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Goldies 2004 Music Top 10 Santa Cruz Music Spots That Don't Exist Anymore 1. Palookaville 2. Live Soup 3. Club Zayante 4. O.T. Price's 5. What Is Art 6. High Country 7. Mona's Gorilla Lounge 8. United Cigar 9. Crossroads 10. High Country Top 10 Santa Cruz Band Names of All Time 1. Ass Baboons of Venus 2. Hit by a Semi 3. Joe Cuba and the Tokyo Negroes 4. Exploding Crustaceans 5. Vicious Midgets 6. Tao Chemical 7. Gash Palace 8. Pro Choice and the Coat Hangers 9. JFKFC 10. The Huxtables Goldies 2004 Contents: Arts & Culture (readers' choice) A-Z Index of Names/Places Economic Index Food & Drink (readers' choice) Goods & Services (readers' choice) Historical Index Lit Miscellaneous Movies Music Music & Nightlife (readers' choice) People & Places People & Places (readers' choice) Politics List of 'Stans' Top 10 Santa Cruz Favorite Bands--Local 1. The Expendables 2. Snail 3. Eddy and the Tide 4. Pele Juju 5. The Humans 6. The Batteries 7. Special Fun 8. Sambadà 9. Camper Van Beethoven 10. Slow Gherkin Top 10 Santa Cruz Favorite Bands--Touring 1. Neil Young 2. Superbooty 3. Greg Kihn Band 4. Eek a Mouse 5. Slightly Stoopid 6. Blue Oyster Cult 7. Blackalicious 8. Andre Nickatina 9. Robert Cray 10. Hell's Belles Top 10 Santa Cruz Songs 1. "Big Dipper"--Cracker 2. "Santa Cruz"--Oliver Brown 3. "I'm Coming Home"--Robert Earl Keen 4. "Beer Run"--Todd Snider 5. "Roller Coaster by the Sea"--Jonathan Richman 6. "Santa Cruz"--Lonely Kings 7. "Alone in Santa Cruz"--The Ataris 8. "Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)--The Thrills 9. "Miss Santa Cruz County"--Cracker 10. "Santa Cruz"--J. Church [ Santa Cruz | Metroactive Central | Archives ]