Editorials: Quick Draw McGraws/Pop Freaks
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
EDITORIALS by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Quick Draw McGraws Taxpayers of New York, rejoice! The law enforcement agencies of your great state, in league with educators, gamblers, and a couple...
...Nixon" FEBRUARY 1971 16 The American Spectator • February 1996...
...And if any actor tells you it's tough tell `ern they're full of beans...
...He died on Christmas day at 78 after years of grieving for a son who died in an airplane crash...
...Yet she is vexed that when police arrived at the alleged gambler's home, sledgehammer in hand, they found him with gambling slips...
...It has made it difficult for Americans to think honestly and to some purpose about themselves and their problems...
...The common pop freak dies in early middle age after years in and out of rehab and looking like a very old man...
...Dipper Mouth Blues...
...That is because they aspired to be adults...
...But this old dispensation has had new consequences...
...It promises revenue from state-regulated casinos...
...Martin affected nonchalant amusement...
...Martin often appeared on stage soigne in black tie joking nonchalantly about booze and amour...
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...Blue Turning Grey Over You...
...Exciting sounds of a host of early jazz greats...
...Born in Steubenville, Ohio, to an Italian immigrant family, his good-humored relish for life —a cigarette in hand, a song in the air, a passing lady distracting his gaze—proves that the genial breezes of the Mediterranean can endure even in chill Steubenville...
...and I Hear a Rhapsody...
...Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue...
...Not surprisingly they feign great seriousness...
...Almost all are for world peace and against materialism...
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...Miles Davis, Trumpet...
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...The slips of paper contained forty bets totaling $10,000...
...He also had $8,000 in cash...
...The Opener...
...Well, what is wrong with sports enthusiasts putting down money in private transactions over football games...
...And it ought not to be surprised when gambling spreads to fourth-grade Pop Freaks Late December's obituaries scanning Dean Martin's four decades as a singer, actor, and member of a celebrated Hollywood set, the Rat Pack, put me to musing on what the obituaries will be like for today's pop figures when they die of the customary drug overdose or other horrible culmination...
...His talent extended to crooning the worldly songs of a cool bon vivant with a decidedly Italian sensibility...
...He always remained aware and in control of what he was up to...
...the best small combo in modern jazz...
...Be Fair With Me Baby...
...In a curious, persistent way our problem as a nation arises from a surplus of moral energy...
...Detour Ahead...
...To the Los Angeles Times he once said, "I call it a wonderful job, working in pictures...
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...Drawn from three sources of the Lady during the magic '40s and '50s...
...What the state's gambling officials do not point out is that, for many, gambling is an addiction like drugs or alcohol...
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...Riverside Blues...
...Rocky Mountain Blues...
...Few peoples have displayed so intense a determination to define the most mundane affairs in terms of the most exalted principles, to see in any difficulty an ethical failing, to deem any success a form of temptation, and as if to ensure the perpetuation of the impulse, to take a painful pleasure in it all...
...Chimes Blues...
...But the state ought not to champion gambling any more than it champions alcohol...
...For sheer excitement on the up tempos, the Davis five was unsurpassed...
...However, coming out of World War II, they could entertain both their fellow youths and adults...
...Froggie Moore...
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...Today's pop freaks are the second generation of the 1960's rock singer, my generation...
...There is the Michael Jackson type, appealing to teenage girls of either sex who like glitz...
...An exceptional recording of an unforgettable voice...
...To many they were the group...
...They never aspired to be adults, not in the 1960's and not today...
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...Furthermore, gamblers of the Genovese variety might be tempted to approach athletes with a get-rich quick scheme involving missing a few blocks or fumbling a few balls or otherwise adversely affecting a game's outcome...
...The governor and other state luminaries lure the citizenry to gamble every day...
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...Now you know there are some tennis fans whose interest in the game would only be heightened if they could put a little wager on Pete Sampras's performance on a given day, say $1,000, perhaps more...
...Date / STATE ZIP VISA ^ AMEX enjoy booze in moderation...
...Albert Heath, Art Taylor, Drums...
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...What was once primarily a disdain for government has developed into genuine distrust...
...Red Garland, Piano...
...I suppose the concern of the state here is Adapted from RET's weekly Washington Times column syndicated by Creators Syndicate...
