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...home, our leadership continues to peddle fear. The new Department of Homeland Security whipped up enough fear of chemical attacks that there was a run on tarp and duct tape. John Ashcroft??s website defending the USA PATRIOT Act is not only frightening but alliterative. Take a look at www.lifeandliberty.gov to read all about the “deadly plans of terrorists dedicated to destroying America.” And President Bush, in each of his last three addresses to the nation, has not once failed to conclude his remarks with references to “dangers...
...feel one of the most important things in this country is our civil liberties, and John Ashcroft??both personally and as part of this administration—is systematically dismantling them,” said Alex Edelman ’07, one of several first-years among the College students who met up in Harvard Square at 7:30 a.m. yesterday morning to head over to the rally...
Regardless, it’s clear that the downtempo rock ballad is Ashcroft??s specialty—and for good reason. Few rock artists can so effectively wield an orchestra as thematic element, and even fewer have (as Ashcroft has done) managed to compose memorable instrumental lines that utterly complement the vocals...
Richard Ashcroft is like a filmmaker who’s had enough of directing commercials. Human Conditions is Ashcroft??s feature-length epic, an album that dispenses with lightheartedness in favor of profound philosophical meditations...
Despite this shift to more universal themes, though, the style of music has essentially remained the same. Nearly all of the songs on Human Conditions are laid-back rock ballads supported by strings and brass, an approach that has become almost synonymous with Ashcroft??s name since his days as frontman for the Verve. In fact, there is only one track on the album, “Bright Lights”, that even comes close to being an upbeat rock n’ roll anthem...