[9] During this time period, Layne also received attention for blogging at his personal website, KenLayne.com,[10][11] and became known in the early 2000s American political and technology blogosphere for a quote directed at the mainstream media: "We can fact-check your ass".

[19] Layne became the West Coast writer for Gawker Media's "absurdist" and "vicious"[2] political humor site Wonkette in 2006, and later its managing editor.

[20] In 2009, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann named Layne and Wonkette in his "Worst Person in the World" segment[2] for allegedly mischaracterizing a temporary absence from his television program.

[3] Typical content includes "adventurers' journal entries, railroad ad copy, and ... naturalists' musings", as well as stories on "alien sightings" and other paranormal phenomena.

[16] With subject matter similar to the print version, Layne's radio show features "chilling tales of Bigfoot sightings, secret military UFO programs, missing hikers, and any number of myths and conspiracies" centered in the Mojave desert and the American Southwest.

[1] The Desert Oracle Radio reaches Joshua Tree National Park and nearby towns including Pioneertown, Twentynine Palms and Yucca Valley by terrestrial broadcast;[26] the show is also available as a podcast.

[29][30] He formerly was a columnist for USC Annenberg School's Online Journalism Review,[31] and wrote a column called "Desert Rattler" for LA CityBeat, both now defunct.

[2] Layne records his own music,[1] and formerly played with Southern California rock musicians Country Dick Montana and Buddy Blue Seigal.