[a fool in paradise]

Tell established acts like The Who, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, AC/DC, and even Femi Kuti that the instruments they’ve owned for decades are at risk of being confiscated by customs as they enter the US on tour.

[Wordkraft]

To seize instruments and prosecute people for actions which many NOW be illegal, but were not illegal at the time of the so-called crime, is expressly forbidden by the Constitution. Such laws are called “ex post facto” laws and are blatantly illegal.

But our “leaders” don't care about that, do they?

[21twelve]

It was rumored that Alex Lifeson of RUSH was getting his Gibson EDS-1275 double neck out of storage for their upcoming album (and tour). The feds should be careful going after him and his Gibsons, he just might go “Naples” on them.