Twentynine Palms

EPISODE #258: SPRINGTIME IN THE DESERT MOUNTAINS

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It’s the magical time when the cold winter desert becomes an Eden of Wildflowers, as we luxuriate in the the spring warmth of the Sun & the birds are all delirious. Just like that, way up here in the Mojave mountains. ALSO: We dedicate this episode to the memory of Ray Barnes. PLUS: It’s the 50th anniversary of the desert-fanatic classic The Monkey Wrench Gang. New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.

This is EPISODE #258: SPRINGTIME IN THE DESERT MOUNTAINS. Listen to the podcast now and on the radio Fridays at 10 p.m. on Z107.7 FM in Joshua Tree/Yucca Valley/29 Palms/Pioneertown/Wonder Valley … from Amboy to Zzyzx!

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EPISODE #248: MAPPING THE MOJAVE WITH COL. HENRY WASHINGTON

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Out here in the Great Mojave Wilderness, we’re always talking about Section 6 or Section 33 or Section whatever it is, but how did we get that system, that public-lands overlay? Who did the work? Tonight we tell you about . . . well, not the father of our country, but his nephew. The nephew of our country. Col. Henry Washington, the man who surveyed and plotted the baseline and the meridian back in the 1850s, the defining lines by which all other property in Southern California is measured. He named a lot of desert landmarks, too. Like “Old Woman Springs,” that’s one of his many desert place-names still on the maps and on our minds, nearly two centuries later.

This is EPISODE #248: MAPPING THE MOJAVE WITH COL. HENRY WASHINGTON. With fitting desert soundscape 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.

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EPISODE #245: DEPLOYMENT FROM TWENTYNINE PALMS

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The Mojave gets slow in the summertime, not much going on. So there was much excitement when the word spread on that early summer night: The Marines were shipping out to Los Angeles. Rumors of troop carriers and white buses, full of Marines with full kit, ready to go, and deeply annoyed to be called back to barracks, early on a Saturday night. But, it was something to do, somewhere to go. Everybody wants to get out of the Mojave in summertime.

This is EPISODE #245: DEPLOYMENT FROM TWENTYNINE PALMS, with 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.

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EPISODE #243: THE MAD BOMBER OF TWENTYNINE PALMS

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Guy Edward Bartkus, Palm Springs, Twentynine Palms, antinatalism, terror attack

The maniac who blew himself up outside a Palm Springs fertility clinic is our latest High Desert dingbat to make the national news. Luckily, those injured in the Palm Springs terror attack have been treated and released from the hospital. But who bombs fertility clinics? Meet America’s worst new subculture, the violent anti-natalists, and their new hero from Twentynine Palms.

This is EPISODE #243: THE MAD BOMBER OF TWENTYNINE PALMS with geographically appropriate soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Written & hosted by Ken Layne. Listen on the radio in Joshua Tree and across the Mojave High Desert on Z 107.7 FM, 10-11 p.m. Fridays.

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EPISODE #190: STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING EVERY DAY

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We’ve got it all tonight: UFO calls from listeners, albino animals appearing worldwide, and something about reduced expectations and fried chicken. New soundscapes from RedBlueBlackSilver, and a clip from our morning appearance on Z107.7 FM’s Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault.

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This is EPISODE #190: STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING EVERY DAY, with new soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. podcast at patreon.com/desertoracle. Listen to the radio broadcast tonight at 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree & the Mojave High Desert.

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EPISODE #135: TWENTYNINE PALMS & A SIX-PACK TO GO

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Theatre29, Twentynine Palms CA

Tonight we come to you from Theatre29 in sweltering Twentynine Palms, California. Flash floods, heat domes, weird animals, RedBlueBlackSilver, what else could you want? Other than a livable planet, we mean. Thanks to everyone who came out for the live shows, and everyone who supports the show on Patreon or through magazine subscriptions or however you do it. Stay hydrated but please don’t attempt that by getting in the flash flood waters. about our July 10-11 2021 live shows at Theatre29 in Twentynine Palms. (Soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver.)

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It’s EPISODE #135: “TWENTYNINE PALMS & A SIX-PACK TO GO.” (And RedBlueBlackSilver already has a “pay what you like” recording of his set with Herb Benham IV out now on Bandcamp.)

Listen at 10 p.m. Fridays on Joshua Tree’s own KCDZ 107.7 FM, from Amboy to Zzyzx, or streaming from Z1077FM.com and Tune In. Get our fancy hardcover book, Desert Oracle, Vol. 1 (MCD/FSG Books.)