From left to right, here are the Ilyn sisters: Natasha, Samantha and Tatianna. This is a KZSC first: two siblings on our Governing Board at the same time. Natasha was elected into the Promotions Director position (handling ticket & swag giveaways) and Tatianna will be our new Design Director (stickers, shirts and other goodies). Sadly,…
Time To Get Savage
By Music Librarian | Published May 1st, 2013The brutal truth is this: there’s a lot of stuff in your life that needs to get moved out the door and down the road and KZSC is no exception. We have a fantastic music collection that has grown (or groan!) over four decades. But this also means that there are quite a few records…
Uncoiled Spring
By Michael Bryant | Published April 29th, 2013If our spring program schedule were in a bakery, we’d be headed for the day-old discount bin soon. Hard to imagine that spring is already winding down, but there are a scant six weeks or so left before thoughts of graduation, summer vacations and doing laundry will become reality. Take the time to explore some…
Bob Brozman Drives Off…
By Michael Bryant | Published April 26th, 2013“I play music that is the accidental result of Colonial exploitation.” That’s how Bob Brozman described his sound. Not unlike other ethnomusicologists such as Ry Cooder, Bob dug deep into the cultural understanding (or misunderstandings) of what is often called “world music” today. He exposed many to the sonic capabilities of the National steel guitar…
2013 Award
By Michael Bryant | Published April 25th, 2013If the entire city of Gridley in Butte County voted for KZSC it would be impressive, however an equal amount of ballots came in to the Santa Cruz Good Times during their 2013 “Best Of” voting. With over 6,500 votes cast, the people of Santa Cruz (and possibly Gridley) have spoken. “Best Radio Station” honors…
KZSC Newsletter
By Michael Bryant | Published April 11th, 2013Nowadays most of the letters in our mailboxes begin with “Deer Resident”…this must be what they had in mind. If you’d rather have something more personal, how about signing up for the KZSC Newsletter? Tens and tens of people are already finding out in advance what’s planned for The Great 88 this spring and summer…
Gold Standard
By Michael Bryant | Published April 3rd, 2013The readers of Santa Cruz Weekly have spoken. After all the ballots have been counted, The Great 88 was once again named “Best Radio Station” and KZSC’s Sleepy John Sandidge was named “Best Radio Personality”. Thank you to all who helped us repeat once again as Number One. We appreciate the recognition and the 2013…
Hello New Listeners!
By Michael Bryant | Published March 23rd, 2013KZSC made some technical adjustments recently to our broadcast signal at 88.1 FM. If we did our math right, some of you are hearing us for the first time. So whether our radio waves are being picked up on your dental fillings or with the aid of that rusty coat hanger which replaced your car…
Velvet Banana Slug
By Michael Bryant | Published March 23rd, 2013In 1967 Andy Warhol produced the famous yellow banana sticker cover for The Velvet Underground & Nico’s album with “peel slowly and see” printed near the tip. Those who did remove the banana skin found a pink, peeled banana beneath. Since UC Santa Cruz is home to the Banana Slugs and KZSC, we thought this would be a…
Passing of the Horn
By Jazz and Blues Boss | Published March 22nd, 2013Happy Friday. A great thanks to all of our promoters for providing premiums for our pledge drive a couple of weeks ago . Our listeners thoroughly enjoy all of the new material, as well as their new gifts from our pledge drive. I would also like to introduce myself as Jared “J Cat” Cattanach, I…