May 2009
WatchYour Copyright Can Kiss My A$$
Look out, you might be a thief! This week on EPIC FU 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 I get a moonwalking lesson!
If you like the episode, make sure to comment and pass it on. :)
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April 2009
WatchHelp us win a Webby Award! Last day to vote! Hey guys, if you like the show, support the team by voting for EPIC FU in the video category for Host and Variety! Today is the last day to vote. We have some awesome and very tough competition. :)
Click on the following links to cast your vote: http://tr.im/fuhost http://tr.im/fuvariety Thanks so much!! :)
Qwitters on Twitter
Oprah is bored with Twitter and Nielsen finds majority quit Twitter after only a month.
(via fimoculous / baltimore sun)
Not quite sure how Nielsen is gathering their info, but this doesn’t surprise me. I think there are a couple of things happening.
Social Media fatigue.
Not being able to figure out how to use Twitter effectively.
Realization that most of the world consists of people...
midnight (mashup) marauding
@stevewoolf reminded me of this awesome mashup: Stairway to Bootleg Heaven by DJ Earworm. He’s amazing. Check him out.
mashup includes:
Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven
Eurythmics - This City Never Sleeps
Beatles - Because
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
Art Of Noise - Moments in Love
Beastie Boys - So Whatcha Want
Pat Benetar - Love is a Battlefield
hipsterism 101: a brief history of the counter... →
from nedhepburn
late 90’s and beyond:
“hipsterism” becomes an affectation meaning no more than the clothes and income and literally just a fashion statement, bringing us to where we are now - where the counter culture has become the current culture. there is no REAL counter culture anymore, other than… shit. i dont know. i cant think of one at all. and thats pretty sad. while theres been a...
listening to "Vitriol - Bluejuice" →
Bluejuice - Vitriol. From the EPIC FU music vault. “keep your chin up” ;)
“Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life.”
– Gabriel García Márquez (via whitecloth, kari-shma)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-26) →
Cut Copy (5)
George Harrison (3)
Empire of the Sun (3)
M.I.A. (3)
The Rolling Stones (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you will...”
– Truth.
(via capricious professionalwidow eveninthemorning jd-id tanya77)
WatchCreepiest man on Earth, Michael Emerson (Benjamin Linus on LOST), Reads Little Boy Blue on the Jimmy Fallon Show. :)
WatchThe iPhone’s BIGGEST fan. They start young these days.
(via @sarahlane)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-19) →
Iron & Wine (7)
Fink (5)
Brett Dennen (5)
Angus & Julia Stone (4)
Andrew Bird (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
WatchLOL!! AAAGHGGHGH!!! WTF!? @danielmerlot twittered this: “just a confirmation hip hop is officially dead.”
stevewoolf:
Untitled on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
I can’t stop watching this. Someone poke out my eyes.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-12) →
Mos Def (6)
Lupe Fiasco (5)
The Cool Kids (5)
The Bird and the Bee (4)
Kanye West (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
A self-help kit for closed minds
Here, then, are some ways to get in touch with reality in the fastest and most efficient way, which is to renounce those habits that close your mind.
1. Stop believing that you’re right. Examine the compulsion that forces you to be right all the time.
2. Don’t make every argument us versus them.
3. Be less attached to winning and more attached to the truth.
4. Don’t color...
“Jesus Christ, have you ever clicked the handicap sign next to the captcha when...”
– Zosia Blue (she’s right —> try yourself)
(via chuckolsen:s4xton)
