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by Kevin Burton    There’s a song I used to sing with some feeling when I was a child. The lyrics went like this:    “We don’t give a damn for the whole state of Michigan, the whole state of Michigan, the whole state of Michigan. We don’t give a damn for the whole state […]

by Kevin Burton    Then there was the time I signed a contract I didn’t read. Actually, I couldn’t read it.    Who knew back then that one of my future jobs would involve giving career advice? How about, always read your contracts!    I know these things happened. But sometimes it feels like I […]

by Kevin Burton    And now, a departure.    This is my sixth post in response to the album challenge. I’m writing about the records that meant the most to me as a younger person.    It’s not possible for me to do this without talking about my Mexican interlude.    Short version? My all-time […]

by Kevin Burton    The electricity at my house went out ever so briefly on a recent Sunday morning.    Of course, I couldn’t know this would be a brief interruption. With the lights out I went into contingency mode, thoughts running out ahead of me.    If this lasts long the house will get […]

by Kevin Burton    In Scrabble there is a factor I call “the tyranny of the tile.”     That means the game you play is only as good as the tile you pull.  This truth has its parallel in the larger life experience.    I’ve never been a golfer or liked watching golf. But I […]

 by Kevin Burton   Great stories that we needed to hear wrapped in great music that we wanted to hear.  Such were the offerings of one Jim Croce.    Croce died in a plane crash at age 30. Somehow he had gathered and distilled a full basket of life lessons in his twenties. We still […]

by Kevin Burton    There is a nationwide coin shortage.  By now most people know that. But do you care?    Depending on who you are and where you work maybe, the shortage may be critical or a complete non-story.    According to the New York Post the Coronavirus pandemic has “significantly disrupted the supply […]

by Kevin Burton    The last time my granddaughter was here she said, “I love that song! That’s my favorite song that you do.”    She had been upstairs with Grandma Burton, I think baking something, listening to me jamming in the basement. We couldn’t figure out which song she was talking about. I named […]

by Kevin Burton    If you loved Steely Dan, you couldn’t miss “The Nightfly,” by Donald Fagen, the 1982 solo debut for the band’s co-founder.    This fabulous set taught me something about Fagen and about Steely Dan.    This is the fourth post I have dedicated to answering the “album challenge” by writing about […]

by Kevin Burton    You are reading this post. That makes you a miracle to me.    Please know that I mean it when I say, thank you!    Tomorrow is a birthday of sorts, as July 20 is the anniversary of my first post on Page 7.  I hinted at this Friday in the […]