gistfile1.txt

        # ok, let's filter artist names based on bigram occurrence
        bigrams = ss_vector[:6]
        if len(bigrams) == 6:
          like1 = '%%s%%s%%%s%' % (bigrams[0], bigrams[2], bigrams[4])
          like2 = '%%s%%s%%%s%' % (bigrams[1], bigrams[3], bigrams[5])
          db.execute('select a.id as artist_id, a.name as artist_name from artists a where a.name like %s;', (like1,))
          likes1 = db.fetchall()
          db.execute('select a.id as artist_id, a.name as artist_name from artists a where a.name like %s;', (like2,))
          likes2 = db.fetchall()
          uniq_likes = uniq(likes1+likes2, 'artist_id')
          res['artists'] = _artists