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April 13, 2010
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,v.TRAVIS LANE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Monmouth County, Indictment No. 05-05-1205.
Submitted October 26, 2009
Before Judges Rodríguez and Reisner.
Following a jury trial, defendant Travis Lane was convicted of first degree aggravated manslaughter of Ezequiel Hernandez, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4; first degree felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11- 3(a)(3); first degree armed robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1; and third degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(d). After appropriate merger of convictions, the judge imposed a forty-year term with a NERA*fn1 parole disqualifier on the aggravated manslaughter conviction. Defendant was seventeen years old at the time, but he was tried as an adult in Superior Court. There is no challenge to the Family Part's decision to refer to the Law Division. We affirm.
The State's proofs can be summarized as follows. On September 11, 2004, Hernandez lived in Neptune with his aunt (Clotilde Hernandez), Eligio Aguilar, and several others. He was a recent immigrant from Mexico. That day, Hernandez went to a store to buy an international phone card. He went there on a bicycle he had recently purchased for $78. Around 6:30 p.m., Hernandez's aunt heard him knocking "desperately" on the front door. Upon opening it, she saw Hernandez bleeding profusely from a neck wound. He told her, "They stole the bike from me and I was stabbed." The aunt screamed for Aguilar. Hernandez told Aguilar, "They robbed my bicycle and wounded me." Hernandez pointed at the perpetrators down the street. Aguilar saw someone riding Hernandez's bicycle with another person running next to him. Aguilar immediately drove Hernandez to the hospital. Hernandez lapsed into unconsciousness and was pronounced dead later that night.
Fifteen-year-old Zane (E.J.) McBride testified that he was riding his bike when he saw Hernandez on a bicycle. Defendant was behind Hernandez and someone on a green bike was behind defendant. Defendant ran up and hit Hernandez in the back of the head. Hernandez hit defendant back on the chin. Defendant "jumped in the street with his hands out" hitting Hernandez again. Hernandez got off his bike and ran into the house screaming something in Spanish. Defendant then got on the bike and rode it toward a nearby deli. McBride gave a statement to the police and identified defendant's photograph as portraying the person who attacked Hernandez.
Sixteen-year-old Antonio Delaney testified that he was near defendant's house when he saw an altercation between defendant and Hernandez. Delaney saw defendant run past him with a knife and hit Hernandez in the lower jaw area as Hernandez was riding his bicycle. After Hernandez fell to the ground, defendant got on Hernandez's bike and rode away. Hernandez held his neck as defendant rode off on the bike.
Fourteen-year-old Albert Miles testified that he did not recall any conversation he had with defendant despite having given a statement to the police to the contrary. He acknowledged the statement given was, however, accurate. In his statement, Miles indicated that the day after Hernandez's death, defendant said "I killed the Mexican." Defendant told Miles that "he went over across the street and he hooked the Mexican and the Mexican hooked him back." By hooking, Miles meant defendant "took a swing at him." Defendant told Miles he had stabbed Hernandez in the neck and took his bike.
As a result of the information received, Neptune Detectives Barry DuBrosky and Eugene Stewart arrested defendant at his school four days after the stabbing. Defendant was called to the principal's office and upon his arrival he was placed under arrest, patted down, and handcuffed. The detectives then took him to the Neptune Police Department where his mother, Edith Fuller, was waiting. Detective DuBrosky explained to Fuller that because defendant was not an adult, she would need to give permission for the detectives to question him. Fuller agreed and defendant also agreed that he would speak with them.
DuBrosky presented defendant with a Miranda*fn2 warning and waiver form. After each of the five Miranda warnings was read aloud, both defendant and Fuller initialed the appropriate section and signed at the end of the form. Detectives DuBrosky and Stewart then signed the form and recorded the date and time: September 15, 2004, at 1:22 p.m.
Defendant initially denied any wrongdoing. He told the detectives that he was playing basketball with friends and filling out job applications the day Hernandez was murdered. He said he came back to his house that afternoon and was sitting in his backyard when McBride came running and told him that "a Mexican got cut in front of the house." Defendant said he did not react to McBride's statement and instead carried on his conversation. He said he had a hard time sleeping that night because he was thinking about his recently deceased grandmother.
DuBrosky asked defendant if he had a hard time sleeping because he had killed Hernandez. Defendant said, "I was in Belmar, ask [McBride]." DuBrosky then told defendant and Fuller that the reason he was arrested was because there were statements by witnesses against him. Defendant still repeatedly insisted that they "ask [McBride]" to verify his story.
DuBrosky asked defendant how he would feel if someone killed his mother or sister. Defendant did not respond. The detective then asked how he would feel if someone had killed his grandmother for a bicycle. Defendant looked at his mother and became angry. He clenched his fists and was breathing heavy, almost snorting. DuBrosky raised his voice and said, "You've got to be kidding me. I'm pissing you off. You kill a man for a $78 bicycle and I'm fucking pissing you off? You've got to be kidding me." Defendant was mad and again insisted several times that they "ask [McBride]" to verify his story.
At that point in the questioning, Neptune Deputy Chief Guy McCormick knocked on the door and asked the detectives to leave so that he could talk to defendant alone. McCormick came out five minutes later and told the detectives that defendant had just seen McBride's statement and that they should go back in to continue the questioning.
When the detectives re-entered the room, defendant was somber and Fuller seemed very upset. DuBrosky told defendant he needed to be honest with them and his mother. Defendant then stood up from his chair and said, "I'm sorry, I did it." He then walked over to his mother and hugged her, repeatedly saying he was sorry.
After a short bathroom break, defendant agreed to give a formal statement. The statement began at 3:06 p.m., ended at 4:12 p.m., and was ten pages long. Defendant said that he alone was responsible for the stabbing, which was unintentional. He said that he was truly sorry. He denied taking the bicycle. Defendant reviewed the statement with the detectives, which was documented by video recording. Both defendant and Fuller initialed the bottom of each page to indicate that the contents were accurate.
Eleven months later, defendant wrote a letter to DuBrosky asking to speak with him as soon as possible. Defendant wrote:
[Y]ou should know that [had I] not made the statement . . . [t]he real person responsible for this crime threatened me with the same result as the victim. I was in fear for my life as well as the lives of my family."
A second letter was sent to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office on July 5, 2005. This letter used the same exact language.
Defendant later testified that he did not stab Hernandez. According to defendant, the letters he sent were lies and he had never been threatened by the "real person" who committed the crime. Instead, he claimed that it was the police who threatened him. He testified that DuBrosky threatened to ask for the death penalty if he did not give a statement and sign the Miranda form. Defendant testified, "I was scared of the death penalty, and I was tired of them saying those things about my grandmother and my family. So, I just told them . . . what they wanted to hear, and made up a story." He said he signed the Miranda form to be "cooperative," but did not understand what it meant.
Prior to trial, defendant moved to suppress his confession. A hearing was held to determine whether defendant was competent to understand the waiver form and to voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently waive his rights.
Mark Siegert, Ph.D., a psychologist, testified as an expert for the defense. Siegert met with defendant on five occasions and reviewed all documents related to the case, including the videotaped confession, as well as defendant's school records. These records indicated that when defendant was almost eight years old, his testing in math, reading, recognition, and general information put him at an equivalent of less than five years old. Around this time, the school classified defendant as neurologically impaired and "educably mentally retarded" (with an IQ of sixty-three) and placed him in a special school. He was also diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Siegert performed a long list of IQ and competency tests. One test revealed "significant distortions in his ability to see, process, and reproduce simple geometric shapes." When asked to draw the face of a clock, defendant did not know if there were twelve or thirteen numbers and then placed the numbers out of order. Defendant did not know the name of the current or past U.S. President, and said "I don't even know who the mayor of New Jersey is." In Siegert's opinion, defendant's drawings of houses, trees, and people were of the types of drawings that "very, very young children" create.
Siegert then administered the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Three Test. Defendant's verbal score was a sixty-nine and his full scale score was sixty, placing him in the first percentile, meaning that 99% of people his age scored higher. More testing revealed that 99.9% of people his age scored better in listening, listening vocabulary, listening grammar, speaking ability, reading, and writing ability. These scores placed Defendant in the mild range of mental retardation.
In terms of specifically testing defendant's ability to understand the Miranda warnings, Siegert used the Grisso test, also called "Understanding and Appreciation of the Miranda Rights Assessment." In this test, Siegert first asked defendant to say in his own words what he thought the Miranda warning meant. Next Siegert used substituted words and asked defendant whether the statements were then the same or different from the ones in the Miranda warning. Only 4.5% of offenders scored as low or lower than defendant did on understanding Miranda rights.
