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Radio K Back when my novel was first about to be published, I had the same conversation over and over again: “You have a book coming out? What's it called?”  “It’s called Ready, Okay!”  “Huh? ‘Radio K’?”  I heard that so many times that I decided that if by some bizarre circumstance I ever did get a radio show, that was what I would call it.  Then “podcasts” became a thing, and here we are.  Radio K is currently divided up into two series: Ask/Tell …in which I discuss interactive fiction with people who are in the same boat I’m in: familiar with the medium, but not 100% familiar with the canonical works of the past several years. Calen-deliria …in which I take movies that I would normally have written Calendar articles about and instead discuss them with people who have indicated a particular interest in those films.

Ask/Tell #1 56:44 >SQUID, SOLVE EQUATIONS Savoir-Faire by Emily Short guest: Clare Parker Another Earth, Another Sky by Paul O’Brian guest: Jess Haskins		Ask/Tell #2 54:35 >PINE FOR FJORDS The Moonlit Tower by Yoon Ha Lee guest: Alex Hoffer Janitor by Peter Seebach and Kevin Lynn guest: Elizabeth Sweeney Till Death Makes a Monk‐Fish Out of Me!     by Mike Sousa and Jon Ingold guest: Zoe Friedland
Ask/Tell #3 53:42 >DWELL. AGAIN. AGAIN. Photograph by Steve Evans guest: Clare Parker City of Secrets by Emily Short guest: Alex Hoffer		Ask/Tell #4 50:48 >COVER SELF IN BUTTER Risorgimento Represso by Michael J. Coyne guest: Alex Hoffer Scavenger by Quintin Stone guest: Kat Zhang To Hell in a Hamper by J. J. Guest guest: Clare Parker
Ask/Tell #5 59:05 >KISS AND KICK EVERYONE Slouching Towards Bedlam     by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto guest: Jess Haskins Gourmet by Aaron Reed and Chad Barb guest: Kat Zhang The Dreamhold by Andrew Plotkin guest: Melissa Ford		Ask/Tell #6 53:02 >ASSAULT REASON Blue Chairs by Chris Klimas guest: Katherine Morayati Square Circle by Eric Eve guest: Clare Parker Fischer
Ask/Tell #7 52:14 >WAIT UNTIL 4:20 Return to Ditch Day by Michael J. Roberts guest: Alex Hoffer All Things Devours by Toby Ord guest: Jess Haskins Sting of the Wasp by Jason Devlin guest: Janice Eisen		Ask/Tell #8 59:50 >PUNCH SKELETON IN FACE Necrotic Drift by Robb Sherwin guest: Clare Parker Fischer Tough Beans by Sara Dee guest: Stacey Tappan Distress by Mike Snyder guest: Laura Hubbard
Ask/Tell #9 57:50 >GUESS. DIE. GUESS. DIE. Luminous Horizon by Paul O’Brian guest: Stacey Tappan Whom the Telling Changed by Aaron Reed guest: Katherine Morayati Beyond by Roberto Grassi, Paolo Lucchesi,     and Alessandro Peretti guest: Melissa Ford		Ask/Tell #10 53:11 >HONK HORN A New Life by Alexandre Owen Muñiz guest: Jess Haskins Chancellor by Kevin Venzke guest: Laura Hubbard Finding Martin by Gayla Wennstrom guest: Janice Eisen
Ask/Tell #11 50:46 >SELL SOUL TO SATAN Vespers by Jason Devlin guests: Clare Parker Fischer and Alex Hoffer The Primrose Path by Nolan Bonvouloir guest: Amy Hill		Ask/Tell #12 59:55 >PUT MOUTH ON OTHER MOUTH The Elysium Enigma by Eric Eve guest: Kat Zhang Moon-Shaped by Jason Ermer guest: Phoebe Ng
Ask/Tell #13 56:01 >BURN DOWN THE ORPHANAGE Floatpoint by Emily Short guest: Jess Haskins Moments Out of Time: Renegade Type     by L. Ross Raszewski Moments Out of Time: Adventure Type     by L. Ross Raszewski		Ask/Tell #14 58:53 >FILL THE CROWN The Baron by Victor Gijsbers (part one) guest: Rachael K. Jones
Ask/Tell #15 58:33 >GET ARTISTIC INTENTION The Baron by Victor Gijsbers (part two) guest: Rachael K. Jones Delightful Wallpaper by Andrew Plotkin guest: Alex Hoffer		Ask/Tell #16 52:18 >TAKE BUFFERED ANALGESIC Fate by Victor Gijsbers guest: Amy Hill Varkana by Maryam Gousheh-Forgeot guest: Rachael K. Jones
Ask/Tell #17 56:19 >ASK PIG ABOUT MURDER Lost Pig by Admiral Jota guest: Kat Zhang Child’s Play by Stephen Granade guest: Ellie Darling An Act of Murder by Christopher Huang guest: Amanda Malone		Ask/Tell #18 52:06 >SIMP FOR THE DEVIL Lord Bellwater’s Secret by Sam Gordon guest: Phoebe Ng Nightfall by Eric Eve guest: Alex Hoffer
Calen-deliria #1 50:04 Captain America: The Winter Soldier guest: Stacey Tappan		Calen-deliria #2 42:28 Boyhood guest: Katie
Calen-deliria #3 1:03:03 Inside Out guest: Ellie Darling

The Adriffs …is the name I stuck on the songs that Lizzie and I recorded back when I lived in places where I could play my drum kit without angry neighbors setting my house on fire.  One of my chief criteria in selecting a place the next time I move is going to be the ability to record music there, because I’ve got a bunch of songs piling up.  But in the meantime, here’s what we did in the ’00s.  (The songs below are on the rough side, but I found a tattered magazine from 1992 that told me lo‐fi is all the rage.)

from 2007
recorded in San Leandro, California

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Viral Puncture of the Superior Vena Cava
(Adam Cadre)

from 2005
recorded in Holyoke, Massachusetts

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August One
(Matthew Amster‐Burton / Adam Cadre)

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My Dirty Shoes
(Adam Cadre)

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I Hate Myself and Want to Die
(Nirvana)

from 2004.09
recorded in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Great Song for Truckers and Bikers
(Matthew Amster‐Burton / Adam Cadre)

from 2004.02
recorded in Holyoke, Massachusetts

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Mighty 690
(Adam Cadre)

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Creep
(Radiohead)

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Whip-Smart
(Liz Phair)

from 2003
recorded in Holyoke, Massachusetts

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Kinder Kinder
(Adam Cadre)

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On Tonight’s Agenda
(Matthew Amster‐Burton / Adam Cadre)

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Love Makes the World Go Round
(the Powerpuff Girls)

As the credits reflect, several of the songs above were based on demos that Matthew Amster‐Burton brought to the band we attempted to start in Seattle in the ’90s; he wrote the vocal and guitar parts, I wrote the bass and drum parts, and then Lizzie and I finally recorded them years later.  The one thing I wound up recording with Matthew was a two‐song CD with one of our many drummers‐for‐a‐day; here’s an excerpt:

from 1998
recorded in Panorama City, California

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Alright Again (excerpt)
(Matthew Amster‐Burton / Adam Cadre / Stephen Knittle)

Finally, if you have any interest in what I listen to, here’s a pretty extensive writeup.

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