Category: Podcast

Look out the window for restless horsemen . . . it’s a new episode of Radio Free Burrito, less than a week after the last one!

Show Notes

• I think we should just go ahead and give this podcast the [Explicit] label, if it doesn’t have it already. Consider yourself warned.
• The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
• Episode X let me get my podcasting legs back, so I felt much better with this one, even when I had to stall while trying to splat-tab into Firefox, where I saw that I hadn’t pre-loaded my blog. Whoops.
• I put chapters, links, and images in this one. Yay!
• The full Code of Honor review isn’t up yet, but you can read all of my TNG Reviews at TV Squad if you haven’t already.
• When I mentioned all the great blogs at Wired that people may not know about, I forgot to mention GeekDad. It’s not because I don’t think it’s a great blog, but because I took for granted that everyone reads it already. I also mentioned Underwire, Listening Post and Threat Level.
• Here’s the offending Alt Text column. Here’s my Tweet. Here’s my facepalm.
• You know you want to learn more about fabulous Palm Springs.
• Brad Sucks does not suck. You can listen to the album I Don’t Know What I’m Doing at Magnatune.
• Mister Bungle is a shame, because he spoils lunchtime.
• I really do appreciate feedback; it makes me feel like I’m not broadcasting into an empty box.
• Radio Free Burrito is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License.
• This show is 18 minutes long, and weighs in at 16.6 MB.
• As always, let me know if you decide to mirror the show, and I’ll update this post.

Thanks for listening!

Download radio_free_burrito_episode_11.mp3

MIRRORS

Radio Free Burrito Episode 11 from Brian

Radio Free Burrito Episode 11 from Media Pundit

Radio Free Burrito Episode 11 from Craig Steffen

Torrents from our good friend Brian May

High (orig):
http://athena.unearthed.org/torrents/radio_free_burrito_episode_11.mp3.torrent

Low (mono, VBR bit rate range 0-24, 3.1 MB):
http://athena.unearthed.org/torrents/radio_free_burrito_episode_11-low.mp3.torrent

Holy crap! It’s a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

This is another music episode, focusing on three styles I really like: Rockabilly, Psychobilly, and Surf.

I found a ton of great artists on the podsafe music network, and I hope you enjoy the musical stylings they provide.

Show notes:

• The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
• I had a good time with this one, though to be completely honest, I
  wasn’t entirely comfortable with the sound of my own voice and I think
  that comes through a little bit.
• I drop at least one F-bomb in this show, so you probably shouldn’t listen to it around little kids, people with sensitive ears, or at work. Especially if you work in a daycare for kids with sensitive ears. (Hi, Norma!)
• I didn’t bother with chapters and all that for this one. It’s been so long since I did one of these, I just needed to get my podcasting legs back and I didn’t feel that it was worth the extra effort.
• I played music from these awesome artists:

• Thee Merry Widows
• The Marauders
• Horrorpops
• Jukebox Sinners
• B-Sea Surfers
• Big John Bates (I incorrectly back announced his song as Super Chrome. It is, in fact, Super Chrome Deluxe, which is even better. I regret the error.)
• Ronnie and His Twangin’ Little Fellow

• The show is 27.9MB and runs just over 30 minutes.
• Radio Free Burrito is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License.
• Podshow wants me to say "Some of the music provided tonight from the PodShow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at ‘music.podshow.com’" I don’t think I said those exact words in that exact order in the show, because I’m stupid and I just noticed that right this second. But I know they were all in there, and I’ll be sure to say the fucking words correctly next time, Mister White.
• Finally, I want to thank all the artists and labels who are participating in the podsafe music network. I hope this exposes your music to new listeners and you’re all buying mansions and yachts before the next full moon.

If you can provide a mirror, let me know in the comments and I’ll update this post.

Thanks for listening!

Download radio_free_burrito_10.mp3

MIRRORS
Radio Free Burrito Episode 10 from Nick B
Radio Free Burrito Episode 10 from Media Pundit
Radio Free Burrito Episode 10 from Craig Steffen

Torrents from our good friend Brian May:

High (orig):
http://athena.unearthed.org/torrents/radio_free_burrito_episode_10.mp3.torrent

Low (mono, VBR bit rate range 0-24, 5.1 MB):
http://athena.unearthed.org/torrents/radio_free_burrito_episode_10-low.mp3.torrent

Some days, you just have to accept that you’re not destined to do the things you want to do. You just have to say, "I did my best, but it’s just not going to happen."

Like this fucking podcast, for example. After spending nearly three hours working on it yesterday, only to have my machine completely eat all of it and leave me with nothing but an empty feeling and a tiny ball of rage to show for it, I sat back down today to give it another go. As a bonus, I even convinced my wife to let me take out the old iRiver and ask her some questions about dating, and then being married to a geek. It was awesome.

However, the gods had other plans, because when I imported my audio from my iRiver to my Powerbook, it was totally useless, just like it was after the Grand Slam convention. Only this time, instead of being totally blown out, it decided that it needed to skip all over the place and drop out about every three seconds. I’ve discovered that the only thing this particular iRiver is good for is hitting with a sledgehammer, then setting on fire, stomping into a ball of goo, and launching at the invading Viking army via a trebuchet. (And it’s not even very good for that, to be honest.)

This really needs to just work. I really need to be able to just sit down, take what’s in my head, and put it into a recording. It’s clear to me that if I want to do this podcast on any regular schedule, it has to be as technologically easy as it is for me to write, and I just don’t have the tools for that right now. I have to get some sort of reliable recording rig that is NOT a USB headset into fucking Garageband that crashes, and the iRiver that decides to just stop working one day. I need stuff that just works.

This is all a roundabout way of saying: I’m really frustrated, and
really upset that I’ve poured five hours of my time into this fucking
thing, and I have nothing to show for it. It’s the end of the week, I’m
hungry and cranky, and instead of trying to start all over again and
force a show out by the end of the day today, I’m going offline for
several hours, to have dinner with my wife. Thank you all for your questions and the time you spent asking them; I’ll do my very best to get the technical side of things worked out quickly, so your time will not have been wasted, as well.

Have a great weekend, everyone. Please drive safely.