After performing the evaluations of defendant, Siegert concluded as follows:
I found Travis Lane to be mentally retarded with an IQ less than 70, cognitive deficits beginning before age 18 and more than two significant adaptive skill deficits. . . . I found him to have severe ADHA. . . .
[H]is language deficits are below the first percentile in all measured tasks, that not only would render his ability to understand what is said in the courtroom as inadequate, but combined with other cognitive deficits and his ADHA, it rendered him in my opinion unable to understand the Miranda warning at the time. And I noted there that when [defendant] does not understand something he acts as if he does understand it. That's part of his preserving his self-esteem and trying to act like a man.
I found his reading level to be at the third grade or the first percentile. And I do not believe he could have understood the Miranda warning in terms of beyond - - I think he could read many of the words, not all of them, but I don't believe in real time and without teaching he could have understood the meaning of them on the Miranda form. I noted his memory even both immediate and at a gap of [twenty] minutes as severely deficient, below 0.1st percentile. And that would affect his ability to remember the warning given verbally and read and process[] what that means so he could weigh or understand the meaning of it.
Louis Schlesinger, Ph.D, a psychologist, testified as the State's expert witness. Schlesinger found Siegert's testing to be flawed. Most notably, Schlesinger disagreed with the use of the Grisso test and Siegert's conclusion that defendant did not understand the Miranda warnings. The Grisso test uses a Miranda form with different language than the one used by the Neptune Police Department and signed by defendant.
In Schlesinger's opinion, defendant was fully capable of understanding the Miranda warnings. Schlesinger reviewed the actual Neptune Miranda form with defendant and asked him to say in his own words what each of the warnings meant. Schlesinger also administered the Grisso test and felt that even though that form was more advanced than the Neptune form, defendant's answers satisfactorily demonstrated that he understood his Miranda rights when he waived them.
Schlesinger also testified that there were errors in the other tests that Siegert administered to defendant. Schlesinger detailed numerous questions where defendant had received a zero score from Siegert, but when asked the same question again by Schlesinger defendant gave an answer worthy of half or full credit. Schlesinger said Siegert failed to ask appropriate follow-up questions when defendant refused to answer or gave a vague answer. Additionally, Schlesinger found calculation errors in Siegert's results. When Siegert's results were recalculated, defendant's verbal IQ was a seventy-eight, not a sixty-nine as Siegert originally found. This placed defendant in the borderline to low average range for verbal intelligence.
After performing a number of other tests, Schlesinger concluded that defendant was not mentally retarded. He noted that in 1999, a psychiatrist had also found that defendant had "borderline intellectual functioning" and was not mentally retarded. Ultimately, Schlesinger presented the following conclusions to the court:
[Defendant] is not mentally retarded according to diagnostic criteria. He has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder of a hyperactive impulsive type, he has conduct disorder that's now developed into a personality disorder, with antisocial and impulsive traits. He has a history of alcohol and marijuana abuse. I also found some mild organicity and a learning disability. But he was completely competent to make a free, knowing, and voluntary waiver of his Miranda rights when they [were] read to him when he was arrested.
The judge also heard testimony from defendant, his mother, and the detectives. Fuller gave conflicting testimony. At first she said she heard DuBrosky threaten her son with life imprisonment if he did not make a statement. After the hearing recessed for lunch, Fuller testified during cross-examination that DuBrosky had threatened defendant with the death penalty.
The judge denied defendant's motion to suppress the statement. The judge found that defendant and Fuller were not credible witnesses because of inconsistencies in their testimony concerning the threats they alleged DuBrosky made. In contrast, the trial judge found that the detectives were credible and their testimony was supported by documentary evidence such as the signed waiver form, the written statement, and the videotaped review of the statement. The judge found that defendant's statement was voluntarily given.
On the issue of defendant's ability to understand the Miranda warnings, the judge found that both expert opinions "were really outweighed by the lay evidence . . . [i]ncluding the testimony of [defendant.]" This lay evidence led to the conclusion that "[defendant] demonstrated sufficient intelligence to understand his Miranda rights. The judge noted defendant's school difficulties, but concluded that "understanding Miranda is really not that complicated." The judge found Schlesinger's testimony "more in accord with the court's findings in evaluation of that lay testimony" and that "Siegert passed the stage of being an impartial expert to that of being [Defendant's] advocate."
Defendant appeals contending:
We disagree.
It is settled that "[c]onfessions obtained by the police during a custodial interrogation are barred from evidence unless the defendant has been advised of his or her constitutional rights." State v. Knight, 183 N.J. 449, 461 (2005). A waiver of the constitutional right against self-incrimination must be voluntary, knowing, and intelligent. Ibid. (citing Miranda, supra, 384 U.S. at 444, 86 S.Ct. at 1612, 16 L.Ed. 2d at 707). In New Jersey, the burden is upon the State to prove the validity of a Miranda waiver beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. O'Neill, 193 N.J. 148, 168 n.12 (2007).
New Jersey utilizes the "totality of the circumstances" test to determine the validity of a waiver. Knight, supra, 183 N.J. at 462-63. The factors include personal characteristics such as the defendant's age, education, and intelligence, as well indicators of the nature of the interrogation, such as the length in detention and whether physical or mental exhaustion were involved in obtaining the confession. Ibid. Courts also consider a defendant's previous interactions with law enforcement and the length of time between the administration of the warnings and the given statement. Id. at 463.
At the time of arrest, defendant was seventeen. Whether a parent was present when a juvenile's confession is given is a "highly significant factor" in determining whether a waiver is valid. State v. Presha, 163 N.J. 304, 315 (2000). As is required by N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-33, the police officers contacted defendant's mother at the time of his arrest. She was present at the time he signed the Miranda form, when the statement was given, and when the statement was reviewed.
The crux of defendant's argument that his Miranda waiver was invalid rests upon his alleged "severe intellectual deficiencies" and "significantly impaired educational and mental characteristics." Defendant cites State in the Interest of S.H., 61 N.J. 108, 115 (1972), and argues "[a person] cannot make a knowing and intelligent waiver of something he cannot understand." Defendant concedes that a limited intelligence "does not necessarily render [a waiver] involuntary in nature," but argues that according to State v. Flowers, 224 N.J. Super. 208, 214 (Law Div. 1987), aff'd o.b. 224 N.J. Super. 90 (App. Div. 1989)), those with a diminished mental capacity must be "treated differently [than] adults who are presumed to be responsible."
A defendant's IQ is not dispositive in determining whether Miranda warnings were understood. State v. Carpenter, 268 N.J. Super. 378, 385 (App. Div. 1993), certif. denied, 135 N.J. 467 (1994). Nor does participation in special education courses, illiteracy, or even mild retardation automatically render a Miranda waiver invalid. Ibid. Instead, "each case must be examined on an individual basis." Ibid.
Our standard of review of a trial court's findings as to the admissibility of a defendant's confession is the "sufficient credible evidence" standard. State v. Elkwisni, 384 N.J. Super. 351, 366 (App. Div. 2006), aff'd, 190 N.J. 169 (2007). Thus, reversal will occur only if the trial court's findings "are not supported by substantial credible evidence." Ibid. Here, the judge found Schlesinger to be the more credible expert witness and believed that Siegert had moved from being an impartial expert to an advocate for defendant. More importantly, the judge found that both expert opinions "were really outweighed by the lay evidence . . . [i]ncluding the testimony of [defendant.]" From our review of the record, we conclude that the judge's finding that defendant understood the Miranda warnings was based on sufficient evidence in the record.
A final step in the totality of the circumstances test is looking at the nature of the interrogation. Knight, supra, 183 N.J. at 462-63. Defendant claimed DuBrosky threatened him with the death penalty if he did not cooperate, while his mother gave conflicting testimony. The judge found neither credible and instead believed the testimony of the detectives and Chief McCormack who said no threats were ever made. We give deference to the trial judge on issues of credibility. N.J. Div. of Youth & Family Servs. v. G.L., 191 N.J. 596, 695 (2007).
The length of defendant's detention prior to the confession does not render the statement involuntary. See Knight, supra, 183 N.J. at 468-69 (finding a detention that lasted the length of a "daytime work shift" would not render a waiver involuntary); State v. Morton, 155 N.J. 383, 450 (1988) (a nine-and-a-half hour interrogation did not render waiver involuntary). Finally, the time that lapsed between the administration of Miranda warnings and defendant's statement was minimal, as less than two hours passed. We thus conclude that the judge's finding that defendant's statement was voluntarily given must be affirmed.
