Rock School

"This week, we will speak with author Christy Alexander Hallberg about her new book Searching for Jimmy Page."

"The Russian invasion of Ukraine has well passed 100 days. To hurt Russia for its actions, businesses have pulled out of the country. That means a great many businesses that deal with music. This week we will list many of these music outlets and discuss if their actions are hurting Russia itself or just the Russian musicians.

"This week, back in 1979, Fleetwood Mac recorded the Trojan Marching Band for their song Tusk. That started us wondering. Are there other pop and rock songs that feature a marching band? Yes. We will also play some actual marching bands playing rock and pop.

"Donald Trump hosted the Celebrity Apprentice six times and then Arnold took over for a season. Believe it or not musicians played a big part in the show actually winning it a couple times. We will look back and also discuss how other countries said Youre fired!"

"Less than 3 percent of people 18 to 40 watched the Grammys. Furthermore, according to Spotify, the top 200 new songs playlist is responsible for less than 5 percent of total listenership. The most popular music now, both for investment and for listening are songs 30 years older or more. We will look into why."

"Gene Simmons of KISS has doubled down on his statement that rock music is dead. Some agree. Some do not and some have written songs about it. Is rock dead or is the rock YOU like dead? We will look at this from a lot of angles."

"Pink Floyd released a song to raise money for Ukraine. It is their first in decades. Other artists have done so as well. We will discuss the songs, play a few Ukrainian rock bands and speak with a local preacher who just returned from The Ukrainian border. He and his wife were there to help people out of the country to safety in Romania."

"There has much interest in the use of frequencies for health, healing and general feeling better. The most famous are the Solfeggio Frequencies. However there is now the idea of playing frequencies against each other, in headphones in order to create a third beat, known as a Binaural Beat. We will do our best to explain it and play examples."

"This week will contain April 20. That's 4.20. It means smoking pot. But why? We will take an hour and discuss all the nicknames for pot and play songs dedicated to the herb. Enjoy. Dude."

"What was the first song taken off of Mtv because of content? The first one censored. It wasn't the first one I thought of, or the second. I know Mtv was cable but back in the early 1980s, things were a bit different and the FCC still had a hand in the process."