[kj] OT: NMA US tour cancelled...

Dave Axford daxford at rogers.com
Wed Sep 5 18:18:49 EDT 2007







From their MySpace bulletin. We Yanks really do suck, don't we:
- Alex in NYC



You're not alone... I believe they were denied access to Canada (or at least hassled and delayed at the border) by a Customs officer. The reason stated by customs: "No artistic merit". Like a customs officer can tell you what art is!

I imagine the flip side of this is when King Sunny Ade was denied entry to Canada... When asked, "What is your country of birth"? He replied, "Saturn".

Dave
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