Stella & Jojo are back after a month in Europe to discuss the politics of a good goof session, the Holy Road, and the virtue of thinking 10 impossible things before breakfast.

Jojo, Stella, & Mac muse together, and end up lost, and then muse about getting lost, and its impossibility these days.

Stella & Jojo storm the studio with their copy of J. Campbell's Hero With a 1k Faces, once again. Supernatural obstacles mark our descent into the abyss, where we encountered a magic swamp frog, Walter Plopper. The rest is a blur.

We packed the studio with experts to discuss (and dissect) the concept of a collective unconscious. The conversation goes off the rails so far that we found ourselves on a different path entirely. Perfecto!

Special +4 hour Neon Shrines dive into stack of books both sublime slime & offense against the senses. We memorize a great line of poetry by Blake, and then talk long about power spots, William S Burroughs' essay on Sacred Places, and then fall into Shakespeare's most memorable lines.

Alone in the studio Stella decides to rock out to a music-heavy show. She also opines about the virtues of Fiona Apple and her relevance to pilgrimage.

Stella in the studio and Jojo in the Floridian casita ponder the merits of telling people the worst parts of your Camino, and, potentially, gatekeeping the whole experience.

Mac drops by the studio & we proceed to have a meaningful conversations about death, the afterlife, and spiritual mentorship. Also, a top-tier playlist.

The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Harry Neilson - You’re Breaking my Heart
Boosty Collins - I’d Rather Be With You
The Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
Mission of Burma - That’s When I Reach for My Revolver
The Kinks - Phenomenal Cat

We send-off our Big Chief John Sinclair with love, and broken hearts. We Love Our Big Chief! The world is darker & colder without you. We miss you.


John Sinclair - Still Kickin’
John Sinclair - Ain’t Nobody’s Business
John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars - The Delta Sound
John Sinclair - Cross Road Blues
John Sinclair - We Love Big Chief pt. 1
John Sinclair - We Love Big Chief (Harvard Divinity School recording)

Stella has departed for the holy road, and sent me a few audio recordings detailing the cats that have joined her, as well as the best parts/worst parts of traveling alone on the Camino. In the studio, Mac and J0j0 goof around.

The Monochrome Set - The Mating Game
T Rex - Cosmic Dancer
PLW - Beat Zen rant
The Clean - Thumbs Off
Os Mutantes - Panis et Circenses
Dee Dee King - 2 Much 2 Drink
EMF - Unbelievable
The Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso

A thunderbolt of an episode in which Stella and j0j0 explore the OSGH regimes of mental training prescribed for walking the Camino. The discussion is soaring, compelx, and illuminated.

John Lennon- I’m only sleeping
Raffaele Ciavolino - Do You Love me
The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck
The Specials - Rat Race (live)
The Detroit Cobras - He Did It
the Detroit Cobras - Bad Girl
Duran Duran - Ordinary World
John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane
The Bangles - Eternal Flame
Roxy Music - More Than this

This slightly longer show opens with a careening conversation with Ricky, one of the Grand Masters of the OSGH, about our last two pilgrimages. The conversation goes off the rails, which was precisely the point. Following Ricky's appearance, we play host to RevDev, who ventured to the studio to talk about raves, Paracelsian anthropology, and the out-of-body feeling that comes with dancing.


Flaming Lips- She Dont Use Jelly
Roxy Music - Love is the Drug
The Cramps - Teenage Werewolf
Faithless _ god is a DJ
KLF - What time is love

The Goon joins us in the studio. Stella recounts her recent adventures in Singapore. Hilarity ensues.



Midnight Star - Midas Touch
Utah Saints - What Can You Do for Me
Beatsbyhand - Gypsy Woman
Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through the Grape Vine
The Meters - CIssy Strut
Zapp - more Bounce to the Ounce
R Plus - Love Will Tear Us Apart (remix)
Faithless - Insomnia

It is just Jojo in the studio rambling and playing choice tunes. His verbal acrobatics pivot around a discussion of episode 25 of Neon Genesis Evangeligion, though his reflections touch on anarchist squats, Amsterdam's cinematic underground, and travel.


Basement Jaxx - Where’s your head at?
The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize
Daft Punk - Prime Time of your Life
Round Shaped Triangles - Forever Young
AVISION - Big Shot
Igor Gonya - Woz

A classic episode of Neon Shrines.
Totally classic.

Basement Jaxx - Where’s your Head At?
The Bloody Beat Roots - Warp 1.9
The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin’ Beats
Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out of My Head
Dee-Lite - Groove is in the heart
Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor

wild discussion. big laffs



Alaska y Los Pegamoides - Bailando
Eiffel 65 - Blue
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

After thinking about the question for more than a year, we have finally hit upon a new way to define the difference between a "tourist," "traveler," and a "pilgrim." We are full of beans in this episode~ enjoy!


Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
Jacob Miller - Each One Teach one
Alaska y Los Pegamoides - La Rebelion de Los Electrodomestiscos
Alaska y Los Pegamoides - Bailando
Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
Art of Noise - Moments in Love
Daft Punk Musique
Lourie Anderson - O Superman
John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars - Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness
John Sinclair - Monk in Orbit
John Sinclair - History 101

The Order celebrates each new year with a ritual peregrination, and this year was no different. We discuss our ritual walk around SF, before transitioning into a discussion with Gigi, our guest. The topic of our conversation was pilgrimage, forgiveness, and the seeming inscrutability of mercy.


T Rex - Born to Boogie
The Chicks - I Feel Fine
Sly & The Family Stone - Underdog
Moondog - Do Your Thing

This is our long overdue cat appreciation show, as this episode is dedicated to all things feline. We discuss the history of cats, the celebration of cats with Egyptian religion, Islam, and Catholicism and we even have a very special guest, Dr. Copa, who calls into the show to share the story of her cat's 74 day odyssey out on the streets (dont worry, it ends with their tearful reunion). Lots of cat-themed music, too.


The Kinks - Phenomenal Cat
Ugly Kid Joe - Cats in the Cradle
David Bowie - Cat People
Tom Jones - What’s New Pussycat?
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Mr. Mistoffelees
The Coasters - Three cool cats

The long-awaited christmas special! We have a hilarious and illuminating conversation about the xmas songs of Mariah Carey and Celine Dion, the nature of doing a radio show, and the need to go further underground. We fought our way through the "nog of war."


Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas / Sarajevo 12/24
Muppets Christmas Soundtrack - Marley & Marley
Kermit - One More Sleep ’til Christmas
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
Celine Dion - O Holy Night
Tatsuro Yamashita - Christmas Eve
Spinal Tap - Christmas with the Devil
Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
Sioxsie & The Banshees - The Passenger
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Squeeze - Up the Junction
James - Laid
Piss Ma - Christmas timeloop Silent Night
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
Blink 182 - Josie
Julian Casablancas - Christmas Treat