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What changed on the site, newest first.

A new look, a new name, and a counting fix

  • The site is now Find the Jam, at findthejam.com.
  • New look: amber on a deep blue-black, with a condensed poster-style headline.
  • The set strips group songs joined by a segue into one rounded group, with a > between them. A sandwich (the same song opening and closing a run) gets its own red outline.
  • Strips now mark inverted songs (bright start) and unfinished songs (ragged end), and a short key explains every shape.
  • Show dates look like ticket stubs, and each card's top edge is colored by drummer era: Sammy, Allen or Marlon.
  • A song that returns later in the same show now counts once, the way BIP counts it. "How many times has Marlon played Spacebird" answers 11 shows, not 21.
  • The home page names the band, and the footer links to Archive.org, Nugs.net and Relisten.
  • On iPhone and iPad the Nugs listen button is hidden, because Nugs release links open in Safari there instead of the app. Archive.org and Relisten links remain.
  • Easier to read: stronger text contrast, bigger tap targets on phones, and less motion if your device asks for it.
  • New About and Release notes pages.

The site goes live

  • Search in plain words: songs, lengths, sandwiches, teases, years, places, drummer eras and musicians.
  • Results read like a setlist, with the songs you asked about highlighted and footnotes for debuts, bust-outs and notes.
  • Every card has a Lengths panel with each set drawn to scale.
  • Answers in sentences: yes or no, how many, first, last, longest.
  • Song lists and stats: most and least played, debuts, covers, average lengths, current gaps and overdue songs, palindrome sets.
  • Listen buttons for Nugs and Archive.org on every show that has a recording, plus Nugs cover art.
  • Ideas & fixes form on every page for wrong lengths, missing teases and new ideas.

The data

  • Every show, setlist, segue and note from the Biscuits Internet Project, back to 1995.
  • Song lengths from Nugs where a release exists, and from Archive.org tapes for older shows. Where a Nugs track holds several songs, the page says so.