The World of GWAR !!!
For the second time in my life, I have attended a GWAR show. This most recent time was also @ the Catalyst and on the eve of the election. Naturally, both candidates for president appeared as puppets in the show…
Bluegrass Music Awards Show on Backroads, Sun Nov 4th
The 23rd Annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Awards show was held several weeks ago, and KZSC will feature highlights from this show on Backroads, between 12-2pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012. Recorded live at the historic Ryman Auditorium in…
Ship of Fools
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…
The Cruz Report: A Collective
Here 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…
Reminder on PSA Guidelines
As 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…
Local Santa Cruz band North Pacific String Band releases debut album “Steak & Eggs”!
photo 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…
Dirty Talk?
At the moment KZSC does not air any "dirty talk" shows-in the sexual sense, but we have had a few sex talk shows in our past. My point is not all talk programming is news, sports or so-called "public affairs"…
Johnny Cash Special Saturday
Set your alarm early Saturday morning to hear a special honoring Johnny Cash. "The Man in Black" recorded some of the greatest early rock & roll records for the Sun label, followed by more hits for Columbia as a country…
Smile Jamaica
August 6th is when Jamaica commemorates their independence as a nation. With a total population of less than 3 million, the tiny island country has provided the world with a disproportionate number influential athletes, artists and music. Ska and reggae…