by Kevin Burton From the cross, the most difficult circumstance imaginable, Jesus took care of His earthly mother. He knew He was ending his earthly walk and He was telling the disciple John to meet her needs. “So when Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said …
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We Watched Our Culture On Our Radios
by Kevin Burton The love we all had for radio and the vibrant world it brought to us, made it well worth risking the wrath of parents. All of us have stories of hiding that transistor radio under our pillows, trying to be quiet so our parents wouldn’t know we were still awake. …
Raised On Radio: Rush Makes A Statement
by Kevin Burton The Band Rush made a musical comment on the state of radio in 1980’s “The Spirit of Radio.” It took me more than 40 years to get wind of it. Though they made reference to the lyrics of two of my heroes, Simon and Garfunkel, in the song, they didn’t …
Chip, Chip Hooray! It’s Potato Chip Day
by Kevin Burton Today is National Potato Chip Day, but I didn’t study for the quiz. My excuse, (there is always an excuse) Consumer Reports let me down. In the past the magazine has published consumer preference stories about chips of all kinds. But I found nothing on their website and by googling …
Happy Birthday Dear Kansas, And Many More
by Kevin Burton Today is Kansas Day kids, so just for today, the rules will be a little different. Most notably, do not even talk to me about The Wizard of Oz today. I’m not going to have it. I am a mild-mannered sort, but I will fight you today if you start …
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More Discrimination Against The Blind
by Kevin Burton Today, two stories about blind people standing up for their rights, one of a pending lawsuit, one of a successful suit in Ohio. I’m happy to see blind people demanding their rights, but sad that we should have to go to such lengths to get the right to lead basic, …
Disaster At Who Concert Still Haunts Band
I’ve written a lot about the Beatles and Beatlemania, but there is another side to the craziness of rock and roll. Yesterday was the 43rd anniversary of the tragedy at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati when eleven people were killed in a stampede to get into a concert by The Who. There was no …
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Christmas Top 40: Up On The Housetop
by Kevin Burton We don’t have Santa images at my house. For us, Christmas is about Jesus. But there is one Christmas song I have always loved that doesn’t fit that mode. Hundreds of artists have recorded it. Possibly the most famous version was made by Gene Autry in 1953. It was …
News At My (And On My) Fingertips
by Kevin Burton On the next-to-last night of our Upper Midwest vacation we found ourselves watching the clothes go round. We were in Norfolk, Nebraska, boyhood hometown of Johnny Carson, when we gathered our quarters and the Tide Pods Jeannette had bought for the occasion, and took advantage of the Hampton Inn’s coin …
Of OSSB And A Bright Sunshiny Day
by Kevin Burton How do you get to 50 years? It starts with a day, or a night. Then, you turn your heart toward the sunrise, again and again. There was a night when my parents put me into the family Delta 88 and drove me from our home in Yellow Springs …
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