Ship of Fools may make you think of a Grateful Dead song or a song from The Doors, but the history behind this 3-word phrase is really quite amazing. It first appears in 1494 as a book, Das Narrenschiff, written by Sebastian Brant. Around the same time period painter Hieronymus Bosch depicted the concept on…
Fixed!
By Michael Bryant | Published October 18th, 2012KZSC can sometimes perform magic. We needed to do some extensive electrical work at our tower site today and, expecting the worst, we thought it would be heavy lifting until dark. Our crack engineering staff (Thank You Don Mussell!) made short work of the project, so we are back live on the air as of…
The Cruz Report: A Collective
By Talk Programming Director | Published October 16th, 2012Here we go, it’s fall! The Talk Programming Department has gathered its minions and we are ready to attack–or rather, occupy the airwaves with quality pieces. Look out for The Cruz Report, the Talk Programming collective Tuesday nights 8-8:30pm. Six of us DJ’s will be taking turns throughout the quarter to host the show and…
Reminder on PSA Guidelines
By PSA Director | Published October 10th, 2012As KZSC’s Public Service Announcement Director I receive piles of emails every day. Just like tofu, the easier your submission is to digest, the faster you’ll hear it on the air. Here are some of the basic points when sending notices: General newsletters about your organization more often than not just get deleted. Since we…
Trick Or Mighty Treat
By Michael Bryant | Published October 8th, 2012Just in time for Halloween, KZSC has carved out a fall program schedule. New shows that are scary good; old shows still hanging around as a treat. No tricks; just great, hand-made radio broadcasts home grown at UC Santa Cruz on The Great 88. Check our Program/Schedule page to peek at the week ahead or…
UCSC Chancellor Today on KZSC
By Michael Bryant | Published September 24th, 2012As the fall academic quarter begins, UC Santa Cruz Chancellor George Blumenthal will offer observations, updates and progress reports regarding our campus at his annual “State of the Campus” address. KZSC will have live coverage today beginning at 3 pm. You’ll also be able to hear a rebroadcast in its entirety Wednesday, September 26th at…
Webstream Fixed
By Michael Bryant | Published September 19th, 2012On-line listeners to The Great 88 know we’ve been having some webstream problems lately, but everything looks like it’s back to normal now…whatever that is. Thank you to the many hands and minds who worked weekends and evenings to solve the leaks in our streams. If you are experiencing any new problems, please CONTACT US.
Great 88 Oktoberfest!
By Michael Bryant | Published September 17th, 2012Besides wolfing down the pretzels, bratwurst and beverages, KZSC celebrates the month of October as only we can-by changing our program schedule. Gone are the long summer days, the hours at the beach and sand fleas. Now come the early evenings, long pants and lederhosen plus new programs hosted by UCSC students. Yes, many of…
Webstream Changes
By Michael Bryant | Published September 6th, 2012Sometimes a stream changes its course. That’s also true for The Great 88′s webstreams. FIND OUR LIVE STREAM HERE: http://streaming2.kzsc.org/kzsc2high.mp3.m3u Our Side (secondary) stream will return later this month.
Local Santa Cruz band North Pacific String Band releases debut album “Steak & Eggs”!
By Talk Programming Director | Published August 31st, 2012photo by Blake Goodmacher; featured image by Yasamine June “Sure, sure…fersherrsure,” the boys of North Pacific String Band mumbled enthusiastically when asked to play some more tunes on my show, Pickin on the Porch with Auntie Em, a few weeks back. The five-piece string band consists of Steven Stubblefield on mandolin and vocals, Jeff Wilson…