West Coast Fog radio

West Coast Fog

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A weekly audio tour of the forgotten West, visiting obscure moments in musical and cultural history along the way. Host Erik Bluhm was the editor of Great God Pan magazine (“the Champion of Californiana”) through the ‘90s and West Coast Fog may be seen as an aural extension of that venture.

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Jan 11, 2024

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Episodes

Episode 31: Beverly Ritz's Songs for Wildlife - West Coast Fog 4/28/20 01.05.2020

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!

Episode 30: Elusion Illusions - West Coast Fog 4/20/20 23.04.2020

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. 

Episode 29: Peaceful Pipings - West Coast Fog 4/7/20 09.04.2020

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.

Episode 28: Through the Fire of Karma - West Coast Fog 3/17/20 24.03.2020

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!

Episode 27: Winter Traces, Open Spaces - West Coast Fog 2/18/20 23.02.2020

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?

Episode 26: Various Vortices - West Coast Fog 1/28/20 31.01.2020

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. 

Episode 25: West Coast Fog 1/21/20 - Transverse Verses 23.01.2020

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.

Episode 24: West Coast Fog 12/31/19 - Trans Pacificisms 02.01.2020

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

Episode 23: West Coast Fog 12/17/19 - Reese's Pieces 18.12.2019

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. 

Episode 22: West Coast Fog 11/12/19 - Music From the Coast and the Mountains 13.11.2019

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.

Episode 21: West Coast Fog 10/29/19 - Music for People Who Hate Distractions 30.10.2019

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.

Episode 20: West Coast Fog 10/1/19 - Catskill Zoning 04.10.2019

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

Episode 19: West Coast Fog 9/17/19 - Upstate Escape 18.09.2019

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...

Episode 18: West Coast Fog 9/3/19 - Veils of Sky 04.09.2019

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. 

Episode 16: West Coast Fog 8/13/19 - Primitive Dreaming with Chuck Jonkey 14.08.2019

Remember when we visited with adventurer/composer/musician/filmmaker Chuck Jonkey a while back? Well here's a more in depth visit with an adventurer who transforms his experiences exploring primitive worlds into sound and instrument experimentation.

Episode 15: West Coast Fog 7/30/19 - Inner Wilderness 03.08.2019

Explore the past this week in San Francisco, Westwood Village, Ashland, Mountain View, and even New York City. Gurdjieff meditations, Digi-sax, sound poems, and Stickmen. 1977 to 1997.

Episode 13: West Coast Fog 7/9/19 - Tunnel Hum 12.07.2019

On this week's West Coast Fog we hear about composer Bonnie Barnett and her Hums, a series of durational interactive voice meditations that began in the early '80s and still happen. Much thanks to Bonnie for sharing with us. 

Episode 11: West Coast Fog 6/18/19 - Equinox Inflorescences 22.06.2019

Join Michael, Johnny, Warren, Cheri, Phillip, Anna, Roberto, Haeyon, and me as we perch on rocks and look down over chaparral-covered hillsides listening to Western States music from '79 to '99, Los Angeles to Olympia.

Episode 10: West Coast Fog 6/11/19 - Toward the Sun's Eye 12.06.2019

Journey through the American Southwest with West Coast Fog. Experience energy vortexes, Spring snow flurries, and ancient echoes from Arizona and New Mexico. Old Sounds with new ears.

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