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Jim Morrison

Here we go again. This time we will talk about Jim Morrison, singer and lyricist of The Doors. He is one of the most iconic men in the rock history, but I want to point you to his poet side. Did you know Morrison improvised poetry while the band was playing live?.

Again I counted the words of all of their lyrics and spread over a well know portrait of Morrison. Bigger is more used. The beggining of the word list and it’s hits: love (96),yeah (61),tell (56),run (51),girl (47),see (47),come (44),know (44),time (43),baby (41),night (41),get (39),back (38),like (37),one (37),please (37),now (36),end (35),little (35),blue (34),people (30),can (27),make (27),waiting (27),change (26),children (25),oh (25),streets (25),town (25),way (25),got (24),live (24),look (24),sun (24),eyes (23),risin’ (23),go (22),right (22),well (22),woman (22),c’mon (21),good (21),man (21),take (21),free (20),moon (20),blood (19),follow (19),friend (19),l’america (19),must (19),ride (19),want (19),break (18),city (18),dead (18),gone (18),lies (18),listen (18),need (18),soon (18),strange (18),world (18),snake (17),summer (17)…

And again “love” is the first one.

He used it only in six songs, but “little girl” is the most commonly used two words combo, with 16 hits.

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This is the end Jim… Wild soul we will miss forever.

Palabra de Zapatero

Después de casi 8 años de gobierno es hora de saber que nos ha venido diciendo Zapatero durante todo este tiempo.

Realmente la política no es algo que me guste, pero sin embargo es una fuente inagotable de información ‘cuidadosamente diseñada’ a la que creo interesante poder ver desde un ángulo diferente.

Así que he analizado 1.152 intervenciones de José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Las he tomado de la mejor fuente posible, la web oficial de La Moncloa, las he ordenado cronológicamente y he dejado exclusivamente las palabras que ha dicho el propio Zapatero, eliminado cualquier otra intervención. Dicho de una manera más simple, solo analizo lo que ha salido de su boca.

Entre estas intervenciones se encuentran discursos, entrevistas, declaraciones, conferencias de prensa e intervenciones parlamentarias.  Un batiburrillo que quizás merezca  la pena disgregar en el futuro, ya que no es lo mismo una respuesta a un periodista que un discurso preparado con tiempo (obviamente este último es mucho más interesante).

Para el análisis primero he realizado un cómputo real de las palabras con ayuda de un lematizador (que permite sumar palabras basándose en su raíz, por ejemplo: país=países, económica=económicos, etc…). En este proceso se descartan las palabras que no tiene valor significativo, como por ejemplo: el, la, por, etc… Con los datos obtenidos he reconstruido las distintas visualizaciones, siempre utilizando herramientas propias que supongo ya habéis visto por esta web.

Visualizaciones basadas en Retrato. El algoritmo reconstruye el rostro de Zapatero utilizando las palabras con tamaños proporcionales a las veces que se repiten. De esta manera las que aparecen más grandes son las más utilizadas en las intervenciones. Esta versión difiere ligeramente la de la cabecera del post.

Evolución de las palabras cronológicamente a lo largo de los años de gobierno. Se analizan palabras individuales y combinaciones de dos y tres palabras significativas. Aquí se puede ver cuando la utilización de la palabra ‘crisis’ empieza a ser significativa o como ciertas combinaciones nacen y mueren repentinamente, por ejemplo ‘sistema financiero internacional’. Ojo, el archivo es de gran tamaño, es mejor descargarlo desde “Guardar enlace como…” o también puedes verla desde este enlace en Zoom.it.

En las siguientes visualizaciones se analizan solo las palabras más cercanas a una palabra objetivo y se representan como una nube. El tamaño de las palabras es proporcional al número de veces que se repite la misma y la distancia al centro es la media de las distancias a dicha palabra de todas las instancias encontradas. ¿Quién diría que la palabra que más aparece junto a ‘familia’ es ‘política’?.

Por último un par de visualizaciones basadas en árboles. Estos se reconstruyen utilizando las palabras con un tamaño proporcional a las veces que se ha utilizado en las intervenciones. Las más utilizadas son las que se colocan primero formando la base del árbol. La forma del árbol es básicamente aleatoria.

Just one more thing…

Peter Falk, the unforgettable Lieutenant Columbo, left us last June… No more heros with battered raincoat. As a tribute (and probably because I want to be part of Columbo, in some way…) I collected around 1.000 reactions people left (in huffingtonpost.com and eonline.com) after his dead, and recreated his portrait with the most commonly used words.

Do you know that Columbo’s scriptwriters, William Link and Richard Lewison, admitted they based most of the character of Lieutenant Columbo on Falk himself?.

