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...confining himself to rock ballads, however, Ashcroft denies his listeners the stylistic variety that a musician of his talent could easily handle. Human Conditions is a great album, but without more musical experimentation in future works, it could be his last real success...
...always reminds me of why, 12 years ago, the desire to make some never-before-heard sound come out of a twisted mass of brass so captivated me. A symphony offers more than a single song, as it combines multitudes of emotions into one creation which both the musician and listener can shape into different messages from time to time. While the Tchaikovsky evokes passion, the Debussy piano solos I listen to every night as I fall asleep conjure up lazy, wandering thoughts and utter relaxation. Classical music never begs me to think, but instead extends an open invitation...
Wendy, 35, a free-lance editor, and a fellow tagger, Alex, scout a neighborhood of well-kept brownstones for half an hour before they choose their first target: a deep green Toyota Land Cruiser (estimated city m.p.g.: 13). Alex, 39, an avid cyclist and musician, peers up and down the street before peeling off the protective paper and slapping the Toyota's bumper with a sticker that proclaims, "I'm Changing the Climate! Ask Me How!" and gives the website address of Changing the Climate changingtheclimate.com) based in San Francisco. The group has sold 40,000 of the stickers...
Didn't He Use to Be A Musician...
...called Tuku Music. Asked if it still qualifies as gospel, he shoots back: "What does gospel mean?" Good news. "Then it is gospel," he says. Strange, Isn't It?, from the 1988 album of the same name, seems his clearest statement of intent. On this song, he calls a musician chipangamazano, a giver of advice. "I want people to think about the right thing," he says, "whether they sit in the seat of power or not." "Tuku has this dream that if he plugs them enough, he will be able to help restore fundamental values," says Debbie Metcalfe, his manager...