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Giving Pop Music "The Business"

Radio with moving pictures, a miracle! Heres the new video version of Record Bin Roulette! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZKGoTDyMHY

Business and commerce may be the foundation of our culture, but there aren’t that many pop songs about it. And it shouldn’t be surprising that there are not many songs written from the boss’s point of view. But as you might expect, we found a boatload of songs written from the worker’s point of view. Here’s Roy Orbison’s  “Working For the Man”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQaewasPFgU

Since we’re not business-savvy, we were glad to learn the Fundamentals of Business from The Office’s Michael Scott:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBeHiPabqBE&playnext=1&list=PLaJeDeOcFTfOxCMlt9-ZFdLXqIKjNJruC&feature=results_main

But for a real education in business we turn to George Carlin, who doesn’t mince words as he summarizes how things actually work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5dBZDSSky0

A professional bassist for over 20 years, John has been at KNKX since 1999 where he hosts All Blues on Saturday and Sunday nights. He was previously a senior producer of BirdNote for 19 years, and the primary recording engineer for hundreds of KNKX Studio Sessions.
John Maynard started working in radio in the seventies as a DJ at Seattle’s KJR AM which at the time was the dominant AM station in the Seattle market. After a brief stint as a restaurateur and night club owner, Maynard returned to radio with Robin Erickson, creating the hugely popular “Robin and Maynard Show.” In the more than 20 years under that marquee, Maynard flew with the Blue Angels, piloted the Goodyear Blimp, sang with Donny Osmond and hung out in a Universal Studios bar with Kojak (Telly Savalas).