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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 #029: THE LOST KINGDOM OF NYE

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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.

EPISODE #028: COYOTES IN SPRINGTIME

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It’s springtime and the High Desert is very busy—not just with visitors taking Instagram pictures, but with the creatures, the creatures waking up and crawling out and feeling frisky, as they say.

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. And you’ll hear some new tracks tonight from RedBlueBlackSilver: Echo Canyon and Badwater, along with some of Telescope Peak because that one always goes nice with DESERT ORACLE RADIO.

EPISODE #027: IN THE NIGHT ON AMBOY ROAD

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Sure is nice to get on the road and get out of town. So we’ve heard, anyway. Let’s get in one of these cars and head out to the Mojave Wilderness, a night drive. Never know what’ll happen out here.

In this second episode from the little desert trailer, we have RedBlueBlackSilver on the scene, in the Outpost Project JT yeller trailer, during the recent Curate Joshua Tree’s “FOUND!” show. You’re going to hear some friendly desert conversation with Aili Schmeltz and Emily Silver from the aforementioned ventures, along with strange tales from the Salton Sea with Steven Biller, who is the author of this new piece in Palm Springs Life magazine about the curious phenomenon of DESERT ORACLE.

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.

EPISODE #026: FROM A DESERT TRAILER

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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.

EPISODE #025: UFOS ON THE JUNGIAN DESERT

People sure are talking a lot about UFOs these days. Haven’t heard so much about this persistent mystery for decades. Why now, why again?

We’ve got three all-new tracks from Joshua Tree’s own RedBlueBlackSilver tonight, and in the order in which you’ll hear them, they are: “Telescope Peak,” “Sunburst,” and “Dirty Devil River.” Everybody should have a swim, or maybe a sand bath, in the Dirty Devil River, if they get the chance.

And if you haven’t heard, this show will broadcast live (more or less) on location, and with RedBlueBlackSilver and all his weird old synths, at the Curate Joshua Tree & Outpost Projects “FOUND” group art show, opening night, up here in the High Desert on March 17, Saturday night, 5 p.m.-9 p.m.

Also! This podcast is now hosted by ART19.com, and that means (among other things) that we have a fine new embedded podcast player for those of you who enjoy listening off your computer.

EPISODE #024: ON THE ROAD WITH LA LLORONA

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It’s eerie out there tonight. Out here. It’s misty and dark and not very clear or welcoming, out on the Mojave tonight. Boy it sure would be a shame if something terrifying was about to occur, on the road, or along the canals and mostly dry rivers. We’ve got your PRESERVE INFORMATION radio, as well, for your informational needs while driving around the Mojave Wilderness. Do be careful. If you want.

There are new desert soundscapes tonight from RedBlueBlackSilver: “Canyons,” and then “Yucca Mesa.” And there’s your editor’s extended mix of Truth Force Drone by gurdonark (c) copyright 2005 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license, and a lot of weird little sounds captured here & there, in the company of ghosts.

Listen live tonight at 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM, or right now on your iTunes and Stitcher and TuneIn and the rest. Why you can listen to it right here, if you enjoy looking at a web browser while you listen to the program:

EPISODE #023: WINDBLOWN TRASH, BEAUTIFUL BILLBOARDS & OLD CAMP CADY

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DESERT ORACLE RADIOOur 23rd episode on the 23rd day of the month, what could be finer? We’re taking a trip out to Camp Cady on the Mojave River, whether we’re welcome or not, and regardless of what happened with Mr. Pantages. And what about those beautiful California Desert National Monuments billboards on the 62? Breanne Dusastre from the 29 Palms Inn tells us why wild desert is good for the critters and good for the High Desert economy.

Enjoy a cold wintry night with us, tonight at 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM, or right now on your podcast-enabled machinery.

New soundscapes from RedBlueBlackSilver tonight: Highway 247 Hypnosis and Cooper’s Hawk, along with our usual sparse crowd of coyotes and ravens and riff-raff and this interesting track: The Inner Eye by rocavaco (c) copyright 2014 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. Ft: Kirkoid, Javolenus, Rob Walker, Hector Thillet.

EPISODE #022: CAMPFIRE STORIES & CALIFORNIA CITY

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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.

We do love to hear from you, so talk to us on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, if you want, or send a good old-fashioned hand-crafted e-mail to radio@desertoracle.com. Why you can even leave a review on your favorite podcasting service, if you are inspired to such action. Thanks for listening.

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