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  • The gnoosic game

    Okay, let's try something new.

    At http://www.gnoosic.com/ is a site where you feed in three bands you like and based on those it suggests nine bands you might like, based on previous suggestions by users and suchlike. So, I punch in three bands I like and, based on the bands I get, your job is to tell me the bands I fed in. None of the bands I gave is unknown on the fan-club-of-three-people-and-a-dog-in-Idaho level, but none of them's sold on the Nirvana level, either.

    So, I give you:

    The Strokes
    The White Stripes
    The Hives
    A Perfect Circle
    Cocteau Twins
    Placebo
    Breeders
    Belle & Sebastian
    Dead Can Dance

    And you tell me the three bands I fed in to get those results. To make it a bit easier, I'll tell everyone how many bands they got correct. Not which bands, of course, no point in making it too easy. And the first person to get all three right gets to feed in three of his favorite bands and the routine starts again! Hooray!
    "Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self." - Dennis Kucinich, candidate for the U. S. presidency
    "That’s the future of the Democratic Party: providing Republicans with a number of cute (but not that bright) comfort women." - Adam Yoshida, Canada's gift to the world

  • #2
    hmmmm, I got only one result
    strange
    Stop Quoting Ben

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    • #3
      I won't know yours.

      Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, and Moody Blues yielded

      Carly Simon , Stevie Nicks (duh) , Pretenders , Sue Foley (I didn't recognize, today), Paul Young (ditto), 883 (ditto ditto), Jim Croce , John Denver (uhhh, no), America (yeah, I guess so), Cat Stevens , James Taylor .

      The majority listed, I liked.
      A few I didn't recognize, I'll check out.
      Cool link, Stefu.
      Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
      "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
      He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Boshko
        hmmmm, I got only one result
        strange
        When you click on one of three links at the bottom (I like it/don't like it/don't know it) you'll get another suggestion.

        Edit: oh, and I tried several combinations of bands. Most I either knew and liked, or didn't know (well, maybe knew the name, but not the music)...

        Anyone heard of Autopulver?
        Civilization II: maps, guides, links, scenarios, patches and utilities (+ Civ2Tech and CivEngineer)

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        • #5
          Boshko is such a squirrel.
          Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
          "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
          He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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          • #6
            And Stefu...

            How about The Pixies, Pavement and The Vines?
            Civilization II: maps, guides, links, scenarios, patches and utilities (+ Civ2Tech and CivEngineer)

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            • #7
              Two right, Mercator.
              "Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self." - Dennis Kucinich, candidate for the U. S. presidency
              "That’s the future of the Democratic Party: providing Republicans with a number of cute (but not that bright) comfort women." - Adam Yoshida, Canada's gift to the world

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              • #8
                For the life of me, I can't find a third band.
                (I'm pretty sure The Pixies and Pavement are the right ones, though)
                Civilization II: maps, guides, links, scenarios, patches and utilities (+ Civ2Tech and CivEngineer)

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                • #9
                  The Ramones... now guess...


                  Stefu this game is impossible!
                  "An archaeologist is the best husband a women can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her." - Agatha Christie
                  "Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis." - Seneca

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                  • #10
                    Tool
                    "I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
                    ^ The Poly equivalent of:
                    "I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the Mooninite

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                    • #11
                      Pixies, Pavement, and... Dead Kennedys?

                      Ehhhh?
                      "I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?" -Frank Zappa
                      "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice."- Thomas Paine
                      "I'll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours." -Bob Dylan

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                      • #12
                        I put Official Governments, Nadezda Babkina ( ), and Soviet Red Army Choir, and i got:

                        MEGADETH

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                        • #13
                          the number of bands you get isn't always 9
                          "I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
                          ^ The Poly equivalent of:
                          "I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the Mooninite

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                          • #14
                            I had:

                            Massive Attack
                            Portishead
                            Tricky
                            Bjork
                            Chemical Brothers
                            Fatboy Slim
                            The Prodigy
                            Daft Punk
                            Crystal Method
                            Blur
                            Morcheeba
                            Moby

                            Now, who'd I pick?
                            "I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
                            ^ The Poly equivalent of:
                            "I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the Mooninite

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                            • #15
                              Toby Keith
                              Travis Tritt
                              George Strait
                              Trisha Yearwood
                              Lone Star
                              Alabama
                              The Dixie Chicks
                              Shania Twain
                              Vince Gill
                              Faith Hill

                              Who'd I pick?
                              “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                              - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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