Podcasts by West Coast Fog
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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Episode 9: Terminal Island Tales - West Coast Fog 10/2/18 from 2023-08-20T21:42:25
Join West Coast Fog on a jaunt to the one-time Bora Bora of L.A. County where we'll reminisce and jam '80s and '90s LPs and tapes from Kwaku Dadey, Levi Chen, Lou Harrison, Jagad Guru Chris Butler,...
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Episode 59: Sea Temple - West Coast Fog 8/2/23 from 2023-08-10T23:12:31
Meditate inside a primordial sea cave in a secluded cove off the coast of California while listening to ethereal music from the Bay Area, the Swiss Alps, and beyond. Tapes and records from the '80s...
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Episode 58: Cloudburst Questing - West Coast Fog 12/3/22 from 2022-12-16T02:49:21
Ascend into the clouds; explore rugged ridges; and peer down onto creation to the sounds of the past.
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Episode 57: Invitation To Silence - West Coast Fog 5/12/22 from 2022-05-13T01:22:01
Raindreaming, Kali & Chandra, Primordial Processing, Grace & Kayla, Thought Forms Reality, Picture Music... These sounds, these folks, these tapes... They're all here with us this week waft...
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Episode 56: Cloud Shroud - West Coast Fog 12/7/21 from 2021-12-13T21:30:47
Drift beneath the clouds, wend down windy roads, drift off to dreamy sounds from the past... Suzanne Doucet, Mako, New Age, Popol Vuh, Christian Bühner
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Episode 55: Water Wandering - West Coast Fog 10/8/21 from 2021-10-12T23:28:13
An evening thunderstorm and an hour of meditative sounds from the Mojave Desert, the Bay Area, and beyond. Gold Country and Old Country, each zone special. All selections from cassette tapes fro...
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Episode 54: Walking Meditations - West Coast Fog 9/25/18 from 2021-09-22T22:44:09
Here's another one from the sort of recent past...
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Episode 53: Womon's Work is Never Done - West Coast Fog 5/27/19 from 2021-09-17T17:26:42
We're re-upping some past episodes. Here's an all female fave from a couple years ago.
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Episode 52: Seaward Son - An Afternoon with RIP Hayman - West Coast Fog 8/25/21 from 2021-08-26T01:45:45
Come with WCF as we revisit our visit with legendary Captain RIP Hayman. To paraphrase a little, he says, “My work is tangible spirit based on the awareness of sound, mingling meditation, myster...
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Episode 51: A Sea of Sound Surrounds You - West Coast Fog 7/8/21 from 2021-07-09T04:14:09
Paddle around some island coves while listening music made only by women from tapes and a couple CDs, early '80s up to late '90s.
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Episode 50: Bay Mountain Bliss - West Coast Fog 5/19/21 from 2021-05-20T00:29:04
Hike a hill; traverse a trail; cross a creek; listen to '80s and '90s tapes on the move.
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Episode 49: Into Infinity - West Coast Fog 4/24/21 from 2021-04-29T00:37:26
The stage is set for a spiritual Spring sojourn in the foothills. We listen to devotional joy on cassettes from the '80s and '90s, Germany, India, and California.
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Episode 48: May the Winds Blow Warm - West Coast Fog 4/8/21 from 2021-04-08T16:36:36
'80s and '90s Spring sounds from California, Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, Germany, Oregon, Vermont, and Australia, all from the comfort of a car driving around in the San Gabriel Valley.
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Episode 47: Stratus Status - West Coast Fog 3/20/21 from 2021-03-20T21:21:49
Trek up to an abandoned fire lookout in a snowstorm while listening to select meditative cuts from '80s and '90s tapes out of Hungary, Los Angeles, Oregon, Colorado, Los Gatos, and San Francisco.
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Episode 46: Obsidian Oblivion - West Coast Fog 2/24/21 from 2021-02-25T01:36
Ski up and down snow-covered cinder cones in California's high desert and in your MIND. Hear sublime stringy soundtracks from mostly '80s and '90s tapes.
