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Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubGail Pellerin_CA_Assemblymember_2025-09-19_on KZSC's Bushwhackers Breakfast ClubCall in interview with California State Assembly District 28 Assemblymember Gail Pellerin reguarding the legislative session formally ended on September 12, but it ended up going over onto Saturday, September 13th. Assemblymember Pellerin provided a report on the session's final days, including what passed, what didn’t, the reasons for the extension, and what we are now waiting for the governor to sign or veto.
An interview on "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" with "DJ Spark Plug", airing Friday mornings on 88.1 FM KZSC Santa Cruz, California.
2025-09-2728 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubGrant Wilson_local activist, art therapist, puppeteer_2024-11-22_intervivewed on KZSC's Bushwhacker'sarrived in Santa Cruz in 1976 for undergrad, after growing up as a foreign kid (Scotland) in New York...who didn't wear jeans; psychology & art therapy major; later, used art to help found and run the Gorilla Drive-In, with free outdoor movies...screened 178 movies over 12 years; how to maintain activism / optimisim without getting exhausted: use creative approach, allowing vision, and find other creative types; deep dive into large puppets and the "Art & Revolution" group in Santa Cruz; discussion of taking art and activism to digital channels. Pronounces his first name as "GRRRRRrrrrant!!"
An interview on "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" with "Dangerous...
2025-09-2728 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubJohn Laird_California State Senator_2025-09-05_interviewed on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubOverturned gasoline tanker truck yesterday on Highway 17, & discussion of things we'll have to explain to our grandchildren; One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) & Watsonville Community Hospital - do we need to worry? Yes! OBBBA guts federal support for rural health care; 70-80% of Watsonville's patients have their care paid for: if you cut federal support, cuts the federal $$ that would've supported the hospital; ironic, as 2025 is the first year in 6 years that they've broken even; "Gut & Amend", with OBBBA, most changes start on Jan. 1, but the cuts to Planned Parenthood kick in immediately; how to increase state support in the...
2025-09-0929 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubDmitri Gascon_Accordianist, & Matthew Stein,fiddler, with Baymele_Eastern European Folk Music & Klezmer_2025-08-29_interview on KZSC's Bushwhacker'sDmitri (accorion) & Matthew (fiddle) are part of a 5-piece Klezmer band, Baymele, that also includes 2 more fiddle powerhouses, Zoe & Rebecca, and Misha on cello - they met & started playing together 10 years ago; all live in the Bay Area, so the band name is both Yiddish (for sapling) and a play on the Bay Area; all have backgrounds in classical music, + a passion for Eastern European music, espeically Klezmer (Jewish) music; klezmer didn't always have titles, and the song we played they dug up in the Kiev, Ukraine, archives; "The Money Question" Not good, but there's interest, and they can make...
2025-09-0925 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubFred Keeley_Santa Cruz Mayor_HIZZONNAH_2025-08-01 & 29_KZSC's 'Bushwhacker's' interviewThis podcast includes 2 Bushwhacker's interviews with Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley in August, 2025 - On August 1st, with "Dangerous Dan", and on August 29th with "Dangerous Dan" & "DJ Spark Plug".
August 1, 2025 description: Fred is the first directly elected Santa Cruz mayor - before him, the top vote-getter in a City Council election would be in line to be mayor, with the 2nd-most votes in line after that; with the City moving to district elections 2 years ago, the district system is working out for constituents (wiht one city council member for approximately every 10,000 residents); the mayor is stronger, serving for a 4...
2025-09-0945 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubRobert Witmeyer - "Djangatos" (Gypsy Jazz Band)_2025-08-15_interviewed on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubDjangatos is a Gypsy jazz trio honoring the style of Django Reinhart; Djangatos is a combination of Django and Los Gatos, where all three work in music store; Robert had an earlier band, Martini Max & the Swing Cats, and the trio came together during Covid, when they played for neighbors & friends on the driveway; new CD = Roulette will be released digitally after the album release party a week from Saturday, with the physical CD available now; the Money Question: are you able to make a living in music and, if so, how? Yes! Robert performs, manages the music store, & gives...
