“Fantasy Football Anthem” Tells The Truth

by Kevin Burton    All love to Kevin Rowland and to Dexy’s Midnight Runners, makers of Come On Eileen. All love to Eileen, all love to Johnnie Ray, all love to bib overalls.    But I may just have a new all-time favorite song.    It’s called Fantasy Football Anthem, and it’s by Holderness Family …

Turning My NFL Sunday Inside Out

by Kevin Burton    I don’t know what that was last Sunday, but it was something, and it was personal.    Was it a self-boycott, playing hooky, a tantrum ( I am good at those)?    I guess it was the fantasy football version of the line “I’m just tired and bored with myself” from …

Video Killed Your Imagination, Not Radio

I think I’m done writing about MTV and Clear Channel for the moment, but I have one more thought on that Buggles tune, “Video Killed The Radio Star.”     I raised the question without answering it in my Friday story: “If you could get your favorite top 40 hits, with pictures, moving pictures, wouldn’t that …

A Heartwarming Family Fantasy Football Story

by Kevin Burton    I am 6 feet, 1½ inches tall. My wife Jeannette is only 5’4”. But I bet you five dollars we see eye to eye!    How do I know this? I let her know recently that my brother has a whopping eleven fantasy football teams. This knowledge floated for a time, …