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Episode 45: Ode to the Whale Folk - West Coast Fog 1/27/21 from 2021-01-29T08:29:54
Join West Coast Fog asea, at anchor, and eventually ashore. Sail with whales and listen to serene marine sounds from '80s and '90s cassettes.
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Episode 44: Peaceful Mountain - West Coast Fog 1/12/21 from 2021-01-13T07:35:12
Climb up, slide down. Creep along the dragon's back and motivate with a soothing soundtrack of tapes and records from Sausalito, Nevada City, Idyllwild, Berkeley, and more.
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Episode 43: Winter Music - West Coast Fog 12/25/20 from 2020-12-23T17:30:31
Celebrate the season with Pagan Carols, Crystal Spirit, Blossoms in the Snow, Inner Christmas, Carols in the Caves and other Saturnalian festivities! All '80s and '90s cassettes. God jul!
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Episode 42: Ancient Radiance - West Coast Fog 12/14/20 from 2020-12-17T19:04:29
Join West Coast Fog by the fireside as we listen to primordial preconsciousness from '80s and '90s tapes and CDs. Awaken happiness within in just one cozy hour.
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Waterborne - West Coast Fog 11/18/20 from 2020-11-18T18:49:35
Join us for a day on the dock, taking in jaunty brigantines and playful pinnipeds, while listening to '70s to '90s cassettes of bubble tubes, mini harp, Buchla Thunder, bell bowls, and ssssea ssso...
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Marine Scenes - West Coast Fog 9/22/20 from 2020-09-30T18:19
From afloat to ashore, we share this episode from a sandy island beach. Hear lots of incredible and forgotten healing and spiritual music made by women from '80s and '90s tapes and CDs.
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Time Passing By - West Coast Fog 9/2/20 from 2020-09-12T01:19:54
Calling from a coastal bluff, West Coast Fog gets into some seaside synths, ecology odes, contemporary sinfonias, and more. All from '80s to '90s tapes this week.
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Cove Overtures - West Coast Fog 8/25/20 from 2020-08-26T17:47:17
Join us as we broadcast from a sloop moored in a tranquil cove in San Francisco Bay. Hear aquatic sounds and stories from '80s and '90s cassette tapes.
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Hovering in Twilight - West Coast Fog 8/13/20 from 2020-08-14T19:50:21
Experience the humidity and bird sounds on a Southern California evening and hear vintage tapes from France, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Berkeley, Willits, and Nevada City.
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Penisula Permutations - West Coast Fog 7/28/20 from 2020-07-31T07:30:08
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,...
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Images&Reflections - West Coast Fog 7/7/20 from 2020-07-11T19:04:03
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 T...
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Chimes Times - West Coast Fog 6/23/20 from 2020-06-23T18:04:24
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 mu...
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Deep Within - West Coast Fog 5/26/20 from 2020-05-28T23:40:27
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 tha...
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Springtime Feelings - West Coast Fog 5/12/20 from 2020-05-16T15:51:02
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 Mas...
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Beverly Ritz's Songs for Wildlife - West Coast Fog 4/28/20 from 2020-05-01T18:37:14
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, a...
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Elusion Illusions - West Coast Fog 4/20/20 from 2020-04-23T21:39:59
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 ta...
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Peaceful Pipings - West Coast Fog 4/7/20 from 2020-04-09T23:33:07
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 ...
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Through the Fire of Karma - West Coast Fog 3/17/20 from 2020-03-24T20:02:52
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...
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Winter Traces, Open Spaces - West Coast Fog 2/18/20 from 2020-02-23T21:27:42
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-Schn...
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Various Vortices - West Coast Fog 1/28/20 from 2020-01-31T23:39:49
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 ta...
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West Coast Fog 1/21/20 - Transverse Verses from 2020-01-23T02:00:19
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 ...
