As you read this (assuming you read my columns as soon as they’re published, which, of course you do, why wouldn’t you?) I am in Santa Cruz for the weekend.  You know what that means: I get to write a column about my beloved alma mater, UC Santa Cruz.…

Matthew “Cornbread” Compton was preparing to hop on a call with a reporter when his phone buzzed. Checking a text message from his Electric Guest bandmate, Asa Taccone, he learned that Taccone wouldn’t be unable to make the interview because he was just involved in a car crash. Electric…