don't want to quote too much, but the article is there if you care to read it. This just happens to be a member of my favorite band, and a friend forwarded me the link a few minutes ago.
My stomach dropped. I mean, I'd heard about Pearl Jam being censored at one of their conceerts, but an entire album being taken? Does this scare anyone else?