Rock School

Series produced by KSLU

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Rock School is a weekly, insightful and energetic showcase of the music, history, laws and culture of rock-n-roll hosted by music historian Joe Burns , Ph.D. and his wife Tammy.

Rock School is a weekly, hour-long lecture by music historian, Dr. Joe Burns. No topic is off the table. In the over a decade the show has been on air, Rock School has talked about everything from simple music lists to music in society, the audio production side of the business and just about every legal area you can imagine.

Hosted by Dr. Joe Burns and his wife Tammy, Rock School is recorded and produced in Joe's home studio and sent out through Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, LA from the studios of KSLU public radio.


595 Pieces

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Punk Rock Self Mutilators
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Talk about "performance art," Punk Rock has notoriously been a genre for those creepy artists who mutilate themselves and cause themselves pain for...

Bought by KMUD and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 2
Copyright Termination Rights
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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1978 is an important year for rock. Why? because this upcoming January, a lot of artists should be getting the rights to their own music following ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
2012 Election Show
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Well, the time has come again where we get to cast out votes for the next president. This week we'll hear campaign songs and songs written for cert...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
2012 Halloween Show
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This Halloween, we'll be talking all about the greatest makeup and mask donning bands in history. What's so brilliant about makeup? Find out on thi...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
30 Richest Drummers in the World
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Drummers can be rich too! Even though drummers don't get the same attention as the singers and guitarists, there are still many ways drummers can m...

Bought by WMTNradio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Poser Fans
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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"Snarky" in nature, this week's show exposes the posers who pretend to listen to certain artists, but in the comfort of their own car might listen ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Olympics
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Catch Olympic Fever with Dr. Burns and Chad P. as this week's show features music and facts relating to the Olympics.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Banned Album Covers
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week's show covers album art removed from shelves.

Bought by WMTNradio, KSRQ, and Panhandle Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Songs in Spaaaaace
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Find out what songs were attached records attached to the two Voyager probes and are now on their way out of the galaxy.

Bought by WMTNradio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Earworms
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This episode features songs that get stuck in your head all too easily.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Didn't Go to Woodstock
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Everybody knows who played at Woodstock, but this week's show features artists who declined the invite to play.

Bought by WMTNradio, WLPR , Indie3 Radio, KUPR low power FM, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
Arrested Rock Stars
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Show includes information on a bevy of your favorite rock stars who found themselves on the wrong side of the law.

Bought by WMTNradio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Torture Songs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Songs that get turned into interrogation music.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Back To school
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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School is back in session, and we're not just talking about Rock School.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Grunge
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Grunge, a genre so very much loved by 80's kids, hated by 80's parents, boring to today's kids, loved by today's parent's. It's music that hallmark...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
The Miranda Grosvernor Story
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Miranda Grosverner, "The Muse of the Stars," a woman who does not exist was written of, spoken of, and sung about by many famous people in many gen...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Stadium Anthems
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Songs you will hear played during big sporting events, sporting telecasts, and just anything football!

  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
One-Man Bands
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Bands with only one member

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Gram Parsons Story
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Biographical portrayal of the legendary Gram Parsons

  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Lecture Series: Science Songs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is the fourth episode in the Lecture Series. They talk about different songs that hinted at different things in science.

Bought by WMTNradio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1

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