Defendant also contends:
THE SENTENCE IMPOSED WAS MANIFESTLY EXCESSIVE. Specifically, defendant argues the judge "abused [his] sentencing discretion by imposing the significant [forty] year base term rather than the mandatory minimum [thirty] year base term." We disagree. Defendant's sentence of forty years was within the statutory guidelines for first degree murder, which is a range of thirty years to life imprisonment. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(b)(1). Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2(d)(1), the eighty-five percent parole disqualifier was mandatory. We give substantial deference to a trial judge's sentencing determinations unless there is an abuse of discretion. State v. Pagan, 378 N.J. Super. 549, 558 (App. Div. 2005).
In balancing the aggravating and mitigating factors, the judge found two of the aggravating factors listed in N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1(a), namely, (3) the risk defendant would commit another offense, and (9) the need to deter defendant and others from violating the law. The judge applied one mitigating factor, defendant's youth, and found that the aggravating factors "clearly and substantially outweigh[ed] the mitigating [factors.]"
Defendant argues factor (3) was erroneously applied because his "only other adverse contact with the juvenile or criminal justice system involved a [juvenile] hindering apprehension charge." Defendant also violated community service requirements set by the juvenile court for that charge. The judge considered defendant's daily marijuana use as additional evidence of a risk that defendant would commit another offense. Defendant admitted to his marijuana use several times during his testimony and it was also documented in the presentence report.
Defendant concedes that factor (9), the need for deterrence, is a "truly aggravating factor," but maintains "deterrence exist[s] in every criminal sentencing and [is] not a unique aggravating factor to the present case." It is true that deterrence is generally a factor in all cases and that there usually must be specific deterrence for aggravating factor (9) to be applicable. See State v. Gardner, 113 N.J. 510, 520 (1989). However, the judge here emphasized that the need for deterrence was "very, very strong" and that "in this time of so much needless youth violence in our surrounding communities . . . [s]omehow the message has got to go out that . . . if you want to take a life, then you're going to sacrifice your own life." (19T26-10; 19T25-2 to 9.) The judge also correctly noted defendant's lack of remorse and continual denial of any guilt is justification for the application of factor (9). See State v. Rivers, 252 N.J. Super. 142 (App. Div. 1991) (finding factor (9) was properly applied where the defendant had persistently denied involvement in a shooting crime and showed no remorse for his actions).
Defendant agrees with the trial judge that his youth was a mitigating factor, but argues that his mental condition and his cooperation in giving a confession should also be considered mitigating factors. We disagree.
Defendant argues his alleged mental retardation, ADHD, and antisocial conduct disorder are "substantial grounds tending to excuse or justify the defendant's conduct, though failing to establish a defense," pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1(b)(4).
Defendant erroneously relies on State v. Nataluk, 316 N.J. Super. 336 (App. Div. 1998), to support his assertion that his mental condition, combined with his dysfunctional family background, is enough to justify the application of mitigating factor (4). In Nataluk, the defendant had bipolar disorder, disassociative disorder, amnesia, and severe hallucinations. Id. at 342. The Nataluk defense experts testified that defendant had blacked out and was not aware of his actions during the crime and thus was technically "insane." Id. at 342-43. While the jury rejected the insanity defense, we held that such a serious mental illness should have been considered a mitigating factor. Id. at 349.
Here, defendant has presented no evidence that he suffered a mental condition that left him unaware of his actions during the stabbing, nor did he present an insanity defense. Evidence of his intellectual capacity and behavioral problems were presented only to challenge the validity of his Miranda waiver, not as a defense or excuse to the crimes he committed. Therefore, this case is distinguishable from Nataluk and the judge did not abuse his discretion by failing to apply mitigating factor (4).
Defendant also argues that his cooperation in giving a "formal statement to the police which essentially acknowledged his criminal culpability" should be considered a mitigating factor pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1(b)(12). We have "question[ed] whether a confession qualifies as 'cooperation' within the intent of this subsection, at least in the absence of any indication the confession identified other perpetrators or assisted in solving other crimes." State v. Read, 397 N.J. Super. 598, 613 (App. Div.), certif. denied, 196 N.J. 85 (2008). Regardless, here, defendant's confession to the police provided "limited benefit" to the State. Ibid. Defendant later recanted his confession and accused the police of threatening him. Based on defendant's short-lived cooperation with the police, the judge did not abuse his discretion by failing to apply mitigating factor (12).
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Saturday, November 19, 2016
WHY OH WHY DID I EVER LEAVE WYOMING (The Red State That Gave Us Trump) - JERRY COLONNA
Day is Done: HOLLY DUNN and "WHY, WYOMING"
"Doesn't believe in statistics. Believes an invisible god will save her," somebody wrote. "Lesbian?" another asked. Another commented: "Praying to an imaginary being while poison is being pumped through your veins. Sounds like a plan. Shell be dead in a year, right after the medical industry sucks every last possible cent out of her and her insurance company."
"DRIFT AWAY" songwriter MENTOR WILLIAMS passes away: Brother of Paul Williams
'Tis better to be known as a "one hit wonder," or "the brother of Paul Williams," than not be known at all.
Either or both were headlined when Mentor Williams died a few days ago, Nov 16th, at the age of 70 in Taos, New Mexico. Mentor also had a hand in writing "When We Make Love" a 1984 success for Alabama, and the Randy Travis and George Jones novelty "A Few Ole Country Boys" in 1990. He also was a capable guy around the studio, doing a lot of mixing and recording work for a variety of people including Kim Carnes and Paul Macca McCartney (or as they're known together, Caca)
Below you get Mentor's own take on his best-known song, which was of course, not successful. He wasn't a particularly distinctive singer, and his bland country rendition was not what the song needed. Not with lines about "free my soul" and "rock and roll."
John Henry Kurtz and John Kay were among the first to cover "Drift Away" in 1972, but it became a hit in 1973 for Dobie Gray. After that, just about anyone and everyone took a shot. Roy Orbison gave it the traditional country-rock treatment on his "Milestones" record, while The Doobie Brothers re-titled it "Give Me The Beat Boys."
It's been done by Ringo Starr, Bruce Springsteen, Uncle Kracker, the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Bob Seger, Michael Bolton, Bon Jovi, and most recently, Meryl Streep in her film "Ricki And the Flash."
You can definitely get lost in the rock and roll and country cool of "Drift Away." Sorry about the loss of Mentor Williams (who lost his lady love Lynn Anderson July 30, 2015).
Drift Away with Mentor Williams singin' his own song in 1974
Ill-ustrated Songs #36 Genya Ravan BIRD ON THE WIRE
Leonard Cohen is, of course, much too well known to be chronicled here on the Blog of Less Renown. He was an ill folkie, with an amusingly black sense of humor, but he was an international success. While not everyone is aware of "The Future," "Everybody Knows," "Tower of Song," or "Don't Leave Home With Your Hard-On," everybody sobs and nods to every horrible rhyme of "Hallelujah."
Singers seem hell bent on making sure to make it sound like the songwriter was from Brooklyn and not Montreal:
"You don't really care much for music, DO YA...her beauty and the moonlight over-THREW YA...I used to live alone before a KNEW YA...HAL A. LEWYA..."
Arguably his second-most-covered-song among the Shaunas and Saskias of the world, is either "Suzanne" or "Bird on the Wire." The latter was startlingly covered by the great Genya Ravan when she got her first (and last) chance with major label Columbia (also Cohen's label). It was released in 1970. I'm frankly surprised my vinyl is still in good shape on this, 'cause I played this track and several others, over and over on late-night radio.
Ravan (pronounced "Raven") sounded like a "black bird," and her version of "Bird" starts softly, with a beautiful gospel touch, before rising into a crescendo of emotion. I was proud to tell her that I thought she was the real deal, and that Janis Joplin was just a "high wind." Genya did not choose to agree or disagree. She was, to paraphrase Dylan being a "diplomat." She kept mum and stroked her siamese cat. No, really. She had it on her shoulder for a while.
If we can make something positive out of Cohen's passing, it came on a high note. What he intimated would be his last album, was deemed a brilliant "comeback" and received glowing reviews. Like Zevon, he was receiving renewed appreciation when the end came. Suffering from back pain and an increasingly frail body, Leonard died following a fall in his home, apparently not regaining consciousness or suffering any further pain from a futile trip to the hospital.
One thing people sometimes say when a person dies is, "Oh, if only I had a chance to say how much I loved the music." Well, that chance still applies to Genya Ravan, who I've always believed to be one of the greatest female vocalists of all time. Just listen to what she does with that BIRD ON THE WIRE.
Bird on the Wire - listen on line or download
No capcha codes, no pop up ads, no moronic egocentric Zinfart passwords.
AL CAIOLA, the TUFF GUITARIST
Al Caiola should be a better known name. The New Jersey guitar great (September 7, 1920-November 9, 2016) recorded about 35 albums for United Artists in the 60's. These "lounge" albums touched on all kinds of genres ("Tuff Guitar Tijuana Style," "Guitar for Lovers," "50 Fabulous Italian Favorites," etc.)
