Wanted: Grateful Dead Archivist

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Sure, unemployment is soaring, but every so often a job pops up that anyone would want. UCSC just began advertising for one of those jobs: Grateful Dead Archivist. According to the posting, “The Archivist will be part of a dynamic, collegial, and highly motivated department dedicated to building, preserving, promoting, and providing maximum access both physically and virtually to one of the Library’s most exciting and unique collections, The Grateful Dead Archive.”

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The Smoker’s Tour of Santa Cruz

Photo by Curtis Cartier.

Santa Cruz nightlife does offer a spark of relief in these post-apocalyptic times for smokers. There are several secret hovels every black-lung should know if he or she is going to survive in this brave new world, but discretion being the better part of pallor, this cloak-and-dagger guide is based on hidden clues. Read carefully and be rewarded with a bourbon and a Camel.

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