EPIC FU

If you can't make it to San Diego, Zadi shows us web alternatives to Comic-Con, and she does it with style, dammit! We have a heads-up on the Watchmen movie, portraits of costumed fans, and New Orleans sticker cars (wtf?). Plus, our Artist of the Week gives away his comics online for free! For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com!

Lots of secrets revelead this week! Nine Inch Nails sends fans on a Google Map-powered treasure hunt, anonymous street artist Banksy is supposedly outed, and we debunk a UFO sighting in Poland! Our FU of the Week is served by sci-fi/horror novelist and podcaster Scott Sigler, and we go on a car hopping frenzy with this week's Flash Game Challenge! For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com!

This week Zadi rocks out for Rock Band 2, passes through Google's virtual world, and checks out an amazing video by Radiohead. Then Sarah Atwood gets buzzed and tells us about her thing for superheroes, plus geek graffiti and the Artist of the Week gives us eerie photos from foreign lands. For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com!

The U.S. government gets more rights to spy on us, the Pirate Bay wants to encrypt the Internet, and reflectoporn is taking up way too much of Rick's time. The FU of the Week is served by Mortified, who's all about personal redemption through public humiliation. Plus, an awesome new video by Lyrics Born! For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com!

It's the week of the iPhone 3G, third-party Facebook apps are up to no good, Viacom ganks our viewer data from YouTube, and our Artist of the Week is the Basquiat-inspired TMNK (The Me Nobody Knows). Plus, Zadi talks to the filmmakers behind the WoW documentary Second Skin, and we catch up with all your campfire responses. For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com!

We debunk Genepax's water-powered car, get funky with a robot rock band, and we ditch a few dicks with the new Word of the Week. Plus, we check out an awesome web-based image illustrator for all you MS Paint graduates. All that, and the FU of the Week is served by writer, producer, and star of The Guild, Felicia Day. For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com!

Bored for the 4th? There's always Facebook dipping, DIY crop circles, and candid photos of street fashion! Seth MacFarlane and Wil Wheaton are working on a new web series with Google, and our Artist of the Week is graffiti master Above. Plus, Steve gives a quick rundown of DIY radio resources! For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com!

Prince's lawyers are busy again, Radiohead gets crowdsourced by 200 musicians, and we flap our cheeks for the new Word of the Week. We also take a look at creative ways to get rid of your trash, and the FU of the Week is served by Sustainable Dave - a man who pledged to keep all of his trash for 365 days. For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com

We thank George Carlin for making us aware of our words, we hear Saul Williams choose his words wisely, and we discover a social network dedicated to learning new languages. Our Artist of the Week does everything from tattoos to album covers and we talk to the band Salt and Samovar. Plus, we give away two of their handmade CD's! For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com!

We play with the new Spore Creature Creator, laugh at the "seedy underworld" of Sporn, and the FU of the Week is served by KCRW, a public radio station in Southern California using the web to build a community of music lovers. Plus, France will take away your broadband if it catches you downloading illegal files, and the spotlight video is made by fans for a Thunderheist contest! For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com!

We take a look at a collaborative novel that mashes up Google Maps into the narrative, the Artist of the Week is The Reverse Graffiti Project, and we have a special segment about Twitter clones called The Rick Factor! Plus, the face transformer, social networks for artists, and a new flash game challenge! For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com!

We look at the high price of gas and the tools available online to help get the most for your buck. The FU of the Week is served by Elon Musk of Tesla and his new 100% electric supercar! Plus, an awesome indie hip-hop video, and cat ladies! For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com!

Ok, so the 3g iPhone is sweet, but it ain't as cheap as it sounds. Father's Day is coming up, and Internet memes are always a good gift, plus we have crazy pop culture musicals and we get to meet a few members of the EPIC FU community! We've also got hats made of actual (synthetic) hair, and two awesome dance videos. For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com!

This week we're freaking in love with Firefox 3's RC2 release, we look at a super-simple event RSVP tool, and show some amazing and spooky steam punk art. This week's FU is served by Jacob Soboroff of Why Tuesday?, an organization dedicated to election reform. We've also got YouTube's new annotation feature, a look at Adobe's free web-based mini-Photoshop, and a crazy geeked-out spotlight video remixing Radiohead's "Nude" from In Rainbows. The FU is strong! For all the show links and everything EPIC FU, go to http://epicfu.com.

