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Author: ira
Date: 05-28-10 08:05
in case anyone needs a time killer this weekend
http://labs.echonest.com/SixDegrees/index
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Author: Michael Toland
Date: 05-28-10 11:05
I put in the Church (with whom I'm going through one of my periodic obsessions) and John Mayer, thinking that would stump it. Lo and behold, it made a connection. It took 11 steps, but I'm amazed it found one at all.
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Author: Nile
Date: 05-28-10 13:13
Delvin wrote:
> I stumped it:
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> "Can't find a path from Liberace to Einstürzende Neubauten"
It can't find a path to almost ANYONE from Liberace. Hell, it couldn't find a path from Liberace to Barbra Streisand...and Liberace helped her out by bringing her on as his opening act in Vegas back in 1963.
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Author: zoo
Date: 05-28-10 13:42
Yup, it ain't flawless.
It doesn't have a lot of the early Split Enz guys in the database (Emlyn Crowther, Mike Chunn, Rob Gillies, etc). I tried to find a path from Mike Chunn to Tim Finn, and it said it couldn't find Mike Chunn. I tried "Michael" but that didn't work either. So, I went with Noel Crombie instead, and it correctly identified him and Finn as both members of Split Enz. Strangely, though, it took two steps. You'd think it would take just one.
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Author: blasmo
Date: 05-28-10 13:53
Are they going just by musicians? Or are they using producers? I used to play "Six Degrees of Peter Buck" with people.
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Author: Delvin
Date: 05-28-10 14:05
It couldn't find a path from David Bowie to Soupy Sales, either. I was a bit disappointed.
But it went from the Andrea True Connection to GWAR in 16 steps! Can anyone find a longer path?
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Author: Delvin
Date: 05-28-10 14:10
If you type in classical composers, it does work. So far, I've gone from Beethoven to the Boredoms in 28 steps.
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Author: Michael Toland
Date: 05-28-10 17:21
What's funny to me is that sometimes it takes a longer route than it needs to. I put in Dream Theater to Sex Pistols and got this:
http://labs.echonest.com/SixDegrees/index?start=dream+theater&end=sex+pistols
When all it really needed to do was go from DT to DT guitarist John Petrucci, who played on the G3 tour with Steve Vai, who played on PiL's Album, led by John Lydon, who was of course in the Pistols.
It also insists that Jules Shear was a member of Til Tuesday, which is throwing some of the connections off.
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Author: Delvin
Date: 05-28-10 17:42
Seven steps from J.S. Bach to Lady GaGa. Who would've guessed that such drastic musical degeneration could require so few steps?
Ha-ha! Six steps from Mariah Carey to Drew Carey. Also six from Richard Marx to Groucho.
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Author: Delvin
Date: 05-28-10 17:49
Hmmm, it takes nine steps to get from Metallica to Prince, but only six to go the opposite direction. (I guess James and Lars still are arguing about every step their band takes.)
Ira, thank you for providing so much amusement today!
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Author: totaji
Date: 05-28-10 18:10
17 steps from Soulside to Steely Dan
13 steps from Cyndi Lauper to GG Allin (and it doesn't include Lou Albano!)
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Author: HollowbodyKay
Date: 05-28-10 18:16
Quote:
If you type in classical composers, it does work. So far, I've gone from Beethoven to the Boredoms in 28 steps.
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"Yeah. It's a 28-step program. Step One is admitting you have a problem with Beethoven and The Boredoms."
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Author: zwirnm
Date: 05-28-10 20:23
The Chills to Bob Marley in 12 steps
which is to say, much more easily than:
The Chills to Gustav Mahler in 8 steps
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Author: Michael Toland
Date: 05-28-10 20:44
According to the site, it's 18 steps from Jules Shear to Marty Willson-Piper.
http://labs.echonest.com/SixDegrees/index?start=jules+shear&end=marty+willson-piper
Never mind that MWP accompanied Shear on his album The Third Party...which is the album cover they show.
Is this what's meant by "too clever by half?"
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Author: jcakp
Date: 05-29-10 00:35
i tried using jandek, hoping to stump it... it considers "various artists" an artist... and thus (as a result of those two jandek tribute albums which were recorded by "various artists") i was able to get from jandek to britney spears in three moves (some dude who played on another album made by "various artists" sang on a spears song), but jandek to captain beefheart took ten...
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Author: Brother JB
Date: 05-29-10 15:50
Deicide to Michale Bolton in 10 steps! :)
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RockandRollTribe.com, The Social Network for Veteran Rockers
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Author: Nile
Date: 05-30-10 03:00
HollowbodyKay wrote:
> Rick Astley to Steve Albini in 16 steps!
Otherwise known as the Steve Albini 16 step rickroll.
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Author: HollowbodyKay
Date: 12-27-11 22:14
Slight return.
The thing can't find Wayne County. Just thought you'd all like to know.
http://labs.echonest.com/SixDegrees/index?start=Wayne+County&end=The+Ramones
"Jayne County" stumped it as well. Even though it was only one "easy" step from Wayne to Jayne.
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