Radio Free Burrito 43: my next mistake

It’s a full episode, just like the old days … but mostly I just talk about myself and some stuff that’s been on my mind, so you probably don’t want to listen to this one.

• 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 show’s theme music is Blank Space, by Taylor Swift.
• The videos for Style and Wildest Dreams are so good.
• Tove Lo’s Queen of the Clouds is the first pop concept album I think I’ve ever heard.
• I did not expect to love the Mocking Jay Part One soundtrack, and yet.
• TV Crimes is a new podcast I do with Mikey Neumann.
• The Battle for Zendikar is going to be a really fun set to play.
• I wrote about playing it at PAX on my blog.
• Your long wait to have 13 minutes of commercials from Little Rock radio in 1971 has come to an end.
• The Memory Palace is amazing.
• You Must Remember This is your new favorite podcast.
• There is not a single crystalline entity in Lore.
• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls is an incredible book. I also just found out that it was made into a movie and now I have to see it IMMEDIATELY.
• You can watch The Trip on YouTube.
• You can see some wonderfully weird Kenneth Anger films there, too.
• John Waters is my hero.
• Leadbelly’s Where Did You Sleep Last Night? is really great.
• This is the end of the show notes.
• This episode is 55m55s (#numbernerd) and 69MB.

And for you non-embed folks: 043-RFB.

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Radio Free Burrito 38c: Another Not A Radio Free Burrito

How about another Not A Radio Free Burrito?

• Your ears aren’t lying to you. I forgot to put in the guy who says the thing.
• I made the image here by databending this.
• My Soundcloud
• 9lives
• Sean Bonner’s Most Recent Audio Weirdness
• Spring
• Russian Railroads
• Discount Salmon
• Lanterns
• This one is 31.7MB and 21m18s.

And for you non-embeded-player types: 038c-RFB

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Radio Free Burrito Episode Thirty-Nine: The Unearned Bell

It’s late, but for good reasons. Welcome to Radio Free Burrito!

This week, I talk a little bit about my creative process for the Tabletop RPG Show, my D&D 5E campaign, and I ring an unearned bell.

• 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 Skulls, by The Misfits.
• Am I the only one who loves The Misfits, but really doesn’t like Danzig’s solo work?
• You can learn all about D&D 5e, and download a bunch of free PDFs of from Wizards of the Coast.
• I love the Doubleclicks, and so will you.
• You can buy your own copy of The Fantasy World for the low low price of one dollar.
• Hank Green’s column at Medium.

• Hank says: This complete lack of objectivity and representation in cable news has degraded the legitimacy of news media as a whole. Young people have absolutely no faith in people sitting at desks on television anymore. It’s gotten so bad that the most trusted news show among people under 40 is on Comedy Central. The Daily Show, it should be noted, spends as much time mocking the news media as it does talking about the news, further decreasing young people’s trust of the news. The news is losing an entire generation.

  Legacy media isn’t mocking us because we aren’t a legitimate source of information; they’re mocking us because they’re terrified. Their legitimacy came from the fact that they have access to distribution channels and that they get to be in the White House press pool because of some long-ago established procedures that assumed they would use that power in the public interest. In reality, those things are becoming less and less important and less and less true. Distribution is free to anyone with a cell phone and the legitimacy of cable news sounds to me like an oxymoron. The median-aged CNN viewer is 60. For Fox, it’s 68.

• Jenny McCarthy is a dangerous idiot.
• Slightly more consequential than a deflated football, is all I’m saying.
• There’s no new episode next week because I’ll be on a boat
• This week’s show is 194MB and 36 minutes long. 26MB (vbr mp3) and 36 minutes long.

This is the end of the notes.

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Radio Free Burrito Episode Thirty-Five – Ring of Fire

Well, it looks like we’re really back, for reals, and on an actual schedule. Welcome to Radio Free Burrito Episode 35 – Ring of Fire

This week, I talk about the first thing to come to my mind, including trains and books. I tell a pretty gross story that gives the episode its title. This will also be the first episode that has an actual name, because some day I’d like to come up with something as magnificent as #Torsoshorts.

• 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 is the first episode I’ve entirely recorded using Audacity, so it’s a little clunky in places. Next time it will be better.
• This show’s theme music is Janitor, by Suburban Lawns.
• You may like Gidget Goes To Hell.
• YouTube is full of episodes of Night Flight and New Wave Theater.
• Mental Floss is a good place to discover that you’ve lost an hour of your day.
• Here’s The Americans, by Robert Frank. Here’s America, by Allen Ginsberg.
• Fun facts about the Jalapeño.
• The monument that Ryan built on my island in Minecraft.
• You can buy S [Amazon | B&N | Powell’s] and Maplecroft [Amazon | B&N | Powell’s] online or at a local shop.
• Listen to woob’s entire catalog at Bandcamp, but pay close attention to 1194 and Lost 1194.
• Littlebits.cc has all the super fun LittleBits stuff you could ever want. Here’s their Synth Kit.
• The Booth At The End is a wonderful companion to Black Mirror.
• Snap Judgment, The Moth, Darn Carlin’s Common Sense, and Welcome to Nightvale should help with your Serial withdrawal.
• Here’s my blog about Harry Potter.
• This episode isn’t that good, I don’t think. I’m still getting used to doing this again. But that’s okay.

Okay, that’s everything. Please enjoy Radio Free Burrito Episode 35 – Ring of Fire.

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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. 

Ready? Put down that copy of Sky Mall, and

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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. 

Ready? Then put in your mouthguard, and

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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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