episodes from june 2008
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george carlin, saul williams, is radio dead?
06/26/2008 – 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!
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sporn, banned from the internet, kcrw
06/24/2008 – 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 filest!
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reverse graffiti, face transformer, twitter clones
06/19/2008 – 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!
show tags: plurk, rick rey, twitter
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tesla supercar, how to get cheap gas, cat ladies
06/17/2008 – 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!
show tags: artsy, indie hip-hop, the grouch
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iphones, manbabies, hairhats, mix members
06/12/2008 – 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.
show tags: iphone
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firefox 3, nude remix, steampunk art, why tuesday
06/10/2008 – 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.
show tags: election, steampunk, voting
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we're back!, jonathan coulton, rock band vs. itunes
06/04/2008 – After a long hiatus, we are back with a ton of news and contributions from MIX! This week's FU is served by Jonathan Coulton, the ultimate geek rock star. We've also got music stars afraid of the Internet, a look at music-sharing tools like Muxtape and Mixwit, and your thoughts about the problems with global communication.
show tags: codemonkey
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