West Coast Fog Radio

In which Naval history, cycling routes, and avant garde recordings become entwined. Rover, Glen Neff, Charlemagne Palestine, Samonas, Richard Gerevich among others... Mill Valley, Cal Arts, S-town, and Deutschland, das ganze Leben lang...

High Sierra lake eskape with a cassette boombox and meditative and spiritual '80s and '90s tapes from Tom Mandel, Martin & Scott, Ron Lloyd, Jai Josefs, John York, George Tortorelli, and Ivan Trilha...

Last fummer we visited Garry Kvistad at the Woodstock Chimes headquarters in the Hudson Valley. Listen to selections from his 1990 cassette tape and hear sounds from his incredible collection of musical instruments.

In which West Coast Fog and a dog venture into the depths of a remote canyon; wade through a boulder-strewn stream; encounter wildlife; and get be-nighted all the while listening to older music that felt appropriate at the time on a Sports Walkman.

Hear attuned pop sounds plus healing and devotional music from the '70s up to the new millennium, from cassettes and even a record this week. Catch wafting sounds from the past, lingering above Massachusetts, Palo Alto, Seattle, Eugene, Canada, and Redondo Beach.

At long last the Beverly Ritz story. Jazzy sounds from Rustic Canyon, Seattle, and the Oregon and Northern California coast in the '80s and '90s. Hear the stories of hungry sea lions, baby seals, and jetty cats told in song. Meow!

Follow West Coast Fog up to the snowline and down to the cascades. Escape aurically to the past histories of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Central Park, Boulder, Tulsa, and beyond. Almost all '80s tapes this time.

Shelter at home with West Coast Fog and listen to '80s and '90s music while staring out the window. Peaceful pipings from Laurie, Deb, Yatri, Buddy, the Jameses, Pushkar, Albert, and Don, and then one not peaceful one from Charlie Nothing.

Recorded just before we all went inside. We look at Karma's paintings and listen to music from the Crystal Rainbows LP, the elusive Growth Ring, Aeolius, Peter Van Riper, Henry Warwick, Sri Chinmoy, Stillife, Peter Stenshoel, and New Age. Stay healthy everyone!

Self-propelled snow seeking soundtracks from John Singer, Uma Silbey, Elizabeth Rhoades, Edward Christmas, Vasudeva, Andrea Centazzo, Antonio Russek, The Circle, Michael Masley, and John Wager-Schneider. 1980-(gulp)2006?

We're back in the Southwest again by Guruji's grace. Journey home with us under Gaia's shadow, swirling serpentinely in the desert knight. Hear uplifting and this-wordly music from '80s and '90s tapes plus two CDs and one rare vinyls.

Sit with us in the shadow of Pinery Mountain listening to '80s and '90s tapes in a Subaru. Hear Alif, Dallas Smith, James Hardman, Real Reiki Music folks, Perfect-ness on a Space Base, Flute Music for Tai-Chi, Drahcir Ztiworoh, Melissa Morgan and stuff like that.

Journey from San Francisco to Kamchatka hearing music from both and all in between. Plus healing, protective, and otherwordly musicks of all vintages.

Finally the Reese Williams episode from when we visited with him back in September in upstate NY. Hear all about his tape experiments in the late '70s in Berkeley, his Tanam art book press in the early '80s, and his healing and digital experimentation work up until NOW.

Listen to spatial music from the top of a coastal mountain with Martin, Arden, Tom, Julie, David and Rudy, Harold, Peter, and also another David. See/hear what it was like back then/up there.

Nearly forgotten ‘70s to ‘90s tracks from Mt. Shasta, Northridge, West Los Angeles, Alpine, Piru, and beyond. Lou, Alicia, Raymond, Livy, Peter, Yogi John, “Rain,” Swami Satyam… the gang’s all here.

On this week's show hear denizens of the Hudson Valley doont heir thing. Eerily ‘70s and into the ‘80s. Some California connections obviously.

Meet us at the ruins of an old gristmill by the falls of the kill. Yep, we're in upstate New York this week to visit some California expats. Also we're listening to tapes and CDs from the prime 1982 to 1993 era. Hear Brad from the Valley, Richard from Marin, some Brazilian meditators and Japanese sannyasins, plus...

Look up and listen to '80s and '90s tapes and LPs from Michael, Buddy, Ken & Jeff, Marina, Elliot, David, Don, Loren, and Rudiger. Visit Valencia, San Francisco, Hawaii, Long Beach, Santa Barbara, and elsewhere.

Lots of elevation gain this week. Look down on the into valleys; look up into cirques; listen to tapes from the '80s and '90s from Colorado, Berkeley, Mill Valley, Seattle, and (shrugs) Belgium?