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In a tweet about Men at Work plagiarism case, Walla writes, ‘Related: Owl City should really consider buying Ben [Gibbard] a pony.’ By James Montgomery Owl City Photo: Universal Republic Last year, Chris Walla raised eyebrows when he called brooding “Twilight” bloodsucker Edward Cullen “an a–hole.” Then, at rehearsals for the mtvU Woodie Awards , he made sure to point out the “high beefcake quotient” of the “New Moon” film. And how can we forget the international incident he created when the master tapes for his Field Manual album ran afoul of the Department of Homeland Security? Basically, the Death Cab for Cutie guitarist/producer is unafraid to speak his mind or rankle the third-largest Cabinet department in the U.S., which makes him a rare breed in these buttoned-up, sound-bite-ified times

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Death Cab’s Chris Walla Addresses Postal Service/ Owl City Comparisons