I’m making my way via automobile up to Oregon for a mini-vacation. Nothing too lavish—I’ll be gone less than a week and still be in a separate hemisphere than the Bahamas. But it’s just enough time to get away from that plague of the everyday here in Surf City, where others come to get away. If you haven’t had…
A Midsummer Radio Dream
By Music Librarian | Published August 2nd, 2012Here on the campus of UCSC, Shakespeare Santa Cruz still has a bit more than three weeks left for this marvelous festival before things wrap up on August 26th, & we here at KZSC still have a full 2 months of programming to go for our Summer schedule. But, yours truly is already planning for…
Meet Katie
By Michael Bryant | Published August 2nd, 2012This is Katie. Her job at KZSC is to make you look good over the radio. If you are a nonprofit organization or individual who sends The Great 88 a public service announcement, it winds up on the air thanks to Katie. Have something of importance to tell our listeners? Let Katie help. Her guidelines…
Ban College Football?
By Business Manager | Published August 1st, 2012I recently heard a podcast on NPR’s Intelligence Squared regarding a ban on college football. I often overhear new students of UCSC talking about how they wish the university had a football team. I found it strange to hear it so often because one of the main things that attracted me to UCSC was the lack…
Loud Rock Charts: 7/31
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published August 1st, 2012Apologies to the one or two people looking forward to the charts every week. I was out of town, and just got back. I arrive, however, with an interview with The Contortionist’s lead singer Jonathan Carpenter. Look forward to it in the coming weeks on the KZSC blogsite! ADDS 1 TESTAMENT Dark Roots Of Earth…
You Don’t Have To Be Kosher…
By Michael Bryant | Published July 29th, 2012Our Program Review Committee wanted to make sure you knew about our weekend program “Musical Jews”. DJ Oy Dog (aka Dylan Music, on the left, with guest Rebecca Stark) has been spinning songs by Jewish artists since he a was a UCSC student many years ago. Hard to imagine Henny Youngman next to Matisyau? Think…
Beatles For Kids August 5th
By Michael Bryant | Published July 28th, 2012Here’s a chance to spend a summer afternoon with The White Album Ensemble and your favorite Beatles songs. On Tuesday, August 5th they will perform a matinee at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center at 3 pm featuring animal songs by The Beatles. Favorites like “Blackbird”, “Rocky Raccoon” and “Octopus’s Garden” will no doubt be joined by “Yellow…
McCartney’s Ram Thursday
By Michael Bryant | Published July 27th, 2012To produce a second record after the demise of The Beatles, Paul McCartney took wife Linda and a bunch of song demos to New York City. After picking some star sidemen the McCartney’s “Ram” album began to take shape. The final result produced his first #1 hit in America post-Fab Four and before Wings. Hear…
KZSC Jazz Charts
By Jazz and Blues Boss | Published July 24th, 2012What a summer for jazz, non stop incoming new music! It’s a good thing. Thanks to volunteer and future DJ Jamfrazi for helping the jazz department while your humble director is away. We will hit the ground running in September. Here is this week’s jazz charts. Charts/Top 10 1 RAVI COLTRANE Spirit Fiction Blue Note…
Hot Tuna July 28th
By Michael Bryant | Published July 23rd, 2012Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady were bored. Jefferson Airplane’s success during the late 1960′s wasn’t enough to fill their time so they began opening shows with a new band, Hot Tuna. In September of 1969 a week of concerts performed at the New Orleans House in Berkeley were recorded and released as a live album featuring acoustic…