He was UA's ace when it came to covering any popular movie or TV theme. Record stores would welcome topical releases such as "The Magnificent Seven," "Hit Instrumentals from TV Western Themes" or "Sounds for Spies and Private Eyes." This was the age when people would wander in saying, "I was at the movies last night, and I loved the theme song...do you have a copy..." and the knowledgeable store owner would be able to offer singles or albums in every price range.
Al's Top 40 hits included covers of "Bonanza" and "The Magnificent Seven" in 1961.
Aside from sating the tastes of middle-aged people for mood music, or giving a kid such as I a twangy arrangement of a beloved TV theme, Caiola was a dependable session man. He was in the studio for just about everybody: Del Shannon on "Hats off To Larry," Simon and Garfunkel on "Mrs. Robinson," Johnny Mathis on "Chances Are," Al Martino on "Spanish Eyes," Julie London on "Lonely Girl," Ben E. King on "Stand By Me," Mitch Miller on "Yellow Rose of Texas," Johnnie Ray on "Just Walkin' in the Rain," Neil Sedaka on "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do," Dinah Washington on "What a Difference a Day Made," Frank Sinatra on "Bye Bye Baby," Buddy Holly on "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," Mahalia Jackson on "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands," Connie Francis on "Al-Di-La," Eddie Fisher on "Dungaree Doll," Dion on "Abraham Martin and John," Glen Campbell on "Galveston," Rosemary Clooney on "Come on a My House," Tony Bennett on "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," Frankie Avalon on "Venus" and Paul Anka on "My Way." Among others.
Al toured with quite a few famous artists, and probably had his longest relationship with Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, which I think was still going on when he was 90.
Often, Al's guitar twang was more than enough to sell a tune, whether it was a bouncy western number like "Bonanza" or a more eerie item, like the theme for "Experiment in Terror." On some of his mood albums, his guitar was featured but didn't overpower the rest of the orchestra. The tasteful charts were supplied by a veteran like Don Costa, and maybe the back-up band shaped by a pro like Tommy Mottola.
Below, one of my all-time favorites from Al, a great version of "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue." It's a good example of his guitar work highlighting but not dominating a brilliant chart.
On this arrangement gunshot percussion and a blast of brass let us know that we're in a bad part of town on a dangerous night; West Side Story without chorus boys or Sondheim. Al Caiola hauls out his twanger and seems to count the number of punches being thrown.
We're barely a minute into the tune when the neighborhood really starts to rumble; organ blasts to one side, gasping horns on the other. And then, soaring over it all like a police helicopter, one hell of a trumpet. Blow, Gabriel, because some devils are gonna be swoopin' the planet tonight.
Too often it's easy to overlook how calculated "charts" can be, and how perfectly they can produce some sonic sock. This is a textbook example on how to pull out all stops in tempo, juxtaposition of brass vs percussion, and the texture of hard bongo skin and twangy guitar, to produce an audio picture of mixed-neighborhood mayhem.
Next comes the warning wail of a trumpet again, a police siren howl. The organ weeps and shudders, but the relentless drums don't stop, and with 40 seconds left, Al Caiola picks up the body count with his guitar pick, till the squealer brass section calls the cops and there's a final stuttering step-away from the crime by the drums.
This was one helluva slaughter - Listen or Download
Wednesday, November 09, 2016
While the Musitron did get used in one serious rock single (Del Shannon's "Runaway,") the moog was best served in Top 40 via the hot buttered hit "Popcorn." That single would not have popped into the ears of a grateful public were it not for the team of Perrey and Kingsley and their pioneering "In Sound from Way Out" album.
For many, the best Moog and electronic stuff remains the novelty discs from the likes of Kingsley and Perrey. You'll like the samples below.
Curly Putman - and the GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME
Green Green Grass of Home
A Star's Gone Out: OH BABE...KAY STARR
Hang Down Your Head - Weird Tammy Grimes has Died
ILL-USTRATED SONGS #35 Donald Trump Is President - STAND NAKED CLOWN
"Even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked." Bob Dylan
The naked truth about Donald Trump is that he was able to thrive in a divided, fearful, hate-driven country.
He was bitching that it was a "rigged" election. Who were The Riggers? His supporters. White Riggers, mostly. Meth addicts. Toothless Kentucky and Florida rednecks. Borderline mental defectives with chain saws and guns. Frightened woman-haters. The KKK. Religious fanatics who think a raped woman should bear the child of her psycho-tormentor while THEY spill sperm in men's rooms pretending they aren't gay.
I could go on. If Donald Trump did STAND NAKED, he would reveal that he's a dick who played on the worst traits of inbred American farmers and farts.
It's human nature, really, if you're a white man of the Donald Trump variety. You're happy to import foreign whores to be mail-order brides. If one doesn't work out, get another. That they are dumb-ass bitches who can't speak English and have no brains doesn't matter. They let you grab pussy. Ivanka or Melania, or some bimbo named Marla, it's just pussy. Fuck it. Impregnate it. Raise a few inbred monsters who look like you.
If you're a white man who supports Donald Trump, you are suspicious of foreigners. "Xenophobia" used to be scorned as ridiculous, but some immigrants lately are so self-entitled, obnoxious and downright dangerous, it's no surprise that Trump rose to prominence by screaming, "We'll build a wall." If you pick up a fucking phone in America to dial any business, you're likely to get a recorded message in SPANISH, asking you if you'd like to listen in SPANISH. Who wouldn't be offended when one race refuses to speak English and expects YOU to get a headache listening to jibber-jabber?
Donald doubled-down on the "Xenophobia" quite easily, because another annoying bunch, the Muslims, have committed almost all the acts of terror in the world. ISIS. Boko Harum. Draw a cartoon and they'll kill you. Be gay and they'll kill you. Be a woman and your genitals get mutilated. Be an ordinary citizen doing good work in San Bernardino, for example, or watching a marathon race in Boston, and you're shot to death or bombed to pieces. No surprise that Trump received huuuuuuge support from pissed off white guys.
Add good Christian women who think abortion is terrible, but who don't adopt children themselves, and don't care about overpopulation at a time when fish and bees are disappearing and food is becoming contaminated, and rents are soaring and diseases proliferating. To low-rent cunts in Georgia or Tennessee, old-fashioned values involve breeding Christians, not watching packs of Hispanics scuttle around (even if Hispanics tend to be Christian).
When it comes to standing naked, Donald should explain to us why HE can be protected by air conditioning and limos, while WE suffer, and have to strip down as much as we can. Donald Trump does not believe in climate change. He thinks it's bullshit. That means he'll make sure to push for more filthy coal production and pipelines spilling oil all over the land. He's actually laughed that using aerosol sprays can't damage the ozone layer because they disappear in the room you're in.
If you ignore Bill Maher's "FBI coup" theory (that in the last weeks they made it seem Hillary was more crooked and corrupt than the average politician), the big reason Clinton lost was because of her moderate views on immigration. She said she'd welcome more Syrians, and she would NOT deport Mexicans, and that Muslims are lovely people.
She also happened to be an extremely literate, poised, and intelligent WOMAN...which makes toothless Florida rednecks and retarded Pennsylvania coal miners suspicious, and downright hateful.
Trump moaned that Chicago is being torn by violence, and the poor blacks in the inner cities are being killed. What do you suppose he'll do about THAT? Send in the National Guard and shoot anyone who riots, that's what. He'll look the other way as more and more Americans stock up on assault weapons and murder each other. After all, he thought his two mongrel sons were wonderful when they went to Africa and shot up the wildlife, and posed with a dead tiger and the tail of a murdered elephant. All over the Internet today, writers are predicting all the different ways Trump could make America and the world a living hell.
I only offer some random thoughts on this, the morning after. As Paul Simon sang it, "No I would not give you false hope on this strange and mournful day."
To be optimistic about it, we do know that the President usually gets nothing done. He is not a king. Whether it's Nixon, Reagan or the Bushes, certain laws, rules and customs survive. If only by the sheer incompetence of the government, even the best schemes don't reach fruition. So in incompetency there is hope.
It's possible Trump will not be able to dismantle Obamacare and make life worse for those with physical and mental miseries. It's possible he won't appoint dour religious fanatics to the Supreme Court and overturn the abortion laws. It's quite likely he'll approve lax marijuana laws because a country of pot-headed dipshits will be too stoned to care about the rest of his agenda. Liberals have pointed to a bunch of states legalizing marijuana as a sign "all wasn't lost" on election day.
So we wait. "Is he REALLY going to build the wall? Is he REALLY going to deport thousands of Mexicans? Is he REALLY going to keep Muslims out of the country? And how is he REALLY going to destroy ISIS without starting World War Three? And what compromises will be make with his buddy Putin?" Some are praying that Trump, who was once a Democrat, will slyly shed his cloak of conservative stodginess. Surely he's used birth control with his whores. He wouldn't want his creepy sons to be stuck with brats they didn't want. MAYBE he'll have an advisor or two who can talk sense to him. After all, his victory speech wasn't the preening, smirking ego-fest you'd expect. He actually had a sense of humor about how half the country didn't vote for him and didn't think he was right for the job.
America is fractured. It's been fractured but now you can see the break and the blood and the sores and the sinews exposed. Most every election has been close, with close to 50% of the country NOT voting for the man who became President. Dubya Bush slipped by twice. Obama squeaked by twice. Trump didn't really win by much. And so it will be a happy "White Christmas" mostly for conservative, fearful/hateful white people, the ones clinging to family values that they ignore. That includes the anti-gay men who get caught in men's rooms, and all those people who insist guns are for their protection only they end up getting offed by a friend or a relative or even a baby accidentally pulling the trigger on a weapon left nearby.
Stand Naked and admit that what motivates people is not what they like but what they hate.
Saturday, October 29, 2016
HURY BURY BABY - and now ZACHERLEY the cool ghoul
Zacherley ad-libbed gags, performed mini-skits, and made the weekly "Shock Theater" show a joy for the locals. He moved on to New York. Though still local on the East Coast he had enough of a following to interest a local record label. Though perhaps most of the sales were coming from his home base of Philadelphia, "Dinner with Drac" was a hit in 1958. New York's Warren Publishing put him on the cover of their struggling "Famous Monsters of Filmland" magazine in 1960. Soon the "Monster Craze" was in full bloom, and Zacherley paperbacks appeared, along with new Zacherley albums.
Aurora model kits let brats paint up replicas of Dracula and Frankenstein, and the toy store was loaded with monster cards and games. "The Addams Family" and "The Munsters" were part of the cash-in, and "Famous Monsters" magazine, its spin-off "Monster World," and "Castle of Frankenstein" had revered places on the magazine rack, sometimes even edging off Nugget, Sir, Rogue and Gent.
"Monster Mash" was a huge hit, and old-time horror actors like Karloff, Lorre and Price were in demand for new movies. Zacherley sometimes adopted a slightly Karloffian vocal for his novelty tunes (he did cover "Monster Mash" and was a bit of a Boris on "The Ghoul from Wolverton Mountain" among other parodies). Still, his make-up and his humor was uniquely his own, along with his somewhat Bostonian demeanor and that cheerful, barking laugh.
The mid and late 60's TV show did well, and Zach became a rock radio host. The fans that blew bubble gum while listening to "Dinner with Drac" were now blowing their minds, exploring drugs and FM-progressive rock. Zach was with them, first on WNEW and then WPLJ. When groups such as Boko Harum (or whatever they were called) and Foghat and the Alex Harvey Band were booked for ABC's "Wide World of Entertainment," the shows were simulcast in stereo on WPLJ, introduced by Zacherley.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Ill-ustrated Songs #34 Dracula's Three Daughters - Ray Ellington
It's Halloween time, and all over what's left of blogland, people are dutifully upping "Monster Mash" yet again, offering "The Addams Family" theme, or noting that Burt Backache wrote "The Blob," but it did not chart. Some unimaginative swine will be offering Albino Brother #2''s novelty instrumental "Frankenstein" or, har har, "Ghostbusters" (maybe with an oh-so-scholarly note about its similarity to a Huey Lewis tune).
As Oscar Brand's "The Hearse Song" isn't really intended as a Halloween item, and it IS obligatory to note holidays, your download is "Dracula's Three Daughters." It's from the neglected Ray Ellington, best known these days as the singer who provided a musical interlude during episodes of "The Goon Show." Ah, holidays. If not for them, boring people wouldn't have anything to blab about except sports and politics.
Nerds, I am fully aware that the photo above is actually of Dracula's brides, NOT his daughters. But don't they look nice? That's Ivana, Marla and Melania
Dracula's Three Daughters - listen online or download. No capcha codes, pop-ups or passwords
Grand Old OSCAR BRAND - The Hearse Song (the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out)
He knew and worked with Pete, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Jean Ritchie and all the legends, and hosted a remarkably long-running radio show in New York (originating on WNYC). While a traditionalist, he supported all the newer performers, and his radio guests included Phil Ochs and Judy Henske. Oscar appeared on the memorable TV broadcast of the "Tribute to Phil Ochs" in 1976, singing an updated version of "Love Me I'm a Liberal." (On the same bill, two of the Weavers, Fred Hellerman and Pete Seeger, took on Phil's other satiric classic, "Draft Dodger Rag.")
To digress, below you'll note a little mention of the IllFolks blog. Sometimes bloggers offer up a list of recommended sites, and one fellow very kindly added a link to THIS one, but with a slight caveat. Just look down a bit (passing quite a few of now-defunct blogs and websites) and note this site and a parenthetical word of caution:
ILL-USTRATED SONGS #33 Mel Torme swingin' the RED RUBBER BALL
No, it's not "Captain Spaulding," it's Mel Torme, no longer tormented by a stinker who is "not the only starfish in the sea."
If you want to know how the Rat Pack-types would do a jazz version of this folk-rock kiss-off, here it is. The mid-60's and late 60's were perilous times for lounge singers. Now "retro-cool," at the time they were becoming corny. They survived as best they could. After crooning "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" in his typical insincere way, Dean Martin starred on a long-running barely-rehearsed comedy-variety show.
Sinatra, going morbid ("It Was a Very Good Year") simmered sourly about retirement, and went into some odd phase by hooking up with boyish Mia Farrow. Sammy Davis Jr. got cornier ("Candy Man") but mostly stayed in Vegas. His version of "Mr. Bojangles" wowed the crowds there, but it was Jerry Jeff Walker and Bobby Cole who dueled each other on the Top 40 singles charts.
The rest of the lounge acts and Rat Pack wanna-be's simply had to hep it up as best they could. Andy Williams, Jack Jones, Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Kate Smith and even George Burns covered whatever rock songs MIGHT be middle-of-the-road enough for the old fans and tolerable for anyone else listening. And so they did "Mr. Bojangles" or "Bridge Over Troubled Water" or "Hey Jude" or "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" or those awful hybrids like "Up Up and Away."
Paul Simon's stuff was easily covered, but not so easily swung (Sinatra's "Mrs. Robinson" is elsewhere on this blog). Mel Torme did a good job on "Red Rubber Ball." He was known as "The Velvet Fog" (and not too thrilled with the those who falsely called him "The Velvet Fag" or more accurately as he got older and more bulge-eyed, "The Velvet Frog.") Here, his voice actually has a lot more clarity and less of the soft burr.
Paul, born and raised in Queens, New York, and a big baseball fan, no doubt spent his early teen years playing with a specific "red rubber ball." It was what New Yawkers called a "Spaldeen." With hard balls and softballs not suited to street play, and a tennis ball lacking pop, kids bought a "pinky" instead. No, it was never actually bright red, but kids thought of it that way anyway. If you wuz a New York kid, you'd woik up an appetite playin' stickball with yer "Spaldeen," and then if you didn't have to drop into the "Lie-berry" to get books for skoo-well, you'd go home and have a bowl of "Piss-ketti."
Oh the nostalgia of red rubber balls, blue balls, finger-snappin' lounge singers, melodic pop songs, and getting over a break-up with a bitch.
RED RUBBER BALL - listen on line or download, no Zinfart passwords, no porn ads, no capcha codes.
Woah, it's been about TEN years since Gina Gershon self-pressed her album?
Sunday, October 09, 2016
Things have not gone well for Paul Simon lately.
There was that odd "domestic violence" incident, where the diminutive singer-songwriter was accused of attacking his willowy wife, Edie Brickell. (Edie refused to press charges, and then went off to co-write a Broadway musical with Steve Martin).
Paul's newest album got the same reviews as always: "Not as good as the last one." A charity appearance (was it at the tribute to Joan Baez or at the convention nominating Hillary Clinton?) had critics moaning that his singing was off.
He then declared that he was most likely retiring from the road, because at 74, he simply was sick and tired of it.
And now? A new bio threatens to close the book on him.
How's THIS for a headline?
At least this news seems a little more important than Matt Damon grumbling about Trump, or some media whore posing in her bra.
I have not read the book.
I will not DIGNIFY it by buying it.
I will, however, download it when it becomes available on a torrent.
