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interrupt your regularly scheduled program

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:23:26 -0800

It's time for Epic Fu to change! This is the first of several transmissions documenting our transition into an open source web culture show. New website and new tools under construction! More to come!

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hacking polls, building blogs, frozen heads

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:20:52 -0800

This week we find out what it takes to create an awesome blog with Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin! We have our moonwalk contest winner, an awesome free mp3, heads in freezers, and an artist who painted his face every day for a year. Plus, an awesome music video directed by Eric Wareheim!

FU of the Week: Xeni Jardin - Boing Boing, Boing Boing video, Xeni's website

Music Video Spotlight: She's Got Me Dancing by Tommy Sparks, directed by Eric Wareheim - His website

Artist of the Week: James Kuhn and his amazing face paintings, Face art videos, His blog

Free MP3 of the Week: Roc Boys (Mike Love's Nigerian Gangster Remix) by Jay-Z feat. Fela Kuti, Mike Love's blog

Moonwalk Contest Winner!: Nate wins a pair or Puma Lifts!, 2nd place: Jordan, 3rd place: Mika, 4th place: Jodie, 5th place: Drew - Thanks to everyone for your submissions, they were awesome!

Alphabounce Game Challenge Winner: 9swords, Game thread

Show Links: 4chan, 4chan's hack of Time's poll, Newspaper article about Moot, Michael Mandiberg of the Anti-Advertising Agency, Flickr search results for "241543903", Google image search for "241543903", David Horvitz's meme instructions, Twitter Magnets, ESPN Konami game cheat code hack, Dogs Die in Hot Cars band project, Giannii's Daily Listening Party on MIX

Featured MIX Members: Efrain, Giannii

Credits Video: Junk by Project Jenny, Project Jan - Directed by Kathleen Grace, Their site

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internet to hollywood: your copyright can kiss my ass

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:05:20 -0800

Did you know that you're a thief? This week it's all about copyleft, the Pirate Bay, Girl Talk, and the new remix culture that bubbles with creative goodness. Plus, an amazing new music video from Passion Pit and Zadi gets a moonwalking lesson!

Contest: Show us your best moonwalk and win a pair of Puma Lifts! Deadline extended to May 4th!

FU of the Week: Brett Gaylor - Rip: a Remix Manifesto, Open Source Cinema, Remix the soundtrack, Post a review of Rip if you've seen it!

Vote for EPIC FU in the Webby Awards: We're honored with two nominations -- please vote!

Music Video Spotlight: The Reeling by Passion Pit - Their MySpace

Artist of the Week: Miss Bugs and Mr. Joe Black - Her site, His site, If Miss Bugs' site is having problems, check out here work here

Free MP3 of the Week: Shango by Peter King, RCRD LBL

Check out Josh "Ace" Ventura's awesome dance videos! He taught Zadi to moonwalk in 15 minutes!

Show Links: Why piracy is winning, Anonymous on YouTube, Cnet's coverage of The Pirate Bay verdict, The Guardian's coverage, Wacky "You are a pirate!" video, The Pirate Bay, TPBAFK - Documentary project about The Pirate Bay, Photo of jet by global-jet on Flickr, Photo of view by srbyug on Flickr, Photo composite of guy with cocktail by oddsock on Flickr, Beyonce's painful "singing", The guy who made the fake video

Featured MIX Member: Excalipoor

Credits Video: Lessons Learned by Matt and Kim - Their site

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celebs hijack the interwebs, party over?

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:43:26 -0800

With the dust settling after the Ashton vs. CNN Twitter battle, is social media the loser? We run down some unheralded twitterers, do some twitjacking, and check out a trippy video featuring Kanye and Santigold.

Contest: Show us your best moonwalk and win a pair of Puma Lifts!

FU of the Week: Unheralded Twitterers as Chosen by You - #Twitterfan Search, Post your recommendation

Vote for EPIC FU in the Webby Awards: We're honored with two nominations -- please vote!

Music Video Spotlight: Gifted by N.A.S.A. featuring Kanye West, Santigold, and Lykke Li - Their blog, Their MySpace

Artist of the Week: Josh Poehlein - His site, The Modern History series

Free MP3 of the Week: Help I'm Alive (The Twelves Remix) by Metric, RCRD LBL, Metric's site

MIX Discussion: Does the drunk sex scene in "Observe and Report" go too far?

