PALM SPRINGS

EPISODE #153: JOHN MUIR IN THE WILD DESERT

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Tonight we visit with the friendly ghost of John Muir, specifically regarding his many excursions in the California deserts. Now is the time for EPISODE #153: JOHN MUIR IN THE DESERT.

New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Listen on the radio tonight 10PM-11PM, on KCDZ 107.7 FM … Pioneertown to Twentynine Palms, Yucca Valley to Wonder Valley, from Amboy to Zzyzx.

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EPISODE #121: IT’S NOT FOR EVERYONE

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Some people like it, some people don’t. We are talking about the desert. And this week—challenged by a listener to stop romanticizing the desert southwest—we are joined by Phoenix writer & music man Jason P. Woodbury, to help us give a couple places a real hard time. Let’s give Sedona the business, etc. New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.

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Tonight at 10 p.m. on Joshua Tree’s own Z107.7 FM, from Amboy to Zzyzx, or streaming from Z1077FM.com and Tune In.

#046: TRAVEL OPTIONS FOR THE COLLAPSE

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What happens when a civilization collapses? You can’t go camping in Joshua Tree, that’s what. The national parks are overrun with cretins of both varieties: the willful & the dumb. Well, maybe there’s somewhere else to go, somewhere without ticket booths and reserved campgrounds. Yes we are going to Mojave Trails National Monument and that means Route 66 and the alphabet-railroad towns.

Listen on the radio, tonight at 10 p.m. on Z 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree. Subscribe to our at iTunes or wherever/whatever you use for subscribing & listening to podcasts. New soundscapes tonight from our own RedBlueBlackSilver, hand-crafted here in Joshua Tree in a facility that processes nuts.

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#045: SHUTDOWNS & DATE SHAKES

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What a nice holiday present for the High Desert, having the federal government collapse and leaving the Mojave’s national parks unstaffed and abandoned at the busiest time of year. Katherine Spiers, Los Angeles food writer/editor/podcast host, joins us to talk about date shakes. Get our podcast wherever you get the podcasts.

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#041: CULMINATION OF THE PLEIADES

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Many wonders over the desert skies—both known and unknown—give reason to be out on cool autumn nights, celebrating rituals. Tonight we address the real reason for Halloween (and how you can celebrate it on Nov. 21), tell monster stories around the campfire, and share the glad tidings of Oumuamua, the alien space probe that shot by Earth last year.

EVENT ALERT: Host & DESERT ORACLE editor Ken Layne will be presenting a spooky talk on desert monsters at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 5:30 p.m. This is the Morongo Basin Historical Society’s “Second Wednesday Lecture Series.” $5 donation to MBHS at the door, get there early to get a seat!

Subscribe at iTunes or wherever you choose to get your podcasts. Or better yet: Listen live at 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley, Pioneertown, Landers, Morongo Valley, Flamingo Heights, Wonder Valley—”from Amboy to Zzyzx,” and across the Great Mojave Wilderness!

EPISODE #035: A VOICE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS

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DESERT ORACLE RADIO
Our final show of the yearlong first season will broadcast tonight at 10 p.m. Joshua Tree Time, across the Mojave Wilderness on Z107.7 FM and everywhere on your podcast device. The desert may be popular with elaborately costumed visitors and weekenders these days, but in time it will go back to the desert of the Bible: a place of banishment and horror, where ostriches and demons dance in the abandoned cabins.

Three new tracks by RedBlueBlackSilver tonight, and do visit his website for news on his Hunt For the Skinwalker soundtrack.

And do not forget: Friday, July 13, 7 p.m. at Valley Bar Phoenix, it’s DESERT ORACLE RADIO live on stage!

Live on the radio, KCDZ in the High Desert, or subscribe to the podcast, or listen right here on our Art19 audio player:

EPISODE #031: LONESOME COWBOYS

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What was Andy Warhol doing up in the High Desert north of Tucson, at a dude ranch? Also: Brendan Maze calls in from one of his investment properties in Victorville, where tumbleweed drifts have surrounded the development.

Recorded live at the Palm Springs Art Museum, it’s Episode #031, the second of two episodes from last week’s performance at the PS Art Museum. Listen live on the radio, KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree, every Friday night at 10 p.m.)

DESERT ORACLE #7 is out now, by the way. Find it all around the High Desert or order a subscription and back issues from our website.

A selection of interesting atmospheric sounds and tracks tonight, including these soundscapes from Joshua Tree’s own RedBlueBlackSilver: Scorpion Flat, Sykes Crater, Lost Dutchman Mine, Yucca Mesa and Ursa Major. You’ll also hear Mazurek by Doxent Zsigmond (c) 2014, and Ninth Ward by gurdonark (c) 2006, both licensed under Creative Commons.

EPISODE #030: HAPPY SNAKESGIVING

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Recorded live at the Palm Springs Art Museum, it’s Episode #030, here to help you celebrate this Snakesgiving Day Weekend. (We did two episodes at the PS Art Museum; the other will be broadcast next Friday night, May 4. Listen live on the radio, KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree, every Friday night at 10 p.m.)

DESERT ORACLE #7 is out now, by the way. Find it all around the High Desert or order a subscription and back issues from our website.

A selection of interesting atmospheric sounds and tracks tonight, including these soundscapes from RedBlueBlackSilver: Highway 247 Hypnosis, Telescope Peak, Amber, Yucca Mesa and Ursa Major. You’ll also hear The Transcendent Tipi by Martijn de Boer (NiGiD) (Copyright 2016, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial [3.0] license. Ft: Javolenus).

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.