...As I say, this story is abundant with the nonsense of our age...
...None has a pleasant word for anyone, and most are as ravaged by ambition and visions of fame as any CEO in the Fortune 500...
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...Few people holler when large numbers of New Yorkers put their money down on one of the state lottery's gaming ventures...
...Billie's Blues...
...The freak is ugly, dirty, depressed, and a veritable test tube full of proscribed substances...
...Snake Rag...
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...Albert Heath, Art Taylor, Drums...
...The law enforcement agencies of your great state, in league with educators, gamblers, and a couple of shrinks, are once again providing you with plenty of entertainment value for every nickel you cough up to live in the Empire State...
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...And the television was tuned to a football game...
...Yet they all lecture adult America...
...Coltrane's increasingly melodic adventurousness is apparent here in: Like Someone in Love...
...That is why we allow Las Vegas and the neighborhood pub...
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...It is therarest pop freak who lacks a record of drug arrests...
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...New York's Westchester County District Attorney is certainly not anti-family...
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...C Jam Blues...
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...Don't Get Around Much Anymore...
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...What a Little Moonlight Can Do...
...To the contrary, it is as if the disquiet and distrust in the nation as a whole has been eased by being focused on the government in Washington...
...Them There Eyes...
...Blues by Five...
...Included are: Blue Moon...
...When today's pop freaks assume roomteachers...
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...I Cover the Waterfront...
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...But how can the adroit members of this "crisis intervention" team come down even that hard on a man who merely gambled...
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...Donald Byrd, Trumpet...
...There are the "rappers," who might not be around by the time this column goes to press, so let us pay them no mind...
...Several months ago, after the state unveiled "Quick Draw," it began placing the game in more than 2,000 bars, bowling alleys, delis, and restaurants...
...A truly sensational collector's album...
...I'm Going Away to Wear You Off My Mind...
...Martin was divorced three times...
...Mabel's Dream...
...Weather Bird Rag...
...Earl May, Paul Chambers, Bass...
...Included here are: Just Gone...
...Moralism has driven out thought...
...Our fourthgrade Socrates allegedly had links to both...
...Kinda Dukish & Rockin' in Rhythm...
...Their night life of champagne and night clubs is adult—perhaps not completely wholesome, but adult...
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...Martin defied the country's Puritans and hypochondriacs by adopting the lifestyle of a Hollywood playboy, though it was obviously pretty much an act...
...It has ruined families, imperiled and destroyed children, bankrupted thousands, and opened vast opportunities for people like the Genoveses...
...If the government wants to spend money, let it tax the citizenry in a straight-forward way...
...Their songs were, and remain, not Martin's songs of worldly divertissement but songs of childish angst and mawkish love...
...But there is something more at work than the mere perversity of things...
...He is full of grief, though usually only for himself and for some cosmic concern, say "The Fate of The Earth" or "Earthlings' Refusal to Establish Communications with Extraterrestrials...
...New York state lottery officials purr that they raise over a billion dollars a year for education from such officially sanctioned gambling...
...MILES DAVIS COOKIN' WITH THE QUINTET...
...He was talented enough to show promise as a serious actor in The Young Lions, and went on to play scores of less ambitious roles in movies that were usually amusing and often quite charming...
...Perdido...
...Harlem...
...The obituaries for Martin described a suave, easy-going, understated entertainer...
...A glance into their lives is a glance into squalor...
...On stage the drink in his hand was often fruit juice, lusts implied were staged...
...There is the rock-band desperado, appealing to teenage boys of either sex and any age who like impudence and violence, at least until they are arrested...
...Gambling is a breeding swamp for crime...
...JOHN COLTRANE LUSH LIFE...
...Many can boast convictions for domestic violence, morals charges, and various rampages...
...Canal Street Blues...
...These recently discovered recordings derive from two London Performances in 1963 and 1964...
...Daniel Patrick Moynihan, "Reflections on Mr...
...Southern Stomp...
...All of Me...
...Krooked Blues...
...LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND KING OLIVER...
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...I can find no record of Dean Martin lecturing anyone...
