January 22, 2004
musicplasma
pretty sweet idea - type in a band name and see what it's connected to (it also brings up a nice discography. a nice possible way of finding new music.
examples: built to spill yeilds a one degree connection to modest mouse, unsurprisingly, and a nice 4 degrees of separation from Dr. Demento. Yes!
Thin Lizzy --> Phil Lynott --> Temple of the Dog (??!!)
Angels of Light --> Gary Numan --> Kraftwerk (Hmm.)
(warning, the site is slow, but still faster than friendster).
no info on the site about how these networks are articulated...but they seem pretty accurate for the most part (type in anybody on sub-pop or matador, and you're likely to get the entire label's catalog within 1 degree.)
Link via my homegirl janet lin
Posted by will at January 22, 2004 11:47 AMComments
Here's a similar site that I posted back in Oct.
Works not only for music but books, movies, and websites.
Posted by: brad at January 22, 2004 12:57 PM
Huh, looked up Crystal Meth and got Underworld, Orbital and Jack Dangers. This is kinda cool. I like it cause it's node based, and it allows me to see what else is in the universe around it, so to speak.
Posted by: Mike at January 22, 2004 01:27 PM
yeah, I like gnod, but I like the cool visulation on musicplasma. pnod is probably better for certain things though
Posted by: will at January 22, 2004 01:46 PM
very cool.
Posted by: Stephanie at January 22, 2004 10:12 PM
i still swear it must be parsing amazon on the fly. i have yet to be industrious enough to prove this theory.
Posted by: tripp at January 23, 2004 12:17 PM
