James Hetfield, lead-singer of Metallica, learned this week that the UK's Luton airport was not on his list of places he can roam freely. Sad but true, Hetfield was detained due to his "Taliban-like beard" making officials nervous. One wonders if the rock star felt like an outlaw torn or just another victim of the master of puppets, big brother government. But for his devil's dance, quickly explaining to the officials that he was a rock star, and not a terrorist, Hetfield may have felt a bit ... I don't know ... minus human? Though Hetfield escaped relatively unscathed, nay more a hero of the day, I have no doubt that the memory of his detiainment will remain though nothing else matters.

Let this be a lesson: in the land of wolf and man, the bell tolls for us all ... until the-thing-that-should-not-be sleeps, that is.

Note: I'd like to say that this is merely karma for Metallica's temper-tantrum over Napster a few years ago, but I don't believe in karma. So I'll just chalk it up to a somewhat comical twist of fate.

Note 2: I couldn't help myself. Sorry.

Note 3: Rumor has it that this actually didn't happen Ah whatever ... still funny to think about.