Ok, so musicplasma, seems really cool as an experiment in exploring a large body of densely linked information, I really appreciate the interface etc. etc., but it really leads me to some questions about the inferences about music it seems to support:
why is Neil Young less six-degrees of seperation (and usually only one or two) from just about any other act?
why is Neil Young's orb so much larger than Bob Dylans?
I love Neil Young and all, but still.
What's worse, why is Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros so much larger than The Clash?
The answer is probably that the data source is derive from Amazon and ultimately from buying patterns and that buying patterns are driven by more than just popularity and quality. For instance, those artisits who've recently issued new releases will tend to be over weighted etc.
I really appreciate that Fountains of Wayne is so much larger than Counting Crows. This gives me hope.
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