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We give you five simple steps to finding and building your own online community. From finding your passion to engaging with an audience, we give you a 101 primer on how its done and point you to the web communities that can get you started. (Community) Fu of the Week: Deviant Art, Behance, HumbleVoice, Flickr, Vimeo, Shooting People, GoodReads, Shelfari, Etsy, Instructables, Threadless, Polyvore, LookBook, LinkedIn, Biznik, Global Voices, Associated Content Music Video Spotlight: One Night Only - Say You Don't Want It Show Links: Copenhagen Cycle Chic, Green LA Girl,Cooking Up a Story,Josh Shipp,Chris Pirillo,Jay Parkinson MD,Kevin Nuut,The Only Magic Left is Art, Rana June Sobhany - Destroy the Silence Sponsor: MyLifScoop.com - Tips for a Connected Lifestyle

It's 7 simple steps to building your online identity, from the planning stages to your public internet presence. We show you how to construct an ID that will last in the constantly changing social web and examples of who's doing it right! Fu of the Week: Ze Frank, iJustine (Justine Ezarik), Chris Brogan Music Video Spotlight: Columbus - Love Machine Discussion: 7 Steps to building your online ID. What's yours? Show Links: GoDaddy, Register.com,Wordpress,MovableType,Amber Mac, Baratunde,Sarah Lane,David Choi,Mike Ambs Sponsor: MyLifeScoop.com - Tips for a Connected Lifestyle

We're finally set up in our spanking new studio in downtown LA! We recently had an awesome conversation with rock music legend Patti Smith to talk about the documentary shot about her life over 11 years. Plus, we have a free Patti Smith book giveaway! Patti Smith: Dream of Life - Official site, PBS POV site about the film, Our full PBS interview with Patti Smith, Dream of Life trailer in HD, Our PBS interview with director Steven Sebring Music Video Spotlight: Because the Night (cover) - by Slanelle from France Giveaway: Twitter @epicfu with your testimonial or a link to a video or a blog post about what Patti Smith's music means to you Submit music videos: Know a great music video we should be watching? Let us know!!!! EPIC FU T-Shirts! International Shipping Available!

In case you've been under a rock, it's a 3D world. In this edition of Epic Fu Film, we talk about people who prefer 3D movies to reality, look at YouTube's foray into 3D, and see an amazing 3D video projection project! Film Fu of the Week: UrbanScreen's 555 Kubik Facade Projection Short Film Spotlight: Re-entry by Tim Maupin - a 3D short thesis film Discussion: 3D: Better Than the Real Thing? Show Links: Avatar, Clash of the Titans, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Gremlins 3, Ghostbusters 3, House of Wax 3D clip, Dial M for Murder clip, The Three Stooges in Spooks, Althouse on Post-Avatar depression, The Week on Post-Avatar depression, CNN on Post-Avatar depression, YouTube's 3D video, IndyMogul's 3D How-To, HouseholdHacker's 3D How-To Submit a Short Film: Know a short film we should be watching? Let us know!!!! EPIC FU T-Shirts! International Shipping Available!

It's the first Epic Fu Music, and just in time! We take a look at the efforts musicians are making to help Haiti, a project pairing street musicians with pop songs, and hear about the songs and albums that changed your life. Music Fu of the Week: The Sixty One - their new visual music discovery site is amazing Music Video Spotlight: Jam Session 2.0 - 8 people with 5 instruments from 4 continents speaking 3 languages for 1 song Discussion: What song or album changed your life? Show Links: Hope for Haiti Now, Wyclef's video for Haiti, Wilco's free concert music, Music for Relief, Playing for Change, Pemba Laka in a Barcelona living room Featured Community: Alexander, Javier, KL7, Julien, LordMMX EPIC FU T-Shirts! International Shipping Available!

We're back with a new season! Today it's our first Epic Fu Film and we are urging Conan O'Brien to take his orange coiffure to the web! Plus we look at film fights, recreated memories, the shortest of shorts, and a one man film studio! It's Epic Fu Film! Film Fu of the Week: Alex Roman and his film The Third & The Seventh Short Film Spotlight: Zombie Zombie (France), Directed by Simon Gesrel and Xavier Ehretsmann Show Links: I'm With CoCo Facebook group, LA Conan rally video, NYC Conan Rally video, Crazy CGI version of the late night battle out of Taiwan, Conan's statement refusing to move his show, Revision3's open letter to Conan, Film Fights, Elliot Malkin's family home video reconstructions, 5 second films, YouTuber brusspup's video illusions Big thanks to HP for sponsoring the relaunch!: Check out the HP Envy! EPIC FU T-Shirts! International Shipping Available!

It's been ages but we're coming back better than ever!!! We'll be posting behind-the-scenes videos leading up to the Jan 21 relaunch for Season 6. If you're in LA, come party with us on Jan 21st -- free drinks all night! Click the "links" tab for all the links! Big thanks to HP and Intel for sponsoring the relaunch!!! Come to our relaunch party with the good folks from Tubefilter! Free drinks all night! http://epicfu.com/party. If you can't make it don't worry -- pour a drink and tune in to http://epicfu.com/live. Big thanks to HP and Intel for sponsoring the relaunch. They will be giving away a free HP Envy and HP Dreamscreen at the party!

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! MIX, Epic Fu on Twitter EPIC FU T-Shirts! International Shipping Available!

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 Big thanks to our sponsor!: Check out the new Puma L.i.f.t. -- Lite Injected Foam Technology -- available at Nordstrom! EPIC FU T-Shirts! International Shipping Available!