The Meaning of Life
What is the meaning of life? It's a new radio show on KRSC-FM, 91.3 on your radio dial. Join your host, Jim Ford (me), as I play some of the greatest music from the history of rock & roll. Each week the focus is on a different philosophical topic--life, death, love, war, sin, the works--all the biggest questions in life. I talk a little bit about what great philosophers have had to say about the subject, but mainly I play the best rock music I can find. Alternative rock, classic rock, soul, blues, punk, rap, even a little country. Hear it all on The Meaning of Life. Every Sunday from 3-5 p.m.
Philosophy meets rock and roll in a new show hosted by Dr. Jim Ford. Each week hear what rock music has to say about some of life's biggest questions. Two hours of the greatest music from the history of rock—alternative, classic rock, blues, soul, the works. Real college radio with a real college professor.
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Enlightenment through rock & roll.
Coming Soon:
Highlights from 2008:
Jan. 6: Best New Music of 2007
Jan. 13: Life According to the Stones, Part One (the '60s)
Jan. 20: Life According to the Stones, Part Two (the 70s to today)
Feb. 3: Black History Month, Part One: Stax Records
Feb. 10: Black History Month, Part Two: 70s & 80s Soul
Feb. 24: "Best Music in a Motion Picture" (Annual Oscars Show)
Mar. 9: Time III
Apr. 6: R.E.M., Accelerate
Apr. 13: "Taxes, Work, Money"
Apr. 27: "The Self"
May 4: "Happiness"
May 11: Happy Graduation, RSU (Songs from 1994)
April 20: Earth Day
The story thus far:
June 11, 2006: "Life Wasted"
June 18: "Happiness"
June 25: Father's Day
July 2: "Death/Immortality"
July 9: "Breaking Up/Loneliness"
July 16: "Romantic Love"
July 23: Life According to the Beatles: "All You Need Is Love"
July 30: "Time"
August 6: "Space"
August 13: "The Seven Deadly Sins"
August 20: Life According to Led Zeppelin: "What Is and What Should Never Be"
August 27: "Gender Identity" (Songs with women's names)
September 3: "Work, Labor, Action"
September 10: "Memory"
September 17: "Friendship"
September 24: "Dreams"
October 1: "A History of the World in Six Beverages"
October 8: "The Road Not Taken"
October 15: "Romantic Love (Reprise)"
October 22: "Life Wasted (Reprise)"
October 29: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums, Part I: The Top 31
November 6: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums, Part II: The Next 69
November 13: Life According to Pearl Jam
November 20: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums, Part III: The Hundreds
November 27: Thanksgiving: "Family, Friendship, Gluttony and Greed"
December 3: The Lost Show ("Genius and Jimi Hendrix")--never aired
December 10:?
December 17: The Found Show: "Genius and Jimi Hendrix"
December 24: Christmas
December 31: "The Best Alternative" (R.E.M./U2; 10,000 Maniacs/Indigo Girls)
2007
January 7: R.E.M./U2 continued
January 14: ?
January 21: ?
January 28: "God and Faith"
February 4: Preempted--no show
February 11: "Romantic Love & the Grammys"
February 18: "Soul"
February 25: "Best Music in a Motion Picture" (The Oscars)
March 4: Preempted--no show
March 11: "Time (Daylight Savings)"
March 18: "Irish Rock"
March 25: "Optimism and Pessimism"
April 1: Life According to Eric Clapton (Clapton's Birthday, Mar. 30)
April 8: "A History of the World in Six Beverages" (a rerun)
April 15: "Music without a theme"
April 22: "High Fidelity" (Nick Hornby's Birthday, Apr. 17)
April 29:?
