Radio Free Burrito

Radio Free Burrito: Episode Thirty-Four

Holy Crap it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito! 

Today, I talked about books, played some music, and rang my podcast bell a few times.

Show Notes:

• The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
• Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast did, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
• This week's theme music is Haunted, by Poe.
• Get Redshirts here in audio or eBook or paper book!
• You can buy your own copy of the Redshirt song from JoCo himself!
• JoCo Cruise Crazy!
• Here's a random link from Wikipedia.
• I wrote about books.
• I wrote about House of Leaves at Goodreads. CONTAINS SPOILERS.
• Did you know you can get a little smooshy plush version of me? Now you do.
• Here's my post about the season three gag reel.
• Massive thanks to Kathleen for getting me a new bell just like this one. Yeah, it's a classy bell, right there. It doesn't try to be all fancy; it just does what a good bell should do.
• I know that I'm forgetting something.
• Here's the entire Cool and Strange compilation.
• Only you can see this. Everyone else is seeing a blank line.
• I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
• Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
• Please note that I've been wishing for Apple to fix this bug for over twofour five years. Yay.
• This episode is 42.7 MB and is 44:28 long.
• This is the end of the notes. 

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Thirty-Three

Holy Crap it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito! 

Today, I talked about some games I've been playing, rambled a little (a lot) and talked a bit about comic books and beer. It's a stream of consciousness RFB, so you probably want to skip this one.

If you're still thinking about listening to this, be warned: something PROFOUNDLY OFFENSIVE EVEN TO ME comes up in the demo of Cards Against Humanity.

Show Notes:

• The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
• Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast did, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
• This week's theme music is Gidget Goes to Hell by Suburban Lawns.
• Listen to Janitor here. In fact, watch it, too. This is what music videos started out as, kids.
• Learn more about this fantastic New Wave band here.
• Here's a random link from Wikipedia.
• Here's Cards Against Humanity.
• 7 Wonders is really a lot of fun. Don't bother getting the expansions.
• This seems legit.
• The Resistance works with 5, but it really comes alive with 7 or more.
• Reddit agrees with my conclusion about why there's been a troll explosion recently.
• I feel like this is as necessary as explaining how to buckle an airplane seatbelt, but here's my show Tabletop on Geek and Sundry.
• The soundtrack from VVVVVV is called PPPPPP (because why wouldn't it?) and can be purchased from Souleye, who composed it. 
• Did you know you can get a little smooshy plush version of me? Now you do.
• Massive thanks to Kathleen for getting me a new bell just like this one. Yeah, it's a classy bell, right there. It doesn't try to be all fancy; it just does what a good bell should do.
• I know that I'm forgetting something.
• I'm also forgetting something else.
• Does anyone read these notes?
• I wrote about the Parsely System on my blog.
• Paul and Storm made a video for Write Like The Wind.
• This episode is about 49.4MB. Goddamn, thats a lot of Ms and Bs.
• This episode is about 51 minutes long. That's probably where all the Ms and Bs came from.
• I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
• Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
• Please note that I've been wishing for Apple to fix this bug for over twofour years. Yay.
• This is the end of the notes. 

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Thirty-Two

Holy Crap, after more than a year, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito! 

Today, I read some stories from my blog, talked about some stuff, and played some weird and wonderful music.

Show Notes:

• The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
• Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast did, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
• This week's theme music is The Summer Place, by Fountains of Wayne.
• The first "commercial" from Paul and Storm is just silence. I messed up and put it on the wrong track. I'll fix it over the weekend.
• You now have no excuse to not read The Bloggess.
• Look, I gave her some twine.
• I'm finally on Facebook.
• Here's a random link from Wikipedia.
• I forgot to screencap and link to that picture of the panning in Carnivale... whatever you have in your imagination is probably better, anyway.
• I don't have a bell right now, but when I do, it's going to be like this one. Yeah, that's a classy bell, right there. It doesn't try to be all fancy; it just does what a good bell should do.
• Apollo 18, people. Listen to it on shuffle.
• This episode is about 17MB.
• This episode is about 37 minutes long.
• There are about 15 seconds of unnecessary silence at the end of the show. You get those for free. You're welcome.
• I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
• Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
• Please note that I've been wishing for Apple to fix this bug for over two years. Yay.
• This is the end of the notes. 

Ready? Then turn down your lights (where appropriate), and

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Thirty

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

On this RFB, I deliver a bunch of weird audio collected from the internets, a whole lot of thank yous, and a reading from the special edition of The Happiest Days of Our Lives.