Show Links: Twitter hacker Mikeyy on YouTube, The article where Mikeyy's identity was outed, Twitter's spam account, BurnURL, Digg's Diggbar, Yo Dawg Xzibit Meme, Disabling the Diggbar (and another), Digg responds to feedback, Seth Rogen's Observe and Report movie site, Feministing's vlog, Remixing the Diff'rent Strokes intro, Dork Yearbook, Eddie Codel's Flickr pic from the Streamy Awards, Ashton Kutcher's Qik videos, Ashton's Twitter account, CNN Breaking News Twitter account, James Cox's Twitter account, Techcrunch's coverage of the acquisition, Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat!

Send In a Video Question: Send us a link to your video and we'll answer on the show!

Featured MIX Member: Thorsten

Credits Video: I'm New by Kutiman - His amazing site with lots more mashups

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how to get a million rabid fans

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:26:42 -0800

It's episode 150, and we're back with a vengeance! This week we're pondering robot toddlers, Wolverine leaks, and free mp3's. Plus, we look at Fred's one million subscribers on YouTube and issue a new game challenge on MIX! Come in close and get your FU injection!

Contest: Show us your best moonwalk and win a pair of Puma Lifts!

FU of the Week: Fred (from YouTube) - His YouTube channel, Fred's website

Music Video Spotlight: Happy Up There by Royksopp - Their site, Their MySpace

Game Challenge: Alphabounce!

Free MP3 of the Week: Use Somebody by Kings of Leon, remixed by Andre Anjos, RCRD LBL, The Remix Company

Show Links: Wolverine movie, Poll about the leaked torrent, Charlie the Unicorn 3, All about Flutter, A beer inspired by Twitter, The iCub, a creepy learning robot, Another iCub story, Clips from the Top 10: 64 Days, College Humor's Jake and Amir, Star-ving on Sony's Cspot, iJustine, Lonelygirl15

Send a Video Question: Send us a link to your video and we'll answer on the show!

Featured MIX Members: D-Dave, Jermaine

Credits Video: Wasted My Time by Superpowerless - Their site

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and the oscar goes to...

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:39:41 -0800

The Oscar nominations are out and small films rule the roost. The FU of the Week is served by Dan Martin, writer for the tv show Code Monkeys, plus the web awards season is upon us, celebs are invading Twitter, and we check out a blog with a cool social project!

FU of the Week: Dan Martin - Code Monkeys on G4, Follow Dan on Twitter

Music Video Spotlight: Bounce by MSTRKRFT - Their site, Their MySpace

Blog of the Week: Zoomdoggle, The site, Jake Bronstein on Wikipedia

Show Links: Oscar nominees, Webby Awards, Streamy Awards, Tilzy, Tubefilter, NewTeeVee, Levar Burton on Twitter, Brent Spiner on Twitter, Justine Bateman on Twitter, Seth MacFarlane on Twitter, Jimmy Fallon on Twitter, Ashton Kutcher on Twitter, Watchmen movie marketing video, New Frontiersman

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Ankeet, Erica

Credits Video: Computer Camp Love by Datarock - Their site

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obama mania!

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:17:30 -0800

This week it's all about the new U.S. President, Barack Obama! He wants to use tech to make government more transparent and interactive, and we look at the positives and pitfalls. Plus, our Artist of the Week takes to into a world where the Mona Lisa has tattoos and we look at a couple of tools to expand Twitter and Facebook.

FU of the Week: President Barack Obama - Change.gov, White House website, Barack Obama site

Music Video Spotlight: Under the Pines by Bodies of Water - Their site, Their MySpace

Artist of the Week: Tebe Interesno, His site, Submitted by Mike Ambs

Discuss: If Obama posts legislation online for citizen feedback, how can they manage thousands of comments?

Show Links: The number 44, Obama and the number 44, Wired article about Obama's tech goals, Change.gov's discussions, TwitBlogs, FBCal, Game fakery discussion

Featured MIX Members: Yanaboo, Derek's niece Chalice

Credits Video: Clangor and Flutes by Sin Fang Bous - Their MySpace

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a change is gonna come!

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:28:52 -0800

We're back and kicking off the year with Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab, co-creators of the Sarah Silverman Program, writers of Monster House, and founders of Channel 101. We're also trying to figure out what's up with Obama and his lack of Twitters and find a web app you can use to torture your friends!