After a long hiatus, we are back with a ton of news and contributions from MIX, plus we're announcing our licensing partnership with the good folks at Revision3! This week's FU is served by Jonathan Coulton, the ultimate geek rock star. We've also got music stars afraid of the Internet, music stars using video games to sell records, we take a look at music-sharing tools like Muxtape and Mixwit, and we hear your thoughts about the problems with global communication. The FU is back!For everything EPIC FU and all the show links, go to http://epicfu.com!

wow, has it been that long? on june 5th we'll be back with tons of catching up to do!EPIC FU, MIX, the EPIC FU community, EPIC FU blog

this week we are in berlin, germany! communication across nations is on our mind, we look at social network aggregators, and we go back to sxsw for an interview with nerdcore godfather mc frontalot about the new documentary nerdcore rising.EPIC-FU: EPICFU.com - art+tech+music for geeks, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community!, FUnetics will continue later this week!, FU of the week: nerdcore rising, mc frontalot, negin farsad, epic spotlight: like a drug by kamera (their site) (their myspace), artist of the week: kindermassive, campfire: what is the biggest problem, other than language, communicating with someone from another country?, credits video: c'mon by canoe (their myspace), show links: transatlantic network 2020, friendfeed, socialthing (note: incorrect link in the video), iminta (first 10 people to email us get a beta test invite), graffiti archaeology (thanks jordan - original thread), featured MIX member: oblivionus, title music: nadeya (tribal bump mix) by yellowjacket_osx, bumper music: catapult2 by bre pettis, yesterdays (reggaeton stylee) by paulus, thanks to our sxsw sponsor: xbox live

this week we're at SXSW! we get some FU's of the week from awesome peeps, but first we give you the lowdown on free sxsw music, play a new flash game, and follow-up on the 90 day jane campfire discussion. oh yeah, and that whole FUnetics thing...EPIC-FU: EPICFU.com - art+tech+music for geeks, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community!, FUnetics: level ii, FUnetics group on MIX, FU's of the week (from sxsw): lisa nova: daxflame, kenyatta cheese and jamie wilkinson: rick roll database, kelly sutton: juicy campus, sarah meyers: flixwagon, michael lambie: get satisfaction, ijustine: chocolate skittles, steve garfield: moblogic.tv, ellie rountree: bloglines, brian tong: taj tunes, tell us your FU of the week!, epic spotlight: the wrath of marcie by the go! team (their site) (their myspace), artist of the week: kent rogowski, credits video: dvno by justice (their myspace), flash game: zuma!, show links: technical difficulties last week (MIX discussion), sxsw 2008, sxsw music homepage, alpha listing of all sxsw artists, band aid tool by last.fm, greg hewgill's sxsw music torrent, the ishoes, sneaker freaker magazine, campfire follow-up: 90 day jane: where is the line between art and real life?, screen shots from the blog, featured MIX members: vincent, lvs, rupert, serafina, corey, dan, ritalin, michael, title music: yesterdays (reggaeton stylee) by paulus, bumper music: bre pettis , thanks to our sponsor: xbox live's bringing it home sxsw coverage

This week we celebrate our 100th episode, but something's not right. The show has been hijacked! You can help us figure out what's happening. EPICFU.com - the owners manual for the internet, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community!, FU of the week: FUnetics International, nine inch nails - ghost, quarterlife, google homeless, c.y.o.a. by hearts revolution, an average idea by lindsey testolin - music by LiO

this week we have a special show from the red carpet at the 2008 spirit awards. we talked to producers, writers, directors, and actors to find out what they really think about the web and the way it is influencing filmmaking. some of the answers might surprise you -- they did for us.EPIC-FU: EPICFU.com - art+tech+music for geeks, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community!, special links: 2008 spirit awards, christine vachon, jason bateman, jeff nichols, chris eska, mike white, justine bateman, ronald harwood, fisher stevens, glen hansard, julian schnabel, ivan reitman, brady corbet, andrew wagner

this week we look at why the web rules for artists and ask whether an artist can cross the line with a project about suicide. the FU of the week is served by an innovative graffiti artist in london, the upbeats and mofresh give us an amazing spotlight video, and we run down awesome free web design resources.EPIC-FU: EPICFU.com - art+tech+music for geeks, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community!, FU of the week: the decapitator, youtube vids, epic spotlight: thinking cap by the upbeats featuring georgie (their site), directed by MOFRESH (their myspace), (thanks peter!), artist of the week: jennifer maestre, campfire: 90 day jane: where is the line between art and real life?, screen shots from the blog, credits video: mana's bounce by recloose (their label's myspace), directed by MOFRESH, show links: video of the san francisco valentine's day pillow fight, crazy blind date, uk artist james roper (his myspace), austrian artist matt cipov (his myspace), 90 day jane (it was taken down), mediasnackers follow-up on 90 day jane, open soure web design (thanks bre!), iconfinder, dazzlin donna's blog post with free stock photo sites, last week's campfire discussion about the severed undersea cables in the middle east, featured MIX members: bronxmade, paco, james, wardere, michael, lee, title music: saturday (danz islam mix) by gmz, bumper music: bre pettis

