Show HN: Trailer Swift

[ptk921]

Built on the road from Seattle to SXSW. Rails, heroku, backbone, bootstrap. Location data from Google Latitude.

TODO: incorporate some lightweight analytics so we can work on new Trailer Swift records.

[tunesmith]

I just listened to Looking Back (http://heymarseilles.com/media/) - Just curious - does anyone know if there's actually a name for that kind of vocal styling and where/when it came from?

I don't think I ever hear people talking like that - it seems to be a specific affectation only for singing. I think the first time I heard it was Michael Stipe in REM? But it's spread since then - the Decemberists, Alanis Morissette, and a bunch of indies since then. It's like a specific sort of dipthong.

Has anyone written about it?

[ISL]

Upvoted for the name alone. Good luck!

[pstinnett]

Neat - I built something similar that uses the Songkick API and LeafletJS. Not quite as polished as yours though!

http://bandroute.cc/

[theory11]

Very cool. Several months ago, there was an AMAZING tour tracking site posted here that showed the tour journey of a specific band I'm forgetting. Does anyone remember what that was?

[afarrell]

Your pin for Northampton is mislocated. Northampton is on the Connecticut River in western MA, not north of Boston. Here: https://maps.google.com/maps?42.31912,-72.63175

[thisone]

looks like someone got the town name wrong. The pin is located at North Hampton (which is the town name they list), though the venue is indeed in Northampton.

[dewey]

As someone already pointed out, the links "Get the record", "Facebook",... are broken:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'get' of undefined application-8130dec2a6ff8caaab43fef0b7232c61.js

[ptk921]

Thx. last minute changes...

[romainberger]

Nice, but there are js errors (tested Chrome Canary) when clicking on the links in the bottom left corner

[seefoma]

Cool. I do find myself wishing the map didn't scroll with the info on the left though.

[ptk921]

I agree. Thx.

[themstheones]

Why did you go through Houston instead of DFW? The latter is way cooler.

[geuis]

Need to include some information about what this is for. I just see the map with check marks and a truck pulling a wagon.