Rock School

"It is summer and swimsuit season. Here is a list of musicians who have lost a ton of weight and how they did it."

"Depending on what you read, AI is either the destroyer, the helper or a big nothing burger to the future of music. We will discuss all three."

"Heres some fun for the week. Often musicians will create a false story and the press will run with it. About a month ago, Diddy suggested he was paying Sting thousands of dollars per day for the use of a song. Everyone reported it. It was not true. Fake News. We have a whole list of other fake music news."

"It is said there is Taylor Swift Effect. Her entering the business made a ton of girls buy guitars and play. The Baker Street Effect made the sax cool again. We have many more to list over the hour. "

"This week, back in 1968, the Broadway musical Hair opens up. It will spawn multiple top 40 hits including a number one, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In. That got us thinking. Have any other Broadway plays spawned Top 40 hits. You bet. Here are some of the bigger ones."

"Motley Crue are locked in a nasty divorce. Guitarist Mick Mars says he was kicked out and robbed of royalties. The rest of the band says he cant cut it anymore. We will tell you the story and offer up a good many more times when a member sued the band."

"How does a musician or band get to own a record label. Today, its as easy as some paperwork and starting a business. In fact, today, it makes more sense because of royalties and distribution being in your own hands. Here's how you do it. "

"There is once again talk of banning TikTok here in the United States. What if it happens. How large a hole would that leave in the music industry. And what would take its place."

"To Rick Roll someone is to offer one thing and then when he person clicks on it, he or she receives the video for Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up. It's an April Fools tradition. Here is the history of it."

"Who owns a band name. It depends on what legal document the band has created. If there is no legal document, then things get sticky."

"This week in 1819, a serial killer nicknamed, The Axeman, terrorized New Orleans by writing a letter to the newspaper that he loved Jazz music. If a house or business was playing Jazz on Saturday, he would spare them. We will tell the story and tell some more musical favorites of other killers."

"During this week, a few years back, a cattle call was made to choose the five Spice Girls. To that end, we will tell stories of some other band auditions, both successful and failure and talk a bit about the new audition TV shows."

"Back in 1981, The Go Gos album Beauty and the Beat hit number one making it the first time an all woman rock band topped the charts. To that end, we have compiled a list of women firsts in the music industry."

"This week, we speak with author Dewar MacLeod about his new book, Tommy, Trauma, and Postwar Youth Culture."

"This week, we will have a discussion with author Richard Aquila about his new book Rock and Roll in Kennedys America. A Cultural History of the Early 1960s."

"A friend of the show, author James Campion is back to discuss his latest book, Take a Sad Song. It is an in depth discussion and view of The Beatles Hey Jude. We will talk about the song and his findings."

"The King Biscuit Flower Hours was a one hour live music, syndicated radio show. It started in the 70s at the same time as other TV based shows. I grew up listening on WMMS Cleveland. This is the story of the show."

"At the end of 2022, Jeopardy had a category titled Classic Flute Rock. The problem is that the category did not include the one band viewers felt was THE classic flute rock band. So they revolted on Twitter. We will tell you the questions, the missing band, and offer up a few more flute rock questions."

"To start each year, Rock School goes back every ten years to find out what this new year will be the anniversary for. This is part two."

"To start each year, Rock School goes back every ten years to find out what this new year will be the anniversary for. We have a nice long list going back almost 200 years. This is part one."