The Voice of the Desert. Subscribe at DesertOracle.com • Fridays 10PM KCDZ-FM 📻 patreon.com/desertoracle • amazon.com/dp/0374139687/
Joined October 2014
- Tweets 2,906
- Following 638
- Followers 4,662
- Likes 6,967
476 Photos and videos
The first of our live Campfire Stories episodes from the May 2026 shows in the Joshua Tree desert is now available on your many devices: CAMPFIRE TALES FOR A HALF-MOON NIGHT. This is an hourlong episode from Saturday night, May 23, with Herb Benham IV opening w/ campfire songs.
ALT https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/campfire-tales-on-a-half-moon-night/id1251197422?i=1000770526154
2
5
31
2,439
May 31
Just posted an hourlong live set from our May 23 Campfire Stories event in Joshua Tree, w/ campfire songs by @GhostofCali.
patreon.com/posts/campfire-s…
2
3
12
570
Did the last of our monthlong series of Desert Oracle campfire stories in Joshua Tree last night, a good show to finish on. Told a story about Bill Keys’ Desert Queen Ranch. Keys killed a miner in a shootout & after his release from San Quentin, erected this stone marker:
2
7
54
4,008
DESERT ORACLE retweeted
May 19
Filmed in the Imperial Sand Dunes, near the spot ROTJ shot this scene. 114 degrees on the day!
Apr 23
Low Budget Forced-Perspective Shot
• 1:18 scale Hummer model ($23)
• 24mm lens with aperture set to f/11
• focus favors foreground object
• lots of light. Thank you sun!
• camera 3 feet from Hummer
• camera 40 feet from background
• car door sound effect helps sell it
2
6
100
10,191
DESERT ORACLE retweeted
If you're sorting through the UFO files & need some seasoned perspective, @KenLayne of @Desert_Oracle has you covered, as per usual.
desertoracle.com/episode-262…
1
1
387
May 14
This August 14-15 in Pioneertown, two nights of DESERT ORACLE at the SPACE CRAFT festival w/ Steve Roach, Tangerine Dream, Laraaji, ESG & more. Ticket link below.
ALT https://www.spacecraftjoshuatree.com/
1
4
14
2,618
The philosophy of the contented man living way out in the desert wasteland: x.com/lowlandsapien/status/2…
1
5
25
4,133
Apr 21
New episode out now, or listen on the radio Friday nights at 10 p.m., Z107.7 FM broadcasting from Joshua Tree/Yucca Valley/29 Palms.
ALT https://DesertOracle.com/radio
1
2
15
2,294
DESERT ORACLE retweeted
Honored that @shooterjennings and @WillieNelson recorded “When I’m Stoned”
Out tonight: 30tgrs.ffm.to/whenimstoned
6
13
121
4,711
Dear friends, if you’re anywhere around Joshua Tree, tune your radio to KCDZ 107.7 FM at 10 a.m. Friday (tomorrow), because I’ll be on the “Up Close Show” from @z1077fm telling strange desert tales. You can listen on the computer, too.
2
10
31
1,928
Join us in Joshua Tree on May 2, May 16 & May 23 for Desert Oracle's Campfire Stories. Saturdays at Sundown!
Strange & scary desert tales by Ken Layne, w/ cowboy campfire songs by Herb Benham IV. Tickets on sale now.
ALT Tickets at http://DesertOracle.com
2
2
11
1,369
Location: Joshua Tree Retreat Center
Information: desertoracle.com/event-calen…
Tickets: events.ticketleap.com/ticket…
1
3
283
US Navy Capt. Victor Glover was a combat & carrier pilot in the Iraq War & a test pilot at China Lake & Edwards who flew everything from MiGs to the Goodyear Blimp. He's from Pomona & went to Ontario HS. Now he's piloting the Orion. A hero of the Inland Empire & Mojave Desert
2
4
26
1,240
DESERT ORACLE retweeted
Apr 4
77
894
7,710
234,267
New episode tonight on the podcast, and a different new episode on the radio at 10PM, Z107.7 FM in Joshua Tree/29 Palms/Pioneertown. It's about Artemis & the Goldstone Deep Space Network base just beyond Death Valley & tales of golden temples from Herodotus.
ALT https://www.desertoracle.com/episode-258-artemis-pyramids-tatooine-death-valley/
1
5
16
1,481
DESERT ORACLE retweeted
Mar 28
Sunset on Zzyzx Rd. A long, lonely time ago. Wandered off the freeway and no one but me and the buckled asphalt being watched by the empty.
1
13
461
DESERT ORACLE retweeted
Mar 28
54
1,835
15,198
463,429