Desolation Angel Radio

Desolation Angel Radio

Music has it’s own spirit, soul and life. It’s a part of us, and tells our story, gives us a soundtrack, when we let it.

Episodes

January 6, 2026 108 mins

This episode, published the week I observe and mark 45 years sober, serves as a marker. The episodes in October, November, early December all were leading up to this one. It's free, just click the link. This episode, I'm going to ask you to listen, and to share, there's lots of ways to do that, and share buttons, with others. If someone you know, or even someone you don't know, is struggling, is questioning, about their own or some...

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Sticking with a theme, this episode/chapter of the podcast looks back, briefly, momentarily, at the year, looks ahead to next year and picks back up on October and November's theme of taking a personal look back at the people, events and things that shaped me, and laid the foundation for the life stretching ahead of me then, that I've lived now. Enjoy

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Just me on Christmas Eve 2025 tuning in for a quick 15 minutes or so, saying Hi, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and reading Clement Clark Moore's The Night Before Christmas.

Merry Christmas Everyone

Kip

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December 16, 2025 90 mins

The annual Christmas show! Really cool Christmas music, and talking about what Christmas means to me, and how some of you have saved it over the years for me. Where the Nomad Project came from (it started out as a Christmas thing), some really big personal news from me concerning the immediate future, some thanks to all of you, and if you're a friend of mine, you're probably name checked on a national podcast with some Christmas wi...

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December 10, 2025 103 mins

This episode continues the journey that we started. This part of it talking about where I was born, grew up, the family I grew up in, and some of the things that make me "me" today, and some tasty cuts of music. The journey continues, and thanks for being along on it with me, and I think you'll find that my journey isn't unique, that it's part of your journey too.

Enjoy

Kip

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November 28, 2025 97 mins

Every year, come Winter, right around my birthday and the holidays, I take a journey, because now is the time to turn inward and reflect. Yes, there will be Heron episodes come later Winter, after the first of the year. Yes, the Comstock gang will get back together and check in with one another and we'll talk and make y'all part of that. But now? Now is the time for looking at my journey, which, though it's mine and individual, and...

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October 15, 2025 117 mins

Whew, it's been a long year. Between the Comstock Breakfast Club 75 Reunion planning and those meetings, and the Heron, and the various events there. . it's been literally all year since I could do an episode like this, a personal one. And it's personal, the music, what I have to say, and this last year had an effect. The music? It's a complete mix. I've always loved music and it shows, half the tunes are from the 70's, cuts I love...

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This episode is the last one before 1975 50th Class Reunion. There's details in here that you'll want to know if you're coming, and even if you're not coming, there's things in here for you too. We talk about things like tickets and sponsorship (Sponsorship is an umbrella term we use to talk about money for the scholarship to a 2025 Comstock grad, and covering the dinner for former teachers and admins that are coming). There's deta...

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One of my favorite episodes of the year - the week before Memorial Day Weekend. This episode features a really good conversation with Julie Rockcastle, Jen Raines, Payge Olson, Isa Cardenas and Steve Rockcastle about the upcoming Great Blue Heron Music Festival on July 4th, 5th and 6th at the Heron and all the different activities, features and music that will be there that weekend; volunteering opportunities so you can be part of ...

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This week is always an exciting week for the podcast. The lineup announcement for the Great Blue Heron Music Festival, July 4th, 5th, 6th at the Heron in Sherman New York. There's a conversation with Julie and Steve Rockcastle, and cuts from 11 of the 34 bands and musicians that are going to be on the stages there: Andy Frasco & The U.N. Project, Cool Cool Cool, The Rumble feat. Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr., Shadowgrass, The Dust...

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This episode of the Desolation Angel Radio podcast, as I head into the 14th year with it, has everything, the whole nine yards, all of it and the kitchen sink. Everything.  Heron folks, listen up          In the first hour, you're going to hear Julie Rockcastle with a quick announcement about big happenings here at the end of January around the Great Blue Heron Music Festival, this summer. When the blind faith tickets are going on ...

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Another one of my traditions. The last show of the year is always, as is this one, music that I listen to; at home, in the truck, at work, my own personal soundtrack of what gets me through the day, and is also a pretty good audio record of some great music in 2024.  There's some thanks from me, and some notes about the Comstock 75 bunch, and what we can look forward to there, and what we can look forward to with shows about the He...

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The annual Desolation Angel Christmas show episode is up. Some really cool Christmas music, some old classics, and some versions of Christmas songs you've never heard before. In the first hour, a Christmas greeting from Julie and Steve Rockcastle, and big shoutout from the entire Heron Crew, and in the second hour, a Christmas greeting from some members of the Comstock Class of 75, with some words and updates about the 50th class r...

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December 10, 2024 118 mins

This episode, one of the last ones of the year, before the Christmas episode, covers some territory. In the first half, you'll find a discussion with John, Karen, Gina and Steve  about the upcoming 50th Class Reunion for the Class of '75, and some details about what's happening, what's coming and how to stay in the loop. If you're a class of 75 member and never listened before, tune in.

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This episode of the Desolation Angel Radio podcast finds me talking with Jim Donovan, of Jim Donovan & The Sun King Warrors about their upcoming album release party this coming Saturday, the 19th in Pittsburgh. We're friends, it's a fun conversation and all the info you need to buy the album, the attend the album release and to support independent music. Cuts from the new album, and older Sun King Warriors favorites, and a Rust...

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Summer is over, and my schedule is slowing down some. Time to get caught up, and back up to speed. This episode captures a conversation back in July for the Comstock 75 Breakfast Club. Myself, Diane Parker, Mary Knecht (O'Leary), Steve Schultz, John Stanaszek and Deb Corbeil (Doud). It's pretty fascinating getting caught up. The music wanders from the normal format for a CBC meeting, I picked it for this one, due to some things tha...

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This episode of the podcast finds us with the Comstock Breakfast Club again, and it's an entertaining hour of myself, Diane, Tom and Steve talking about everything under the sun, and music from them, and John, Karen and Gina chipped in with some music suggestions too. Settle in, take a listen and enjoy. 

 

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This episode of Desolation Angel Radio finds us out at the Heron Grounds on Memorial Day weekend, talking with Payge Olson, Jen Raines, Domenic Rocco, Kristy Blask and Julie about volunteering for the Great Blue Heron Music Festival and the benefits, camaraderie, community and free festival admission that brings to people who want to attend that weekend, July 5th, 6th and 7th this year, and help out. Plus general information on cam...

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This episode of the podcast finds the Breakfast Club getting together and Diana Parker LaPiana, Mary Knecht, John Stanaszek, Karen Sparks-Sperry and me, Kip,, got together, and it's a fun conversation. We talk about everything; going home being at the center of it, and there's a lot of great music they picked out. Enjoy and listen to the conversation.

 

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This episode of the podcast gives an update on where some things are at with the Great Blue Heron Music Festival, this July 5th, 6th and 7th in Sherman, New York at the Heron. Some information about remaining camping spots in Green Lot, and the Large RV Lot, where we need volunteers and how to find more information, and some cuts and music from New Planets, Rasta Rafiki, Stolen Gin, Jimkata, Cool Cool Cool, The Probables,Kev Rowe, ...

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