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#057: NOT THE DAY NOR THE HOUR


Our favorite magazine writer (and now book author) Rachel Monroe joins us to talk about some weird stuff she’s got going on, back in the sheds, in Marfa. ALSO: What is the situation with the Pentagon and the New York Times and the UFOs? Are we trusting spies and brass now? What a bunch of suckers we are. But there’s something going on, and it’s not just the dicey Pentagon stuff. New sounds from RedBueBlackSilver, everything you want in a single episode of Desert Oracle Radio, right here in the very episode we’re talking about.

Here the broadcast on KCDZ FM 107.7 FM in the High Desert, “From Amboy To Zzyzx,” it’s the Voice of the Desert on your Friday night radio. Get the podcast by throwing your phone about twenty feet while yelling “Subscribe to Desert Oracle Radio.” PS—Our new issue is out and it’s a good one! Click here to subscribe or pick up a copy at your favorite cool place in Joshua Tree, Pioneertown, Yucca Valley, Morongo Valley, 29 Palms and Wonder Valley. Or in Moab, at Back of Beyond Books. Or in a whole bunch of interesting city shops.

#056: SNAKESGIVING DAY WEEKEND


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.

#055: THE GOOFBALL FACTOR

Every weird story that you almost want to believe is required, by cosmic law, to have a Goofball Factor. What is the Goofball Factor? And how does it end up on the front page of the New York Times?

New episode tonight, 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree, with (mostly) new sounds from RedBlueBlackSilver, plus this weird goblin recording we got off the radio driving through the Owens Valley a few years ago.

Don’t forget the UFO SOCIAL CLUB at the airport bar (on the airstrip in Yucca Valley), Thursday 5/16 at 7 or so. Maybe 8. It’s not a performance. You will have to entertain yourself. Which is the best way to get it done. And yes we are busily mailing out subscriber copies of ISSUE #8. Order a subscription if you don’t already have one. Or pick up a copy at your favorite Hi-Dez shop. It’s our “revenue stream.” (Sometimes.)

Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get ’em: iTunes or Stitcher or Spotify or etc. And did you know we are on Instagram for some reason? (The reason is crass self-promotion.)

#054: EARTH DAY’S HIPPIE KILLER + THE APOSTLE OF THE CACTI

Let’s tell some Campfire Stories, shall we? How about an Earth Day murder story? Listen on the radio, 10PM in the High Desert Z107.7FM. Are the Orcs on the way?

Subscribe to the podcast wherever you get ’em: iTunes or Stitcher or Spotify or etc. And did you know we are, despite our better judgment, take part in the Instagram situation? We do.

Soundscapes as always by Joshua Tree’s own RedBlueBlackSilver. Click that link for information about our April 27 night of UFO movies and performances and sermons.

Campfire Stories was recorded live at the Ace Hotel Palm Springs on April 22, 2019.

#053: REDACTED (BY THE ALIENS)


10 p.m. tonight, Z 107.7 FM, it’s a new episode all about the conspiracies. We speak with Anna Merlan about her new book, REPUBLIC OF LIES. There was apparently a “UFO social club” in the High Desert, too, and we have the proof. Unless it has been redacted. (And why was Jeremy Corbell phoning in??)

New sounds tonight by RedBlueBlackSilver. Click that link for information about our April 27 night of UFO movies and performances (plus your host doing various duties) at the Joshua Tree Astronomy Arts Theater.

Subscribe at iTunes or Stitcher 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.

PHOTO CREDIT: John Prado Photography, for Alta Journal.

#052: SERMON FOR MILEY CYRUS

10 p.m. on your High-Desert radio, Z 107.7 FM, it’s a new episode of Desert Oracle Radio. A special sermon, available to all but really for one person, one rich & famous person who climbed up into a Joshua tree and probably killed it.

Great new music tonight by RedBlueBlackSilver tonight. Click that link for more music, plus all the information about our April 27 “mini festival” at the Joshua Tree Astronomy Arts Theater.

Subscribe if you like our program. And if you really like it, tell a friend, leave a review, maybe buy some of our little yellow books. Subscribe at iTunes or Stitcher 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!

SPECIAL EVENT: DESERT ORACLE, JEREMY CORBELL, REDBLUEBLACKSILVER, 4/27/2019

We’ve announced this event on the radio and here are more details about the “mini festival” around this springtime screening of Jeremy Corbell’s documentary about Bob Lazar and Area 51: You can get advance tickets at RedBlueBlackSilver’s site. You can buy tickets (likely standing room!) cash at the door, too. Saturday, April 27, 6 pm-10 p.m. Joshua Tree Astronomy Arts Theater, by JT Lakes campground: 2601 Sunfair Road, Joshua Tree, California 92252.

#051: I KNOW WHAT I SAW

UFOs
10 p.m. on your High-Desert radio, Z 107.7 FM, it’s a new episode of Desert Oracle Radio and we are going to deal with this alleged “UFO Religion.” What light? Get the podcast wherever you like but it’s on the radio first tonight, best heard on whatever cheap old radio you’ve got. Like the one in your car, or that shed you never go inside, because of what happened.

Three eerie new tracks by RedBlueBlackSilver tonight. Many modern problems are addressed.

#050 SUPERBLOOM!

The wildflower superbloom is upon us, as is the superbloom mob. St. Minerva help us all!

New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. And information about the weird event on Saturday, April 27, is here at RedBlueBlackSilver.com.

And thanks for taking us along on your desert travels, Tara K. Shepersky:

Subscribe on iTunes, etc. Listen to the broadcast on Friday nights, Z 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree.

#049: DOWN AT THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE


Due to the government-shutdown emergency, your host was compelled to entertain an audience at the Old Schoolhouse Museum in Twentynine Palms with a series of Strange & Unusual Facts about our desert lands. Listen on IHeartRadio or Spotify or iTunes. Subscribe if you like it. And if you really like it, leave a review.

Recorded at the museum (and with new ambient tracks by) RedBlueBlackSilver. Photograph by Art of Rune.

This was our final event on the Desert Oracle Performance Schedule. Thanks to everybody who came out to all of our events and live shows and Campfire Stories!