The Encyclopedia Project: 'U' and 'V'
To my complete lack of surprise, the two total weeks of music required for the letters 'U' and 'V' weren't even half the weeks needed for 'T'.
Equally unsurprisingly, none of the very few bands played fell into either the "terrible", "great" or "not found" categories. There've been so few "not found" bands thus far that I'm starting to wonder if I just made a mistake when I looked for them - and I know for certain that we've acquired at least two of them since then.
10/06 - U.K., James Blood Ulmer, Underworld
10/13 - ZION
10/20 - U.T.F.O., Van der Graaf Generator, Vanilla Fudge
The letter 'W' is the last "big" letter in the encyclopedia, coming in at almost 50 pages, so I expect it to take a couple of weeks. It's possible that I'll finish the alphabet by the end of 2019. I'd be stunned if I didn't wrap it up by the four year anniversary on Valentine's Day 2020, and the "not in this edition" bands by the end of the spring semester. All of this means I should start thinking about what randomizer I will use for my show going forward (perhaps I'll find another such book), as well as how I want to mark the completion of the project.
155 weeks of music
195 total weeks
22 letters, 1038 pages (93.5% of 1110 pages)
465 bands
+Unusually good bands: 39 (8.3%)
&Unusually terrible bands: 9 (1.9%)
*Could not be found in the library: 8 (1.7%)
Missed shows: 40 total:
-- 28 for travel (14.4% of total weeks)
-- 9 for radio station override
-- 2 intentional choice on my part
-- 1 for forgetting to prep
Longest Letter: ' B' and ' S' - 18 weeks and 54 bands each (not counting weeks not present)
Shortest Letter: ' Q' - 0 weeks, 0 bands.
Equally unsurprisingly, none of the very few bands played fell into either the "terrible", "great" or "not found" categories. There've been so few "not found" bands thus far that I'm starting to wonder if I just made a mistake when I looked for them - and I know for certain that we've acquired at least two of them since then.
10/06 - U.K., James Blood Ulmer, Underworld
10/13 - ZION
10/20 - U.T.F.O., Van der Graaf Generator, Vanilla Fudge
The letter 'W' is the last "big" letter in the encyclopedia, coming in at almost 50 pages, so I expect it to take a couple of weeks. It's possible that I'll finish the alphabet by the end of 2019. I'd be stunned if I didn't wrap it up by the four year anniversary on Valentine's Day 2020, and the "not in this edition" bands by the end of the spring semester. All of this means I should start thinking about what randomizer I will use for my show going forward (perhaps I'll find another such book), as well as how I want to mark the completion of the project.
155 weeks of music
195 total weeks
22 letters, 1038 pages (93.5% of 1110 pages)
465 bands
+Unusually good bands: 39 (8.3%)
&Unusually terrible bands: 9 (1.9%)
*Could not be found in the library: 8 (1.7%)
Missed shows: 40 total:
-- 28 for travel (14.4% of total weeks)
-- 9 for radio station override
-- 2 intentional choice on my part
-- 1 for forgetting to prep
Longest Letter: ' B' and ' S' - 18 weeks and 54 bands each (not counting weeks not present)
Shortest Letter: ' Q' - 0 weeks, 0 bands.