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.
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.
Remember when you could get back & forth across the border, how nice that used to be? Way back when, the 1980s and 1950s and 1890s and etc.?
Thanks to the Time Loop we all seem to be stuck in, our 99th episode is here . . . . directly following our 100th. The border used to be a lot of fun, back before the prison walls went up around our country. And guess what, now we can’t leave. PLUS: Jason P. Woodbury joins us with the wild tale of Arizona’s own Giant Sand. Listen on the radio tonight at 10 p.m., KCDZ 107.7 FM in the Mojave High Desert, or stream from the station.
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Here’s Jason P. Woodbury in conversation with Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb and Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate and Robyn Hitchcock.
And this is the new Dublab / Aquarium Drunkard radio show featuring Jason’s Range & Basin broadcast.
Here’s our host Ken Layne on KCDZ FM’s Up Close show on Friday, July 17, 2020:
We’ve about had it with the cabin fever and now we’ve got the ramblin’ fever. So let’s pour a couple of drinks and enjoy some saloon time on this fine desert night, with Episode #089, “Back to the Barrooms.” Maybe get a beer back, too. And six more for the road. Our Phoenix friend Jason P. Woodbury joins us at the bar. Hey and here’s some radio news you can use: You can hear Jason P. Woodbury’s weekly radio program Range & Basin Wednesday nights at 9 PM PT and midnight eastern on Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard. Click that link to tune into the stream that fits your device & your mind.
There’s not enough RedBlueBlackSilver on this bar’s jukebox, but rest assured there’s a whole suite of new stuff ready for our next episode. We just lingered in the saloon too long, it’s the bartender’s fault. As per usual. Tune in tonight on Z107.7FM at 10 p.m. for an hourlong block of Desert Oracle Radio. Every Friday night on KCDZ Joshua Tree/Yucca Valley/29 Palms.
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#084: TRAILED BY TWENTY HOUNDS with our good friend Jason P. Woodbury from Aquarium Drunkard & Zia Records in Arizona/Nevada. Soundscapes are new tonight, too, by RedBlueBlackSilver.
Arthur Magazine, mentioned by Jason in this episode, was an important and influential music/culture nationally distributed magazine edited by Joshua Tree’s own Jay Babcock. The blog archives are well worth perusing!
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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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Night has fallen on the desert, and that’s when we like to tell monster stories. Weird tales.
When there’s trouble on the edge of civilization—where the wilderness meets what mankind makes—well here we encounter fierce things both natural and supernatural.
New soundscapes from RedBlueBlackSilver tonight, and a visit from our Phoenix friend Jason P. Woodbury.
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It’s Episode #029, for your listening enjoyment. Sure is busy around here this week. Apparently there’s a music festival down in the Low Desert. And: We remember the late, great Art Bell, with some help on the Wild Card Line from Jason P. Woodbury … who also happens to be the author of an interesting article in the current DESERT ORACLE, about the Casa Grande Domes.
As for the call-in line, call in anytime! Doc Daniels might know more about this sort of thing. Speaking of: Doc’s got an informative new article in DESERT ORACLE #7, regarding various ways you can perish in the desert.
Some new and old desert soundscapes tonight from RedBlueBlackSilver tonight: Partition Arch, Courthouse Wash, and Amber.
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.
Jason 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:
