1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Brad arrived in Santa Cruz in 1978 after graduating college in New York &amp;amp; hitch hiking acros sthe country; worked at The Independent, which later became the Metro; &amp;amp; the Good Times (which was across form the Cooper House, &amp;amp; Brad was their 1st music reviewer); went to UC Berkeley School of Journalism, interned at the New York Times, then got a job in Florida as a police report [he broke the story about the sheriff running a prostitution ring], later Kansas City Star, the Gilroy Dispatch, and Santa Cruz Patch; Brad owns &quot;Growing Up In Santa Cruz&quot;, a local monthly paper - it's a struggle, but it's beloved; his other 2 jobs are teaching at Cabrillo College, and editing the Good Times; plus he plays in &quot;Jam &amp;amp; the Butterred Biscuits&quot;, a local band that plays all originals, and who are opening the mid-town summer music festival season; celebrating his 3rd anniversary at the Good Times after being hired on Memorial Day Weekend when the previous editor published an anonymous Anti-Drag Queen letter (in Santa Cruz?!!?!?), when the owner asked him if he'd fill in for &quot;a couple of months&quot;; this week's AI cover story generated hate mail even before it hit the news stand, with haters lashing out at a local restaurant &quot;The Salty Otter&quot;, whose owner - a graphic designer - worked with AI to improve her logo (or so she thought) - artist supervised AI - the AI controversy is if it will replace artists, but AI *must* be supervised; Good Times has a circulation of [30,000, &amp;amp; gets more ad revenue from print than digital - people cherish hard copy; Karen Crocceti and AI assisting in giant mural planning; Good Times shifted to news during the pandemic - the owner owns 17 northern California papers &amp;amp; is working to keep a free (&amp;amp; independent!) press alive!! An interview on &quot;The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club&quot; with &quot;Dangerous Dan&quot; Orange, &amp;amp; &quot;DJ Spark Plug&quot; (Dylan Estevez) &amp;amp; &quot;Momento Maury&quot; (Maury Burnett-Cavotto) airing Friday mornings on KZSC Santa Cruz, California. 2026 is Bushwhacker's 37th year on the air! Thanks for listening! To support KZSC (&amp;amp; these podcasts), please go to KZSC.FM and click on the &quot;Donate to KZSC&quot; button in the upper right-hand corner. Thanks! KZSC Santa Cruz http://kzsc.fm/talk <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/41484520/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/202462180