All Songs +1: What Does It Mean To Be A Rock Star?

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Bob Boilen
WNYC | Dec 7, 2015

In this installment of The Martin Atkins Minute, the professor, producer and former Public Image Ltd. drummer wonders what it means to be a rock star in a world flipped on its head. It's a world where Dunkin' Donuts is selling chicken sandwiches, Burger King is peddling glazed donuts, friendship is measured by numbers on a Facebook page and the only thing you can count on is change.

Produced by Martin Atkins, Brad Pack and Gabriel Labrador. Mastered by Brad Pack. Foley effects by Gabriel Labrador.

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