2025-08-2626 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubBurnin Vernon Davis_blues guitarist & vocalist_2025-08-22_interview on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubMoved to Santa Cruz to escape the Santa Clara Valley; met Brad Hecht with the band "Cool Jerks", who were an R&B corporate band = members of the Chamber of Commerce, and band members got insurance (!); Burnin Vernon played with them for 9 years as lead vocalist, and was able to make a living; went to school with Chris Cain, but decided he would venture beyond the blues; turned down a chance to audition with Brick as their guitarist, and landed a job as house guitarist at Fantasy Records in Berkeley, where a producer, Harvey Fuqua, was Etta James' boyfriend & introduced...
2025-08-2226 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubJohn Leopold - Executive Producer of "A Tribute to the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier"_2025-08-22_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubClifton Chenier's start in the 1950s as part of Rhythm & Blues Road Shows, with early albums on Elko, Celebrity & Chess Records; in the 1960s, with no recording congract, Clifton was playing dive bars; Chris Stracgwutz (of Arhoolie Records) was in Houston with LIghtning Hopkins when Lightning said, "Let's go see my cousin", and took Chris to a seriously dive bar where Clifton was playing as a duo, and Chris was struck by his blues; they agreed that night to record, with a single the next day (?) and an album the following week (?) at God Star Studios; Arhoolie relieased 13 albums of...
2025-08-2230 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubGail Pellerin_CA_Assemblymember_2025-08-15_on KZSC's Bushwhackers Breakfast ClubAssemblymember Gail Pellerin Represents the 28th California Assembly District.
Overview of district highlights from state budget: 5 Branches, with acupuncture still covered under MediCal, library infrastructure, the 415 project, healthy school pathway program, 2nd harvest food bank and continued support for the food & diaper bank, IHSS (ImHome Support Services), MediCal asset cap remains as previous, without draconian cut; regrets? It's a pretty dire picture give HR1, the "Big Brutal Bill"; The Care Fare will be Sept. 20 at the County Government Center, and will honor 12 Mental Health Heroes; recess is not a month off! Assemblymember Pellerin has been in the district, and attended...
2025-08-2028 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubJohn Laird, CA_State Senator_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubJohn Laird is California State Senator - 17th District
Senator Laird's Q for "Sassy Cassy": "What's the biggest challenge ou're facing that Policy might be able to address?" A: Literacy & (mis)information; Senator Laird: "Your father & I grew up with fact checkers and trusted sources. Now it's so crazy" ...with everything available everywhere all the time with few (if any) fact checkers or trusted sources; deep dive into Pain & Suffering bill which, when introduced, resulted in Senator Laird being "ambushed" with disinformation-fueled backlash; Senator Laird spoke with every member of the committee and got it passed, & then spoke with every...
2025-08-2030 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_KZSC's Bushwhacker'sThe "Dangerous Neighbors" theater troupe have been performing in Santa Cruz & the Bay Area since the early 1990s; this show was put on in June as a fundraiser for Santa Cruz Indivisible; political satire, and did it die (as Tom Lehrer famously said) when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? The "Deflating Fascism" show is 1/2 political satire, and 1/2 random sketch comedy; the cast includes Gail Rich winner Suzanne Shrag, and Bob Vickers, who also leads the band; all of the pieces were written by Bob; in past Dangerous Neighbors shows they've skewered American Gun Culture; Bob monologue from...
2025-08-2016 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubHandmade Moments_singers, songwriters Anna Moss & Joel Ludford_2025-08-08_KZSC's Bushwhacker'sAnna & Joel joined Steve Poltz onstage at the recent Redwood Ramble for his song "Can of Pop", and then, on his urging, joined him in the mosh pit for his encore, "Ripple", with Joel on Tuba and Anna on vocals (& holding Steve's mic); Anna & Joel met at a band party in college (in Arkansas)...people had told Anna about Joel, and he walked in, guitar in hand - Anna introduced herself but Joel said, "Sing something!", and Anna began to scat; as Joel says, "Let autism be your super power!!"; they were touring in a bus 8 years ago, with a...
