tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post2973970429698013826..comments2022-09-10T08:17:44.277-07:00Comments on Somebody Thinks This Is Somewhere...: Santa Cruz (You're not that far)postcardgedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066943608918152754noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-82521986284586886432010-03-17T04:09:34.335-07:002010-03-17T04:09:34.335-07:00Oh, this is of course too late for your California...Oh, this is of course too late for your California leg, but the Camper song "(Don't Ya Go to) Goleta" pokes fun at the University of California campuses in SoCal: Goleta is the home of UC Santa Barbara, Westwood is the part of LA where UCLA is, La Jolla is UC San Diego. Go see them at SXSW!trialsanderrorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09855345727221414496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-10173292920243714432010-03-17T04:03:22.054-07:002010-03-17T04:03:22.054-07:00Fun fact: The UC Santa Cruz campus was conceived b...Fun fact: The UC Santa Cruz campus was conceived by Ronald Reagan (then the governator of Kalifornia) to be "riot proof", so UCSC students couldn't congregate and challenge the authorities like Berkeley students on Sproul Plaza and Telegraph Ave. Today Santa Cruz is considered the most left-leaning and activist campus in the UC system...<br /><br />Music fact: Camper Van Beethoven spent far more time in Santa Cruz than the Thrills (hence their box set is called Cigarettes and Carrot Juice: the Santa Cruz Years)...trialsanderrorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09855345727221414496noreply@blogger.com