autumn

EPISODE #200: THE AUTUMN TINT OF GOLD

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Ken Layne at the board, Radio 1 Prague, 1992.

This autumn is getting off to a strange start, as here in the Mojave High Desert there are carpets of little yellow wildflowers thanks to the hurricane, old Hurricane Hilary which soaked us all pretty good a month ago. Never seen so many weeds in late September. Happy Equinox from Desert Oracle Radio, celebrating 200 episodes with tonight’s show.

And that means this is EPISODE #200: THE AUTUMN TINT OF GOLD. Thanks for supporting this advertising-free podcast through our Patreon. Listen to the radio broadcast tonight at 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree & the Mojave High Desert. Musical soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.

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PHOTO: Ken Layne DJ’ing at Radio 1 Praha, 1992. It’s possible that Sam Chammas took this picture.

EPISODE #139: HARVEST OF SOULS

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We’re back from the road with a new episode to celebrate the most glorious time of year: October, Autumn, Harvest, Fall, whatever you all it. It’s EPISODE #139: HARVEST OF SOULS. With new nocturnal gospel music from RedBlueBlackSilver, and strange tales phoned in from our listeners, recorded live in Chicago at Illuminated Brew Works Lodge #1.

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EPISODE #138: BLESSED ARE THE DOOMED

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Congratulations, you people! It is Fall. You made it. Might take another month or two, until you really notice, but summer is officially over.

It’s a new episode for a new season, with new soundscapes by you-know-who (RedBlueBlackSilver). It’s time for EPISODE #138: BLESSED ARE THE DOOMED. Thanks for supporting this program via Patreon.

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NEWS: Desert Oracle/Ken Layne will be performing live & recording an episode for broadcast at the PYGMALION festival in Urbana, Illinois. Friday, September 24, at 8 p.m. Festival tickets available now at PYGMALION. And reading from Desert Oracle, Vol. 1, at the literary event next door, Analog Wine Bar, 10 p.m.

CHICAGO: Live at Illuminated Brew Works Lodge #1, Sunday 9/26 7PM. Tickets are going fast for this one-night show in a newly opened 50-seat occult tap room.

#068: WITCHES & COWBOYS

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Jim Sullivan UFO

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We’re hanging on to Halloween like a gila monster, with our spooky broadcast from Friday night. What exactly happened to Jim Sullivan, the now-beloved singer-songwriter who was barely known in the 1970s and then disappeared in the New Mexico desert? Music writer Jason P. Woodbury joins us to talk about the re-release of Sullivan’s self-titled 1972 album; Jason wrote the liner notes for this Light In the Attic Records release.

Then we are joined by L.A. witch/journalist Laura Bolt, to talk about the magic of autumn and the spooky scene in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree.

If you want to come to our events, take a look at our Events Calendar, and maybe come to November 7 Campfire Stories at the Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs, 7 p.m. this coming Thursday at the Commune firepit. (Use the code DESERTORACLE to get a room discount.) And yes we have a Patreon now, which means we are humbly seeking your membership to support Desert Oracle Radio, our Desert Oracle field guide, and all the curious events & performances we do up here in the desert.

Don’t forget our Halloween bonus episode, recorded at the campfire one year ago. It is Episode #069. Nice.

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