Show Notes:

• The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
• Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
• This week's theme music is Ceremony, by New Order.
• You can check out Incredible, But True at the Internet Archive. 
• If you enjoy Old Time Radio, you'll definitely want to acquaint yourself with the Old Time Radio Researchers Group.
• In case you wanted to see one of Nolan's art things. (Not the thing mentioned in this episode, but a thing nonetheless.)
• Really, Amazon?
• When you build your time machine and visit Mountain Park, try to act surprised when Zoltan gives you advice.
• This episode is 35.6MB.
• This episode is about 37 minutes long.
• I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
• Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
• Please note that I've been wishing for Apple to fix this bug for over a year. Yay.
• This is the end of the notes. 

Ready? Then kick out the jams, mother effers, and 

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Twenty-Six

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

At long last, the planets align, I have time and ideas, and the GDMF construction next door is quiet.

Show Notes:

• The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
• Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
• This week's theme music is from The Legend of Zelda, one of my favorite video games of all time.
• On today's show, I read two stories from The Happiest Days of Our Lives, currently available from Subterranean Press as a special edition.
• There is also an audio version of The Happiest Days of Our Lives, if you'd like to hear me read even more of it to you.
• Movin' Right Along was performed by 15-16 Puzzle. If you have some time to check out his musical archives, I believe you will find it worth your while.
• I decided that this episode was brought to you by coffee ... specifically the amazing cup of Sumatra that I made using beans that were roasted by my friend Aric. He's @WayOfCoffee on Twitter, and you can even order your own amazing beans from him at FremontCoffee.net. Did I mention that they're amazing? They totally are.
• I just realized that I have friends who do awesome things, and I should make them the unofficial "sponsors" of RFB each week, so RFB listeners can discover nifty things. I hope I remember to do that next week.
• When I read Close Your Eyes and Then It's Past, I played music from Robert Rich as a bed. He has a ton of albums at Magnatune.com; I used music from Calling Down The Sky today.
• Actually, well over 90% of listeners said the audio levels were messed up, and that the music, which I'd hoped would be a nice background bed, was actually way too loud and distracted from my reading. Since this podcast is all about me, I remastered the episode and removed the music. 
• Of course, if you didn't get this episode right when it was released yesterday, you probably won't notice the difference. Ahhhh ... BLISSS!
• This episode is about 69.5MB. Yikes.
• This episode is about 48 minutes long.
• I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
• Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
• This is the end of the notes. 

Ready? Then put down your kazoo, step away from the punch bowl, and

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Twenty-Five

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

It's a relatively quick show this week, but it sure was amusing to me while I made it.

Show Notes:

• The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
• Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
• This week's theme music is Steppin' Out by Joe Jackson. It was originally released on his record Night And Day. Most of his catalog is really great, but Look Sharp! is probably his best. It's one of my desert island discs, for those of you keeping score at home.
• On today's show, I told two stupid jokes, and read something I cut out of an early draft of my PAX East keynote.
• Here's the first link I came across when I googled Personics System. Here's the second. I guess I just answered my "did I talk about this before" question.
• I played a song called Rock Awhile by Goree Carter and his Hepcats. I have no idea where it came from.
• This episode is about 10MB. Ahhh.
• This episode is about 22 minutes long.
• I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
• Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
• This is the end of the notes. 

Ready? Then wash your hands, comb your hair real nice, and

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Twenty-Four

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

It's one of those shows where I talked for an hour, and feel like I didn't say anything at all.

Also, I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast.

Show Notes:

• The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
• Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
• This week's theme music is Driver 8, from REM's amazing Fables Of The Reconstruction.
• On today's show, I talked about the responses and thoughts I had when I told Twitter, "All I want to do today is listen to REM and paint 40K figures. It would be like sitting in my dressing room in 1988, minus the muscle suit."
• Here I am on Twitter. If you choose to follow me, read this first.
• Warhammer 40K is an amazing universe, with more than just Ultramarines in it.
• Ultramarine loyalists: I don't have anything against your chapter. It was just a silly thing with my friends when I was 14. Please don't hurt me.
• You can get your own copy of Dungeon Delve at Amazon.
• If you're interested in checking out D&D 4th Edition, this post on my blog may help you get started. If you're interested in running a game, I once talked a little bit about the art of DMing.
• The Freeport setting from Green Ronin is intended for D&D 3.5 (or compatible rules, like True 20 or Pathfinder) but it's really neat and very easy to swap out the 3.5 creatures and NPCs for 4e equivalents.
• Toward the end of the show, I played Downstream by Shira Kammen from the Soundtrack to Braid, available from Magnatune.com.
• This episode is about 55MB. Holy shit.
• This episode is about 57 minutes long. Holy shit.
• Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done (please see the above note.) Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
• This is the end of the notes. 

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Twenty-Two

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

I had a ridiculously good time putting this show together, even though I didn't plan any of the stuff that ended up being so fun to create.

