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EPISODE #120: OUT OF OUR HOLES

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OUT OF OUR HOLES

The middle of the country might be frozen solid all the way over to the Gulf of Mexico, but here in the Great Mojave Wilderness the weather is fine, the skies are blue, and the first hints of so many little green something-or-others are now apparent on the desert sands.

Will we finally come out of our holes? Let’s figure it out together, to new soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. It’s EPISODE #120: OUT OF OUR HOLES.

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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 or Tune In.

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#116: THE LOCAL ANGLE

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Might be a nutty new year on the national news, but here in the desert we are just trying to get along and not got crushed. What happened at the Yucca Valley protest on Friday? Well good luck getting the straight story on that. With guest Brendan Maze and new sounds by RedBlueBlackSilver.

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Tonight at 10 p.m., from Amboy to Zzyzx on Z 107.7 FM, or streaming from Z1077FM.com or streaming via Tune In or get the free podcast.

#111: THE UTAH MONOLITH

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Photo by Utah DPS.


What’s going on with that mysterious Utah monolith? What’s going on with Brendan Maze and his new “plague refugee” Substack newsletter? The small-town desert real-estate market is hot, for now, and he’s got some tips on the sorts of under-appreciated properties you might be able to afford. Especially if 10 or 12 of you go in on it, together.

This is Episode #111.

New soundscapes from RedBlueBlackSilver, and don’t forget to check out his new album, Five Flora. You might recognize some of the tracks.

Listen on the FM radio, from Amboy to Zzyzx (Fridays at 10 p.m. on Z 107.7 FM), or streaming from Z1077FM.com or streaming via Tune In or get the free podcast.

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COMMUNIQUÉ #100: NIGHT HAS FALLEN ON THE DESERT

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DESERT ORACLE RADIO

(Listen loud, and AFTER DARK.)

From our secure, undisclosed Mojave Desert radio studio, tonight we bring you our 100th episode, with strange tales of the Amboy Ghost Lights and an uncomfortable visit from Brendan Maze, local businessman, and new sounds from RedBlueBlackSilver. Thanks to everybody who supports the show on Patreon. Just click below to support our desert institute:

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#061: THE HAUNTED PETROGLYPH

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Night has fallen on the Mojave and it’s time to turn on the FM, 107.7 in Joshua Tree and the whole High Desert, 10 p.m. with an all-new episode. We’ve got the strange tale of this petroglyph, stolen from the desert outside Ridgecrest days before the monster quakes.

We’ve got seismic conspiracies and we’ve got Brendan Maze, we’ve got it all. All you need on a hot desert night. Watch the skies and hang on to the ground. Also, our host’s mom remembers Apollo 11. Subscribe! It’s all we ask, right now. Subscribe and rate and review and do the whole thing, if you’ve got five minutes. It’s a form of psychic currency and we appreciate you spending some of it on our High Desert jamboree.

And here’s the KLAS I-Team segment we did with George Knapp in the mountains around Area 51:

#056: SNAKESGIVING DAY WEEKEND

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Snakesgiving is the holiday so nice, we celebrate it twice. Once when they come out, once when they go back in the ground.

“The snake giveth, the snake taketh away.”—Elozah 6:16.

Some grooving new spooky soundscapes from You Know Who: RedBlueBlackSilver. And Brendan Maze returns to talk about his backup plan, now that it looks like the evil Cadiz Desert-Killing Scheme is “dead in the water.” Want to read our pocket-sized field guide you hear so much about these days, from those certain people? Well just click here and subscribe, or buy whatever back issues we have left. Want to subscribe to our podcast of our KCDZ FM broadcast? So very easy, and entirely free! iTunes or Stitcher or Spotify or etc.

#044: A MOJAVE SOLSTICE

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Our Wild & Mysterious Mojave Road Trip Map is here.

We’re back with an all-new holiday episode, including a talk with Brendan Maze regarding his Hi-Desert Christmas Pageant and the controversy regarding his foundation’s non-profit status. Also: strange machinery of times past, and more from our Wild & Mysterious Mojave Map. New sounds from RedBlueBlackSilver. Happy Solstice To You All & To All a Good Night.

Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Listen live in the High Desert at 10 p.m. Friday nights, on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree.

EPISODE #038: HORRORS OF THE SOLAR LODGE

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What if Crowleyan magick is bad? The Solar Lodge outpost in the California Desert is what we’re talking about. Also: Brendan Maze calling in from Arizona on a bad line. And: A very short desert-noir collaboration via Twitter with John Lurie.

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!

Deep new soundscapes tonight by Joshua Tree’s own RedBlueBlackSilver. (Have you heard his moody soundtrack to Hunt for the Skinwalker?

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 #026: FROM A DESERT TRAILER

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DESERT ORACLE RADIO OUTPOST PROJECTS CURATE JOSHUA TREE

Photo by Laura Crane.

Cold and windy on the High Desert. Maybe some rain out there. Broadcasting from a little old yellow trailer parked over by the cactus garden at Outpost Projects’ & Curate Joshua Tree’s FOUND! art show on March 17, 2018. It was a good way to evade the St. Patrick’s Troubles. Not only did our old friend (?) Brendan Maze drop by, but Joshua Tree’s own RedBlueBlackSilver was there with a pile of weird contraptions making weird sounds. They even put us on their artists’ website & gave us some wine, it was fantastic.

Cooked up live and served to you a week later: a real desert sack lunch. Enjoy in moderation.

Listen to the show right here on Art19, subscribe on your favorite podcast system, or tune in tonight in the High Desert, 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree, every Friday night.

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