Desert Drive Live · Full episode
Saints & Sinners
Jack takes the cracked highway through roadside philosophy, dirty saints, clean alibis and the kind of music that makes an innocent speedometer look guilty.
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The last broadcast before the map runs out.
Original music, absurd comedy and illegal roadside transmissions, hosted by Jack the Burner—part pirate DJ, part outlaw philosopher, full-time fugitive.
- Frequency
- 66.6 FM
- Signal
- Unlicensed
- Status
- Still moving
◆ You are now entering a low-common-sense areaNext service station: 186 milesDo not follow the red light
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One hour of music, bad decisions and noises the authorities would like explained.
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My Name Is Jack
The first illegal transmission: pirate radio, original music and a host whose version of an introduction sounds suspiciously like a confession.
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Ain’t No Map
Jack heads farther beyond the last reliable road sign with killer tracks, twisted advice and several preventable incidents.
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Welcome to the edge of the signal
This is not a podcast. It is a getaway vehicle with a microphone.
Desert Drive Live is a fictional radio world built from original songs, fake sponsors, strange callers and news from places that probably should not have a local newspaper.
Every episode opens another lane into the same universe. The bands have histories. The companies have complaints departments. The mascots have union representatives. Somehow, Jack keeps the whole thing on air.
“Lock the doors. Light a smoke. And for the love of static, keep driving.”Read the incident report
Inside the broadcast
One signal. Several poor decisions.
Come for the music. Stay because the doors have mysteriously locked.
DESERT DRIVE RECORDS
Original music
Bands that sound like they were discovered in a locked glovebox and mastered during a police pursuit.
BITE-BACK BULLETINS
Public warnings
Civic information from organisations with vans, respirators and surprisingly flexible definitions of public safety.
JACK THE BURNER
Bad advice
Roadside philosophy, fan mail and practical guidance from a man wanted in four jurisdictions and one timeline.
DRIVE-BY NEWS
Surreal news
The stories other stations missed, buried or were legally advised to stop looking into.
From Desert Drive Records
Music from bands that may not legally exist.
Eleven records recovered from gloveboxes, closed venues and one suspiciously musical crime scene. Click any sleeve to open its full MERINGUE! review.
MERINGUE! #006 · Double Denim
Blood Protocol
MERINGUE! #007 · Funeral Buffet
Elegies 1988–2012
MERINGUE! #008 · Hank Marvin
The Devil Owes Me Change
MERINGUE! #009 · Lucius Vein
Electric Saints
MERINGUE! #004 · Jimmy Money
Money Talks: Greatest Hits
MERINGUE! #001 · Mother Goose
Rust
MERINGUE! #002 · Neighbour’s Dog
The Hole
MERINGUE! #010 · Scapegoats
White Noise
MERINGUE! #003 · Scone & the Butterbeans
Waiting in the Rain
MERINGUE! #011 · Taffy Starlight
Boys Lie, But Their Netflix Passwords Don’t
MERINGUE! #005 · Young Team
Television Tan
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Trusted by nobody. Funding us anyway.
We don’t run adverts. We run warnings from organisations whose legal departments have stopped returning calls.
Pest control / urban warfare
Bite-Back Pest Control
Currently engaged in an undeclared war beneath your bins.
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Adventure tourism / liability event
Alba X-Treme
Scotland, turned up until the mountain files a complaint.
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Costume relief
Mascots Without Borders
Providing hope beyond the costume and legal advice inside it.
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Residential fortification
Blackwall Keep
Your home is your castle. Your neighbour is now a trebuchet risk.
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Roadside dining
Fat Friars
Breakfast. Lunch. Regrettable decisions.
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Recruitment / movement
Jobbie
Find your next movement. Wipe your employment history clean.
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