Old-school news, just in time
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 …
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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 …
by Kevin Burton On July 20 last year we marked the 50th anniversary of the NASA Apollo 11 mission, man’s first steps on the moon. It was one of the many events in the global news media that day that overshadowed the launch of the Page 7 blog. And you know there …
by Kevin Burton My friend the late Jeff Welch handed me a vinyl copy of “52nd Street” by Billy Joel. Just gave it away. That’s how I first heard it. From that point forward Billy Joel was my spokesman in the same way The Who spoke for British teens with songs such as …
by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) How do you tell the difference between the conviction of the Holy Spirit (which is one of His roles – John 16:7-11) and the condemnation of the enemy? The question …
by Kevin Burton What became a national obsession, started off as a risky idea 50 years ago. Casey Kasem signed on for the first time with American Top 40 on July 4, 1970. If you want to take me back to my 1970s childhood, there is no better way than to play …
by Kevin Burton Evie Karlsson has one of those voices I can’t confuse with anyone else’s. I may have confused you though, by using her last name. I am answering the “album challenge” by writing on Tuesdays about records that influenced me as a youth. This is my second such post. Professionally …
by Kevin Burton If you waved a flag yesterday, grilled up a feast, maybe watched a parade, that’s all good and I hope you enjoyed it. Given what has happened in the first six months of 2020 some of us are taking a sobering look this Independence Day weekend at what the country …
by Kevin Burton Here is a summary of the Fourth of July blog post you were about to get. It was going to start with memories of the bicentennial, of watching CBS all day as Walter Cronkite brought us stories from literally every corner of the nation, from 8 a.m. until after midnight. …
by Kevin Burton Before “Stuck In The Middle With You,” before “Baker Street,” probably before you ever heard of Gerry Rafferty, came the 1971 album “Can I Have My Money Back?” This is the first answer to the album challenge I received on Facebook. I explained it previously on Page 7 (Album Challenge: …
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