JOHN BARTUS: REMEMBERING JIMMY BUFFETT
It was a shock last Saturday to wake up to the news of Jimmy Buffett’s passing. This year of 2023, which has seen the...
JOHN BARTUS: EVEN IN MODERN TIMES, LIVE MUSIC IS STILL SPECIAL
This really should be the Golden Age of Music. Recorded music is so easily available. Nearly any commercial recording is available online as a...
JOHN BARTUS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, USA
247 years ago, our Founding Fathers put their reputations and lives on the line — literally — when they signed the document that in...
JOHN BARTUS: HOW A BLINKING SIGNAL IS THE KEY TO HAPPINESS
Alert Keys Disease readers will understand that this column may seem to veer dramatically from one topic to another at times; there almost always...
JOHN BARTUS: COMPLAINTS FROM ACROSS THE POND
I’ve always been partial to good British humor (humour?). I’m especially fond of the Monty Python stuff, particularly Monty Python and the Holy Grail...
JOHN BARTUS: A SMALL COLLECTION OF ANNOYING KEYS CRITTERS
Visitors to our islands (The Fabulous Florida Keys®) often notice that the various types of wildlife that inhabit these coral rocks are different from...
JOHN BARTUS: BAD BEHAVIOR AT CONCERTS
At the risk of sounding like a grump, I’m going to relate a story that, sadly, happens all too often at concerts these days....
JOHN BARTUS: WHEN SONGWRITERS WIN IN COURT
Unless you’ve been under a rock or completely out of range of any media, you’ve probably heard that international pop star Ed Sheeran was...
JOHN BARTUS: LOCAL SINGER-SONGWRITERS CREATE THEIR OWN MUSIC
One of the best parts about living in or visiting the Florida Keys is the ubiquity of live music. Our islands feature a plethora...
JOHN BARTUS: THE BIRD IS THE WORD (IN MUSIC)
Florida Keys Audubon Society executive director (and fellow Keys Weekly columnist) Mark Hedden spoke at a recent Marathon Rotary Club meeting. The topic? Peregrine...
