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 …
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“The Immigrant” Didn’t Fit John Lennon
by Kevin Burton For about three minutes and fifty seconds a tidy story unfolds from the pen of lyricist Phil Cody and the voice of the great Neil Sedaka. Attempt to read between the lines though and you have a mess on your hands, especially with Sedaka dedicating the song to ex-Beatle John …
Young’s “Ohio” Is Ultimate Protest Song
by Kevin Burton At Kent State University they say May 4 the way all Americans say Sept. 11, the date being the only reminder needed of an unspeakable tragedy May 4 was the day in 1970 when Ohio National Guardsmen shot 13 Kent State students during a protest of the American invasion of …