Not that I expect much. This guy Carlin is a hack, and a shitty writer. From the "juicy" quotes the newspapers have printed so far, this guy seems like even more of a presumptuous prat than Paul could ever be. How about this:
"On a darker day Paul would examine his friend from afar and feel a pulse of bile. Why had Artie gotten to be so blessed, with his height, his voice, his hair? And why did Paul have to be so dependent on him?"
Or this:
"For fuck sake! He'd known Artie since they were eleven: Artie with braces, Artie with zits, Artie with a Yarmulke on his head surrounded by all the bearded Jews hoisting the Torah around the synagogue in Queens."
Yeah? Where was Carlin? Not even born yet? It's a bit too easy to come up with this kind of psycho-babble, and to accentuate the rivalry that did and still does exist between the two. It's also easy to cut and paste from the many articles that have touched on Paul not giving credit where it's due.
The stories about Simon being sulky or nasty or arrogantly grabbing somebody else's work are not new.
Rolling Stone ran a piece several years ago about how Paul ripped off Los Lobos, and pretty much said "Sue me," to the bewildered band members. Then there's the question of the mysterious "Red Rubber Ball" which was a Bruce Woodley co-write. Or did Bruce write the whole thing, and "Cloudy," too?
There's no question that Paul IS a genius and DID write most of his own stuff. But just as Dylan has been plagued with a few plagiarism rumors, Paul's been under the microscope from time to time. There's also the question of just how "fair" it is to do what so many performers do...have someone come in and do "editorial" work for a straight cash fee, add some lyrics or chord changes, and NOT get a co-write credit.
I've heard rumors, but I'll leave it at that.
The book no doubt also will offer a few stories that will indicate Paul is a prick. Would this come as any surprise? It's the "ordinary temperament of genius," as Mr. Poe once phrased it. It's possible to be warm, have a sense of humor, be very sensitive...and also be a perfectionist, selfish, and sometimes loutish.
Below? Well, below is an example of the songwriter at work, and proof that Paul has done what all great songwriters have done...re-written something to make it better. Bob Dylan was and is notorious for re-writing lyrics even as he records them, and once famously scrapped an album at the last minute ("Blood on the Tracks") to re-do most of it with a new band and in some cases, revised lyrics.
This Simon "first audio draft" has the famous "Zoo" melody, but the lyrics are different.
Just as Paul McCartney mumbled "Scrambled Eggs" before he arrived at "Yesterday," Paul Simon had some similar breakfast problems, before taking his words to the zoo instead:
"Something tells me things have changed since I've been gone.
My bowl of Rice Krispies ain't what it used to be!"
His lady friend isn't what she used to be, either:
"Your eyes are filled with icicles, your touch is bitter cold.
And I know I have been on the road too long..."
Hear what happens when you're so alienated, your bowl of Rice Krispies gives you the silent treatment.
A Vita Shit of Pail
Chances are, the reason is that the man in charge is a nasty egomaniacal has-been old goat, who can't come up with new songs, can't get along with anyone, and alienates everyone except for maybe a toady running his website for free.
The last time I checked, one particular old favorite group has really run aground. They've had hard times. It's so bad, I don't even want to mention their name. For ten years, they've averaged maybe five gigs a year, with only ONE original member who pays himself while the others...er...they pretty much work for nothing but the "prestige" of being able to say they're in a (once famous) band.
The lead singer has fallen face-first in a drunken stupor, been accused (I think wrongly) of leading Nigerian sociopaths into killing Christians, and ultimately has had delusions that he's actually Adolf Hitler. This has not helped in getting gigs. He has gone so totally mad that he sings with a German accent; his once famed braying-bugle voice now sounding like a mad Nazi duck on drugs.
But don't take MY word for it. I took a bus to a train to a zeppelin to Norway to secretly record him at the sound check to a show that was canceled. Yes, as soon as the booker (that's spelled BOOKER) heard how badly the hit song was being sung, he shouted "Raus!" Once you hear how this once-great singer now performs, you'll agree: this lead singer is all wet, and his cover band has run afloat.Un Vita Shit O Pail
Deja Vu: HAVE YOU SEEN ELAINE?
Yes, "not with a bang but with a whimper."
Torrents, forums and blogs come and go. People rarely miss them for long, if at all.
One once-popular forum passed its expiration date years ago, but collapsed just recently. Most of its key members left in disgust, rather than witness the final demise. It seems the forum had almost no posts month after month, and seemed to imitate a fumigated roach, lying on its back with its legs feebly kicking, hardly able to give a buzz. No, nobody wanted to know about the fifth re-up of Levitt & McClure, read some old fogey post about how Spotify and piracy are GOOD for the music biz, or try and decipher some nutjob posting more 1970's Yugoslavian rock albums.
Back in the day, there are some good members. Yes, there are fake names I'll remember, all my life, though some have changed. A few are most definitely around, and easy to find. And a few, who the fuck cares. One or two lead to the idle thought of "whatever became of..." and you almost would like to know.
Have you seen Elaine?
A better question is have you seen The Curries? They wrote and sang 'Elaine,' and their album was no doubt given away on the forum at some point or other. Cherie does seem to turn up at memorabilia shows now and then, signing album covers and photos for $20, and posing for some grinning fatso or beret-wearing geek, as long as they fork over another $20.
Oh yes, the most famous woman ever to be called "Elaine" is most definitely around: Julia Louis Dreyfus. She's had several shows since "Seinfeld," which goes to show that if someone or something really IS good, it endures.
HURRICANE MATTHEW gets Revenge
The cringing memes all over the Internet said: "Pray for Everyone in the Path of Hurricane Matthew."
It seems that any time there's a natural disaster, people turn into religious fanatics, as primitive as the assholes of ISIS.
Pray? To GOD? But don't you believe GOD created the world in 6 days, and caused rain for 40 days and 40 nights, and makes the hurricanes as well as the little green apples? Why not shut the fuck up and trust that GOD knows what he's doing? MAYBE he thinks there are too many people in Haiti and in the Deep South.
If people believe in praying to GOD, maybe the believe in other forms of mystical mumbling, from karma to chants, threats and curses.
Below? "I'll Be There!"
It suggests that revenge is sweet AND inevitable. Like, if you cheat somebody out of their royalties, it MIGHT bite you on the ass, even if it takes 40 years.
Do curses work? Do prayers work? Does this download work? Well, that's at least one out of three, for sure.
I'LL BE THERE Hurricane Matthew "
Monday, September 19, 2016
Fred Hellerman, the LAST OF THE WEAVERS
For a variety of artists, including Bob and Phil, and most certainly the Kingston Trio and Peter Paul and Mary, The Weavers were the first and the best; they taught by example. For many generations, the first music they heard was either church hymns or folk music.
The Weavers updated "To Tell Aunt Rhody" and "My Darling Clementine," and added a vast repertoire in concert.
One of the first albums to influence me was "The Weavers on Tour," which had a wonderful segment of comic folk songs.
The Weavers were Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman. I was able to pay my respects to Pete and Fred. With Pete, I could mention that not only was I delighted with his own comical "Talking Blues" on that Weavers record, but how he supported and validated the young stars who came after him, including Phil Ochs.
With Fred, I mentioned how much I loved "The Frozen Logger" on that record. Pete Seeger set up the story, with Hellerman as the love-lorn waitress. Why not Ronnie Gilbert? It was funnier from Fred.
Fred Hellerman (May 13, 1927 – September 1, 2016) was more than a fourth of The Weavers. He had an active solo performing career, and he was even a producer ("Alice's Restaurant" for Arlo Guthrie). Like Seeger, he was very active in his old age, and was often on hand at gatherings of folk greats. If you check for photos on Fred, you'll see him hanging around with a guitar in hand, with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, among many others.
One of the least appreciated aspects about folk music is its humor. Maybe that's because it's actually pretty hard to create a really good comic song. "The Frozen Logger" is just such a tall tale, relying as it does on humorous imagery. Here's a guy so tough that he gets rid of his whiskers by driving them in with a hammer, and biting them off inside.
Like the stories by everyone from Jack London to Mark Twain, the fun is in the imagination, and in this little song, there's a sweet, ludicrous element of wistfulness in love lost and perhaps found again some day.
It's a bit sad that the window from childhood to adulthood is so narrow now. The time for enjoying a melodic little song is shorter. Too soon reality interferes, and very quickly "hipness" and "coolness" are all that's important. The rag doll is kicked under the bed and stays there, along with the crayons and the drawing paper. It's more important to fiddle with a computer and a cellphone. A teddy bear is nothing compared to a sleek piece of plastic that can help you get free porn, free noise and a chance to collect non-existent Pokemon blips.
