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Sling Blade may be too scrupulously attentive to the rhythms and speech of the small-town South; it easily breaks the all-time record for use of the word reckon. But as incarnated in writer-director Thornton's laconic bass voice and wonderfully shambling gait, Karl is a memorable, affecting creature--so gentle he daren't sleep on an offered bed for fear of spoiling the room's perfect primness, so righteous he will consider killing to protect his adoptive family. Sling Blade meanders when Karl isn't driving it, but for the first half-hour and the last...
...artists today, the members of Tony Toni Tone (group leader Raphael Saadiq, his brother D'Wayne Wiggins and their cousin Timothy Christian Riley) are dedicated musicians who actually play real instruments, instead of relying on played-out samples and drum machine-generated rhythm loops. Saadiq sings and plays the bass, the guitar and keyboards, Wiggins adds guitar work and vocals. Riley mainly plays drums and keyboards and is featured on the clarinet. Backing them up are live musicians playing instruments ranging from horns to flutes to pianos and organs. One song on the new album even features an orchestra...
...press secretary for Rep. Charles Bass (R-N.H) said Harvard's liberal reputation was one reason Republicans held a separate session two years...
Despite reports of Harvard's liberal bias, Bass's press secretary said Bass did not shun Harvard for that reason...
...grandson of a former New Hampshire Governor and the son of a former Second District Representative, Bass has political blood. And with a few exceptions he is conservative, from voting for a balanced-budget amendment to supporting welfare reform. Last March he introduced a campaign-finance reform bill that would have reduced the maximum pac contribution from $5,000 to $1,000 and required 50% of all campaign contributions to be raised in-state...