Episode 109 - George Carlin, Saul Williams, Is Radio Dead? [Discussion]

[marilee]

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!

Watch or download the episode here. (http://revision3.com/epicfu/carlin/)

[rokov]

RIP, George, you will be missed.

Great episode.
Saul Williams and Zadi both made a great points about what it means to sell out. I tend to be one of those people who assumes that anyone who lets their music be used in a commercial is a sell out, but maybe that's not always the case. Also, I'm going to have to try Lang-8. I've made several attempts to learn other languages (everything from books to tapes to Rosetta Stone), but aside from a few words here and there, none of them really stuck. Maybe some social interaction might do the trick. By the way, thanks for featuring my Face Transformer manga pic. :D

[zadi]

Yeah, I think it's a constant struggle as an artist... usually your gut lets you know.

BTW, for ease of use... I'm including the show links here too:


ARTIST OF THE WEEK:
Munk One
more info: http://epicfu.com/1c
http://www.munkone.com

EPIC SPOTLIGHT:
Repetition Kills You by The Black Ghosts
more info: http://epicfu.com/1d
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WR4H8cvHTOE
http://myspace.com/blackghosts
video by: http://myspace.com/skillwizard

CAMPFIRE DISCUSSION:
Is Radio Dead?
http://mix.epicfu.com

SHOW LINKS:
George Carlin on Wikipedia : http://epicfu.com/1e
The "7 words you can't say on TV" bit : http://epicfu.com/1f
Nike commericial using Saul Williams' "List of Demands" : http://epicfu.com/1g
Saul Williams responds : http://epicfu.com/1h
Lang-8 : http://lang-8.com
Salt and Samovar : http://saltandsamovar.com

FLASH GAME CHALLENGE WINNER:
Leadpipe on MIX : http://epicfu.com/1i
Dino Run game thread on MIX : http://epicfu.com/1j

FEATURED MIX MEMBERS, YOUTUBERS, and REV3 FORUMERS:
dcj1291 : http://epicfu.com/1k
Paul Dateh : http://mix.epicfu.com/profile/pauldateh
Salim Dao : http://mix.epicfu.com/profile/salimdao
Rokov : http://epicfu.com/1l
Excalipoor : http://epicfu.com/1m
Matt : http://mix.epicfu.com/profile/iammultivac

CREDITS VIDEO:
Pa Bailar by Bajofondo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=R0sEpDYko6g
http://myspace.com/bajofondomardulce