A documentary on The Weavers was called "Wasn't That a Time." Wasn't it? The Weavers. Peter Paul and Mary. The Beatles. There was a time when discovering music was a joyous thing. Your favorite performer didn't strut around on stage sticking her tongue out and waving a dildo.
There was some humanity in stories about life on "Penny Lane," about Puff the Magic Dragon, and about a waitress recalling her lover: "There's none like him today." No. And not like Fred Hellerman, either.
FRED HELLERMAN The Frozen Logger
Friday, September 09, 2016
BOOM BOOM MANCINI'S FIGHTING BOBBY CHACON! (Warren Zevon)
On September 7, 2003, Warren Zevon died. For those who remember his song about breathing polyvinyl chloride in a factory, it was not a surprise that his death was caused by mesothelioma. "Some get the awful-awful diseases…" he sang in another song, pre-diagnosis.
On September 7, 2016, Bobby Chacon died from a fall while in hospice care. For over a decade, his awful-awful disease was dementia, the result of all the incredibly violent battles he fought against the likes of Ruben Olivera and Bazooka Limon, Alexis Arguello, Cornelius Boza Edwards, Art Frias and…immortalized in a Zevon song, Boom Boom Mancini.
Back then most boxing matches were free on ABC's afternoon series "Wide World of Sports." So, yeah, "hurry home early, hurry on home: Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon." I was probably already home, since it was a Saturday and I had no job. Years later, Ray signed my copy of the Zevon CD.
Out of the ring, Chacon was well known for spending his money fast, and indulging himself in every way possible. It seemed his lifestyle might change once he got married. His wife not only wanted a stable home life, she begged him to quit boxing before he got seriously hurt. He refused. She shot and killed herself. This would not be the only gun tragedy in Bobby's life. About a decade later, his son was murdered. A decade later, and he was slowly becoming brain-dead from the effects of all his fights.
A famous song by a certain Paul McCartney asks, "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64." The answer in Chacon's chase was not really, and without much enthusiasm. At 64, he was just another hospice patient, with some of the nurses probably not caring much of he lived or…fell down and died. Which is what happened to him. How do you fall down and die? Probably nobody even asked that question, figuring the main thing was that Bobby was out of his misery and everyone else's.
Bobby Chacon (November 28, 1951 – September 7, 2016) was a macho guy, one of the great fighters of his day. Below, a live performance from Zevon, who, as the title suggests, was chronicling another great, tough competitor, Ray Mancini. One of the reasons people still think so highly of Ray, is that he faced off against dangerous Bobby Chacon.
WARREN ZEVON in Paris, February 5, 1988
HUGH O'BRIAN SINGS about BUSHWACKER COUNTRY
One of the last of the classic TV western heroes, Hugh O'Brian is best remembered as the clean-shaven version of Wyatt Earp, "brave, courageous and bold."
Born in New York (Hugh Charles Krampe; April 19, 1925 – September 5, 2016) the rugged star enlisted in the Marines in 1943, and after service, enrolled at Yale with the intention of becoming a lawyer. Somehow he ended up dating an actress in Santa Barbara, with a day job as a clothing salesman.
His girlfriend was appearing in a play called "Home and Beauty." When an actor dropped out, the play's director, Ida Lupino asked him to give the part a try. He got some good reviews and soon after signed a contract at Universal. Four years later, 1955, he landed the Wyatt Earp assignment.
There were plenty of actors impersonating famous names from the West, including Guy Madison (Wild Bill Hickok), Gene Barry (Bat Masterson), Barry Sullivan (Pat Garrett), Leslie Nielsen ("The Swamp Fox"), and Fess Parker (Davy Crockett). Almost nobody resembled the original, and half the time there was some historian or other to cast doubt on how heroic the original actually was.
There was plenty of competition from actors playing fictional characters, including James Arness (Matt Dillon), John Russell (Dan Troop), Steve McQueen (Josh Randall), Richard Boone (Paladin), James Garner (Maverick), Jack Kelly (another Maverick), Clint Walker (Cheyenne Bodie) as well as Nick Adams, Tom Tryon, Dale Robertson, Clayton Moore, Wlil Hutchins and many more.
Some of the shows hold up, some don't. Most of the better ones were "adult westerns," which had some complexity to the lead character, and plots that didn't always revolve around a gunfight ending. Unfortunately, "The Adventures of Wyatt Earp" was a bit more oriented toward younger viewers, and is distractingly handicapped by a weird soundtrack; instead of music, there's the Ken Darby singers, offering "ooh and ahhh" a cappella mewlings. Very strange.
And…yeah, when it came time for the almost obligatory "the hero SINGS" album, it was Ken Darby and his annoying singers who were enlisted. Unlike many albums that relied on traditional folk songs (Pernell Roberts comes to mind), O'Brian's album featured originals hastily penned by Ken Darby, and heavily relying on his chorus to help mask any problems with O'Brian's vocals. How much of the lead singing is even Hugh O'Brian as opposed to some guy who sounded a bit like him, I have no idea.
Your sample from the 1957 album is "The Bushwacker Country," a pretty offbeat ballad about Earp and his dealings with The Ben Tompson Gang. It offers some eerie minor key moanings. And hey, the title has both BUSH and CUNT in it.
O'Brian went on to many other assignments in movies and on TV, and trivia fans happily note that when Raymond Burr missed a "Perry Mason" show in 1963, Hugh came in to take his place as one of Perry's attorney friends. He was often on game shows, and was quite a literate presence on "Password." O'Brian's other TV series was the short-run "Search" in 1972. Once in a while he gave a nostalgic reprise to Wyatt Earp, notably "The Gambler Returns" (1991) and "Return to Tombstone" (1994). O'Brian became something of an authority on Earp, who married a Jewish woman (very daring at the time) and is buried in a Jewish cemetery, "on the other side of the hills from the San Francisco airport. That's where Wyatt is buried with Josie."
Fans of Hugh have their own favorite films, including a remake of "Ten Little Indians," the romantic comedy "Come Fly With Me,' "Love Has Many Faces," "In Harm's Way," and "Murder On Flight 502," which had a neat plot twist for his character. He turned up in all sorts of things, playing Arnold Swartzennegars' father in the movie "Twins" and along with Buddy Hackett, became a comedy team when Abbott & Costello were not available for an item scripted for them, "Fireman Save My Child." I was glad to mention some of my favorites to him (no, not at some memorabilia event with a bunch of grimacing Huelbigs standing on line to pay him) and chose a non-Earp photo for him to sign...a picture of Hugh with his (not-Monty) python in "Africa, Texas Style." He was much more than Wyatt Earp. He married rather late in life, and in his 80's was quite different in appearance from his TV hero days; a guy with long hair, problems walking, and difficulty hearing.
At 90, he wrote his autobiography and titled it: "Hugh O'Brien, Or What's Left Of Him." As most self-published or desperate authors do, he booked himself on Connie Martinson's pay-to-be-interviewed book review TV series.
O'Brian always knew there were ways of changing the world beyond being an actor. Back in 1958, he was meeting with Albert Schweitzer and looking for ways to use his fame in the most positive ways possible. O'Brian founded the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation. While millions have been entertained by O'Brian's acting work, there are about a half-million whose lives have been changed thanks to their high school years that were enhanced by the Foundation.
A bit of philosophy from Hugh O'Brian:
"I do NOT believe we are all born equal. Created equal in the eyes of God, yes, but physical and emotional differences, parental guidelines, varying environments, being in the right place at the right time, all play a role in enhancing or limiting an individual's development. But I DO believe every man and woman, if given the opportunity and encouragement to recognize their potential, regardless of background, has the freedom to choose in our world. Will an individual be a taker or a giver in life? Will that person be satisfied merely to exist or seek a meaningful purpose? Will he or she dare to dream the impossible dream? I believe every person is created as the steward of his or her own destiny with great power for a specific purpose, to share with others, through service, a reverence for life in a spirit of love.
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Back in September of 1965, just about any cash-in on The Beatles was bound to get some airplay. There are plenty of bootleg CDs just loaded with songs about The Beatles, songs by groups trying to sound like The Beatles, as well as novelty cover versions of Beatles tunes.
One that has been overlooked, is The Leasebreaker's version of "Help," produced for United Artists by Gerry Granahan. No, that's not the surviving Leasebreakers in the photo. It's Gerry and two other survivors of the golden age of transistor radio-driven pop songs.
Born in Pittston, Pennsylvania (April 20, 1932), he worked both as a disc jockey and as a singer in local Poconos and Catskills resorts. A labelmate of Bobby Darin's at Atco circa 1957, he struggled for a few years, under his own name, as well as aliases Jerry Grant and Nick Rome. He then became Dicky Doo and with his group, The Don'ts, and scored with the single "Click-Clack," inspired by his pal Bo Diddley.
