If you tune into KZSC for this spooktacular Halloween, you’ll be sure to hear some “holiday favorites” spanning all sorts of different genres, showing that the scary season is for all music lovers! Starting at 6 this morning we heard some classics like Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London” and The Who’s “Boris the Spider” with…
SLOWLY Towards the Finish
By Michael Bryant | Published October 30th, 2011UC Santa Cruz is home to the Banana Slugs however their BFF the snail says it best. We are now inching our way towards our financial goal. Hundreds have called in during our On-Air Fall Fundraiser; now we are asking everyone to “snail mail” in pledge payments as soon as possible. Our mailing address is:…
Slugtalk 10/26/11
By Daniel Nyberg | Published October 28th, 2011Friday Night Lights Segment previewing local high school football matchups. We interviewed Andrew Matheson, sportswriter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel who is an expert on the local high school football scene. Enjoy! Listen to the Friday Night Lights segment here This next link is the interview with Jarrod Howse, the ambassador for Cold Water…
High Five!
By Michael Bryant | Published October 28th, 2011After 5 days of asking, The Great 88 is racing towards the end of our Fall On-Air Fundraiser. We’re within $5,000 of our final goal and a big “High Five” to everyone who’s called or pledged here on our website. You can help KZSC race to the finish line with a donation in any amount…all…
Hank Williams: The Lost Notebooks
By Michael Bryant | Published October 27th, 2011Hank Williams wrote a lot of songs that he never got to record. He always kept notebooks around and filled them with lyrics and song ideas. But when Hank died in 1953, they were locked away. Those notebooks have now been reopened, and from those treasures comes a new album featuring 13 singer/songwriters (Merle Haggard,…
TONIGHT: College Night @ The Catalyst, feat. The Best Friends
By Program Review Committee | Published October 27th, 2011What’s better than seeing a local band play The Catalyst Club? Seeing a local band with a KZSC alum DJ Benny-Goodman O.G. Einstein (Remember the “Sad Bastard Music” program anyone?) as their keyboard player. The Best Friends have been rocking local venues and tonight’s show will be another fun, frenzied performance of silly costumes and even…
Beatles For Sale
By Michael Bryant | Published October 27th, 2011Once upon a time Paul McCartney wrote a song called “You Never Give Me Your Money”. If Sir Paul only knew how generous KZSC listeners have been, it may have never shown up on Abbey Road. Over the 10+ years our Beatles specialty program has been on the air. Fab Four fans have always offered…
Slugtalk 10/12/11
By Daniel Nyberg | Published October 26th, 2011On Slug talk today we interviewed Andrew Matheson of the Santa Cruz Sentinel regarding the weekend’s local high school football matchups. We also interviewed members of the UCSC Women’s Soccer Team, as well as members of the UCSC Women’s Rugby Team. Enjoy! Listen here
Cold? Grab A Hoodie!
By Station Manager | Published October 26th, 2011If you are here in Santa Cruz you know that we have been having unseasonably warm weather…up until now. The nights are already getting longer and we expect our winter chill to arrive soon. Luckily, you can combat the cold in one of KZSC’s warm hoodies! Available in black, navy and warm cocoa brown with…
Give Us Bucks!
By Michael Bryant | Published October 25th, 2011At KZSC, the buck stops here. Literally. This was taken just outside our redwood shack. But during our Fall On-Air Fundraiser when we talk bucks, we mean smackers, moolah, cash, lucre, scratch…also known as money. It takes dough to do what we do 24/7 and we hope you think it’s worth it. So if you…