Eric Parson didn’t even have a band until he was prodded by KPIG DJ “Sleepy” John Sandidge to play on his show; Several phone calls and a few Craigslist searches later, “Skinny Ricky and the Casual Encounters” was brought to life.
Posts Tagged: UCSC
Kayla Hallee, R.I.P.
A UCSC student died and no one in Santa Cruz reported it. How was the death of a vivacious member of the SC community glossed over?
Review: ‘Henry V’
SSC’s Henry V proves itself “a rousing dramatic feast.”
UCSC’s Solar Breakthrough
Truly renewable resources and self-sustaining systems are few and far between. But what if you could have one in your garden?
UCSC Scientist Seeks Origins of Life
On the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam depicts the origin of life as told by Christian theology. God’s hand reaches toward Adam’s, their fingers pointing outstretched. If UCSC biochemist David Deamer could paint himself into the fresco, his finger would point toward the slimy edge of an acidic, bubbling, volcanic pool.
Slugs Study Up for Ethics Bowl
Nothing fuels a productive and intelligent practice discussion like a crisp beer in one hand, and a pile of Goldfish in the other. This is how the UCSC Ethics Bowl team is preparing for the upcoming national competition in San Antonio, Texas on Feb. 28.
Banff Mountain Film Festival Rides Again
Banff is a tiny mountain town in the Canadian Rockies. Like our own community, it’s a popular tourist destination, known to draw people who love outdoor activities of all stripes. But other than that, it’s way more South Park than Santa Cruz, surrounded by ski resorts and known for a gondola ride that actually goes somewhere other than across a theme park.
Food Activists, Scientists Talk GMOs
Imagine sitting UC Berkeley Professor Miguel Altieri—one of the nation’s most outspoken advocates of sustainable farming—down at the table with a representative from Monsanto, the world’s biggest producer of genetically modified seeds, for a debate about GMOs. What would happen? Cat fight? Chair throwing?
Q&A: Food Activist Sandor Katz
More and more, Santa Cruz is a hotspot for locally grown food: the county is dotted with small farms and farmers markets, it seems every third lawn has been ripped out to make space for growing food and our elementary schools are surrounded with edible gardens.
Q&A: Judgement Day
Oakland’s Judgement Day has been wreaking beautiful havoc on the music scene since 2002, creating a hybrid of classical and metal music dubbed “string metal.”
With three albums under their belt, the band has slowly transformed from metal into an experimental rock project.
