{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Michael Gaither_Singer, Songwriter, Music Journalist, Trivia night host_interview 2026-07-24_ on KZSC's &quot;Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club&quot; by &quot;Dangerous Dan&quot; Orange &amp; &quot;DJ Spark Plug&quot; (Dylan Estevez)","description":"Michael was born &amp;amp; raised, &amp;amp; still lives in, Watsonville (mom from there, too); new venue in mid-county at SeaScape Golf Course on Club House Drive; monthly trivia nights there, plus Trivia Nights at El Vaquero Winery &amp;amp; Bargetto; Michael playing SeaScape tonight for happyp hour as a duo; opening a week from tomorrow for Lacy J. Dalton as a quartet - sans drums - at El Vaquero; Michael views himself as a catalyst for other artists, not a promoter; but he writes press releases as well as articles about musicians coming to town for Look Out Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Sentinel, &amp;amp; Good Times; &quot;The Money Question&quot;: he's semi-retired, with 4 part time jobs (music, 2 articles a month for the Sentinel; DJing in KPIG [at the other end of the dial &amp;amp; the other end of the County from KZSC], &amp;amp; hosting Trivia Nights); but in his previous life he was corporate, commuting on Highway 17; one of his new tunes &quot;Tens of Dollars&quot;, was inspired by a comment by Sleepy John Sandidge, &amp;amp; Michael will write John a check when the streaming royalities exceed a penny; &quot;Siri and Alexa&quot; is about those digital assistants that evesdrop on everything; he gets ideas for Trivia Night Themes &amp;amp; Qs from friends, some web searches, but some spontaneous (e.g.: a recent them night on &quot;Calvin &amp;amp; Hobbes; &amp;amp; Philosophers&quot;). 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) 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! ","author_name":"KZSC Santa Cruz","author_url":"http:\/\/kzsc.fm\/talk","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42271530\/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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/204630230"}