Joe Strummer, Terrorist? (The Nation)

It really did feel like 'London Calling' when I opened my e-mail April 5 to find an inbox clogged with a score of messages titled: 'Man Held as Terrorism Suspect Over Punk Song.' This was not spam but a news item from Reuters reporting that Harraj Mann had been detained for questioning by British anti-terrorism detectives after they received a phone call from a taxi driver who had taken Mann to the Durham Tees Valley Airport. The driver became alarmed after hearing Mann, a mobile phone salesman of Indian descent, sing along to the Clash's 'London Calling.' The lyric that triggered the cabbie's concern: 'Now war is declared--and battle come down...a meltdown expected.'

How did I not discover The Clash until I was 24? The rest of the article is great--if you're into political music.