Following on

Following the success of Musical Monday -- or at least, it was a success to me as it gave me the opportunity to do something slightly different -- I have been toying with the idea of incorporating other themes. Ideas to date have included "News day Tuesday", where I comment on current affairs in true blogger style, and "Serial Killer Sunday"; a very similar idea to Musical Monday -- except I write about mass murderers, instead of musicians. Think "Natural Born Killers" where the media turns murderers into celebrities, or the screaming girl 'fans' of Richard Ramirez.

Unfortunately today is Wednesday and I haven't yet thought of a theme for Wednesdays. Perhaps "quiz day Wednesday" would work, but every day doesn't have to have a theme otherwise I would only be able to complain about girls or not being able to get a job on certain days. And I'm already going to break the rules today -- by talking about the news.

Man held as terrorism suspect over punk song: LONDON (Reuters) - Anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when he started singing along to a track by punk band The Clash, police said on Wednesday.

It would seem that in these enlightened times your choice of listening material can get you arrested. While in some cases this should be encouraged, anyone who buys Robbie Williams' albums, for example, or people who vote for Pop Idol -- but I don't think there are many occasions when political content in music taken out of context should be cause to call the police.

'Detectives halted the London-bound flight at Durham Tees Valley Airport and Harraj Mann, 24, was taken off.

The taxi driver had become worried on the way to the airport because Mann had been singing along to The Clash's 1979 anthem "London Calling," which features the lyrics "Now war is declared -- and battle come down" while other lines warn of a "meltdown expected".'

Interestingly, the Hartlepool Today webportal reported the same story two days ago about the man as their local resident being taken off the plane -- but there is no mention of his music. He expressed bemusement about the whole thing. What it does mention, as you might have guessed from his name, Mr Mann is of Indian descent. I would be willing to bet that a white person playing the Clash woudln't get escorted off a plane.

It's likely the lyrics would be again misinterpreted, perhaps as white supremacist, but I think it's important that a foreign-looking man should be detained under the prevention of terrorism act because of his choice of music. He should be warned never to show any public appreciation of Rage Against the Machine.