MOJAVE

EPISODE #022: CAMPFIRE STORIES & CALIFORNIA CITY

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DESERT ORACLE RADIO

Join us at 10 p.m. tonight on KCDZ FM, that’s 107.7 on your FM dial or Z1077fm.com on your computerized device, for strange tales and other travel tips. This is our piece on the 50th anniversary of Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire, the important and very enjoyable book we discuss on this program. Someone is going to California City. What should they do? We have ideas about this. We have a lot of ideas. Hear a new track by RedBlueBlackSilver, who built an especially hypnotic soundscape for tonight’s program.

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EPISODE #021: THE DESERT IN WINTER

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Yucca Man

An all-new episode, all about wintertime in the Mojave. We are not having much of a winter this year, but perhaps we will again. ALSO: How to summon Yucca Man. AND: The Desert Oracle Mailbag. NEW TRACK from RedBlueBlackSilver tonight, plus the usual ruckus with the coyotes and the wind and the ravens and the Other Things.

Listen live on the radio in the High Desert, 10 p.m. Fridays on KCDZ 107.7 FM, or stream the program live from get the podcast via your favorite podcast provider.

EPISODE #020: WHAT IS THE MOJAVE?

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DESERT ORACLE
What is it? Why are we always going on about it? Well here it is, Episode #020, take it. PLUS: Brendan Maze phones in, regarding the claims of labor violations at his High Desert online-fulfillment center. Enjoy three new tracks by Joshua Tree’s RedBlueBlackSilver: “Occulation,” “Virgo Cluster,” and “Radio Galaxy.” We shall direct you, shortly, to a listenable directory of these tracks.

Also tonight, you’ll hear:

Listen live on the radio, KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree, or stream it live from the radio station at 10 p.m. Fridays, or get the podcast wherever you love to get your podcasts.

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 #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:

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