We are back in Joshua Tree with tales of desert creatures, snowy mountains, and the secret journals of Jack Kerouac newly published as Desolation Peak. That’s the old U.S. Forest Service fire-lookout cabin atop Desolation Peak, in the photograph above.
Our audiobook is out now, read by Ken Layne and with chapter-title sounds by RedBlueBlackSilver.
It’s our show before Christmas
And all through the cabin
Not a creature is breathin’
Because of the stabbin’
We pay a visit to Amboy, and to the burnt forest of Joshua trees at Cima Dome, Mojave National Preserve. That’s right, it’s Episode #114. Get in.
DESERT ORACLE, VOL. 1: Our new book is available everywhere, please enjoy responsibly. (SORRY IT’S BACKORDERED AT BOOKSHOP.ORG, WE’VE ALERTED THE AUTHORITIES.)
New soundscapes from RedBlueBlackSilver. 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.
Tonight we share the tale of the Krill Papers, strange legends of Cold War space-alien conspiracies, located right in the very heart of the Nevada desert wilderness.
Speaking of, we are also joined by Patrick Donnelly, Nevada state director of the Center for Biological Diversity, which along with Nevada native tribes and desert lovers everywhere is celebrating a victory. Ever been to the Desert National Wildlife Refuge? Well whether you ever set foot there or not, it’s safe again, for the desert bighorn and desert tortoise and a true wonderland of rare wild lands. For now. Let’s keep it that way.
And happy book publication week to us!available everywhere, please enjoy responsibly.
New soundscapes from RedBlueBlackSilver, and don’t forget to check out his new album, Five Flora.
A new show for Friday night, yes! And on SUNDAY, 12/6/2020, join Ken Layne and Anna Merlan for a Skylight Books virtual event, where we’ll be telling ghost stories and reading something weird from the new book and talking with you, if you choose to talk to us. Virtually, sadly. No whiskey & kissin’. Maybe next time. And we don’t know who “Lockdown Willie” is, either. It just sounded good.
Whatcha doing this Sunday? Join us as we travel to the virtual Mojave with @Desert_Oracle, @JoinTheDynasty and @annamerlan at 6pm PT!
We’ll have campfire tales and desert lore galore 🌙
Tix here: https://t.co/bPyNTERjoX pic.twitter.com/WUXQDXIjcH
— Skylight Books (@skylightbooks) December 5, 2020
@KenLayne, author of "Desert Oracle," will join us for #AltaAsksLive next Wednesday at 12:30pm PT to take us on a digital journey through the massive, magical Mojave.
Register here for this free event:https://t.co/TisLJdsPMv— AltaJournal (@AltaJournal) December 4, 2020
Oh and this one, Wednesday evening at (virtually) McNally Jackson in New York: A conversation about the desert and probably everything else, with New York Times style editor Choire Sicha, famously of The Awl and Gawker and many other things.
Listen to tonight’s show, Episode #112, 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. Hey and if you listen on the radio, there’s a bonus episode after that. A repeat, yes, but it’s nice to hear a couple of shows together on the radio. New soundscapes from RedBlueBlackSilver, and don’t forget to check out his new album, Five Flora.
OUR BOOK IS OUT ON DECEMBER 8, pre-order from your favorite bookseller today & you’ll have the book as soon as it’s out.
