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Band Logos
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, we will tell you the story behind some of the best known band logos. From Dancing Bears to the Van Halen wings belonging to someone els...

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Britney's Conservatorship
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The FreeBritney movement has been active lately calling for the singer to be free of her father. But should she be? Why was she put under a conse...

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  • Added: Jul 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Songs Based on the News
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Earlier this year, we did a shows on the topics of folk songs and while researching that show, we found a lot of songs outside the folk genre that ...

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Won't Play in Concert
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we will discuss stories about bands that won't play their hit in concert. Often the band or artist has a decent reason but sometimes it ...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Trigger Finger
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Musicians, especially stringed instrument musicians, have a better than 80 percent chance of developing Trigger Finger. I know. I had it and at t...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
2021-05-30 The Psychology of Cruelty
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are people cruel to others despite -- or because of -- their victims' humanity?

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  • Added: May 31, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Bad Managers Part Two
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Welcome to week two of Bad Managers. There are simply so many stories of managers messing over their clients that we had to make two shows out o...

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  • Added: May 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
2021-05-16 The Athlete as Philosopher
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do sports help us cultivate virtues such as loyalty, collaboration, and discipline, or do they promote feelings like rivalry, tribalism, and obsess...

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  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Bad Managers Part One
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It's a well known music trope that managers often do NOT do well by their clients. In fact, it happens so often, we're going to do two shows out o...

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  • Added: May 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Contrafact and Contrafactum
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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We were in a conversation about musicians reusing their own lyrics. We found so many examples that I though there had to be a name for this. Ther...

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  • Added: May 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
NFTs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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NFT stands for Non Fungible Token. It is a method of proving that a digital thing is the first copy. It works somewhat like a Cryptocurrency. An...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
What Was the First Music Video?
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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(Please note - we usually post on Sunday but are posting this a early due to a committment - thanks) So, what was the first Music Video? I don't ...

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Greatest Hits Albums
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The Greatest Hits album is either loved or hated. You either get all the hits in one place or your not a real fan of the band. The funny thing is...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Dance Songs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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About once a year, or so, someone creates a song specifically to make a dance. The lyrics say what to do and we do it. But, what was the first? ...

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  • Added: Mar 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Odd Opening Bands
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Hendrix opening for The Monkees is the benchmark of odd opening bands, but there is a reason they were paired. And there is a reason why a lot of ...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Interview With a Grammy Voter
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Have you ever watched the Grammys and wondered who are the people who get to vote for this? I have the answer this week. Michael Brothers is a pr...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
2021-02-21 John Rawls
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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The life and thought of political philosopher John Rawls, born February 21, 1921.

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Music Trademarks
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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A music trademark? Can you even do that? Should it not be a copyright? Well, yes and no. Taylor Swift and Beyonce are trademarking their lyrics...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Hipgnosis
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Devo and a long list of other musicians have sold their music catalog to a music investment company. ...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
2021 Anniversaries - Part 2
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Here is the second part of our look at the anniversaries of 2021. We do every 10 years going back from the new year. This week, we will discuss e...

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  • Added: Jan 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
2021 Anniversaries - Part 1
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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To start every year, we look back every ten years to find out what will be the anniversaries for this new year. In this show we'll start all the w...

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  • Added: Dec 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Those Who Died in 2020
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The final Rock School show of every year is dedicated to those who left us that year. The year 2020 is a bit different as we dealt with a virus. ...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Unplugged
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It was this week back in 1989 that he Mtv show Unplugged debuted with Squeeze as the first guest. Since then it has gone through two runs on TV, s...

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Debut at Number One
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The first single to debut at number one was in September of 1995. Since then it's happening more and more, quicker and quicker. Why is that? Wha...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Remote Learning During COVID-19, Pt. 2
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we talk with four college students from and/or attending school in the Bay Area - all of them taking classes right now online. Th...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:30