I Try So Hard To Goof Off, But I Can’t

by Kevin Burton    Today is National Goof Off Day, but I don’t feel up to it.     The National Day Calendar is amusing for all of us. It will have four to six thing of the day offerings each and every day.  It’s a salvation for a blogger some days when ideas for content …

Spoonful’s John Sebastian Turns 79

by Kevin Burton     Happy 79th birthday to the personable multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter John Sebastian.    Both his music and his personality seem accessible, based on how he comes off in interviews on You Tube. I mean, here’s a rock and roller who plays the auto harp of all things. He said he learned the instrument …

Raised On Radio: Gaga For That Sound

by Kevin Burton    Can’t remember how we got on the topic, but a co-worker was telling me last week how radio was the life blood of his youth.    Radio was the conveyor belt on which everybody travelled in my day, as in his (he is roughly ten years older than I am, if …

This Is One Plan I Can Execute For Sure

by Kevin Burton    Not today, baby. Nope.    Not feelin’ it.    Yes the clock is tick-tick-ticking just like on 60 Minutes. Yes, I hear it.    The winds of progress are whipping as usual, making the pages of my calendar flutter seductively.    “Got to get a move on,” both clock and calendar …

Quick Music Fans, What Is A Groove?

by Kevin Burton    One of my beep baseball coaches called me “the answer man.” This time, I struck out.   My wife asked me “What is a groove?” I am an amateur musician and somewhat of a historian. You would think that question would be right in my wheelhouse.      I gave perhaps the …

Wish I Could Talk Baseball With Costas

by Kevin Burton    Surely you’ve read some anecdotes about a kid who was treated badly by one of his sports heroes.     Famous people are just people with a job in the public eye. They are not some publicity photo come to life. So they have foul moods and some of them are generally …