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Title: Omar's recaps?
Post by: wherman on March 18, 2018, 11:02:19 PM
Anyone know what happened to recidivism.org, the website Omar did recaps on?
Title: Re: Omar's recaps?
Post by: fonpr on March 19, 2018, 05:16:46 PM
Recidivism seems to be unavailable. I know there was a virus warning long ago. Pretty sure that was taken care of.

That place was like a vortex the way it sucked you in. First, you'd read the masterful show description (with links) then feel compelled to go back and listen to the entire episode. Wonderfully written. Hugely time-consuming.

Maybe he took it down so he could compile and release it in book form.

He claimed he had written more than a million words devoted to the Best Show.

How many words are there in War and Peace?
Title: Re: Omar's recaps?
Post by: agent_jimmy on March 20, 2018, 09:21:00 AM
yes please bring it back. i went to check something there a few weeks ago and was sad to find it missing. i could spend hours there.
Title: Re: Omar's recaps?
Post by: Omar on March 20, 2018, 02:39:23 PM
The site is dead, but archived. Perhaps the content will resurface somewhere, someday, one never knows now does one.

Title: Re: Omar's recaps?
Post by: Omar on March 21, 2018, 06:57:16 PM
Recidivism seems to be unavailable. I know there was a virus warning long ago. Pretty sure that was taken care of.

The site was attacked many times, mostly by Russians, presumably with the help of Mark Putinberg (I have to pay Spike $5 in royalties every time I use that).

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That place was like a vortex the way it sucked you in. First, you'd read the masterful show description (with links) then feel compelled to go back and listen to the entire episode. Wonderfully written. Hugely time-consuming.

Thanks, Fred!

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He claimed he had written more than a million words devoted to the Best Show.

How many words are there in War and Peace?

W&P = ~587k or ~561k, depending on the edition

Infinite Jest = 543,709
Title: Re: Omar's recaps?
Post by: Scot on March 22, 2018, 12:05:42 AM
Wayback Machine did some scraping ... https://web.archive.org/web/20150117092823/http://www.recidivism.org:80/tbsowfmu (https://web.archive.org/web/20150117092823/http://www.recidivism.org:80/tbsowfmu)
Title: Re: Omar's recaps?
Post by: iamreading on April 03, 2018, 10:04:38 PM
oo i love this recap thing!! good for when we wanna go back and do supercuts nd stuff.

is there any kind of wiki things since http://bestshow.wikia.com/wiki/The_Best_Show_on_WFMU? (http://bestshow.wikia.com/wiki/The_Best_Show_on_WFMU?) would be fun to make notes and stuff about the episodes in a recap/wiki type organized thing!
Title: Re: Omar's recaps?
Post by: dave from knoxville on May 01, 2018, 11:13:44 PM
I know, but it will cost you a nickle to get me to tell.

The site is dead, but archived. Perhaps the content will resurface somewhere, someday, one never knows now does one.