This was followed by the peculiar "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" (which was covered by Jonathan Winters!) and, once again using his own name, "No Chemise Please." He juggled concert dates as both Gerry Granahan and Dicky Doo & The Don'ts. He also produced singles for The Fireflies. At 28, he formed his own label, Caprice Records, and allied himself with other new talents, including Sonny Bono and Mac Davis. He discovered Janie Grant, and her song "Triangle" became his label's first Top 40 hit. His next discovery was James Ray, who had a hit with "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody." Ray's album included a song called "I've Got My Mind Set On You," which became a hit album track for George Harrison some 26 years later.
Though Caprice Records folded in the mid-60's, Granahan had no trouble finding a new home. It was at United Artists. Granahan produced hits for Jay and the Americans there, and guided the singing career of TV sitcom star Patty Duke. He also produced the comedy albums of Pat Cooper, and a single called "Wild Thing," for a group called The Wild Ones. Yeah, it became a hit for The Troggs. The label owned the soundtrack to The Beatles's "A Hard Days Night" film, and eventually Gerry got around to covering The Beatles by producing the Leasebreakers' novelty version of "Help."
This instrumental version of "Help," seems to owe its inspiration more to Herb Alpert (who first charted with the Tijuana Brass in 1962) than to the early, noisy, "How to Break a Lease" novelty albums from the late 50's. It's basically a fairly credible attempt to kick some brass into the Fab Four, more than be Spike Jones about it.
It might be a minor footnote in Gerry's career (which of course continued well past the 60's) but this site likes to bring obscurities to life. This blog always tries to…HELP!
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Value Congruence/Generations
Value Congruence Between Baby Boomers And Millennials
Definitions and Explanations in Research
There is some minor disagreement over the definitions of Baby Boomer and Millennial generations in the academic research. For instance, Murphy, Gibson & Greenwood (2010) in their research define Baby Boomers as those born between the years 1946 and 1964 and Millennials as those 76 million people born between 1980 to the present, while Rawlins, Indvik and Johnson (2008) define Millennials as those 81 million people born from 1982 to the present. In addition, Andert (2011) defines Millennials as those people born during 1980 and 2000.
Apart from this disagreement, the academic research describes the two generations in similar terms. The various researchers use different terms to describe similar characteristics. For instance, Loroz (2006) explains the behavior of Millennials as motivated by materialism while Murphy, Gibson & Greenwood (2010) explain their behavior as motivated by the desire for a comfortable life. Twenge (2010) also explains that Generation Y people place a higher value on leisure than the Baby Boomer and Generation X generations. Other research describes Generation Y in terms of capabilities. For example, Hershatter & Epstein (2010) describe Generation Y in terms of a high level of digital immersion, the ability to create a great volume of content, multitask effectively and to think in non-linear ways.
The Baby Boomer generation is also described in similar ways in the various studies. Murphy, Gibson & Greenwood (2010) describe the Baby Boomers as having a high need for family security, inner harmony and health. In addition, Loroz (2006) describes them as having lower levels of materialism and higher levels of religiosity compared with Generation Y Egri and Ralston (2004) describe Baby Boomers as having a high level of self-transcendence but not significantly higher than other generations such as Generation X
Analysis of Key Arguments in Research
There is no major difference between the arguments put forward by different authors. Almost all the authors suggest that Baby Boomers and Millennials share s number of values in common with one another than they do with other generation cohorts such as the Silent Generation and Generation X, although some difference in values does exist between the two generations. The authors suggest that Generation Y employees require different strategies to keep them motivated and productive. Hershatter & Epstein (2010) suggest that Generation Y employees require much explicit instruction and higher levels of structure to be productive. They feel intimidated by uncertainty as they have been used to organizations making great effort at accommodating them.
Rawlins, Indvik and Johnson (2008) also report that 17% of Generation Y university students report a preference for goal orientation while 16% valued creativity and innovation. Murphy, Gibson & Greenwood (2010) also state that the desire for freedom depends on the individual's level in the organizational hierarchy and not on the generational cohort. A study by Andert (2011) reveals that in contrast to Baby Boomers in the workplace who prefer ambition in their leader, Millennials most prefer a leader who is caring. Andert (2011) argues that this is due to the 'rise of the child' phenomenon that put these Millennials at the center of the life of the community as children. Andert's study (2011) also argues that both Baby Boomers and Millennials can be motivated by the use of alternating leadership at the workplace.
Twenge (2010) argues that Millennial employees are difficult to motivate compared to other generations. They place a high value on leisure and also value extrinsic factors such as salary more highly than intrinsic factors. Rawlins, Indvik and Johnson (2008) also report that 30% of the respondents in their study were unwilling to work more than 40 hours a week, while only 21% were willing to work more than 50 hours a week.
Analysis of Common Themes in Research
The common themes in the academic research on Baby Boomers and Millennials focus on workplace issues. Because of the difference in values and general outlook, different strategies are required by managers to motivate and manage employees belonging to these two generations. Murphy, Gibson & Greenwood (2010) discuss the differences in management styles that can be attributed to generational differences. They also discuss how generational differences among non-management employees pose a great challenge to managing a diverse workforce in the twenty-first century. Andert (2011) recommends alternating leadership as a means of creating synergies through different generations in the workplace. Both Baby Boomers and Millennials value equality, freedom and democratic practices in the workplace. However, Millennials may not be motivated to put in a great effort if doing so disturbs their work-life balance. This point is the theme of Twenge's (2010) study where she discusses the importance of leisure and work-life balance to Millennial employees. Loroz (2006) also discusses the value of materialism among Millennial as consumers but also states that they are not motivated by image alone but also value functional aspects of the products they purchase.
Rawlins, Indvik and Johnson (2008) discuss the issues employers need to keep in mind when attracting Millennials as prospective employees. Their needs for security, work-life balance and high extrinsic rewards are highlighted in their study. Hershatter & Epstein (2010) also discuss how the Millennials' dependence and ease with technology makes them both efficient at gathering information and unable to validate its usefulness. Egri and Ralston (2004) shed some light on the Baby Boomer generation by describing their high value for conservation, order and stability compared with Generation X employees. This likely explains the claim in some of the studies that Baby Boomers and Generation Y workers may get along better with each other than with generation X employees.
Key Findings from Literature Review
The key findings from the literature review are that as the Millenial generation enters the workforce, managers need to employ a different set of techniques and strategies for motivating, developing and retaining them for the long-term. The research suggests that Generation Y employees exhibit similar levels of job satisfaction as employees from earlier generations (Twenge, 2010). However, they do require higher levels of stimulation to maintain interest. This explains why they place a high value on leisure and work-life balance compared with their predecessors in the workplace. They also value explicit instruction and a prescribed structure and path for attaining their goals. Therefore, managers find that they spend a lot of time orienting new employees and may find it frustrating to answer their queries (Hershatter & Epstein, 2010).
The research shows ample scope for building synergies between Baby Boomers and Millennials at the workplace. Although there is a difference in the desired leadership styles between them, organizations can build synergies by institutionalizing alternating leadership by tapping in to the value for freedom and democratic values among Baby Boomers and Millennials. Another important finding emerges from the research of Murphy, Gibson & Greenwood (2010) where it appears that the managerial as well as non-managerial working styles differ across generations because of a difference in value preferences. Employees from the Millennial generation can be provided with options like flexible work timings, telecommuting, growth and learning opportunities, generous pay and benefits packages to maintain their job satisfaction levels. It emerges that Millennials do not cost more as employees but need a different set of incentives and management styles to ensure performance.
Application to Real-Life Workplace Environment
A real-life experience where I can apply the findings from the research is one with one of my co-workers who belongs to the Baby Boomer generation. Both of us work together at the same department and I was assigned to his supervision during my first few weeks at work. He had a pleasant and friendly personality and this greatly helped to put me at ease in a new environment. A few of my other friends who had joined along with me but had been assigned to younger supervisors belonging to the Generation X took some time in finding a level of comfort with their supervisors. I found I was able to ask questions freely to my supervisor because he was keen to share his experiences with me. Both of us placed a high value on generosity and love because he always took out the time to explain things to me. This experience is in line with the research finding that Millennials and Baby Boomers share most values in common as compared with people from Generation X who tend to be more cynical of people and organizations.
My experience also validates the finding that Millennials represent the 'rise of the child' and are used to frequent attention and concern for their needs. I also experienced that I had a high need for reassurance and needed to learn about the way things work in the organization. My supervisor was supportive of my interest but at times he noted that I was trying to learn too much at one time, which would prevent me from being very productive. I felt that he could not appreciate my enthusiasm but I also respected his opinion. Contrary to the opinions…[continue]
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