Whatever name a band chooses can affect people’s opinion of them, and that judgment, right or wrong, might stick permanently.
Articles by Aaron Carnes
The Best Milkshakes in Santa Cruz
Since Santa Cruz is fast becoming known as an ice cream mecca, it might follow that our shakes are also the best around.
Acai Bowl Craze Sweeps Santa Cruz
For such a small city, Santa Cruz has an unusually large number of options for finding a good acai bowl.
Coffee Zombie Collective a Surprise Hit
Bluegrass cover band twist songs into exciting new arrangements
Local Market Offers Carbon Reduction Program
Most people have heard by now of the concept of reducing humans’ “carbon footprint.” For years, it’s been talked about most often in relation to big companies, but there’s an increasing focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions at smaller and even individual levels.
New Tannery Series Puts Grants to a Vote
Santa Cruz artists looking to get their projects funded now have a whole new avenue available to them, through a new program at the Tannery Arts Center called FEAST.
Who’s at the Santa Cruz Blues Festival?
Is there a band that more clearly defines classic rock than the Steve Miller Band? Well, the Eagles maybe, but that’s it.
Sharon Jones: Classic, But Not Retro
Most people got their first taste of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings in 2005, right around the release of their second album, Naturally.
Greenspace’s Lydia Corser Ahead of the Curve
Lydia Corser remembers when, nearly 20 years ago, she told people that she was a “green” interior designer. She got some confused looks.
Blackbird Raum: Santa Cruz Radicals
In the mid-2000s, Blackbird Raum unexpectedly took Santa Cruz by storm. Rising up out of a community of squatters and travelers in 2004, they were set up like a folk-jug ensemble, but played with the intensity and political leanings of an anarchist crust punk band.