2025-08-2027 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubJoe Weed - producer, composer, musician and filmmaker_KZSC Bushwhacker's_2025-07-25Joe Weed is a musician, composer, fiddler, and documentary filmmaker; playing music since 7 years old; as a fiddler, remembers and passes along who you learned a song from, and who it's by..."Mystery of the Ookpit" is a film about a fiddle tune that was mistakenly assumed to be derived from Native American music, but instead was written in 1965 by a Canadian; it gained prominence when someone played it at the Weiser, Idaho, National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest, where it was declared the winner - at this festival, at the next year, everyone plays the previous year's winner; Joe had made...
2025-07-3127 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubMary Schley_Reporter, Journalist at The Carmel Pine Cone_2025-06-27_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sUCSC undergrad in the early 90's majoring in psychology with a minor in journalism (there was not an option to major in journalism), where she was a reporter, and then the editor, of the campus City On A Hill newspaper; she wanted a career in journalism, but first worked in finance, and accounts receivable at a law firm; her break, and her first paying journalism gig, was writing for a monthly motorcycle magazine (she rode for 27 years); she moved back to Santa Cruz, eventually working for a PR firm for a great boss; she interviewed at The Carmel Pine Cone...
2025-07-2630 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubMegan McLaughlin,singer-songwriter with the Musers_2025-07-11_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sMegan, and the other members of "The Musers", hails from Sonoma County; "The Musers" was an acoustic band project started by Megan and Anita Sandwina about 8 years ago...Anita is on vocal rest for another month, so the trio will play The Ugly Mug tomorrow night, with Tom Kuhn on upright bass, and Leslie Jackson on mandolin (plus fiddle, banjo, reso guitar, and harmonica) - all 3 sing; Anita & Megan and the songwriters, but they also do some covers, including some John Reischman tunes, plus Led Zeppelin; Megan had a career as a teacher, which allowed her to tour in the...
2025-07-2627 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubJohn Laird_CA_State_Senator_2025-07-11_KZSC_Bushwhacker's1 week from today is the deadline for bills to pass out of the policy committee in the other house (not the house of origin); this last Monday broke the record for the # of emails Senator Laird received in a day, which blew up over a bill on anti-semitism - an interesting & emotional twisting & turning, with an elevated # of instances across the state, especially in schools; the original bill, SB715, was bare bones, and was amended in the Senate to specify the boundaries on discussing the topic in schools, and whether this should be included in the ethnic studies curriculum; usually...
2025-07-2630 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubChris Berry,SC Watershed Compliance Manager & Dana Stolzman, ED - Salmonid Restoration Federation_KZSC Bushwhacker'sThe Salmonid Restoration Foundation's (SRF) 42nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference will be in Santa Cruz at the end of April; Dana has been Executive Director for 20 years; the conference is the largest Salmonid / watershed conference in the northwest; 550 people are registered, but it's a challenging time: starting last year, there was a freeze on state employees traveling, and now Federal; Santa Cruz will host the conference at a number of venues; the Klamath Dam removal is the largest dam removal in history - it took decades! The secret? You have to have a big team, and find common ground; after...
2025-06-2730 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubGail Pellerin_CA State Assemblymember_2025-06-20_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sGail Pellerin is California's 28th Distict Assemblymember.
The legislature met their constitutional obligation to pass a budget by June 15, and they sent it to the governor - it's *very* different from what he sent over; there is significant uncertainty due to the federal government budget cuts and next year's budget, compounded by uncertainty over state tax income with LA having an extension; the legislature pushed back on the governor's budget - an example is the asset cap required to qualify for Medi-Cal: the governor wanted to revert to $2,000 (so if you own a car, you don't qualify), but the legislature...
2025-06-2730 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubBonny June and Bonfire_singers, songwriters Bonny June, Ken Kraft & Craig Owens_2025-06-06_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sBonny June & Bonfire (Ken Kraft & Craig Owens) are singers / songwriters / storytellers based in Santa Cruz, California.
