The answers reveal more about taste than any algorithm.
What's In My Bag has been running on Amoeba's YouTube channel since 2007. Almost 1,000 episodes of musicians, actors, filmmakers and athletes pulling records out of their shopping bags, on camera, in a record store in Hollywood. We logged every pick.
Who made this?
Seba. Designer in Zurich, Switzerland. Worked at Last.fm in the late-2000s, some work for Ninja Tune, Warp, BMG and others. Ran a DIY concert series called “Elmo Delmo” with a couple of friends. Always trusted someone's recommendation over an algorithm. Built this archive because that habit never went away.
Technology
Episodes were fetched from Amoeba's website and parsed into structured data. Each pick was matched against Apple Music to get canonical metadata. Duplicate editions — remasters, deluxe versions — were collapsed to a single canonical entry. Episode dates come from YouTube's API. Wikipedia summaries are fetched on demand and cached.
- Pipeline
- Python · SQLite
- Metadata
- Apple Music
- Interface
- Flask · Jinja2
- Rendering
- Server-side
Disclaimer
This is an unofficial fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Amoeba Music in any way. All episode content — picks, videos, and the What's In My Bag name — belongs to Amoeba Music. This archive exists purely to make their publicly available data more browseable. If you enjoy what you find here, go buy something at Amoeba.
Album metadata and cover art are sourced from Apple Music. Audio previews are 30-second clips provided by Apple Music.