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West Coast Fog 12/31/19 - Trans Pacificisms from 2020-01-02T18:14:11
Journey from San Francisco to Kamchatka hearing music from both and all in between. Plus healing, protective, and otherwordly musicks of all vintages.
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West Coast Fog 12/17/19 - Reese's Pieces from 2019-12-18T19:09
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 e...
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West Coast Fog 11/12/19 - Music From the Coast and the Mountains from 2019-11-13T22:35:36
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.
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West Coast Fog 10/29/19 - Music for People Who Hate Distractions from 2019-10-30T17:16:15
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 h...
West Coast Fog 10/1/19 - Catskill Zoning from 2019-10-04T00:40:12
On this week's show hear denizens of the Hudson Valley doont heir thing. Eerily ‘70s and into the ‘80s. Some California connections obviously.
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West Coast Fog 9/17/19 - Upstate Escape from 2019-09-18T06:27:20
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 198...
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West Coast Fog 9/3/19 - Veils of Sky from 2019-09-04T03:09:37
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 Barba...
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West Coast Fog 8/27/19 - Talusisms from 2019-08-29T00:54:26
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?
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West Coast Fog 8/13/19 - Primitive Dreaming with Chuck Jonkey from 2019-08-14T16:50:06
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 primiti...
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West Coast Fog 7/30/19 - Inner Wilderness from 2019-08-03T16:39:54
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.
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West Coast Fog 7/23/19 - Where the Circle Closes from 2019-07-24T17:51:55
More Southwest journeyz with '80s and '90s visionary music from Santa Fe, Taos, Boulder, Sedona, and various vortices...
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West Coast Fog 7/9/19 - Tunnel Hum from 2019-07-12T06:12:53
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 ...
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West Coast Fog 7/2/19 - Gone Beyond's Dream Catchers Journey Vol. 1 from 2019-07-03T16:19:08
A special guest episode from our good friend Gone Beyond."The high deserts and mountains of Northern New Mexico have always attracted Spiritual Seekers, Outsiders, Loners and Healers," he tells us....
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West Coast Fog 6/18/19 - Equinox Inflorescences from 2019-06-22T18:57:48
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, Lo...
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West Coast Fog 6/11/19 - Toward the Sun's Eye from 2019-06-12T06:01:35
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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West Coast Fog 5/27/19 - Womon's Work is Never Done from 2019-05-30T00:35:38
This week we hear more from the female past in Texas, Victorville, San Jose, Marin, Monterey Park, Hacienda Heights, and Los Angeles. Marcey, Deb, Janie, Nicole, Alquimia, Nancy, Cecelia, Ann, and ...
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West Coast Fog 5/14/19 - Womon's Worlds from 2019-05-15T15:14:28
Mountain and plain, city and sand, women's sounds and voices from all over, 1980 to 2006... Elodie, Suzanne, Roberta, Anna, Alicia, Susan, Wendy, Susan, Lisa, and Christina...
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West Coast Fog 4/30/19 - Lupine Effusion from 2019-05-03T05:39:22
Pollination special with soundtrack from the past. Berkeley, New Mexico, Los Angeles, Seattle, and even Australia and NY. Heavenscent, Larry Solomon, Eugen Bowen, Harold Budd, Chakra City, Tony Lew...
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West Coast Fog 4/16/19 - Sprung Spring from 2019-04-20T01:30:09
Broadcasted live from the Left Bank bookstore, or where it used to be in 1935. Stillife, Marnie Jones, Sarah Benson, Molly Scott, and Lily Nye, John Heussenstamm, Jim West, Monolith, Marimba Quest....
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West Coast Fog 4/10/19 - Melting Movements from 2019-04-10T23:45:18
Ssstill high, ssstill in the sssnow, ssstill on ssskis. Oxnard, Pearblossom, Santa Monica, Mexico City, Oakland, Santa Barbara, Petaluma, British Columbia. Passt sssounds from '67 to '08. Beauregar...
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