Topics covered in the interview include: songwriting as story telling: every song tells a story! Sometimes they come to Bonny fully formed in a dream; birthday bash coming up will feature 2 new covers; The Money Question? Craig: no. Club owners like paying what they paid in the 80s. Ken: yes. Has been able to support himself through production, music lessons, and performing; Bonny June: not entirely, as she's a care giver by day; Bonny June & Bonfire have their 4th album in the works, and...
2025-06-2727 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubJustin Cummings_SC County Supervisor_2025-06-13_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sJustin Cummings is Santa Cruz County 3rd District Supervisor
Local impact of chaos in Washington? If the proposed cuts to Medicaid go through, this will impact California, and then us, with 40,000 people (out of a total county population of 250,000) losing health coverage; Justin, formerly a soft money scientist at UCSC, is now an adjunct in the Coastal Science & Policy Program; Trust: slow to build, quick to destroy; RTC = Regional Transportation Commission, which recently received the summary of the Rail-Trail feasability study, which indicates that the project will ultimate cost ~$4.2 Billion; CZU fire aftermath, 5 years later, where state restrictions / code / requirements...
2025-06-2730 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubCA_State_Senator_John Laird_2025-06-06_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sIn Santa Cruz a bit unexpectedly, because the California Senate started the week with 300-400 bills that had to be voted on to be passed over to the Assembly ahead of today's deadline for bills to move out of their "House of Origin" - and the Senate finished a day early! Bills will now be assigned to committee(s) in the other house - if they include fiscal implications (more than $50,000) they also go to the Appropriations Committee and placed on the "suspense calendar"; Senator Laird had 17 bills on the floor, and the hardest (SB 29) extends the sunset date on...
2025-06-2730 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubG'ma's Place_jazz musicians _20241210_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sG-Ma's Place is a young Santa Cruz jazz band comprised of Otis Ragen-Andrews, bass; Ryu Cirillo, Keyboards & Trombone; Rowan Thompson, Guitar; Xander Shulman, Drums.
Got together 2nd semester, 8th grade, in 2022 to form a band to compete in a talent show - now all high school juniors; inspired by local Kuumbwa Jazz Center; Ryu has perfect pitch, which he discovered in 8th grade - it's more of a blessing than a curse; they practice at one of their grandma's garages, thus "G-ma's Place", where they occasionally butt heads, with Otis usually the last to arrive; perform covers as well as...
2025-05-2927 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubRupert Wates_singers, songwriter, guitar virtuoso_20240809_kzsc_Bushwhacker'sBritain to New York & Colorado via Paris, where French encouragement helped him make the leap to being a professional musician; "Guitar-based story telling", and has been called a virtuoso; "California 1" song is a love song to our iconic highway; if he sings, it's an original, but he will play some classical guitar covers; as a songwriter, antennae always up...looking for patterns; he makes a living playing music, with almost all income from plyaing live (120 shows / year - 50,000 miles / year)...CD sales cover their cost...; uses jazz form for songs; deep dive into New York City living, then most impactful...
2025-05-2918 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubStephen Benson_singer, songwriter, guitar virtuoso_20240712_LIVE in the studio_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sBorn in Montana, raised in Oregon, high school in Ohio, then Connecticut; New York since 1983, starting with Manhattan School of Music; busking (playing on street)...made enough to (almost) cover rent, busing with bands, duos, trios, no one place - but musicians competed for street corners, and even sent one member early to claim space; own arrangements of other's music, with few originals; subbed on "The Lion King" on broadway, and has now been playing Broadway for decades, including own chair in the pit...55 shows in total! Union? Absolutely! "Broadway is always there"...the regular (DC) pay, vs. the feast...
