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EPISODE #016: SCRAP-METAL ROCKETS & THE FLAT EARTH

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flat-earth-rocket-personPhoto by Laura Crane.

We are back in the Desert Oracle studio high atop Antenna Hill, with a new episode all about that crackpot parked off the highway near Amboy while he tries to launch a steam-powered rocket 1,800 feet high to … prove the Earth is flat?

Listen live on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree and the High Desert, or stream live at 10 p.m. California time at Z1077FM.com or subscribe and listen on your favorite podcast system. And come to our Desert Oracle Campfire Stories at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs next week, Thursday Dec. 7 at 7 p.m., everybody’s welcome, free to attend. (Camp bar on hand, plus get a 10% room discount if you’re staying the night: Just say “CAMPFIRE” when you make your reservation!)

New ambient tracks tonight from Joshua Tree’s RedBlueBlackSilver—”Ellipse” and “Sighting”—with additional sounds from:

EPISODE #015: OUR HOLIDAY LIVE SHOW WITH ALIENS, MARIJUANA & OTHER MONSTERS

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BRENDAN MAZE - DESERT ORACLE RADIO LIVEPhoto by Kate Naylor.

OH GOOD GRAVY, it’s Thanksgiving in the Desert and we’ve got the perfect holiday listening for the whole family—even Old Grandpa Marty, although he’ll never admit it, considering the way he is. Enjoy our First Annual DESERT ORACLE RADIO LIVE Holiday Broadcast, with tales of Death Valley and tribal memories of the flying saucers, Jeremy Corbell on Skinwalker Ranch and Patient Seventeen, and our old friend Brendan Maze on his Mojave Mindfulness Initiative. This show was recorded last week before a lively audience at the Ace Hotel & Swim Club in downtown Palm Springs.

Listen live on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree and the whole High Desert, Friday nights at 10 o’clock sharp! You can stream the program live on Z1077FM.com, or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes & other such podcast systems.

Sounds you’ll hear tonight include our theme music, by Pierre Langer, and:

EPISODE #014: LIVE FROM THE ACE HOTEL IN PALM SPRINGS

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DESERT ORACLE RADIO LIVE
Well we went & did it: We recorded two episodes of DESERT ORACLE RADIO with a rowdy audience at the Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs, California.

It’s our 14th episode. live on stage with Doc Daniels and his Mojave Phone Booth posse, Patient Seventeen director Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell, and area businessman Brendan Maze discussing his Mojave Mindfulness Institute. Listen live in the High Desert on KCDZ 107.7 FM, or stream the program live from Z107.7 FM, or get the podcast at iTunes & Etc.

Sounds you’ll hear tonight include our theme music, by Pierre Langer, and:

Photo by @lscrane.

EPISODE #013: THE OLD WOMAN METEORITE & TROUBLE ON THE HAUNTED HAYRIDE

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DESERT ORACLE RADIO LIVE!
The lost episode, Lucky #13, has now been found. (Please ignore references to the Full Moon, which was last Friday night. But it’ll come around again, like everything.) Join us for tales of the Old Woman Meteorite and the mysterious warrior-priestesses & priests of the New World, along with a phone call from Brendan Maze, organizer of the Mojave Madness/Holy Harvest Halloween event a week or so back.

Don’t miss our very first live performance of DESERT ORACLE RADIO, at the Ace Hotel & Swim Club in downtown Palm Springs. Free reserved seating (only a few seats remain!) is available here.

Sounds heard tonight include the usual desert scavengers recorded in the wild by your host and a new track, “Slumber,” from Joshua Tree’s RedBlueBlackSilver, along with these mysterious sounds:

EPISODE #012: FROM MISSING HIKERS TO ‘MURDER SUICIDE’

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DESERT ORACLE RADIOWhen “missing tourists” become “murder-suicide,” a phone call with our old friend Doc Daniels of Mojave Phone Booth infamy, and the pleasing tale of “Walking George” Swain of Boron, California.

Tune in tonight at 10 p.m. tune: KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree and across the Mojave High Desert. If you’re out of range, stream the broadcast live from Z107.7 FM. You can subscribe to the podcast, too: All the episodes. All the mystery.

Tonight we give a “shout out” to Mr. RedBlueBlackSilver, who creates soundscapes like the one we heard tonight, “Normalizer,” at his Joshua Tree lair. Other sounds you’ll hear tonight include the following:

And thanks to funnyfriendsofthefuture for the Desert Oracle Radio artwork! (And remember to get your free reserved-seating tickets for the Nov. 16 live DESERT ORACLE RADIO show in Palm Springs!)

EPISODE #011: BLACK TRIANGLES & FURIOUS WILDFIRES

DESERT ORACLE RADIO

New episode: DESERT ORACLE RADIO. Tonight at 10 p.m. tune to KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree and across the Mojave High Desert, or stream the broadcast live or get the podcast. Do It Now.

Information regarding the Nov. 16 DESERT ORACLE RADIO … LIVE! event can be found here, with free reserved seating here.

Sounds and musical tracks you will hear tonight include various field recordings and:

EPISODE #010: DESERT APOCALYPSE & THE LANDERS QUAKE OF 1992

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Our 10th episode re-visits the biggest California earthquake in 65 years: The Landers Quake of 1992. Also: Brendan Maze on plans to market Mojave sparkling water, and what you need for the Apocalypse.

Subscribe to the podcast on whatever podcast system you enjoy! Here’s the iTunes link. And listen live in the High Desert on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree!

Sounds in this episode include the usual ravens and coyotes, along with bits and pieces from the following musical/ambient recordings:

EPISODE #009: THE CASA GRANDE DOMES & JACK PARSONS MAKING MAGICK IN THE MOJAVE

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DESERT ORACLE PODCAST
We are back with the ninth episode of DESERT ORACLE RADIO, just as the first signs of Fall arrive in the Mojave High Desert. Tonight we sing the praises of the Cassini mission to Saturn, spend some time with the ghost of JPL founder Jack Parsons out in the Mojave where he completed his “Babalon Working” ritual, and visit with our friend Jason P. Woodbury—who has an interesting tale about the mysterious Casa Grande Domes in Arizona. (He also has a fine article on the subject in the upcoming issue of DESERT ORACLE, the pocket-sized field guide to the strange American desert.

Desert Oracle RadioJason P. Woodbury talking about the mystery of the Casa Grande Domes.

Sounds in this episode include wild animals, your host’s creaking wooden chair, diesel trucks, and the following musical/ambient recordings:

EPISODE #008: THE GHOST WORLD OF DEATH VALLEY JCT & OTHER TALES

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DESERT ORACLE
IN THIS EPISODE, we take a weird road trip to Death Valley Junction, meeting astronauts, film crews, Czech composers, so-called comedians and other odd characters along the way.

Listen live on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree and the High Desert on Friday nights, and subscribe to the podcast for free, full episodes. And don’t forget to subscribe to our quarterly pocket-sized print magazine, DESERT ORACLE.

Music and sounds heard in this episode include:

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