JOHN BARTUS: WE GOT LUCKY DODGING THIS STORM
Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 4 monster storm — the most powerful hurricane on record to hit this area. More than 100...
JOHN BARTUS: THOSE BLOODTHIRSTY MOSQUITOES
Blood. The online reference site Wikipedia defines blood as “a specialized bodily fluid that delivers necessary substances to the body’s cells (in animals) – such as nutrients...
JOHN BARTUS: BEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME – WHAT’S ON YOUR LIST?
If a person is looking for a list of best albums, a quick Google search will reveal a huge number of lists of the top 50, 100,...
JOHN BARTUS: IS FRIDAY THE 13TH ACTUALLY UNLUCKY?
Friday the 13th has been considered an unlucky date for many years. This Friday and Friday, Dec. 13 are the 2024 entries in the unlucky category of...
JOHN BARTUS: OLD DOG, NEW BANDS
I wouldn’t consider myself a closed-minded individual. Through my years in government service, I’ve learned that no one has a monopoly on good ideas. The best and...
BARTUS: SONGWRITERS STRUGGLE IN THIS NEW MUSIC BUSINESS
The music business has always been a bit different in the way artists and creators are compensated. Screen and stage actors have union rates that must be...
JOHN BARTUS: FORD MUSTANGS, COCOA BEACH AND OTHER DREAMS
Let me begin this week by stating that I am not at all a true car buff — there is no confusing me with a legitimate gearhead....
JOHN BARTUS: DRIVING TO THE AIRPORT IN 1980, WITH A SENATOR IN THE BACK...
Way back when, in the halcyon days of youth (if that isn’t a literary cliché), there I was: an almost-19-year-old college student at the University of South...
JOHN BARTUS: AMERICA, WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS
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I was playing my gig at Boardwalk on Big Pine Key last Saturday when I started seeing a repeated...
JOHN BARTUS: SOL BRADMAN SURVIVED A PLANE CRASH, AND MADE IT TO HIS BAND...
The human spirit is an amazing thing. Throughout our history on planet Earth, we have
controlled fire, invented the wheel, built amazing structures and even learned how to...