2025-05-2927 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubPainted Mandolin_AiryLarry_singer-songwriter, musician_2025-01-17_kzsc_Bushwhacker'sCelebrating 10 years of "Painted Mandolin"...and Monday is the 36th Anniversary of "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club"...and this year marks 40 years for "The Banana Slug String Band"; "Painted Mandolin" begins when Larry had an idea to put together an acoustic band celebrating Jerry Garcia for a show at Don Quixote's in Felton (now the Felton Music Hall)...practices for a gig that would be a "one-off"; Larry knew Matt Hartle from playing around town, and Joe Craven from the Strawberry Music Festival, where Joe had sat in with 'The Banana Slug String Band"; 10 years ago they added Dan Robbins, a "...
2025-05-2827 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubBanana Slug String Band celebrating 40 years!_Solar Steve_singer-songwriter, musician_2025-03-21_KZSC_Bushwhacker's_interviewAll 4 founding members of the band are still together: Sun (Solar Steve), Soil (Doug Dirt), Water (Marine Mark) and Air (Airy Larry); all educators, who formed around the Pescadero VAlley outdoor education program 40 years ago, and decided to take it further; now, 40 years, and 12 albums later, they have managed to make music a part of their living / life, with environmental education music for all ages; Steve is the primary songwriter; 1st song? "I'm a Tree"; "Dirt Made my Lunch" was the first album (on vinyl & casette); they now have 4 generations of fans!; songwriter process? For Steve, the lyrics & music come...
2025-05-2827 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubCalifornia State Assemblymember_Gail Pellerin_2025-04-18_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sAttending Grand Opening of Beach Ranch today, a 247 acre parcel along the Pajaro River that the Land Trust is preserving, including wetlands; Land Trust is a local non-profit; Assembly currently in Spring Recess; Assembly working on the budget, and going through it line by line; next week is Holocaust Remembrance Day, and on April 28th, Asssemblymember Pellerin will host a floor ceremony honoring a constituent, Ruth Liberman, that is one of 5000 babies born in the Bergen Belsen concentration camp; Assemblymember Pellerin hosted a webinar with California Insurance Commissioner Lara to discuss the aftermath of the CZU fire over 4 years ago...
2025-04-2230 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubPoi Rogers, songwriters Carolyn Sills & Gerard Egan_2025-04-18_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sDuring Covid Gerard banged his head, and got the idea for "Poi Rogers", a mash-up of old fashioned country western meets Hawai'ian; public radio stations are crucial to up-and-coming artists, providing a way for them to reach audiences without being curated by an algorithm; the money question? Survive through a diversity of money sources, including their guitar repair shop in Soquel; been in Santa Cruz 15 years, and found the perfect place to live that allows dogs; new CD release a week from Saturday, "Twilight Blues", which will also be released on 10" vinyl; 8 week tour this summer...when they tour, it's...
2025-04-2226 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubKray Van Kirk_singer, songwriter_2025-03-28_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sArcata, California (Humboldt) based; start in music? Kray quit grad school (was at the Graduate Theological School at U.C. Berkeley) and started touring, playing quite a bit in Alaska; when he became single parent he realized he needed something more dependable, and so got a Ph.D. in Fisheries Modeling before working for the government in Arcata; when his daughter left the next he quit and went back on the road (2017); who would've thought 3 months ago that in the face of Federal Funding Chaos and Science that being a singer / songwriter would look more stable financially?!?!!?!; Kray lives by...
2025-04-1527 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubCA_State_Senator_John Laird_2025-04-04_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sDeep dive into California's Cap & Trade system (Senator Laird is on the Senate's Working Group on Cap & Trade, which met last week to disuss how far we want to extend it, and whether to move up the current sunset ); How Cap & Trade works: measure emissions, and if over a cap, company has to pay a fee for the amount of emissions over the cap - alert listener Eric in Santa Cruz texts in that they can buy emissions from other companies, which is how Tesla was able to survive before they had cars to sell - Senator Laird adds that...
2025-04-1429 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubCalifornia State Assemblymember_Gail Pellerin_2025-03-21 on KZSC's "Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club"March is Women's History Month; recently announced the winners of the Assembly Distict 28 Women of the Year, with a deeep dive into each of them and why they were nominated / awarded; Assemblymember Pellerin's staff who helped pull this off; every woman in the California legislature is given a number - Gail is #187 - and they are now up to 206...almost 50% women in the legislature (59 of 120); chaos in Washington, uncertain times, and how California is coping / girding itself, and how the agriculture industry in the district is girding itself.
