Love our Instagram pictures we’ve been posting to our Facebook page? All of them are available for viewing on the KZSC website. Just look on the right hand side of our homepage, under the “RECENT TRACKS” and click the Instagram icon. You’ll be able to browse all of our Instagram pictures on one page. …
Missed Outside Lands? Check out this Guest Column courtesy of Cassandra Cronin
By Program Director | Published September 21st, 2012Big thanks to Cassandra, KZSC’s guest columnist for covering the 2012 Outside Lands Festival. OUTSIDE LANDS 2012 by Cassandra Cronin Enter the wooded field of San Francisco’s largest urban park between the dates of August 10th through the 12th, and if you haven’t already lost your footing on a tangle of roots under…
New Music
By Program Review Committee | Published September 20th, 2012Birp has released their new September 2012 playlist! The playlist’s music genre ranges from Indie rock to various other genres and features the work of bands like Sun Airway, Wild Nothing, and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. Newer remixes by Teen Daze, Beat Connection, and Nicolas Jaar are also featured within the September playlist. Birp is…
The Year of the Banana Slug
By Charlotte Gibson | Published September 20th, 2012Whether you are a soccer fan, volleyball devotee, or a golf fanatic, fall sports at UCSC are bound to set the tone for the 2012-2013 year of the Banana Slug. With a new wave of freshmen, transfer, and of course returning students, UCSC athletics is ready to take the NCAA Division III by storm. …
Got Twink?
By Music Librarian | Published September 19th, 2012Like it or not, we are well into the age of digitally enhanced music. There is no escape & resistance is futile. Our only defense is to sort through the truly awful with great speed & alacrity. But every now & then, you come across a little gem of digital virtuosity. Such is the case…
Slugs Amongst Us…
By Michael Bryant | Published September 19th, 2012Just like the swallows in Capistrano, the Slugs are making their slow, seasonal return to Santa Cruz. If your business would like to welcome back UCSC students, why not get the word out over our airwaves? KZSC Sponsorship Packages are available in many sizes; you can even order some mini-packages online. Find more info about…
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.
Loud Rock Charts: 9/18
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published September 18th, 2012Has anyone looked at the album releases on October 9th? Here’s a list of the bands that are releasing new albums on that Tuesday case you’re wondering: Deftones, Converge, Coheed and Cambria, Enslaved and of course Between the Buried and Me. That’s a pretty hefty line up. ADDS 1 AS I LAY DYING “Cauterize” [Single]…
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…
Aimee Mann Sept. 28th
By Promotions Director | Published September 17th, 2012Known for her powerful lyrics and sultry voice, Aimee Mann is on tour promoting her new album, Charmer. “I’m fascinated by charming people and the whole idea of charm” Mann says. “It’s hard to remember sometimes that there is usually an agenda behind the act of being charming, and that is what I’m most interested in….