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	featured news Death Cab Guitarist's Hard Drive Seized Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:11:22 2007 bears a strange resemblance to 1984 Chris Walla, guitarist for Death Cab For Cutie, planned to release his first solo album just months from now, but it seems that the U.S. government may not allow that to happen. According to the musician, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security confiscated his master hard drive with all the song files on it for reasons unknown. The hard drive is currently in the possession of the computer-forensics division. Walla spoke to MTV.com about this inexplicable waste of taxpayer dollars. "It's a true story," he explained. "Barsuk [Records] 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." "And now I couldn't even venture a guess as to where it is," he continued, "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." Thankfully, Walla has back-up tapes of the songs for use, but they require mixing and mastering. The debut, titled Field Manual, is reportedly "very political." You don't say... —The ARTISTdirect Staff 10.18.07 ...Back to News Home     more ARTISTdirect news Death Cab Guitarist's Hard Drive Seized Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:11:22 CMJ Music Marathon Report #2: A Place to Bury Strangers, Division Day, The Black Kids Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:21:17 Dinosaur Jr. Set To Tour Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:55:20 Live Earth CD/DVD Sees Release Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:02:28 U2 To Release Deluxe Edition Joshua Tree Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:09:00 Cat Power Reveals Jukebox Album Details Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:19:46 CMJ Music Marathon Report #1: Lifetime, Modern Life Is War, Q-Tip Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:35:40 Trail Of Dead Tours With Cartoon Characters Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:05:28 Radiohead's OK Computer Inspires Play Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:26:11 Justin Timberlake Preps Live DVD, Album Rerelease Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:56:52  more rock Jimi Hendrix Live at Monterey 10/16/2007    $11.99  R.E.M. R.E.M. Live 10/16/2007    $19.99  Santana The Ultimate Santana: His All Time Greatest Hits 10/16/2007    $14.99  The Fray Reason EP 10/16/2007    $7.99  Hinder Extreme Behavior (Deluxe Edition) (CD/DVD) 10/16/2007    $15.99  Relient K Five Score and Seven Years Ago 03/06/2007    $14.99  Finger Eleven Them vs. You vs. Me 03/06/2007    $14.99  John Mellencamp Freedom's Road 01/23/2007    $11.99  more rock albums

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