...Sure, some can enjoy it in moderation just as many 14 February 1996 • The American Spectator JAll HERITAGE INVITES YOU TO ACCEPT Giants OF Jazz THE 5-RECORDING COLLECTOR'S SET SWIOL OY0 OFNory $5 95 VALUE PLUS SHIPPING & HANDLING AND YOU NEED BUY NOTHING MORE-EVER...
...Mood Indigo...
...Actually my guess is that the Genoveses are delighted that the state advertises its lottery game...
...Any encouragement to gambling has got to mean more customers in the long run for the Genovese football betting ring...
...Lover Come Back to Me...
...Red Garland, Piano...
...Buy only what you want...
...Coltrane puts it together in his special way...
...Where Martin sang with verve and sophistication about the night life, the pop freaks lecture us on everything from health foods to geopolitics...
...and Tray'lin Light...
...music guaranteed to enrich and entertain as only the world's top jazz can...
...Thus states with lotteries advertise to encourage still more people to gamble...
...Month after month, our editors review hundreds of recordings...
...that when one loses to the Genovese family, one pays up or bad things happen...
...Your satisfaction is guaranteed...
...All his obituaries bespoke urbanity, a joy in life, and gratitude...
...Obviously there was some substance to Martin...
...If found guilty the team will, according to its psychologist, stress that "it was a mistake in judgment on his part...
...Five blockbuster recordings ...on either CDs or Cassettes...
...Isfahan...
...Recently a fourth-grade teacher (male), celebrated as inspirational in the classroom, was hauled off to the slammer for participating in a gambling ring...
...Airegin...
...The pop freaks can match Martin divorce for divorce, though given the freaks' vaunted rebelliousness their weakness for the marriage license is but another sign of their hypocrisy...
...4-1 25 YEARS AGO IN The American Spectator How little the Administration seems to be credited with what it has achieved...
...Their police records are another area in which they far surpass Martin...
...Workingman's Blues...
...Included are: My Funny Valentine...
...Martin and his fellow Rat Packers displeased polite society as entertainers will...
...If you'd prefer an alternate selection, or none at all, mail the form provided by the date specified...
...Each issue is packed with superb jazz recordings, including Main Selections...
...Earl May, Paul Chambers, Bass...
...One thinks of President Kennedy's summation: life is not fair...
...In America state and local government can conduct gambling on a vast scale, but not the Genovese family or the Bruno Scarfo crime family...
...Trane's Slow Blues...
...Mandy Lee Blues...
...The Genovese family is restrained from advertising, but not the New York state lottery...
...After their gifted teacher was arrested, the twenty fourth-graders suddenly bereft of his presence were rounded up by the school's "crisis intervention" team...
...BILLIE HOLIDAY BILLIE'S BLUES...
...Zulu's Ball...
...The gambling lobby in New York would rather have gambling regulated by the state...
...I Cried for You...
...Alligator Hop...
...John Coltrane, Tenor Sax...
...You'll always have at least 10 days to decide...
...Only the very best are selected and made available to members...
...Basically, the team tells the students their teacher is "innocent until proven guilty...
...From all I can gather there are several varieties of these freaks...
...Not surprisingly many are vegetarians...
...In an era in which the citizenry has been taxed to the outer limits of the tolerable, state lotteries and state-regulated casinos can pick up the tab for still more government spending...
...ADDRESS NAME Please Print CITY Card No...
...That it resorts to a vice to pay its exorbitant bills should remind us that government is frequently not so virtuous...
...It's sent to you about every 4 weeks (15 times a year...
...He was a more serious man...
...Caravan...
...Featuring greats like Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves, Cootie Williams, here are: Take The A Train...
...Perhaps the day will come when this distinguished family can set up betting rings for the truly affluent who follow tennis and polo...
...John Coltrane, Tenor Sax...
...I Love You...
...The rappers, as we know, are often accomplished rapists and even murderers...
...ever...
...It promises still more revenue when the state controls the gambling, for instance, New York's new casino-style game, "Quick Draw...
...and Tune Up/When Lights are Low...
...Single Petal of a Rose...
...Composed of at least one psychologist and a social worker, the team is trained to cope with what the New York Times report of the arrest called "the kind of unplanned lesson that has become more common as arrests of teachers have made the news...
Vol. 29 • February 1996 • No. 2
