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.
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:
If you're sorting through the UFO files & need some seasoned perspective, @KenLayne of @Desert_Oracle has you covered, as per usual.
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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.
@KenLayne Come see & hear Desert Oracle Campfire Stories, three nights in Joshua Tree: Saturdays at Sundown on May 2, May 16 and May 23. Tickets on sale now: https://t.co/3svHq3LVrI
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.
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.
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
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.
@HDD_santafe@bandy1803@KenLayne@Desert_Oracle 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.