Moan [syn. groan]

SECOND AVENUE: Sometimes this city seems on the verge of collapse. Steping off the Tube in East Acton or Stockwell the world of The Clash comes alive. All the grit, an grime and edge of London Calling, cruelly offset by a relentless grey sky. An acne of tower blocks pock marks the suburbs. Garbage gets stacked in the streets. And the Tube never seems to work. With the possible exception of Sydney, it has the most unreliable mass transit system. When an elephant shakes his trunk Thailand, the entire Jubilee line goes out of service.