Closet Free Radio 08/13/12
GLBT Public affairs; Olympics wrap-up; news & notes; community calendar & announcements.
Loud Rock Charts: 8/14
Is it just me, or is it getting HOT AS BALLS? (Cue Nelly) Summer is getting fairly close to ending, so it should not be getting this damn hot. Speaking of hotness, my interview with The Contortionist's lead singer is up…
New Rock In August
August means getting ready to start another year of academics at our fine University. It's been a wild summer at The Great 88 with stacks of knockout new releases hitting the airwaves. Right now, Nashville's favorite bros Jeff the Brotherhood…
Interview with The Contortionist’s Jonathan Carpenter
Every now and then, a band comes along that just blows everyone out of the water with each musical piece that they write. Right now, that band is The Contortionist. I recently got a chance to sit down (or rather,…
UC & The Olympics
Athletic competition is over at the 2012 Summer Olympics with the University of California well represented amongst the elite athletes in London. A contingent of nearly 100 UC affiliated student and alumni athletes, coaches, trainers, doctors and staff are proudly…
Outside Lands Fest
It's easy to forget how good we have it here in Santa Cruz. There's the obvious: beaches, redwoods, meadows, radio (duh)... but there's also our prime location. Santa Cruz is exactly 73.4 miles from San Francisco, home to the 2012 Outside Lands Music…
Talkabout 08/08/12
John has Andrew Tuckman on the show talking about recycling and the great city of Santa Cruz.
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…
Aesop Rock’s New One
Any Aesop Rock fans will be happy to hear that he has recently dropped a new album, Skelethon. This is the San Francisco-based rapper and producer's sixth studio album and first self-produced project. Skelethon contains a multitude of playful and…
Jovanotti’s “Italia 1988-2012”: A 24-Year Retrospective
Through ATO Records, Italian singer-songwriter and rapper Lorenzo Cherubini, better known as Jovanotti, has finally issued his first U.S. release after over two decades of being in the business. This compilation album that includes the greatest hits of his career so…
The 50th Cabrillo Contemporary Music Festival
You only have less than 5 days to catch some of the "here and now" of contemporary works for Orchestra! The 50th Cabrillo Contemporary Music Festival is here again in Downtown Santa Cruz. Taking place through this upcoming Sunday August…
Universal Grapevine 08/07/12
Bruce has an interview with Denice Macy about Land of the Medicine Buddah as well as Joe Ferrard about "Atlantis Fantasyworld."
Troubled Child to Olympic Gold Medalist: Interview With Audley Harrison
What separates an average athlete from an Olympic gold medalist? A few extra hours spent in the gym or on the track? Maybe a supportive family and coaching staff? However, for British Heavyweight Champion Audley Harrison, in order to successfully…
Closet Free Radio 08/06/12
Kai and Richard continue talks about the Olympics and Chick Fil A, as well as other boycott movements concerning LGBTQ causes.
Loud Rock Charts: 8/6
Can you believe its August already? I can't. I still feel like it's June. Pretty soon, us UCSC students have to go back to the grind that is school. I am not looking forward to upper division math homework. It's…
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…
Conciliation Sunday 08/05/12
Interview with Sierna Andrea, Eric Schnieder and Daniel Bittleston about the Santa Cruz Storytelling Festival.
A “Vacationer” Vacation In < 3 Minutes...
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…
A Midsummer Radio Dream
Here 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…
Ban College Football?
I 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…