May 6: "Graduation Show" (Music from 1994)
May 13: Mother's Day
May 20: Life According to Bob Dylan, Part I (Dylan's Birthday, May 24)
May 27: Life According to Bob Dylan, Part II (Dylan's Birthday, May 24)
June 3: "Music without a theme" (Encore)
June 10: The First Anniversary Show
June 17: Father's Day II
June 24: "Nature and Thoreau's Walden"
July 1: "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"
July 8: "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" (Encore)
July 15: "Birthdays" (Music by Artists born in July)
July 22: "Vacation"
July 29: Clean the Vault
Aug 12: Summer of Love
Aug. 26: "Life by the Drop" (Remembering Stevie Ray Vaughan)
Sep. 2: "Breaking Up" (New Music)
Sep. 23: "The Power of Two": Life According to the Indigo Girls
Sep. 30: "Athens vs. Jerusalem" (featuring the music of Athens, GA)
Oct. 7: "Philosophy vs. Poetry"
Oct. 14: Radiohead, In Rainbows (CD release)
Oct. 21: The Dylan Box Set, Part One
Oct. 28: The Dylan Box Set, Part Two
Nov. 11: I'm Not There (soundtrack to new Dylan film)
Nov. 18: Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums (1-99)
Nov. 25: Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums (100-500)
Comments and requests are welcome: email me at jford@rsu.edu.
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Sample Playlists |
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Life Wasted (June 11th) |
Loneliness (July 9th) | Time (July 30th) |
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"Life Wasted" Pearl Jam |
"Gone" Pearl Jam | "Begin the Begin" R.E.M. |
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"Once in a Lifetime" Talking Heads |
"Rear View Mirror" Pearl Jam | "Until the End of the World" U2 |
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"Strawberry Fields Forever" Beatles |
"Red House" Jimi Hendrix | "It's the End of the World..." R.E.M. |
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"Seeing Things" Black Crowes |
"Deepest Blues are Black" Foo Fighters | "Clocks" Coldplay |
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"Thought I Knew You" Matthew Sweet |
"Electrical Storm" U2 | "Day After Day" Pretenders |
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"The Thrill is Gone" B.B. King |
"Twice as Hard" Black Crowes | "Minute by Minute" Doobie Brothers |
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"Things Have Changed" Bob Dylan |
"My Doorbell" White Stripes | "Long Ago & Far Away" James Taylor |
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"Shooting Star" Dylan |
"Come Monday" Jimmy Buffett | "today" Smashing Pumpkins |
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"A Simple Twist of Fate" Dylan |
"She's Gone" Hall & Oates | "Again" Alice in Chains |
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"Lost Cause" Beck |
"Tired of Being Alone" Al Green | "Again" Lenny Kravitz |
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"Spirits in the Material World" Police |
"Blue Moon Revisited" Cowboy Junkies | "Good Times, Bad Times" Led Zeppelin |
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"The Real Me" Who |
"Deacon Blues" Steely Dan | "Time" Pink Floyd |
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"Magnificent Seven" Clash |
"Black Coffee in Bed" Squeeze | "Wiser Time" Black Crowes |
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"No Excuses" Alice In Chains |
"Love Me" Little Willies | "These Are Days" 10,000 Maniacs |
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"Give Me Novocain" Green Day |
"It's Not You, It's Me" Little Willies | "Twentysomething" Jamie Cullum |
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"Twenty Questions" Beastie Boys |
"Come Away With Me" Norah Jones | "Days of the Week" STP |
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"Wake Up Older" Julie Roberts |
"Help Me" Johnny Cash | "5:15" Who |
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"Dairy Queen" Indigo Girls |
"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" Willie Nelson | "All Those Yesterdays" Pearl Jam |
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"Voice Inside My Head" Dixie Chicks |
"I Believe in Love" Dixie Chicks | "My Back Pages" The Byrds |
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"If 6 Was 9" Jimi Hendrix |
"The Things that I Used to Do" Guitar Slim | "I'll Follow You Into the Dark" Death Cab for Cutie |
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"Change It" Stevie Ray Vaughn |
"The Thrill is Gone" B.B. King | "Forever Young" Bob Dylan |
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"Born Under a Bad Sign" Cream |
"Nobody Knows You..." Eric Clapton | "Come On Home" Indigo Girls |
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"Not in this life" Natalie Merchant |
"Congratulations" Traveling Wilburys | "I've Got to See You Again" Norah Jones |
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"Let it bleed" Rolling Stones |
"Woman in Love" Tom Petty | "So Far" Matthew Sweet |
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"Do the Evolution" Pearl Jam |
"Handle With Care" Traveling Wilburys | "Time Will Tell" Black Crowes |
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"Life Wasted (Reprise)" Pearl Jam |
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Beatles | |
| "Up to Me" Bob Dylan | ||
| "Most of the Time" Bob Dylan | ||
| "Stop Draggin My Heart Around" Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks | ||
| "High & Dry" Radiohead | ||
| "Smoke" Ben Folds Five | ||
| "Landed" Ben Folds | ||
| "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" J.T. | ||
| "Interstate Love Song" STP | ||
| "You Had Me" Joss Stone | ||
| "Can't Stand Losing You" Police | ||
Listen to The Meaning of Life, every Sunday from 3-5 pm, only on KRSC, 91.3 FM-- "real college radio."