FU of the Week: Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab - Dan's site, Rob's site, Channel 101, The Sarah Silverman Program, Monster House, Their Pixelodeon keynote

Music Video Spotlight: Spanish Eyes by ELK - Their site, Their MySpace

Check out the Daily Photo Projects for 2009

Show Links: Barack Obama's Twitter, Obama Inaugural Twitter, Change_Gov Twitter, NIN forums, NIN news on NewTeeVee, Wakerupper, Artist of the Week: Giles Walker, Flash Game Challenge: Winter Bells, Discuss game fakery

Featured MIX Members and Fans: Vu Bui, Jeff Rizzo

Credits Video: My Robot Friend by Robot High School - Their site

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get ready to rock the new year!

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:03:37 -0800

Where has all the time gone? It's time to kick 2008 to the curb and get your goals together for 2009 so we have ideas, inspiration, and ways to track you progress. Plus, the FU of the Week is served by the guy (usually) behind the scenes of EPIC FU, Steve Woolf! Time to get your party on!

FU of the Week: Steve Woolf - Steve's site, Smashface Productions, Follow Steve on Twitter

Music Video Spotlight: A Thing for Me by Metronomy - Their site, Their MySpace

What Are Your New Years Resolutions? - Let us know!

Are You Doing a Daily Project for 2009? - Let us know what is it and where we can find it!

Show Links: 43 Things, Photojojo's 365 photo tips, Flickr's 365 days group, Taylor McKnight's Project 365, Our blog post about daily photo projects, Photojojo's Time Capsule, Reusable canvas bag, Rentagreenbox green moving service, Build a compost bin, Find out what's safe to compost, Group Recipes - a foodie social network, Bakespace - find a culinary mentor, Joe's Goals, Stickk goal tracker, Lifetick - iPhone-friendly goal tracker

Featured MIX Members: Mboogie, Taiwan

Credits Video: Exciter Lamp by Matmos - Their site

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how to rAwK the holidays!

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:39:13 -0800

How close are you to holiday overload? Good thing we're here! From cheap gifts to holiday cynicism to chiptunes, there's something for everyone. And in the spirit of kick-assedness, the FU of the Week is delivered by Jay Smooth, radio host and hip-hop videoblog producer! It's a holiday FU!

FU of the Week: Jay Smooth - Jay's videoblog, The Underground Railroad on WBAI, Follow Jay on Twitter

Music Video Spotlight: Money by N.A.S.A. featuring David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge & Z-Trip - Their MySpace

Artist of the Week: Jurg Lehni & Uli Franke - The Hektor site, Videos of Hektor in action, The Hektor book

Flash Game Challenge: New game: Winterbells!

Show us Your Desktop!: Have a holiday-themed desktop, browser, or app? Let's see it! We'll choose one person at random and send them an EPIC FU present!

Show Links: Betamaxmas, FanPop's collection of 101 classic holiday shows, Origami oranments, Unique gift ideas, Doctor Octoroc's 8-bit Jesus chiptunes album, Smashing Magazine's collection of virtual holiday wares, Unsafe DIY holiday decorations, Dubbed holiday specials, Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

Featured MIX Members: Smoke E. Digglera, Anthony

Credits Video: Fatbros by Hifana - Their site, Video by W+K Tokyo Lab

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how to make a kick-ass web show!

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:37:08 -0800

Strap yourselves in as we run down all the tools you need to make an awesome web show, from ideas to equipment to distribution. Plus, the FU of the Week is served by Tim Gibbons, exec producer of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm and Golden Globe winner, who is exploring new media with a passion!

FU of the Week: Tim Gibbons - His blog, Tim on IMDb, Tim on Twitter, HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm

Music Video Spotlight: Little Booty Girl by Thunderheist - Their site, Their MySpace

Artist of the Week: Stefan G. Bucher - Daily Monster blog, Video archive, His book, 100 Days of Monsters