Show Notes:

• The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
• Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
• This week's theme music is Sweat, by Oingo Boingo, originally off the 1987's Good For Your Soul, but this version is from 1988's Boingo Alive .
• On today's show, I read an excerpt from the soon-to-be-shipping special edition of The Happiest Days of our Lives, called a portrait of the artist as a young geek.
• If you liked that story, you may want to check out the audio version of The Happiest Days of our Lives.
• BEHOLD! The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, from the Gong Show in 1976.
• That may have prepared you for the magnificence of Bim Bam Boom and Pico and Sepulveda, from 1980's Forbidden Zone.
• Did you know that Radio Free Burrito has a Mixtape? I've been working on volume two in my free time.
• Did you know that there was a Twilight Zone called Twenty-Two? Spooky!
• If you wanted to know more about the dark fantasy pen and paper Dragon Age RPG from Green Ronin, now you know where to look.
• I just discovered Dragon Age Journeys a few days ago. It's a hell of a lot of fun.
• MC Frontalot talked to Spin about his song Your Friend Wil. You can get an mp3 of the song there. I hear it makes a great ringtone, among other things.
• Mike Doughty put The Only Answer on LastFM, just for you. (Maybe not, but we can all pretend, can't we?) Mike doughty has a Twitter. Mike Doughty has a blog. Mike Doughty has records for you to buy. Mike Doughty is on tour.
• Everything you didn't want to know about backwards messages in rock music, but can't seem to stop laughing at, can be found at 2007's 365 Project from WFMU's Beware of the Blog.
• This episode is about 39MB.
• This episode is about 40 minutes long.
• I know I'm forgetting something I wanted to add to the links, but ... Dave ... my mind is going.
• So this is the end of the notes. 

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Twenty

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

I must say, I'm pretty proud of my ability to get this one out on time. If I keep this up, I may have to remove the phrase "infrequently updated" from the show's description.

Show Notes:

• The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
• Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
• This week's theme music is Super Bon Bon by the legendary Soul Coughing, fronted by the equally-legendary Mike Doughty.
• On today's show, I read a story from the forthcoming special edition of The Happiest Days of our Lives, called Green Grass and High Tides Forever (and ever and ever and
• If you liked that story, you may want to check out the audio version of The Happiest Days of our Lives.
• Green Grass And High Tides can be yours for 99 cents at Amazon. That's, like, 10 cents a minute, which would have been a big deal in long distance pricing back when digital watches were a pretty neat idea.
• You know what's cheaper than building a time machine and going back to 1977 to watch Wizards ? Yep. Watching it on DVD right here in the future.
• I don't know why Thundarr The Barbarian isn't out in a deluxe Criterion edition, which it obviously deserves. We will just have to console ourselves with the Dungeons & Dragons animated series.
• The Dark Tower at Boardgame Geek.
• The Dark Tower online.
• The Dark Tower commercial featuring ORSON FUCKING WELLES.
• Flash version of The Dark Tower.
• This link that has nothing at all to do with The Dark Tower.
• This episode is just over 27 minutes long.
• This episode is about 26MB.
• This episode doesn't have artwork embedded, because I still can't figure out how to get it into the goddamn file without exporting as .m4a and converting to .mp3, doubling the filesize in the process. I mean, I could probably figure it out if I spent a lot of time working on it, but that's not nearly as fun as just producing the show.
• This is the end of the notes. 

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Nineteen

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

Yeah, it's two days late, but this time I have an actual note which excuses my tardiness ... but I can't show it to you, so you'll just have to trust me.

Show Notes:

• The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
• Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
• This week's theme music is a version of Surfin Bird by Pee Wee Herman. This is why.
• On today's show, I read the blog entry I wrote yesterday called there and back again. I'm not going to lie to you, Marge: I kind of dig the way it came to life. 
• If you like hearing me read my own work, you'll probably enjoy the audio version of Just A Geek, which is now available as an audiobook from Lulu, with the rest of my work. *ding!*
• I also played a song called Opium Head, which is the title track of the latest album from Solace. 
• You may want to find a way to sync Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite from 2001 with Pink Floyd's Echoes.
• This is what the Cinerama Dome looked like back in the day. (That picture comes from a wonderful blog post that Los Angeles history nerds will probably enjoy reading.)
• This page has everything you ever wanted to know about the Dome, including pictures of its construction, interior, and some famous 70MM engagements.
• I mentioned ambient music in my story. I love ambient, and here's an post I wrote a long time ago that's all about ambient music.
• The music I played underneath my story is called Red Shifted Harmonies, by DAC Crowell.
• This episode is just over 30 minutes long. 12 seconds over, actually. 
• This episode is about 28MB. 
• This episode doesn't have artwork embedded, because I still can't figure out how to get it into the goddamn file without exporting as .m4a and converting to .mp3, doubling the filesize in the process. I mean, I could probably figure it out if I spent a lot of time working on it, but that's not nearly as fun as just producing the show.
• This is the end of the notes. 

Ready? Then put on your headphones and

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