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More Playlists |
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Work, Labor, Action (Sept. 3rd) |
RS's Other 69 (November 5th) | Pearl Jam (November 12th) |
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"Finest Worksong" R.E.M. |
"Weight" The Band | "Long Road" |
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"Nice Work" Frank Sinatra |
"Ziggy Stardust" David Bowie | "Alive" |
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"Maggie's Farm" Bob Dylan |
"So Far Away" Carole King | "Elderly Woman behind the counter..." |
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"Workingmans' Blues #2" Dylan |
"God Save the Queen" Sex Pistols | "Do the Evolution" |
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"Hard Days' Night" Beatles |
"Break on Through" The Doors | "World Wide Suicide" |
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"Uncle John's Band" Indigo Girls |
"Breathe" Pink Floyd | "Unemployable" |
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"Day Job" Gin Blossoms |
"Redemption Song" Bob Marley | "Love Boat Captain" |
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"Found a Job" Talking Heads |
"Psalm (Love Supreme)" John Coltrane | "State of Love and Trust" |
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"The River" Bruce Springsteen |
"The Boxer" Simon & Garfunkel | "RVM" |
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"This Woman's Work" Kate Bush |
"Tired of Being Alone" Al Green | "Gone" |
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"Workin' for a Living" Huey Lewis |
"Sir Duke" Stevie Wonder | "Life Wasted" |
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"If I Had a Million Dollars" Bare-Naked Ladies |
"One" U2 | "Thumbing My Way" |
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"Nobody Knows You..." Eric Clapton |
"Crazy Love" Van Morrison | "Oceans" |
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"Chain Gang" Sam Cooke |
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" Neil Young | "Push Me, Pull Me" |
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"Back on the Chain Gang" The Pretenders |
"Let's Go Crazy" Prince | "All Those Yesterdays" |
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"Handy Man" James Taylor |
"I've Been Loving You Too Long" Otis Redding | "Evenflow" |
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"Twentysomething" Jamie Cullum |
"Diamonds On the Souls..." Paul Simon | "Black" |
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"Career Opportunities" The Clash |
"I Never Loved a Man" Aretha Franklin | "Spin the Black Circle" |
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"Unemployable" Pearl Jam |
"Folsom Prison Blues" Johnny Cash | "Man of the Hour" |
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"I've Been Working" Van Morrison |
"The Things that I Used to Do" Guitar Slim | "4/20/02" |
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"Driver 8" R.E.M. |
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Elton John | "Life Wasted (Reprise)" |
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"Crosstown Traffic" Jimi Hendrix |
"Lost Highway" Hank Williams | |
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"Long Day is Over" Norah Jones |
"Radio, Radio" Elvis Costello | |
The Meaning of Life airs every Sunday from 3-5 pm, only on KRSC, 91.3 FM-- "true alternative music."