Show Links: Filmmaking at Wikiversity, Gary Vaynerchuk's Wine Library TV, Grace Piper's Fearless Cooking, Bre Pettis, Mike Ambs's and Amanda Walker's 64 Days, Felicia Day's The Guild, Random name generators galore, Plotbot for scripts, Zhura for scripts, Lowel lights, Sony A1U camera, Canon HF10 camera, Sennheiser mics, Boom mic photo by VideoVillain on Flickr, Johnny Chung Lee's $14 steadycam (our blog post about it), IndyMogul, Apple's iMovie, Microsoft's Movie Maker, LiVES for Linux, Blender for post-production effects, Freesound for sound effects, CCMixter for music, Tubemogul for distribution, Show In a Box for websites, Photo by Jen Simmons on Flickr

Featured MIX Members: Lee, Madd Sketch

Credits Video: Computer Friends [Stack the Memory] by Sniper Twins - Their site

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get ready for the end of the world

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:29:31 -0800

This week we dive headfirst into the craziest, weirdest, scariest conspiracies circulating around the web! 2012, asteroids, magnetic pole reversals, Project Bluebeam, HAARP, reptilian humanoids, and more. Plus, the FU of the Week is served by the remix geniuses at Wreck and Salvage!

FU of the Week: Wreck and Salvage - Their site, Erik Nelson, Adam Quirk, Aaron Valdez, As presented by Rupert Howe

Music Video Spotlight: Invaders Must Die by The Prodigy - Their site, Their MySpace, Via Daniel Merlot on Twitter

Artist of the Week: Mars Phoenix Lander - Main site, The Mars Phoenix was huge on Twitter, >Gallery of images

Campfire Roundup: Is Citizen Journalism and New Media Making a Difference?

Flash Game Challenge Roundup: Jared gets the prime real estate for Scenic!, Jared's MIX profile, Game creator's site

Show Links: Bonus cospiracy: the Stealth Blimp!, Mayan Calendar, Mayan Calendar on Wikipedia, Mayan Prophecies, Geomagnetic reversal, Magnetic flips, Magnetic Storms, Massive asteroid collision with Earth, Roland Emmerich's 2012 movie teaser, Project Bluebeam, How Project Bluebeam will work, HAARP, HAARP's main site, A theory about HAARP, Another theory about HAARP, 10 hertz soundwaves, Reptilian humanoids, Videos of suspected reptilians, Reptilian baby?, Above Top Secret

Featured MIX Members: Kristie, 9swords, Laurence, Edward, Tsuko, Twowan, D-Dave

Credits Video: Caney Music by Ha Ha Tonka - Their site

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vampire bloodlust + how to hack the world!

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:56:43 -0800

It seems like vampires are running rampant, but do they make good bloggers? The FU of the Week is served by the Internet's MacGyver, Bre Pettis, who recently shot a TV pilot. Plus, furniture made from skateboards, stop motion video goodness, and you can make your own TV commercials!

FU of the Week: Bre Pettis - His site, His blog, His History Hacker TV pilot for the History Channel, NYC Resistor

Music Video Spotlight: Gunfight by The Mighty Underdogs featuring MF Doom - Their MySpace, Submitted by Adam Wallenta

Artist of the Week: Kevin Morgan - Some photos by Brienne Michelle

Campfire: Is Crowd-Funding a Sustainable Alternative to the Hollywood Studio System? - Post a video response!

Show Links: Screen Actor's Guild planning a strike?, Twilight, True Blood, Vampires Blog, Skateboard furniture, Shoes made from skateboards, Snackr, Fluid, ShapeShop3d, Megaman stop motion video, Svelte made their own stop motion music video, Blip.tv developed iPhone video embeds, SaysMe.tv

Featured MIX Members: Derek, I'llturnnative

Credits Video: St. Nick on the Fourth in a Fervor by Ha Ha Tonka, Their site

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overthanked and underspanked

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:22:44 -0800

It's the week of Thanksgiving in the U.S. and there's no better time to get drunk with the creators of Tiki Bar TV, serving an extra-strong FU of the week! Plus, we should be thankful for hacking Ikea, a sex life tracker, and a science dance contest, just for starters! Ain't no turkey on the FU this week!

FU of the Week: Tiki Bar TV - The show, Tiki Bar on iTunes, Get the Tiki Bar DVD!

