Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club

Today is Maureen McCartney's last day in Gail's office before retiring! Maureen is District Manager; Assemblymember Pellerin's district includes Santa Cruz to the Yacht Harbor / Nisene Marks, the northern half of Santa Cruz County, and quite a bit of Santa Clara County from Santa Clara to Almaden and Morgan Hill; although Maureen is retiring from her state job, she's not going far, as she'll have...

Harry & the Hitmen is a 6-piece band that's been playing together for almost 20 years, starting in Santa Cruz near KZSC on Gulf Club Drive at the edge of the Pogonip - Button joined a few years ago; New Year's Eve co-bill with Wolf Jett at Felton Music Hall...at their New Year's Eve shows, after the countdown and the celebration, Harry & the Hitmen debut a new set, which could be an iconic album i...

Been in Ashville, North Carolina, 30 years....North Carolina gets hurricanes, but they always affect the coast - Ashville is a 6 hour drive from the coast! Hurrican Helene hit last September 27 / 28, and Chuck flew home from Scotland the day before it hit; the local online newspaper warned of "Catastrophic winds & flooding!"; the 3-4 days before the hurricane Ashville got 15" of rain, which satura...

New legislative session started last Monday...it's usually low key, but the fires in LA got in the middle of it, resulting in some political showboating vs. governing; climate change is the real culprit, not a lack of water (which is disinformation); learnings from our CZU fire applied to the rest of the state, and the LA fires - clean up may involve toxic materials; Santa Cruz measures for future...

Aid package for Southern California passed by legislature, addressing historic (and horrific) fires...$$ for recovery, debris removal passed by the special session after the governor expanded the scope, with rules waived and bill passage expedited; deep dive into CZU fires 4 years 5 months ago and of the 967 homes destroyed, 18% have been re-built, with another 19% under construction - leaving alm...

Thom came to Santa Cruz in the 1970s to attend U.C. Santa Cruz, where he majored in (but did not graduate in) Aesthetic Studies (he was one of the last majors); John moved to Santa Cruz in the 1980s, and he now teaches at Cabrillo College (our local community college), digital design, web design; there are 3 iterations of the Comic News: the Santa Cruz Comic News, delivered locally with partial ad...

With 19 years of movie reviews, have not set up an archive (yet); B-Movie sees ~200 movies per year; 19 years ago, started Bratton Online at about the same time Bruce started duing movie reviews on "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club"; B-Movie studied film at UC Berkeley for 5 years, then UC Santa Cruz for 4 years, receiving a degree in film studies; was Bruce able to do film as his "day job"? No. B...

"Duo Quartet" started as a 'Happy Accident'; The Pam & Jeri Show (Jeri Jones) booked a gig at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, and they wanted a double bill, so they asked Chris Webster & Nina Gerber to join them, and they ended up playing together & really enjoying it (10-12 years ago); everybody in the quartet writes songs; Nina & Jeri Jones play guitar, Chris Webster on wa...

"Duo Quartet" started as a 'Happy Accident'; The Pam & Jeri Show (Jeri Jones) booked a gig at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, and they wanted a double bill, so they asked Chris Webster & Nina Gerber to join them, and they ended up playing together & really enjoying it (10-12 years ago); everybody in the quartet writes songs; Nina & Jeri Jones play guitar, Chris Webster on washboard, and Pam Del...

First performing gig was in 2007....her career took off in 2017 after she won an award at the 2017 NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting Competition at the Kennedy Center; as a songwriter, sometimes the songs just come to her; she writes and sings about social justice (e.g.: "Cancel Culture"); she plays banjo, having majored in music at college in North Carolina; started tour with Julian Tay...

First performing gig was in 2007....her career took off in 2017 after she won an award at the 2017 NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting Competition at the Kennedy Center; as a songwriter, sometimes the songs just come to her; she writes and sings about social justice (e.g.: "Cancel Culture"); she plays banjo, having majored in music at college in North Carolina; started tour with Julian Taylor...

What can we do to prepare for Trump's clear mandate? It's a marathon, not a sprint...change starts local, and in ourselves; discussion of the changing face of local journalism, with Lookout Santa Cruz's birthday last night, and how they are rolling out in local schools; Gail studied journalism in college (Cal Poly, SLO), where she was editor of the Mustang, & later a reporter at the SLO Bulletin,...

Scott Newsome, City Councilmember in Santa Cruz, California, discusses how city ordinances are introduced and passed. Tennant protection ordinance, and an ordinance to prevent outside police departments from depositing unhoused individuals in Santa Cruz. The role of a city council member is to listen, and make progress; downtown construction and lowering barriers to approving housing. Hosted by "D...

Risa Hosking, Singer Songwriter, on her life path and career, including where she grew up (Hatchett Mountain), 15 miles from the nearest school, and her early influences (the Mountaineer Jug Band) and a teacher who convinced her to join an all-girl band. It wasn't 'till she got to a California Bluegrass Association camp and heard people jamming at night that she learned she was playing "Old Time B...

Chris Berry, Watershed Compliance Manager for the City of Santa Cruz, talks the 2024 State of the San Lorenzo River Symposium, the Anadromous Salmonid Habitat Conservation Plan, and septic tanks. Hosted by "Dangerous Dan" Orange, "Kalamity Kyle" Keller, and Kaos.

Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent of The Zombies, interviewed on KZSC Santa Cruz shortly before their show on Sept 7, 2016. We discussed their wide-open influences, the many threads of their musical output, what it was like to work with the director Otto Preminger, how their Odessey and Oracle album was made, with the help of the recording innovations made by The Beatles adn the Beach Boys, and much...

Interview with Prof. Shelley Stamp and Edward Ramirez about the art of storytelling. Stamp discussed her award winning book Lois Weber and Early Hollywood and Ramirez discussed his visual documentation role in the Working for Dignity project. His work is currently being shown on the 2nd floor at the downtown Santa Cruz library.

Interview with John Leaños and Claudia López on displacement stories. Leaños discusses his artistic process and his http://pbs.org animation called Frontera as well as his music. López discussed her role in the photography exhibit called Expulsion about forcible displacement in 5 countries in the world. Leaños work is available at Vimeo https://vimeo.com/user2750627/videos

On August 26, Carol from KZSC's Test of Time spoke with prolific guitarist Larry Coryell (https://www.kzsc.org/blog/2016/08/24/aug-26-larry-coryell-interview/)who pioneered the progressive jazz fusion movement, integrating free form jazz with elements of rock, rhythm and blues. Larry reflects on the vibrant music scene during the sixties and the first time he heard Jimi Hendrix. Other highlights i...

Joe Jordan worked for NASA as a scientist for over two decades, studying other planets, their moons, and the Earth’s atmosphere. He has long been concerned with human-caused climate change. In retirement, he’s become a promoter of solar energy in Santa Cruz. Here is his full interview with Tamara Rice and John Sandidge on KZSC’s Talkabout program, which airs every Wednesday night at seven. You can...

Joe Jordan worked for NASA as a scientist for over two decades, studying other planets, their moons, and the Earth’s atmosphere. He has long been concerned with human-caused climate change. In retirement, he’s become a promoter of solar energy in Santa Cruz. Here is part of his interview with Tamara Rice and John Sandidge on KZSC’s Talkabout program, which airs every Wednesday night at seven. You...

Interview with Ivy Young, the owner of Santa Cruz Community Compost Company. Interview by M Ahola and Erik the Red on Aug 23rd, 2016.

Kevin interviews the band Tennis as they get ready to hit the road for Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. To see pictures of the band and more festival coverage, check out the blog post at kzsc.org!