Blog
27
Jul
2010
Degrees of Separation
Written by Andy Patterson
http://labs.echonest.com/SixDegrees/
Check this out. Put the name of your favourite band in the first box, and your second best in the second and hit the go button, and it links the two. So, try Del Amitri and The Who, and you get the following:
http://labs.echonest.com/SixDegrees/?start=del+amitri&end=the+who
Very cool, but the Saturday Morning Canasta Club aren’t quite on there yet…..is only a matter of time….
This is brilliant – I love it. I’m also trying to break it…The largest degree of separation I can make so far is 17:
http://labs.echonest.com/SixDegrees/?start=counting+crows&end=muse
Anyone do better?
Comment by Imogen on July 28, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Bum, no, 17 is really good…
Comment by Louise on July 29, 2010 at 4:40 pm
This is seriously addictive!
Managed to get 18 by linking Broken Family Band to Paris Hilton, but I’m not sure that really counts – it’s playing fast and loose with the concept of ‘musician’ when referring to PH, perhaps?
Comment by Sophie on August 2, 2010 at 11:06 am