Music Video Spotlight: Go Go Go by The 88 - Their site, Their MySpace

Artist of the Week: Know Hope - His site, Interview on Sezio

Flash Game Challenge: New game: Scenic! - Patrick gets the prime real estate for DHTML Cocentration!, Patrick's MIX profile, The DHTML Concentration thread on MIX

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's mashup by Alex! - Alex's profile on MIX, His site, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Show Links: Gmail's video and voice chat, Ikea Hacker, Bedposted - track your sex life!, Shifd, 2009 AAAS Science Dance Contest, Electrode face-dancing, Tumbltape, Freesound, Creepy "hug" pillow, Dating site for nerds, geeks, and intellectuals of all kinds

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Erica, D-Dave

Credits Video: Animals by Minilogue - Their site, Video by ljudbilden.com and varelsen.com

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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hollywood 2.0: use the web to make your movie

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:35:05 -0800

This week we're wondering who our new enemy should be! And we are also looking at ways that social media can unite people. Howard Stern thinks blogging is for losers, Ze Frank is trying to bring together voters, and the FU of the Week is delivered by a filmmaker using the web to bring people together to crowd-fund her new movie.

FU of the Week: Jessica Mae Stover - Her site, Artemis Eternal, Wingman Central

Music Video Spotlight: Sleepyhead by Passion Pit - Their MySpace, Their label

Artist of the Week: Mr. Brainwash / MBW - His site, NYC street art, An exhibition in Los Angeles

Campfire: Is Crowd-Funding a Sustainable Alternative to the Hollywood Studio System?

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's mashup by Kristen! - Kristen's profile on MIX, Her site, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Who Should Our New Enemy Be?

Show Links: Ze Frank's "From 52 to 48 With Love" Project, Howard Stern on social media, Gary Vaynerchuk, Photo of Internet's Martin Sargent (his Wikipedia page), Meet In Between, My Biggest Complaint, YouTube Live event on Nov. 22nd, Infinite Bubblewrap, Infinite Unwrapping, Smithsonian purchasing Shepard Fairey's Obama fine art portrait

Discussion Roundup: If You Could Change One Thing In Your Life, What Would It Be?, Featured Responses: Pious Renegade, Dani3, Opus V, Richa

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Rudy, Paul

Credits Video: Want You Back by The Mighty Underdogs - Their MySpace, Submitted by Adam Wallenta

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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has everything gone retro?

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:32:54 -0800

It seems like everything old is new again. This week we check out retro hipster fashion tips, see some sexy retro people, avoid a retro burger that won't die, and review some great journal projects and timeline tools. Plus, the FU of the Week is served by a social media expert, and our Artist of the Week has a true gift for seeing people.

FU of the Week: JD Lasica - His blog, Darknet, MediaMobz, OurMedia

Music Video Spotlight: Dambusters by TZU - Their site, Their MySpace

Artist of the Week: James Jean - His site, His blog, His Wikipedia entry

Flash Game Challenge: New game: DHTML Concentration! - Jiggajayd gets the prime real estate for Micro Olympics 2!, Jiggajayd's MIX profile, A Micro Olympics hack video

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's mashup by Lee! - Lee's profile on MIX, His site, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Show Links: Scandalishious, Her YouTube channel, Sexy People blog, The everlasting McDonald's burger, Stripping Hungarian teacher (SFW), 1000 Journals Project, Art Activism Change journal project, Write In My Journal, Timerime, Dipity, Dark matter particles?, Startech, He-Man on Ice

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Angel, >Rae Rae

Credits Video: Summer Song by Team Yacht - Their site

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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what would you change?

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:57:19 -0800

Change is in the air, but now what? There's change all around us if you know where to look. This week we have a game hacker's marriage proposal, an art exhibit based on LOLcats, and the FU of the Week is served by Causecast, a cause-based social network. What are you going to change?

FU of the Week: Causecast - Their site, Organizations they work with, Leaders they work with

Music Video Spotlight: You by Atmosphere - Their site, Their label, Their MySpace, Submitted by Adam Wallenta!

Artist of the Week: Phil Hansen - His site, His collaborative moments project

Discussion: If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be?

Campfire Roundup: Is Citizen Journalism and New Media Making a Difference?

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's mashup by Rupert! - Rupert's profile on MIX, His site: Twittervlog, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Show Links: Game hacker proposes to his girlfriend, MTV's new music video site, Francois Macre's Thriller recreation, Comedian Mark Day at the LOLarts show, Disaster Girl!, Poladroid, Paint-on abs, Rev3 and EPIC FU parting ways

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Beth, Barrett, Edward, Laurence, Alex, Tubejay, Tsuko

Credits Video: Virus by Deltron3030 - His MySpace, Submitted by Ben W!

