Radio Free Burrito Presents: Star Mother by Robert F Young

While we are Social Distancing, and Staying Home to Stay Safe (how about those capital letters?!), I’m recording and releasing free audiobooks a couple times a week.

I’ve been putting them at SoundCloud, but I’m going to start putting them here, too, because I am proud of these little things, and I want them to have as large an audience as possible.

Here’s the first one I did, Star Mother, by Robert F. Young.

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Radio Free Burrito Mixtape: If This Be Sin

Another mixtape, combining lots of weird and random files I have accumulated over the years, and keep in a folder that’s called “weird and random audio”.

Includes: Telly Savalas being really 70s, some random preacher who is really into UFOs, Asian covers of popular tunes, surf tunes, early punk, Shatner’s balls, Hitchcock, and something that’s Incredible, but True.

I did this more or less live, choosing tracks as I came across them, and adding them to the mix in order, with minimal editing.

This mixtape is 58m22s long and is here as a 31.6MB VBR MP3 or a 49.1MB OGG file.

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Radio Free Burrito Episode 51: the super happy brain club

Holy shit has it been like a year since I last did one of these? It certainly feels like it, because in 2018, a week feels like a month! This is basically one long recounting of the last few days of my life, which have been filled with joy, good people, and some revelations about my mental health that I thought were worth sharing.

• 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.
• There isn’t any theme music this time, because I don’t have my usual media library at my fingertips. Somehow, we will all come together and get through this dark time.
• You must get the Under the Big Black Sun audiobook.
• If you want to go down a Los Angeles punk rock rabbit hole, start here.
• My new friends Sara and Lizzie introduced me to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, and now I can’t wait to adopt as many orphan elephants as I can afford.
• I talked a lot about mental health in this podcast. If you’re inspired or curious about treatment, and don’t know where to go, I recommend talking to your primary care physician for a referral. You can also look at NAMI’s comprehensive list of ways to find support for mental illness.
• I write about my mental health pretty regularly at my blog, if you’re interested.
• This episode of Radio Free Burrito is 45m11s and 41.3MB.
• This is the end of the show notes.

Ready? Here’s 051-RFB.

And for you embedded player aficionados:

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Radio Free Burrito Episode 50: an episode of arbitrary significance

Stuff and things and other things, and moog synthesizer music. Yes, it is all in one place, and it’s all for you, Damien! IT IS ALL FOR YOU!

• 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.
• I have decided that doing show notes is not worth my time, because I feel like nobody cares about the notes, or uses them. You can tell me if I’m wrong, but I’m feeling like you won’t.
• This episode is 1h01m long and 87MB.
• This is the end of the notes.

Here’s your embed:

and here’s a direct link: 050-RFB

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Radio Free Burrito Episode 49 – a nice pair of stories

I have a pair of stories this week. One is about my family’s connection to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The other is about the first time I met Adam West. There’s some music here for you, too.

• 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 On Your Radio by the great Joe Jackson.
• Yes, I said it was 2007. Welcome to time travel. Try not to get upset.
• My great grandmother, in 1965.
• Her obituary.
• My great grandfather’s biography.
• The Battle of Chavez Ravine.
• The old Los Angeles Zoo is worth exploring.
• I forgot to share thoughts on the Stanley Cup final. The short version is that the Preds got hosed by a quick whistle, but a team that can’t score with a two-man advantage in an elimination game doesn’t deserve to win the Stanley Cup. That’s the whole reason we have playoffs.
• Jonathan Coulton‘s Smoking Monkey, and his new record Solid State.
• Jonathan and Aimee Mann are on tour RIGHT NOW!
• King Tubby‘s incredible Dub Reggae discography.
• I forgot to tell you how Anne’s doing: she’s recovering without complications, and is feeling better every day.
• The Trojan Dub Box Set is a good place to start, if you’re interested.
• I was behind the camera when Kaley posed for this picture with Adam West. He was so into it, and thought it was as funny as we did.
• The Letter / La Carta.
• Los Nuggetz is an amazing compilation, and the liner notes, pictures, and artwork make it very much worth your while to purchase as a physical thing.
• This episode is 1h05m long and 93.9MB.
• This is the end of the notes.

Here’s your embedded player:

And a direct link to the file: 049-RFB

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Radio Free Burrito Episode 48 – Big Canned Pasta

It’s time for a new Radio Free Burrito! This week, I brave an unexpected headache from hell to bring you music from some friends, the origin story of a nemesis, SPORTS!, and some thoughts about this moment in history.

• 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.
• Today’s theme music is Chambermaid by VSTRS.
• I said that Killing Joke’s Love Like Blood came off of the 1986 album Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, but I’m an idiot and misread the wiki. It actually comes from 1983’s Night Time.
• The video for Love Like Blood is so very 1983 in all the right ways.
• My friends Miracle and Chris are Uke Box Heroes.
• Their new record is Calling All Heroes. Go buy it. I promise you that you’ll love it.
• Playboy.com has a SFW article about the days of dial-up internet porn that is both amusing and nostalgic and totally unrelated to this episode.
• It’s just that the file is exporting and I’ve run out of things to say in the notes.
• Oh, it’s done exporting. So now I’m going to upload it.
• This episode is 53m18s and 76.8MB
• This episode’s title originally identified it as Episode 47, which is clearly wrong and ludicrous.
• The title has been corrected, and nobody will ever know.
• IT IS THE PERFECT CRIME!
• This is the end of the notes.

Here’s your embed:

And here’s your direct link: 048-RFB

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Radio Free Burrito Episode 47 – time is weird, man.

Who has kept to a weekly schedule for one whole week in a row? THIS GUY!

• 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 Detectives from 1975’s Punk Rock.
• Jewel Staite’s amazing tea subscription service is Tea Runners. Tell her I sent you!
• Roller skating is In the News.
• Lucien, you should know.
• In 2011, Beauty and The Beat got a 30th anniversary remaster, and even though I still prefer my (now vintage) vinyl copy, it’s really great.
• You can support the ADL here.
• I was in Variety.
• Oh hey look! The Burbank Leader wrote about my Storytime With Wil at the library!
• Stop Making Sense is worth your time.
• Remain In Light is underappreciated.
• Gang of Four was formed in 1977.
• I can’t find the specific link to the phreaking audio files I grabbed a million years ago, but Jason Scott’s textfiles.com has a great section on BBSes if you wanted to know more about that whole scene.
• This episode is 1h6m long and weighs in at 95.1MB.
• This is the end of the notes.

Okay, here’s your embed:

And here’s a plain old link: 047-RFB

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Not Radio Free Burrito – Thank You

Los Angeles in 1973 (from Bill Moyers dot Com)

I just wanted to say thank you, and I didn’t want to wait until next week to do it. So here we are.

• 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 really just seven minutes of me saying thank you.
• I played the incredible Google Play Music Blaxploitation channel in the background while I talked. I’m listening to it while I type up these notes and it keeps getting better.
• I also talked a little bit about Chris Cornell.
• Please hear me when I say this: You matter. You are important. You are stronger than you think. If you feel triggered by the death of someone you cared about, that’s completely understandable. But you will get through this, because we always get through this. You are not alone, and if you need someone to talk to, you can call 1-800-273-TALK. Please don’t hurt yourself.
• This nRFB is 7m06s long and 10.2 MB.
• This is the end of the notes.

Here’s your embed:

Here’s a direct link:

046a-RFB

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Radio Free Burrito Episode 46 – it makes a terrifying sound.

Hey nerds! It’s time for a new Radio Free Burrito! This show features a whole lot of me talking about how weird I feel, how afraid I am of falling into obscurity, and wondering what, if anything, I can do about it. There’s also a little bit of music, and a couple of radio spots for some 70s movies.

• 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 episode’s theme song is Never Let Me Down Again by Depeche Mode.
• Phantasm recently got a shiny new director’s cut, remastered by JJ Abrams for a special screening at the Drafthouse.
• Reggie Bannister, who is in Phantasm, was kind to me when I was at one of my lowest points in my adult life. I’ll never forget that.
• Everything is Terrible, but Shock Festival is pretty great.
• I make weird bullshit that lives on my youtube channel.
• Visit The River’s Edge.
• Here’s a reasonably good version of The Legend of Boggy Creek.
• Here’s the Wikipedia for Boggy Creek. It’s worth reading.
• I wrote a novella. It’s on sale in the Kindle Store or you can get it from WWdN or you can get the audio version narrated by me.
• When I updated the mp3 tags in Audacity, it showed me that I haven’t done one of these since 2015. That makes me feel sad.
• I feel sad a lot these days.
• If you are also late to the party with me, take a look at Fargo, Rick and Morty, and Mr. Robot.
• I played music from Blondie, Public Enemy, and The Rezillos.
• This is the end of the notes.

This episode is 59m04s long and weighs in at 62.1MB

Here’s your embed:

and for you non-embed types:

046-RFB

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Not Radio Free Burrito – The Space Pirates Mixtape

I needed a creative project to decompress between writing assignments, so I made a mixtape. It’s mostly rarities and weird out of print stuff that’s come into my world over the last couple of years, some psychobilly, 70s porn soundtracks, 80s punk, surf music, a couple of weird covers. I also snuck in a track from my friends, Uke Box Heroes. Mixed into the whole thing is a track I found from an old kiddie record in which a rocketship has to attack space pirates and everything goes to shit. It’s terrible on its own, but I think it almost works as a piece of strange art when it’s spread out in little pieces like this, broken up by the music.

This mixtape is 37.9MB and is 53:31 long. Don’t think that I didn’t seriously consider taking an extra four seconds onto the end of it for palindrome purposes.

If you can’t see the embed above, or just want the file in its own thing-a-whatever, here ya go: Space Pirates Mixtape.

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