The beginning of the single word list: falk (471), columbo (398), one (389), peter (338), great (297), rip (293),loved (256), actor (213), missed (212)…

If we count three words combo: just one more thing (71), rip peter falk (23), loved peter falk (18),one of my all time favorite (16)…

Wait Peter!, don’t leave!… just one more thing…

U2 by colours

I really think U2 is more than a band… They aren’t just musician, since 1980s the Irish group have worked to address issues concerning social injustice.

For this illustration I took more than two hundred lyrics from the band website http://www.u2.com/ and counted all the words. Then I spread all the words over a portrait of Bono. I want to make a little tribute to his various charity and philanthropic campaigns by using the colours of the peace flag randomly in the letters.

The font is one of the most commonly used their cover artworks.

Again “love” in the most used word by far. Take a look at the beginning of the list: love (526),oh (262),like (239),know (236),go (219),come (214),day (174),can (173),see (170),one (149),need (139),want (132),feel (131),heart (129),away (121),get (119),got (117),say (113),walk (112),now (109),take (108),night (107),time (106),man (105),give (96),run (90),back (89),baby (87),make (87),yeah (86),just (82),way (82),look (81),sky (80),thing (78),fall (74),tonight (69),still (68),believe (66),boy (66),light (66),eyes (65),sing (65),sun (63),song (62),turn (62),world (62),girl (61),new (59),around (58),high (58),find (56),hold (56),blue (54),long (51),tell (51),place (50),shadows (50),call (49),face (46),head (46),waiting (46),heartbreak (45),rain (45),room (45),ain’t (44),name (44),shake (44),soul (44),try (44),talk (43),black (42),never (42),nothing (42),god (41),gun (41),happiness (41),last (41),star (41)…

Download PDF: JO-D-110901-Bono01

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Another illustration with horizontal text.

Download PDF: JO-D-110901-Bono02

Words for Amy

It was a sad lost of a talented yougn woman. For this illustration I took more than 4.000 comments people left after dead of Amy Winehouse in huffingtonpost.com.

Donwload vector base pdf file: JO-D-110816-Amy01

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Most commonly used words: sad (1047),amy (986),talent (804),drugs (706),addiction (624),one (515),peace (498),just (473),people (469),rip (461),life (450),like (380),family (376),hope (337),music (332),now (330),loved (325),can (320),died (317),many (312),know (300),time (296),rest (288),get (284),winehouse (279),young (277),go (272),surprised (260),live (253),think (247),death (243),really (242),much (239),great (237),make (235),way (227),friends (222),say (219),years (219),see (217),may (215),voice (205),never (199),soul (197),coming (194),help (193),waste (193),find (181),another (175),tragic (173),person (170),rehab (168),someone (167),good (166),take (166),well (165),sorry (162),feel (160),try (159),want (154),even (150),fans (150),joplin (147),still (147),alcohol (146),always (145),back (144),said (142),happen (141),shame (140),thing (139),missed (138),artist (135),bad (133)…

If you want the most used two (relevant) words combo: rest in peace (227),rip amy (204),amy winehouse (170),find peace (82),janis joplin (81),family and friends (74),drug addiction (71),great talent (70),jim morrison (61),peace amy (53),kurt cobain (52),peace now (48),jimi hendrix (46),drugs and alcohol (43),may she rest (43),loved ones (40),back to black (37),young woman (37),waste of talent (36),go to rehab (35),years ago (35),god bless (33),died at age (30),drug use (30),many people (30),much talent (30),brian jones (29),found peace (28),long time (28),may you find (27),saw this coming (27),see this coming (27),die young (26),family member (26),loved her music (26),sad news (26),hope she finds (25),incredible talent (25),well said (25),get help (24)…

Also counting three words: may she rest in peace (42),rest in peace amy (42),may you find peace (23),hope she finds the peace (18),make me go to rehab (17),rip amy winehouse (17),tried to make me go (15),talented young woman (14),heart goes out to her family (13),love is a losing game (13),finally find the peace (12),just a matter of time (12),hope she has found peace (11),hope she is at peace now (11),drug and alcohol addiction (10),finally found peace (9),find peace now (9),now amy winehouse (9),go to rehab but she said (8),may her soul rest (8),rest in peace now (8),waste of a great talent (8),alcohol and drug addiction (7),drug and alcohol abuse (7),family and loved ones (7),hit rock bottom (7),hope she has finally found (7),hope she is finally at peace (7),may god bless (7),musicians dying at age (7),another great talent (6)…

Another version of the same illustration.

Download pdf: JO-D-110816-Amy02

One more.

Download pdf: JO-D-110816-Amy03

Goodbye Amy!


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