a very full plate this week, starting with the mystery of the five severed undersea cables in the past two weeks. ghostface killah slams his myspace fans, we run down a few of our favorite things about the internet, find out about the jedi church, and we see the work of amazing sculptor nemo gould. the FU of the week is served by a site helping create informed U.S. voters, and as usual our viewers contributed buttloads of stuff to the show! EPIC-FU: EPICFU.com - art+tech+music for geeks, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community!, FU of the week: glassbooth, current tv pod, epic spotlight: a-punk by vampire weekend (their myspace), beggars group usa, artist of the week: nemo gould, campfire: is the web under attack? why have 5 undersea cables been severed?, credits video: we share our mother's health by the knife (their myspace), brille records, show links: undersea communications cables severed (video), ilovebonnie's analysis, ghostface killah on his myspace fans (his myspace), chuck d of public enemy on epic-fu (jetset), pen spinning wizardry, pentrix, jedi church in the uk, main jedi church site, lolcats at i can has cheezburger, chuck norris's official website, charlie the unicorn, 2girls1cup reaction vids, tweetmeme, powncified, kitty wigs, hairmixer, monoface, viropop, last week's campfire discussion about anonymous vs. scientology, featured MIX members and YouTubers: kristen, reim, enric, anon15, miltownkid, cameron, slavik, bashar, gabriel

this week hollywood is a f*cking mess topped off by the strange death of heath ledger, anonymous is taking on scientology, you can fly in space for US $200K, there may be a google car, and someone made a speed painting of zadi! the fu of the week is served by a guy defending his enemy and aesop rock rawks, plus tons of contributions by our viewers, wow! EPIC-FU: EPICFU.com - art+tech+music for geeks, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community! FU OF THE WEEK: andreas heldal-lund, operation clambake, his statement against anonymous' ddos attacks EPIC SPOTLIGHT: none shall pass by aesop rock (his myspace), definitive jux ARTISTRY: milk CAMPFIRE: will anonymous bring down the scientology sites? CREDITS VIDEO: i-deez by 8-bit (their myspace), ninja star records

this week we review cloverfield and highlight the alternate reality game around it, we have a crazy photoshop mashup from freaking news, how to find out about rotten neighbors, a service that anonymously sends, um, stuff, in the mail, and an awesome french band that's playing at cochella. the fu of the week is served by people making a 1 second movie, and we have a new campfire discussion around barack obama and "tolerance fatigue."EPICFU.com - art+tech+music for geeks, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community!, this show brought to you by rambo, in theaters january 25th, cloverfield, 1-18-08, alpha omega, cloverfield character profiles on myspace: rob, hud, lil, marlena, jj, jamie, freaking news mouth-eyes picture contest (thanks, steve!), teen who hacked into poland's tram system, rotten neighbor, poop senders, beemp3, awesome percussion by MIX member benny, d.a.n.c.e. by justice (their myspace), 1 second film, jay smooth of ill doctrine on "tolerance fatigue", MIX campfire discussion: will tolerance fatigue affect barack obama's campaign to be president of the U.S.?, like a pen by the knife (their myspace) (their label)

this week we do a quick ces wrap up, give our first impression of the macbook air, highlight an awesome indie music discovery site, and gather round the campfire for some video discussion. plus an awesome new torrent search engine has hit the web, we have a great blog post from rick about private trackers, and the FU of the week is served by MIT.EPICFU.com - art+tech+music for geeks, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community!, consumer electronics show, cnet's buzz out loud podcast, panasonic 150 inch plasma (via geekologie), fujitsu fabric pc (via gizmodo), alienware curved monitor (via gizmodo), jada's air guitar rocker (via wired), innex retro game consoles (via wired), hd-dvd booth (via betanews), engadget's crapgadget ces 2008 roundup, macbook air, the sixtyone, amazon mp3, sony stops future music streaming, dima, the motion that dima filed, pandora, imeem, rhapsody, youtorrent, transmission for mac, utorrent for windows, rick runs down the private trackers on the epic-fu BLOG, MIX campfire discussion around bittorrent, 17 free to download graphic novels, goggleburn, live good by naive new beaters their myspace, mit open coursewear, the huckabee subliminal image discussion, clamchowder wins the MIX flash game challenge for sproutifarts!, bang bang by the naive new beaters

