Yucca Valley

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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EPISODE #160: REAL-ESTATE SCOUNDRELS & FLYING BLACK TRIANGLES

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We are back with a new episode, all about the wonders of the High Desert, and the various aerial portents we call Wonders in the Sky. Including a black triangle sighting in Los Angeles, reported by our listener “Ellis in L.A.” PLUS: If you’re near Wonder Valley tonight, come on by The Palms on Amboy Road, where we are doing a rare live event with RedBlueBlackSilver, 10 p.m. on the outdoor stage, under the stars and whatever else might pass overhead, for the All Summers Eve Desert Rendezvous festival.

Listen on the radio, 10 PM Fridays, on KCDZ 107.7 FM in the Mojave High Desert.

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Written & hosted by Ken Layne, with new soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Thanks to everybody who supports this show at patreon.com/desertoracle. You can get the new trade-paperback edition of Desert Oracle Vol. 1 wherever you buy books.

#116: THE LOCAL ANGLE

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Might be a nutty new year on the national news, but here in the desert we are just trying to get along and not got crushed. What happened at the Yucca Valley protest on Friday? Well good luck getting the straight story on that. With guest Brendan Maze and new sounds by RedBlueBlackSilver.

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Tonight at 10 p.m., from Amboy to Zzyzx on Z 107.7 FM, or streaming from Z1077FM.com or streaming via Tune In or get the free podcast.

#110: CONCRETE JESUS

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An orphan child from Cincinnati loved the scriptures and lived a live of gold-mine adventure in the Almost-Old West before winding up in a bomber-plane factory in Los Angeles, creating death-delivery systems for the permanent Cold War. Anxious over this atomic nightmare, yet optimistic enough to think humanity could survive it, Frank Antone Martin built an enormous concrete Jesus in his Inglewood driveway.

Such is the tale. Tune in to hear it all, the whole sordid thing. It’s Episode #110, soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver, snow on the western mountaintops.

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STRANGE TALES AT THE HI-DESERT NATURE MUSEUM

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DESERT ORACLE editor Ken Layne will be presenting a spooky talk on desert folklore & various monsters at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 5:30 p.m. This is the Morongo Basin Historical Society’s “Second Wednesday Lecture Series.” $5 donation to MBHS at the door, get there early to get a seat!