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EPISODE #247: HIGHWAY 247 REVISITED

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Photo by Ken Lund: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlund/8603750124

People will come to the Mojave on purpose, in summertime, and then they get sad because they can’t go outside without bursting into flames. A couple of summers ago, a guy died in Death Valley just from riding his motorcycle outside. Overheated. The 120° heat no less lethal just because it was blowing all over him at cruising speed. He just dehydrated and died.

This is the time of year to stay in the car with the A/C blasting. Do your sightseeing with a seatbelt on. How about a historic and scenic ride on the entirety of SR-247? From Yucca Valley to Barstow! A beautiful drive with stops for good food, through the great Mojave wilderness. Plus, we’ll tell you the history of the highway and many of the sights along the way.

This is EPISODE #247: HIGHWAY 247 REVISITED Soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Written & hosted by Ken Layne. Listen on the radio in Joshua Tree and across the Mojave High Desert on KCDZ 107.7 FM, 10-11 p.m. Fridays. Photo by Ken Lund.

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#044: A MOJAVE SOLSTICE

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christmas baby

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 #035: A VOICE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS

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DESERT ORACLE RADIO
Our final show of the yearlong first season will broadcast tonight at 10 p.m. Joshua Tree Time, across the Mojave Wilderness on Z107.7 FM and everywhere on your podcast device. The desert may be popular with elaborately costumed visitors and weekenders these days, but in time it will go back to the desert of the Bible: a place of banishment and horror, where ostriches and demons dance in the abandoned cabins.

Three new tracks by RedBlueBlackSilver tonight, and do visit his website for news on his Hunt For the Skinwalker soundtrack.

And do not forget: Friday, July 13, 7 p.m. at Valley Bar Phoenix, it’s DESERT ORACLE RADIO live on stage!

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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.

EPISODE #010: DESERT APOCALYPSE & THE LANDERS QUAKE OF 1992

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Our 10th episode re-visits the biggest California earthquake in 65 years: The Landers Quake of 1992. Also: Brendan Maze on plans to market Mojave sparkling water, and what you need for the Apocalypse.

Subscribe to the podcast on whatever podcast system you enjoy! Here’s the iTunes link. And listen live in the High Desert on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree!

Sounds in this episode include the usual ravens and coyotes, along with bits and pieces from the following musical/ambient recordings: