Radio Free Burrito Episode 45 – No Secret Messages

Hey nerds! It’s time for a new Radio Free Burrito! This show features a whole lot of talking about stuff, including the JoCo Cruise, art, auditions, and why it’s great to do things that are hard.

• 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 music is Master of Puppets, from the album of the same name.
• Like nerds? Like boats? Like food that is mostly salt? You’re gonna love JoCo Cruise 2017!
• I run with Zombies, Run!, and so should you.
• Here’s the proof of concept video thing I made. It’s called Ephemeral Nightmare.
• The Decline of Western Civilization dovetails really well with Urgh! A Music War.
• That ABC show about the Sunset Strip and the murder guy was canceled after, like, three episodes? Wicked City? I know they made more than three episodes. They should release the rest of them. The show was flawed, but had a lot of potential.
• You can buy music from The Jackalopes at Magnatune.com.
• I was thinking about how the documentary AMY makes me so sad, because literally every single person in her life who should have protected her failed her, because of their own narcissism and greed.
• I read a story from my blog about The First Mile. It went better than expected. It featured music from Kalabi.
• You can find Movies With Mikey at YouTube.
• You can listen to TV Crimes at our website, or in the usual places you find podcasts.

No, you don’t find podcasts under a hobo fuckpile. Why would you even think that?

• This episode is 59m23s long and 62.9MB big.
• This line intentionally left blank.
• This is the end of the show notes.

Okay, enough of the talk about secret messages. Here’s your embed.

And, as always, for you non-embeds out there: 045-RFB

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Not Radio Free Burrito 44a: Full of tumult.

I’m getting ready for Blizzcon, and feeling alternately excited and terrified … so that’s what this is about.

• 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.
• The Dork Forest with me is live today. I think I said Jackie’s name wrong in the podcast, because I’m awesome like that.
• I was trying to look cool when I got to hold Frostmourne at Blizzard, but I was so geeked out, I ended up looking like … well, this.
• It feels weird to only have one note in the show notes, so here’s something about birds.
• Oh, you can get your own virtual ticket to Blizzcon here.
• This episode (not an episode) is 27m56s long and 17.3MB big.
• This is the end of the notes.

And for the Embeded Media Player Temperance Movement types out there: 044a-RFB

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Radio Free Burrito Episode 44: The Cecil Hotel

It’s a Halloween episode, sort of, with a spooky, creepy, weird story that gets really dark by the end.

• 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.
• The theme music is from the unofficial Night of the Living Dead Soundtrack.
• The Devil in the White City tells the true and compelling story of H.H. Holmes.
• The Lore podcast did an episode about Holmes.
• Sean Bonner’s newsletter is always worth reading.
• It takes three episodes for American Horror Story: Hotel to find itself, but it’s still on a show-by-show probation for me.
• Josh Dean’s story, American Horror Story: The Cecil Hotel is both the focus of and inspiration for this episode. There are a number of interesting and relevant footnotes in Josh’s story, as well as a lot of photos. There are also comments and links from readers that you can read and follow if you really want to fall down a deep rabbit hole.
• Josh wrote this story for Matter. I can’t think of a clever way to encourage you to check out the stories at Matter, so this sentence will have to do.
• I realized while I was reading this story that I drive by the Cecil Hotel on my way home from every Kings game, but I only saw the hotel for the first time about a week ago … that’s a strange and unsettling coincidence.
• I used a lot of music for this episode. It’s all under license from Magnatune.com, and includes: Edible Arrangements by Kalabi, Illumination by Robert Rich, Mandala for Chaos by Sampson-Carroll, Into the Void by Subsonic Information, and Touch by Falling You.
• I already had a lot of respect for the production quality of podcasts like Lore, Limetown, The Black Tapes, You Must Remember This, Welcome to Night Vale, and The Memory Palace, but until I tried to replicate their style, I didn’t realize just how challenging it is to find music that goes with the words in exactly the right way, emotionally hits the right way, and is mixed the right way. I don’t think I got there, exactly, but I came close.
• This episode is one of the longest I’ve ever made, at 1h33m It’s a VBR file, though, so it’s not too huge, and weighs in at 62.3MB.
• This is the end of the show notes.

Here’s your embed:

And here’s a direct link to 044-RFB.

Happy Halloween, everyone.

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Not Radio Free Burrito 43a: This one ends abruptly

This is a very brief recording, with a little bit of music, and nothing particularly interesting (ding!) otherwise. In fact, you shouldn’t even listen to this one.

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 played New Wow by Weartists stream it and buy the album at Magnatune.com
• Blindspot on NBC.
• My Quarterly subscription thing.
• Canned cat food smells really, really gross.
• The Infamous Clown Sweater.
• This episode is 21.6MB. and 22 minutes long.
• This is the end of the (very brief) show notes.

And of course, for you non-embedded-player types: 043a-RFB

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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.

Bye!

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Radio Free Burrito Episode 42a: not 38 anything.

It’s Sunday, and I don’t have time to do a full episode of anything, but I wanted to make a thing. So I made this.

• I found this vintage circus image at Nevy’s Blog.
• The Ventura County Fair is pretty great.
• Near Dark is the best vampire movie ever made.
• Something Wicked This Way Comes is still scary.
• The Funhouse pinball machine isn’t my favorite in the world, but it’s relevant to this episode.
• Survival Under Atomic Attack is a good addition to anyone’s propaganda film library.
• This episode is 26.2MB and 18:12 minutes long. Wow, that’s some serious #numbernerd.
• This is the end of the notes.

And for you non-embed folks: 042a-RFB

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Not Radio Free Burrito episode 38d: It’s delta, right? Yeah. Delta.

Maybe I need to change the title of the podcast to Not Radio Free Burrito.

• Mrs. Howell is having a Deep Dream. Please don’t wake her.
• Pinball Arcade is really fun.
• Tomorrow is my birthday.
• GenCon is this weekend.
• I recorded this before I left for Nerdist, and uploaded after I got back. The Nerdist I recorded goes up tomorrow.
• I forgot to thank everyone who left comments on the last entry. It really means a lot to me to know that you’re listening and are willing to take the time to share your thoughts with me about it.
• This not-an-episode is 11.3MB and 7m51s

Here it is for you non-embed types: 038d-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 38b: Let’s Try This Again

Another try at going straight into Audacity, with some new settings.

• Read Lightspeed Magazine.
• Build your library (not limited to books) with Vodo.
• Watch Titansgrave!
• Ex Machina is available on iTunes. Probably other places, too.
• It Follows is also on iTunes, and I presume others.
• Learn about EFF.

This episode is 28.4MB and 19:41 long.

And for those of you who can’t use the embedded player, here’s: 038b-RFB

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Radio Free Burrito 38a: Not Actually A Radio Free Burrito

This is not an actual Radio Free Burrito. I have some time today, and I have all my gear set up, so I talked at you for a little bit about some things.

• 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.
• I realize that there’s some weird clipping or something near the end. I think that’s because I was recording live into Audacity instead of into my recorder thing, and when the screensaver kicked on, it confused things. Or not. Maybe it was a whole gremlin thing that I don’t know about, and maybe it’s going to come out of the computer and claw at my face while I’m trying to sleep. Well, if that happens, I’ve had a good run. Tell my wife I said, “hello.”
• This Not Actually A Radio Free Burrito is 9.6MB, and is 9:27.

Enjoy!

If you can’t use the embedded player, here’s a link: 038a-RFB

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