by Kevin Burton There is a God-shaped vacuum inside each person’s heart, said the French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and writer. Blaise Pascal. Try to fill that vacuum with something, anything other than God, and life will suck. If that seems false to you in the moment, it will prove true in the …
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Some Of History’s Best, Wittiest Responses
Some Of History’s Best, Wittiest Responses by Kevin Burton Sometimes a question is a softball, served up right into your wheelhouse, ready to be hit out of the park. But if you’re like me, you usually think of the witty, brilliant response after the fact, a day or two later. Don’t you …
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Quibbles And Bits: Dolly Parton Edition
by Kevin Burton Did I dream this? I only saw it once. I mean, I think I saw it once. Did you see this? I thought I saw on Facebook, the first news about changing the name of the Nashville airport to honor Dolly Parton, who died Aug. 25 was something along the …
Keepin’ It Real About The Story Of Woodstock
by Rob Patterson Best Classic Bands There are two Woodstock festivals that happened in 1969: First and better known is the Woodstock Myth: the paramount Aquarian Age experience, as the mythic echoes imply, and they are not without a sizable measure of truth in some ways. The second is what really happened: the reality of …
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Dolly Parton: One Thing Americans Agreed On
by Robin Levinson-Kingand and Sheila Flynn BBC Dolly Parton was a lot of things – a country musician, a philanthropist, an actress, a storyteller and a businesswoman. One thing she never was, however, was a politician. But don’t think it’s because no one asked her. In 1999, during an appearance on the talk …
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Country Music Icon Dolly Parton Dies At 80
by Kevin Burton Sometimes at the movies, the writers ask you to suspend disbelief. For one 70s song, I couldn’t do it. The song is “Jolene” by Dolly Parton. In a quivering delivery, Dolly begs this Jolene character, “please don’t take my man.” I just never could buy that. I thought, …
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Blogging And Trying To Cure A 7-Year Ache
by Kevin Burton So I missed my window. Again. As Stockard Channing’s character Betty Rizzo sang in “Grease,” “there are worse things I could do….” This here blog, Page 7, turned seven years old July 20 and I didn’t usher it into year eight properly, with a birthday post. One reason was …
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“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” Turns 50
by Kevin Burton The song that topped the pop chart 50 years ago today was for me, a guilty pleasure. “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” by Elton John and Kiki Dee was an international smash. In addition to the US, it was number 1 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Rhodesia, South Africa, …
Love To Carly Simon, The Person And Artist
by Kevin Burton We now know her body to be ailing, but the art of Carly Simon is vibrant, alive and well. So, this post represents a bit of a puzzle for me, an exercise in basic journalism and in basic humanity. It’s a reality check. Carly Simon just had a birthday …
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Five Celebrities Who Hold Advanced Degrees
by Bennett Kleinman Interesting Facts From Oscar winners to Hall of Fame musicians and world-class athletes, there are some celebrities whose accomplishments in the classroom are equally impressive as the talents that brought them fame. Many of these well-educated A-listers have put their advanced degrees to use, juggling careers in the world of …
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