EPIC FU for 6/5/08: we're back!, jonathan coulton, rock band vs. itunes

Hey Guys, we're back!!

Some of you have already seen us launch the new episode with our new partners at Revision3. We're pretty excited about the future and have a ton of new ideas in store.

In the meantime, today we are launching a few other things. If you haven't seen it yet, go check out our newly designed site at http://epicfu.com and let us know what you think. It's in beta, so let us know if you find anything glitchy.

Also, this month we're celebrating our 2nd birthday!! So with that in mind we are releasing our very first originally designed Epic Fu t-shirt! Drop by the new store at http://shop.epicfu.com and pick one up! The crew had a fun photo shoot with the shirt. I think we'll be taking photos like this for all of our shirts. AND if you buy one send us a photo of you wearing it to epicfu@gmail.com and we'll put you up there right next to us. Support the show! :)

In the meantime, check out the new episode. We covered a lot of ground in this one. We also interviewed geek rockstar Jonathan Coulton and he sang an EXCLUSIVE acoustic version of Code Monkey for Epic Fu!

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! :)

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Permalink Reply by Steve Woolf on June 5, 2008 at 7:57pm: There will be a LOT of glitchy and missing stuff in the new site for a few days. We have lots of new features that we will roll out in the coming days and weeks!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spencer on June 5, 2008 at 7:59pm: YES
my logo mashup was on!
this is so cool; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rick Rey on June 5, 2008 at 8:02pm: We're back! Be sure to tell us what you think of the new site, new episode, new t-shirts.. everything. New episode Tuesday.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Scott Sigler on June 5, 2008 at 8:08pm: WOO-HOO! Welcome back. Nice "douche" call.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Christian on June 5, 2008 at 8:15pm: honestly really glad the show is back on .. . suppose patience IS a virtue .. .

nice intro, very G4 ... .; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by salim dao on June 5, 2008 at 8:27pm: of all pages, im excited for the MIX page to get a new look. i've noticed that using the search form gave me errors at times. any word on when t-shirts will start shipping?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lgbsneak on June 5, 2008 at 8:32pm: w00000000t it's back!
So, the right side bar is asploding slightly in firefox 3 on linux.... picture -> http://pub.sneaktime.net/epicfu-asplosion.png -- unless it's supposed to do that.
Awesome interview with Jonathan Coultan, and the playing of code monkey in the interview increased the awesomeness tenfold.
Nice new site design... It'd be nice if there was a link to this mix thread, or a comments section or something... unless there is one, that i can't find. So i can right down all the comments i have and not forget them untill after the show.
Funetics is creeping me out... but unfortunately i don't have time to investigate it cause i have to sleep now :(
Oh and the fact that the show was long was awesome, and the moving to twice a week was awesomeness and yey! (what if epic fu had an irc channel? how about #epicfu on irc.freenode.net ?)
And i bought a shirt!
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Permalink Reply by Professor Imagine on June 5, 2008 at 10:52pm: dude. totally. I've been saying this all day on this other thread.

also, take the time for funetics. cross the threshold from passive to active interaction. you won't regret it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Zadi on June 6, 2008 at 12:17pm: Ack, yes... we'll be fixing that as soon as we can. Thanks for taking a screen shot. :)

There's a little "discuss" link under the show info text. Maybe we need to make it a bit more prominent. Thanks for pointing out that you didn't see it.

And about the IRC channel. Yes, we've been discussing having a live chat element to the show. Once we get all the present glitches fixed and get acclimated to the new schedule, we'll be looking into how we can have more live elements. We definitely want that! :0); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lgbsneak on June 6, 2008 at 1:47pm: I still can't find the discuss link >_<.... either i'm blind or my browser is asploding it underneath something, but i'll live without for now.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ryan Painter on June 5, 2008 at 9:08pm: GREAT show!! glad you guys are back and look forward to upcoming shows; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jordan on June 5, 2008 at 9:57pm: Let's all bask in some northern California slang:
This show is HELLA HELLA HELLA HELLA awesome.; ▶ Reply to This