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EPISODE #202: THE SPIRITUAL INTOXICATION OF THE WILDERNESS RAMBLE

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One thing people like to do when they’re given some liberties — or when they take the liberty that’s usually there for the taking, if anybody wants it bad enough — is to go on a long walk. Whether you call it a pilgrimage or walkabout or “through-hike” or country ramble, such excursions really take you out of the day-to-day, even as you occasionally rub elbows with other people doing the same thing.

PLUS: Information regarding the October 20 show at Jacumba Hot Springs and the October 29 Campfire Stories at Yucca Valley’s Tiny Pony Tavern.

Haunted new soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver, written & produced by Ken Layne. This is EPISODE #202: THE SPIRITUAL INTOXICATION OF THE WILDERNESS RAMBLE.

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EPISODE #201: HORRORS OF THE NIGHT

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October is the time for ghost stories, in this season of growing darkness. Tonight we are visited by a mysterious geist, in an ancient old city that is notorious for such restless spirits. ALSO: Details regarding the October 20, 2023, show at Jacumba Hot Springs and the October 29, 2023, edition of Campfire Stories live at the Tiny Pony in Yucca Valley. Haunted new soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver, written and produced by Ken Layne. This is EPISODE #201: HORRORS OF THE NIGHT.

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EPISODE #170: JOHN LENNON’S UFO (SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY)

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"I sawr a UFO! Right there!"

Happy October, friends. This episode comes to you from the West Village, NYC. We’ll see you next in Oakland (10/21/2022) and Portland (10/23/2022). Thanks to RedBlueBlackSilver for the magical soundscapes & to you for supporting this independent radio show via our Patreon page. Keep the desert in your hear & your money in your front pocket.

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EPISODE #169: FAMOUS FOR NOTHINGNESS

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It’s tourist season in the Mojave again, never mind the lingering heat and $6-a-gallon gasoline. What’s the attraction to this dried-up old desert? Did the fad peak in 2020? Now is the time for Desert Oracle Radio #169: FAMOUS FOR NOTHINGNESS. Soundscapes and Old Desert Regular haunted-gospel organ by RedBlueBlackSilver. Listen at 10 p.m. Fridays on Joshua Tree’s Z107.7 FM.)

PLUS: Details of our October tour, New York on October 6 [Get Tickets] and the West Coast starting October 21.

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EPISODE #168: LIKE A HURRICANE

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Night has fallen on the desert, and if you’re in the Western Mojave around Joshua Tree National Park and all the way out to Kelso and Las Vegas and Yuma, you might already have the buckets out for any newly discovered leaks in the roof, because rain is in the forecast for the whole region. Up to 80% chance of heavy rain tonight in Yucca Valley, and really getting soaked along the Mexican border, flood watch in effect from Yuma to Lake Havasu City. All because of Hurricane Kay, our tropical visitor. This is EPISODE #168: LIKE A HURRICANE, with soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.

Our audiobook is out now, and October tour dates have been announced: New York, Oakland, Arcata, Portland, Vancouver BC, Seattle, Boise, SLC!

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EPISODE #137: BE LIKE THE BIRDS

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desert oracle sez be like the bird

It’s officially Autumn, at least if you believe the meteorologists — Meteorological Fall began this week on September 1.

Portents and signs, everywhere we look. But signs of what? Oh, the usual: plague, disaster, but at least we have social media to make it all worse. New sounds by RedBlueBlackSilver, hosted by Ken Layne. It’s EPISODE #137: BE LIKE THE BIRDS. ALSO: Live-show announcements.

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NEWS: Desert Oracle/Ken Layne will be performing live & a 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. We are also about to announce a Sept. 26 show in Chicago!

EPISODE #135: TWENTYNINE PALMS & A SIX-PACK TO GO

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Theatre29, Twentynine Palms CA

Tonight we come to you from Theatre29 in sweltering Twentynine Palms, California. Flash floods, heat domes, weird animals, RedBlueBlackSilver, what else could you want? Other than a livable planet, we mean. Thanks to everyone who came out for the live shows, and everyone who supports the show on Patreon or through magazine subscriptions or however you do it. Stay hydrated but please don’t attempt that by getting in the flash flood waters. about our July 10-11 2021 live shows at Theatre29 in Twentynine Palms. (Soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.)

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It’s EPISODE #135: “TWENTYNINE PALMS & A SIX-PACK TO GO.” (And RedBlueBlackSilver already has a “pay what you like” recording of his set with Herb Benham IV out now on Bandcamp.)

Listen at 10 p.m. Fridays on Joshua Tree’s own KCDZ 107.7 FM, from Amboy to Zzyzx, or streaming from Z1077FM.com and Tune In. Get our fancy hardcover book, Desert Oracle, Vol. 1 (MCD/FSG Books.)

EPISODE #133: STRAIGHT TO HELL

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CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
to our Saturday, July 10 & Sunday, July 11 shows
at Theater29, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Night has fallen on the desert, the desert at its most brutal. The punishing desert, the earthly purgatory, the sun-blasted wilderness so many heroes had to get across alive. Or die trying: Moses, Laurence of Arabia, C-3PO and R2D2, Beavis and Butthead, Allan Quartermain, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

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New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver and a survival-training presentation by our friends at the U.S. Air Force. And yes we are returning to the stage, July 10-11, that’s a hot-as-hell Saturday and Sunday in Twentynine Palms. Tickets are $20 and they are going faster than free water bottle bottles at the visitor center.

It’s EPISODE #133: “STRAIGHT TO HELL.” With eerie new sounds from RedBlueBlackSilver.

Listen on Joshua Tree’s own KCDZ 107.7 FM, from Amboy to Zzyzx, or streaming from Z1077FM.com and Tune In. To hear Desert Oracle Radio on your community and/or public radio station, contact radio@desertoracle.com or get the show via PRX, Public Radio Exchange. Oh yeah and we’ve got a fancy hardcover book, Desert Oracle, Vol. 1 (MCD/FSG Books.)

#097: OMEN OF THE RAVENS

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Photo by Kate Edwards.

Well here we are, still alive, July in the American Desert. Good enough, we guess.

Lots of details about our July 17 live event at Pappy & Harriet’s, plus your letters, and some tales of ravens and omens and … Iceland? Sure, any port in a storm.

Coming right up at 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM across the High Desert. Soundscapes on both from RedBlueBlackSilver. Thanks to everybody who supports the show on Patreon. Just click below if you’d like to join the few & the proud:

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