{"id":527,"date":"2008-07-18T06:48:13","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T11:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/?p=527"},"modified":"2008-07-18T06:48:52","modified_gmt":"2008-07-18T11:48:52","slug":"the-science-of-the-grateful-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/?p=527","title":{"rendered":"The science of the Grateful Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" \/><meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\" \/><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/><meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/>\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cmullinsj%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\" \/><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"State\"><\/o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" name=\"place\"><\/o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:WordDocument>   <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:PunctuationKerning\/>   <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>   <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>   <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>   <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>   <w:Compatibility>    <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>    <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>    <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>    <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>    <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">  <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object  classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object>\n\n\n<style> st1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--> <\/p>\n<style><span><!--  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.<span>MsoNormal<\/span>, <span>li<\/span>.<span>MsoNormal<\/span>, div.<span>MsoNormal<\/span> \t{<span>mso<\/span>-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0cm; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \t<span>mso<\/span>-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \t<span>mso<\/span>-<span>fareast<\/span>-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";} @page Section1 \t{size:595.3pt 841.9pt; \tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; \t<span>mso<\/span>-header-margin:35.4pt; \t<span>mso<\/span>-footer-margin:35.4pt; \t<span>mso<\/span>-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --&amp;gt; <\/span><\/style>\n\n<!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n\n<style>  \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0cm; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;} <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/grateful-dead.jpg\" title=\"Grateful Dead\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/grateful-dead.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Grateful Dead\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good to see that Deadheads are alive and well at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. In the heart of one of the world's most secret weapons labs, these guys are hard at work developing a science of the Grateful Dead, the 60s psychedelic band that played together until 1995. Today, they take the world of theoretical physics by storm with their results.<\/p>\n<p>Marko Rodriguez from the Center for Non-Linear Studies at Los Alamos and a couple of pals have studied the listening behaviour of Grateful Dead fans using statistics from the online music service last.fm. They then compare the number of times songs were downloaded\u00a0 to the number of times they were played in concert. (The vast majority of Grateful Dead releases were recorded live at concerts so in many cases these really are the actual songs played at concerts.)<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez and co report a strong correlation but not a perfect one. This prompts them to ask why the correlation isn't perfect and to answer the question with a detailed analysis of changes in the band and the nature of the songs themselves (although why they expect the correlation to be perfect, they don't say).<\/p>\n<p>The team says the work gives an unprecedented insight into American concert tour culture and the bands that bring this culture to fruition. If you're a Deadhead you might agree.<\/p>\n<p>We can only hoping that Los Alamos has an equally dedicated team down the corridor working on the traumatic break up of the Swedish supergroup Abba.<\/p>\n<p>Ref: <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/0807.2466\">arxiv.org\/abs\/0807.2466<\/a>: A Grateful Dead Analysis: The Relationship Between Concert and Listening Behavior<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good to see that Deadheads are alive and well at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. 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