300th Show! Physics of Music

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
Length: 59:00

With guest hosts Dan McCarthy, a plasma physicist, and Bill Robison, a historian, this week's Rock School will be focusing on the scholarly principles of rock. An in depth look at the physics of music with a fun and edgy twist. Enjoy our 300th show, and we're growing still! Read the full description.

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Playing: 300th Show! Physics of Music
From: KSLU

Rs_logo_small We are 300 shows strong, and what better way to celebrate than to showcase the moleculecular phenomenon of atmospheric gases being compressed at certain fequencies to carry the beautiful sounds of rock to your ears. Dan McCarthy and Bill Robison join us this week to discuss the scientific priciples of music. If you've got a thing for physics, or a thing for music, you'll love this week's Rock School show! Here's to another hundred more shows!

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Piece Description

We are 300 shows strong, and what better way to celebrate than to showcase the moleculecular phenomenon of atmospheric gases being compressed at certain fequencies to carry the beautiful sounds of rock to your ears. Dan McCarthy and Bill Robison join us this week to discuss the scientific priciples of music. If you've got a thing for physics, or a thing for music, you'll love this week's Rock School show! Here's to another hundred more shows!

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
Ripples	Genesis	A Trick of the Tail.	Atlantic	1976	08:06
We're Not Gonna Take It	The Who	Tommy.	MCA	1969	07:08
Improv/ Amazing Grace	Bela Fleck and the Flecktones	Live Art.	Warner Bros.	1996	06:46
Overture- Cotton Avenue	Joni Mitchell	Don Juan's Reckless Daughter.	Rhinp	1977	06:41
Down In Hollywood	Ry Cooder	The UFO Has Landed.	Rhino/Warner Bros.	2008	04:17
Big Electric Cat	Adrian Belew	Desire of The Rhino King.	Island Records	1991	01:30
G-Spot Tornado	Frank Zappa	G-Spot Tornado.	Zappa Records	1986	03:17