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 …
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A Magic Carpet Ride To New Orleans
by Kevin Burton While at the Quiet Knight bar in Chicago, Steve Goodman saw fellow singer/songwriter Arlo Guthrie, and asked to be allowed to play a song for him, according to a story on Wikipedia. “Guthrie grudgingly agreed, on the condition that if Goodman bought him a beer, Guthrie would listen to him play …
New Coke, The Worst Corporate Idea?
by Kevin Burton Did you miss Bad Idea Day last week, April 23? Well it wasn’t actually named, per se. But New Coke was introduced on that day, in 1985. That’s good enough for me. What was the worst corporate idea of all time? Who’s to say? But New Coke is often …
Wordle Is A Thing, But I Better Not
by Kevin Burton There’s a new game, it’s a craze actually, called Wordle. You have heard of it no doubt. Two of my favorite bloggers wrote about Wordle on back to back days this week. That qualifies it as a craze for me, I don’t get out much. Here’s an explanation of …
The New Flying Car Is The Ride For Me
by Kevin Burton Many of my blind friends have talked about getting a self-driving car. I have not been real interested…until now. Why the change? Monday I found out that in Slovakia, cars can fly. I don’t mean just go zoom-zoom fast. I mean literally take to the sky. This is …
Steely Dan’s Link To WKRP In Cincinnati
by Kevin Burton It was 1978 when FM radio overtook AM. But the song that marked the occasion was sort of a medium-sized hit. We’re talking “FM” by Steely Dan. So what’s your definition of a hit song? Is it based on how much it sells? How high it gets on …
Yo, Hartville, Ready For Your Closeup?
by Kevin Burton Apologies right up front here, because Garrison Keillor would do this story better than I. The US Census Bureau announced Nov. 16 that Hartville, Missouri, population 594, is the “center of population” for the United States. Here is what that means, according to the Census Bureau release: “If …
This Artist Socked It To Us Twice In 1968
by Kevin Burton In 1981 Dolly Parton hit number one on both the country and pop charts with the song “9 to 5.” But which female solo artist was the first to hit those two heights, 13 years before that? Hint: It’s her birthday today. The song in question was country …
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