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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tim and eric give good halloween!

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:38:10 -0800

This week Tim and Eric from Adult Swim take us on a wistful (not) journey through their show's evolution! We also run down Halloween costumes for the lazy, check out some ridiculously amazing pumpkin carvings, check out some old people fighting, and throw in a few upside-down dogs for good measure.

FU of the Week: Tim and Eric - Their site, Tim and Eric Awesome Show on Adult Swim, Their MySpace

Music Video Spotlight: Feast of the Dead by Autumns Eyes - Their site, Their MySpace

Artist of the Week: Justin Aerni - His site, His Flickr stream, His blog, Justin on deviantART

Flash Game Challenge: New game: Micro Olympics!, Samm get the prime real estate for Luminara!, Samm's MIX profile

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's mashup by Michael! - Michael's profile on MIX, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Show Links: Watch the rocking chair closely, Extreme pumpkin carvings, Awesome Predator pumpkin, Pumpkin House, Politician masks from Forbes, Star Wars Halloween masks, American Apparel's DIY costume builder, College Humor's "Girls Costume Warehouse", Collection of old people fighting videos, Toilet with one-way glass, Fun with McCain, Pequena Hillary Hulk, Upside-down dogs

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Casey, Trip D

Credits Video: You Don't Know Her by Maps - Their site

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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arianna huffington, zombie outbreak, superstruct

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:48:05 -0800

This week the FU of the Week is served by author and Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington! We check out some zero dollar bills, look at a new alternate reality game set in the future, and check out Semapedia, which allows you to post links to the web in the real world! Plus a new Campfire discussion!

FU of the Week: Arianna Huffington - The Huffington Post, Arianna on Wikipedia, Her newest book

Music Video Spotlight: Id Engager by Of Montreal - Their site, Their MySpace

Artist of the Week: Harriet Russell - Her website, Her encrypted address project

Campfire: Is new media making a difference?

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's promo by Jonny - Jonny's profile on MIX, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Show Links: Sad Guys on Trading Floors, Artist Laura Gilbert gives out "zero" dollar bills, The Superstruct, Survive the Outbreak, Nine Lives, Carcade, Purple Pedals, Semapedia, QR code generator, What would you use QR codes for?, We will miss Oscar Grimm, co-creator of Freshtopia (video interview with Beet.tv)

Featured Fans and MIX Members: DasEnergi, Mboogie

Credits Video: Sweet Disposition by Temper Trap - Their MySpace

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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why ninjas kill people

epicfu@gmail.com (Smashface) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:09:32 -0800

This week we're dodging the Ninja's blade with the creators of Ask a Ninja! Plus, a global Space Invaders game, how to dodge the economic disaster, T-Mobile's new G1 Android phone, and we take flight with SpaceX and a rocket man. And we have a new flash game to play along with the first of your t-shirt mashups!

FU of the Week: Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine of Ask a Ninja - The Ninja site, Get a free Ninja Handbook survival kit!, The Ask a Ninja Handbook, The Ninja Community, Call the Ninja at 818-237-9807, Kent's blog, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes site

Music Video Spotlight: You've Got To (Norman Cook Remix) by the Young Punx - Their site, Their MySpace, Submitted by Ehsan K! Thanks Ehsan!

Artist of the Week: Wim Delvoye - His site, His Wikipedia entry

T-Shirt Mashup: This week's promo by Angel, Angel's profile on MIX, Mashup the EPIC FU t-shirt promo and get a free shirt!

Flash Game Challenge!: New game: Luminara!, DeadPianoPlayer gets the prime real estate for Ragdoll Avalanche, DeadPianoPlayer's profile on MIX, The Ragdoll Avalanche game thread

Show Links: Local Harvest, Investing in gold, Everbank, Currency Shares, Ready.gov for emergency preparedness, Jefferson State secessionists, T-Mobile's G1 Android phone, SpaceX launch video, Rocket man Yves Rossy, Space Invaders by the Invader -- a global street art game, Last Music Map -- a mashup of Last.fm and Google Maps, Sonic Living

Featured Fans and MIX Members: Tricia, Excalipoor

Credits Video: Berto by Danxzen - Their site, Their MySpace

Motion Graphics: Eden Soto

Title Music: Doc Popular

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