2025-03-2729 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubCalifornia State Assemblymember_Gail Pellerin_2025-02-21 on KZSC's "Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club"...heading to San Jose today; the deadline for submitting bills for this year's regular legislative session is today; lawmakers can submit up to 35 bills per 2 year session; staff member Lisette suggested a bill on renters getting their deposits back via Venmo if they paid their deposit via Venmo; re-introducing bill for transferring Semper Virens parcels to State Park system (=AB679); also a bill that would prohibit one jurisdiction from transporting a person experiencing homelessness from their jurisdiction to another jurisdiction; a bill on how to correct a ballot if you've made a mistake; discussion of the recent trial of the...
2025-03-2728 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubMusician_Jackson Emmer,singer-songwriter_2025-01-31_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sJackson relocated to Santa Cruz a year ago, from Carbondale, Colorado, because he's addicted to surfing!; "You're never a prophet in your hometown!"; Songwriter Round format...Jackson experienced this at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, where the performers were in the middle, the audience surrounding them, and each takes a turn; it was intimate, and Jackson wanted to try it in Santa Cruz; Abigayle Kempst is a young prolific singer/songwriter who lives in Nashville, and Jackson is flying her out to produce his next album - they thought, hey! Let's put together a show!; Jackson alwasy brings a handful...
2025-03-2727 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast Clubsinger-songwriter_Rachel Sumner_2025-02-28_kzsc_Bushwhacker'sRachel Sumner (& Traveling Light)
Named after James Taylor (middle name), so destined for a life in music. Started on classical flute, and got into Berklee School of Music in Boston, where she came across Bluegrass (Molly Tuttle was in her class). Put together a bluegrass band (Twisted Pine). Put out a CD of songs ("Heartless Things", and later formed "Traveling Light" with Cat Wallace on fiddle and Mike Segal on bass. They put out a CD of the same songs as Heartless Things, but this time with traditional bluegrass arrangements, and 3 part harmonies sharing a microphone. The song "Radium Girls"...
2025-03-2625 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast Clubmusician_Dave Holodiloff_singer, songwriter, mandolin player_2025-03-07_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sBeen a musician all of his adult life - 20 years; the Money Question? Yes! Able to make a living as a musician mostly through shows, also teaching, production, some private events; not putting out CDs any more - it's "a thing of the past", because many people (including Dave) no longer have CD players; Dave Holodiloff Bluegrass covers of the Grateful Dead? Been a fan since high school, learned to play Dead songs; have performed a Grateful Dead / Jerry Garcia show every year on Jerry's birthday - this year will be the 17th annual, at the Henry Miller Library in...
2025-03-2527 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubCA_State_Senator_John Laird_2025-03-07Legislative deadline for bill submittal passed (2/21); Laird submitted 19 bills - the legislature previously had limits of 40 bills per 2 year session in the Senate, 50 in the Assembly - now, both houses have a limit of 35 for each Assemblymember and Senator; Senator Laird has a few bills in "spot form", which has the focus of the bill, but it needs to be fleshed out - cannot amend within 30 days of being introduced, and spot bills must be finalized by March 26; one spot bill on battery storage (applying lessons learned from Moss Landing battery storage fire); spot bills removing sunset expiration from previously...
2025-03-2529 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubKZSC_Bushwhackers_movie_reviews_Bruce_B-Movie_Bratton remembered by Sleepy John_20241213We interviewed Bruce "B-Movie" Bratton last Friday on his last regular segment of movie reviews on "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" after 19 years; Bruce passed away at home, in his sleep, 5 days later on December 11, 2024; in Santa Cruz Bruce worked for every newspaper in town, the Good Times, the Santa Cruz Metro, the Santa Cruz Sentinel; Sleepy knew Bruce for 35 years; Bruce always had a beef with something, and would let you know about it; Dangerous Dan was not always a fan, as Bruce would go on and on, including lengthy reviews of movies he hated and did not want you...