january is off to a fast start. we take a look at citizen media with the uptake, ask whether mike candidates are indeed using subliminal images in their media, check out bill gates rapping with jay-z, see a couple of crazy sports (not all of them legal), and play a new game by mark burvil! plus, bat for lashes and the fu of the week is served by gOS. thanks for all your awesome logo submissions!EPICFU.com - art+tech+music for geeks, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community!, the uptake, mediashift's hyper-local news rundown, free documentaries, mike huckabee's x-mas video, do candidates use subliminal images - discuss on MIX, bill gates' last day at microsoft video, is jay-z forming a record label with apple?, sony bmg to drop drm, chart of big media, wingsuited basejumpers (thanks, steve!), trainboarding (do not do this!), kevin connolly and the rolling exhibition, flash game challenge: play the sproutifarts on MIX! (creator site), what's a girl to do by bat for lashes (their myspace), gOS, teo's blog, michael on MIX, nathan on MIX, megan on MIX, haus meeting (their myspace) (thanks, john!)

happy new year! we can't believe it's 2008 already! this week we look at some of the most libelous, disparaging, weird, insulting, and wonderful comments we received in 2007, as interpreted by a calvacade of online video peeps at our epic-fu holiday party! EPICFU.com - art+tech+music for geeks, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community!, comment impresarios in order of appearance: vu bui, jarrod gorbel, tim street, sarah atwood, kent nichols, amanda congdon, jeff macpherson, brian lerner, lan bui, paul dateh, annie tsai, mike ambs, angela sauceda, rick rey, bonny pierzina, doug bresler, john holden

hard to believe 2007 is almost over. we've been all around the country and met tons of great new people. what an incredible year we've had and it's all thanks to the people who watch the show and participate in the comments and on MIX. EPICFU.com - art+tech+music for geeks, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community!, patrick's zadi montage mashup x-mas gift! thanks, patrick!, in 2007 we won a webby award thanks to you!, bonny pierzina from noodlescar, brandon from bbsproductions, annie tsai, eric rey, rick rey, obreahny o'brien, josh shipp, pixelodeon festival, la works, makerfaire, doc pop, ytcracker, mike ambs from project pedal, paul dateh, mike's bikes, date unknown, elastic illusion, adam wallenta from the official public enemy comic book, halcyon from hugnation, ziya tong from wired science on pbs, veronica belmont from mahalo daily (her site), noel "noneck" hidalgo from luck of seven, superluckycat, next new networks!, music: tuxedo rap by people under the stairs (their myspace), courtesy of basement records

with only days before x-mas, this week we have emergency gift guides from annie, rick, and zadi that cover everything from chia pets to diy music videos. google continues to roll out the awesome and scary tools, and the FU of the week is handed out by an organization that gives when you receive. that sounds naughty! ;) have a great holiday!EPICFU.com - art+tech+music for geeks, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community!, this episode sponsored by mobivox, goog-411, google free 411 service, goog-411 isn't what you think (via zdnet blogs), googletalk's dynamic translation bots, annie's holiday gift guide, chia pet, pleo, poweriser, rick's holiday gift guide, nabaztag, chumby, ambient orb, bestvideomaker tips, 831 productions music video parody, etsy, diy bookpress, design it yourself, santa's depression by gomo (their myspace), one laptop per child, laptop giving, more awesome epic-fu logo mashups on MIX!, doug on MIX, mike palazzo on MIX, krishna on MIX, bearforce1 (watch the video)

the holidaze are upon us, and who couldn't use a personal dna analysis? we talk about what your dna means (and doesn't mean), how to make some diy pop-up cards, and santa serves the fu of the week! well, kinda. also, we have 25 seesmic beta invites to give away, and this week we launch the epic-fu BLOG! w00t! tons more in the show.EPICFU.com - art+tech+music for geeks, the EPIC-FU BLOG!, MIX - the EPIC-FU community!, this episode sponsored by mobivox, personal genome analysis, on MIX: what does your dna say, or not say, about you?, pop-up angel card, pop-up x-mas tree card, pop-up reindeer card, youtube video cards, epic-fu cards through youtube, picnik on flickr!, seesmic (email us for the beta invites!), hanukkah bird, suburban homeboy, santacon, santarchy, mickipedia at santacon in los angeles, 2006, tgtotu at santacon in nyc, 2006, santacon wikipedia entry, on MIX: what is your most embarrassing moment?, on MIX: what are your top 10 albums of 2007?, world of datecraft, irving, irving on eenie meenie records, title and bumper music by ashwan