JOHN BARTUS: THE MUSIC BUSINESS SUCKS! (AND BLOWS, TOO)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band are touring again, hitting the road for the first time post-COVID. When tickets for the American leg of the tour...
JOHN BARTUS: THERE IS NO ‘THEM,’ THERE IS ONLY US
One Human Family. Way back in the 1990s, Key West resident JT Thompson came up with the concept, creating bumper stickers that he distributed in an effort...
JOHN BARTUS: BEST OF MARATHON CATEGORIES THAT DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT
Voting in the Best of Marathon is going on right now, and the winners will be revealed at the big party on Sept. 17 at Marathon Community...
JOHN BARTUS: SHARK WEEK FOR REAL
It seems as if there have been a lot of shark attacks in the news lately. Even here in our own relatively tranquil waters, we all have...
JOHN BARTUS: DIARY OF AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER
Our recent brush with Hurricane Ian brought with it a good bit of time spent in our city’s Emergency Operations Center at City Hall. As mayor, one...
JOHN BARTUS: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
Merry Christmas to all of you from all of us here at the Weekly Newspapers. To help keep you in that holiday spirit, I’ll present some festive...
JOHN BARTUS: WHAT WILL 2023 BRING?
Now and again, especially this time of year, our prognosticators and sayers of sooth gather to make some New Year predictions. Our accuracy rate has never been...
JOHN BARTUS: JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT GIVE A MASTERCLASS IN MUSICAL SYNERGY
Last weekend, I had the privilege of attending my third Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit concert. I mentioned Isbell and his band in a previous column...
JOHN BARTUS: KCBCA IS MORE THAN JUST AN ACRONYM
Many people do not know that the city of Key Colony Beach, established as a city in 1957, used to have its own Chamber of Commerce. As...
LOSE SOME CASH ON SUPER BOWL PROP BETS
At an Arlo Guthrie concert in Key West years ago, Arlo made a comment onstage about the Super Bowl; Philadelphia and New England played that year. Needless...