2025-02-2811 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast Clubkzsc_Bushwhacker's_California State Senator (ret) Bill Monning_20250228When we spoke in November (on Santa Cruz Voice) Bill said that the Country was in bad shape? Now? "It's gotten worse!"; in Compton, the school buses are all electric, helping combate greenhouse gas and climate change - incremental gains are happenning...but this administration, with "Drill, baby! Drill!"; what question would a retired state senator have for a current college student? "What a great opportunity! What are students doing today to help make the world better?" Dylan's answer: protests and demonstrations, passion; U.C. Santa Cruz was built during the administration of Governor Ronald Reagan, and was designed to...
2025-02-2830 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubCA State Senator John Laird_20250207_KZSC Bushwhacker'sMoss Landing's Vistra facility is the largest battery storage facility in California, which had a horrific fire last month that burned for days; Morro Bay has a planned battery storage facility, but which will use a newer technology that is less prone to failure and more powerful; battery storage in California is growing, and saved the grid during a recent heat spike, supplying more power to the grid than nuclear enery; battery technology has evolved; using Morro Bay as an example, the Energy Commission reviews and approves battery storage facilities, which have an option to go through local channels...if...
2025-02-1030 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast Clubmusician Peppino D-Agostino_finger-style guitarist_2025-01-24_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sBeen professional since he was 18, and the music industry has changed in the last 40 years, but the power of music has not, and never will; now, it's all about performing live, and no longer making royalties from records; how Peppino mixes performing live with soundtracks, music for video games, and guitar workshops, master classes, and seminars; as a solo performer, it's easier, because he doesn't have to share the revenue, and teaching makes things a bit easier because he can stay in one place; deep dive into how EA (Electronic Arts) asked Peppno to play guitar badly for the Sims...
2025-02-1026 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubKZSC_Bushwhacker's_Chuck Brodsky, singer, songwriter, troubadour_2024-12-27Been 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 saturated the soil...Chuck lives on a mountain, having bought a house back in the day before the real estate boom; homeowner's insurance does not cover floods or landslides, for that you need flood insurance, which was prohibitively expensive...
2025-01-3127 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubGail Pellerin_CA Assemblymember_2025-01-24_KZSC Bushwhacker'sAid 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 almost 2/3 that have not! Homeowners using CalFAIR, the insurer of last resort, increased by 435% since 2020 in the Santa Cruz Mountains!!! AB226 submitted ot ensure financial stability of plan; homeowners insurance in California is broken; digression to January as Traficking Awareness Month - an...
2025-01-3129 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubKZSC_CA State Senator John Laird_20250110_Bushwhacker'sNew 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 fires; defensible space plus fire resistant building materials; homeowner's insurance and insurance companies dropping people as soon as they can after a fire - which happened in Santa Cruz County...
2025-01-3129 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubKZSC_Bushwhacker's_Harry & the Hitmen_6 Piece Dance Funk band_2024-12-20Harry & 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 in its entirety; 5 of the 6 sing, with a shout out to Nicholas, Scott and Ryan for the arrangements; discussion of covers of R+B and Soul (Stax...
2025-01-3125 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubKZSC_Bushwhacker's_Gail Pelerin CA 28th Dist Assemblymember_staffer Maureen McCarty last day & retirement_2024-12-20Today 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 a "side hustle" on Kim deSerpa's staff (newly elected County Supervisor); Maureen started as an intern "working for pennies", then became a staff member for a congressman in Washington DC, later moving to Santa Cruz...
2025-01-3127 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast Clubkzsc_Bushwhacker's_Editorial Cartoon Monthly_Comic News_Thom Zajac and John Govsky_20241213Thom 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 support, the Comic News, mailed to subscribers and subscription supported, and TheComicNews.com, subscription supported; Thom was interested in editorial cartoons and tried to sell his own one...
