«What three years and 75,000 shows in New York tell us about the chance your favorite band will succeed.» Interesting visual essay with stunning graphics.

From Weekly Filet #225, in January 2017.

The unlikely odds of making it big

The Pudding

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Here’s every total solar eclipse happening in your lifetime.

The Washington Post

The Hoanhiêu

Bandcamp

Olafur Arnalds – For Now I Am Winter

Hypem

Glastonbury 2017

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