2024-12-2730 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubBruce 'B-Movie' Bratton_a life of movie reviews_kzsc_Bushwhacker's_20241206With 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. But he did run the Silent Film Festival at the Castro Theater; why quit now? Burned out? In part, yes...also, the average quality of films has declined, theaters are closing left...
2024-12-1228 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubPam Delgado, Singer Songwriter (part of Duo Quartet) - Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club KZSC Santa Cruz"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 Delgado plays cajon - everyone but Nina sings; the Money Question? for Pam, not anymore...she's an account manager at a landscape company, but her boss is both a musician and a fan.
2024-11-2727 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubKZSC_Bushwhacker's_musician Pam Delgado of Duo Quartet_singer, songwriter_20241115"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 Delgado plays cajon - everyone but Nina sings; the Money Question? for Pam, not anymore...she's an account manager at a landscape company, but her boss is both a musician and a fan.
2024-11-2527 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubKZSC Bushwhacker's - Crys Matthews, Singer Songwriter - Folk & Social Justice - Nov. 8, 2024First 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 from Toronto...they're playing separate gigs, but will be back together for show next Thursday at The Ugly Mug in Soquel.
2024-11-1627 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubKZSC_Bushwhacker's_musician Crys Matthews_singer, songwriter_20241108First 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 from Toronto...they're playing separate gigs, but will be back together for show next Thursday at The Ugly Mug in Soquel.
2024-11-1527 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubKZSC_Bushwhacker's_CA Assemblymember Gail Pellerin_20241115What 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, Elk Grove Citizen, where she realized she had opinions; worked for Rusty Arias' district office, then the Bill Tracking Unit in Sacramento, and later, Santa Cruz County Clerk; the Governor *has* called...
2024-11-1429 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubSanta Cruz City Councilmember Scott Newsome - The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club (9/27/2024)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 "Dangerous Dan" Orange
2024-10-2830 minBill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubKzsc Bushwhacker's Musician Rita Hosking Singer, Songwriter 20240920Risa 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 Busic"; now "country/folk with a little twang". Rita got a grant from Arts Council from the state, to write music / songs about climate change; making a living with music performing, running a songwriting...
2024-10-2623 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubSC Watershed Compliance Manager Chris Berry - The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club (4/12/2024)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.
2024-05-0828 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubThe Zombies Interviewed On KZSC Santa Cruz 2016 09 07Colin 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 more. Keith of KZSC's Moon Majoon and Carol of KZSC's Test of Time were honored to do the interview and we think you'll get a lot out of a listen!
2016-09-0839 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubArtists on Art - Sept 7 2016 interview with Shelley Stamp and Edward RamirezInterview 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.
2016-09-0750 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubArtists on Art - Aug 31 2016 - Interview with John Leaños and Claudia LópezInterview 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
2016-09-0752 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubLarry Coryell on Test Of Time 2016 08 26On 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 include Larry's diverse interest in music, the reunion of The Free Spirits and the first new studio album for The Eleventh House since 1976 (http://www.429records.com/sites/429records/429details/d_11thhouse.asp)
2016-08-3124 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubTalkabout 8/10/2016 - Joe Jordan on solar powerJoe 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 hear more from Joe Jordan on a popular talk he did for a TEDxSanta Cruz event in 2011 (https://youtu.be/R1y2wll2Ve8). A 5 min 28 second edit of the interview is ava...
2016-08-2635 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubThis Just in from Outdoors - Joe Jordan on solar powerJoe 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 can hear more from Joe Jordan on a popular talk he did for a TEDxSanta Cruz event in 2011 (https://youtu.be/R1y2wll2Ve8). The full interview can be heard here...
2016-08-2605 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubSanta Cruz Community Compost Company on KZSC's Busy BeeInterview with Ivy Young, the owner of Santa Cruz Community Compost Company. Interview by M Ahola and Erik the Red on Aug 23rd, 2016.
2016-08-2320 min
Bill Burman - Dangerous Neighbors theater troupe re 'Deflating Fascism'_2025-08-08_on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubKZSC Interviews TennisKevin 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!
2015-05-1810 min