diff --git a/massranker/state.py b/massranker/state.py
index 1068630..bbecabe 100644
--- a/massranker/state.py
+++ b/massranker/state.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
+import math
 import random
 from collections.abc import Callable
-from datetime import datetime, UTC, timedelta
-from typing import Optional
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 from massranker.elo import expected, elo
 
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ class ItemT(BaseModel):
     name: str
     elo: float
     enabled: bool
+    times_seen: int = Field(default=0)
 
 
 class StateT(BaseModel):
@@ -46,7 +46,22 @@ class StateT(BaseModel):
         if len(possible_entrants) < 2:
             raise ValueError("need at least two things to compare")
 
-        entrants = random.sample(possible_entrants, k=min(len(possible_entrants), 8))
+        # build a sample
+        sample_size = min(len(possible_entrants), 8)
+        if sample_size == len(possible_entrants):
+            entrants = random.sample(possible_entrants, k=sample_size)
+        else:
+            # this is a messy way to take a weighted random sample
+            picked = []
+            while len(picked) < sample_size:
+                remaining_possible_entrants = [i for i in possible_entrants if i not in picked]
+                weights = [1/(e.times_seen + 1) for e in remaining_possible_entrants]
+                for i in random.choices(remaining_possible_entrants, weights=weights, k=sample_size - len(picked)):
+                    if i not in picked:
+                        picked.append(i)
+            random.shuffle(picked)
+            entrants = picked
+
         expected_score = [0.0] * len(entrants)
         score = [0.0] * len(entrants)
 
@@ -61,6 +76,7 @@ class StateT(BaseModel):
 
         for e, entrant in enumerate(entrants):
             entrant.elo = elo(entrant.elo, expected_score[e], score[e])
+            entrant.times_seen += 1
 
     def dump_rankings(self) -> list[tuple[str, int]]:
         return [
diff --git a/massranker/storage.py b/massranker/storage.py
index bcc4548..2a3bb9b 100644
--- a/massranker/storage.py
+++ b/massranker/storage.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Storage(object):
                 """
                 DELETE FROM states 
                 WHERE id NOT IN 
-                (SELECT id FROM states ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 100);
+                (SELECT id FROM states ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 10);
                 """,
             )
             c.execute("COMMIT;")
diff --git a/ontologies/music/names.txt b/ontologies/music/names.txt
index b914de1..c121910 100644
--- a/ontologies/music/names.txt
+++ b/ontologies/music/names.txt
@@ -69,3 +69,106 @@ Song For Dan Treacy - MGMT
 Eyesore - Women
 Paris 1919 - John Cale
 Baby Hotline - Jack Stauber
+Condition Boy - Susumu Hirasawa
+Shutterbugg - Big Boi
+Good King Moggle Mog - ???
+Superman - Goldfinger
+The Chase - Giorgio Moroder
+Oh Klahoma - Jack Stauber
+I'm The President - KNOWER
+Elephant Gun - Beirut
+Atomic Dog - George Clinton
+Oh Ana - Mother Mother
+The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
+Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
+Spanish Stroll - Mink DeVille
+Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie
+Dr. Mabuse - Propaganda
+Paranoid Android - Radiohead
+Idioteque - Radiohead
+There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
+A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours - The Smiths
+This Charming Man - The Smiths
+Youkali - Teresa Stratas & Kurt Weill
+Killing Me Softly With His Song - Fugees
+Shallow - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
+Notjustmoreidlechatter - Paul Lansky
+Fantasy Is Reality - Parliament
+All I Do - Stevie Wonder
+Alabama Song - Kurt Weill
+Drain You - Nirvana
+Swirls - Alex Seropian
+Werewolf - CocoRosie
+Beautiful Boyz - CocoRosie
+Teen Pregnancy - Blank Banshee
+Death of Samantha - Yoko Ono
+Bonnie And Clyde - Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg
+Ella, elle l'a - France Gall
+Marcia Baila - Les Rita Mitsouko
+Your Way - Netsky
+I Wish - Skee-Lo
+Hey Ya! - Outkast
+Roses - Outkast
+Ms. Jackson - Outkast
+Bombs Over Baghdad - Outkast
+Waters of March - Antonio Carlos Jobim
+Gotta Get Up - Harry Nilsson
+Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
+Computer Age - Newcleus
+Popcorn - Gershon Kingsley
+Doctor Worm - They Might Be Giants
+Mermaid Sashimi - Juan Son
+Rock Lobster - The B-52s
+Electric To Me Turn - Bruce Haack
+Ana Ng - They Might Be Giants
+The Alcoholic - Royksopp
+Senior Living - Royksopp
+Smack My Bitch Up - The Prodigy
+Fill Your Heart - David Bowie
+Oh! You Pretty Things - David Bowie
+Little Dark Age - MGMT
+Drain You - Nirvana
+Jugband Blues - Pink Floyd
+Hotel California - Eagles
+Angela - Bob James
+Les Fleurs - Minnie Riperton
+Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel - Townes Van Zandt
+Randy - Justice
+DANCE - Justice
+Canon - Justice
+Eid Ma Clack Shaw - Bill Callahan
+Das Modell - Kraftwerk
+Zum Projekt - Paniq
+Rattengift - Paniq
+Talkin' Like You - Connie Converse
+Playboy of the Western World - Connie Converse
+Laura - Bat For Lashes
+Breathe - Prodigy
+Didn't You Hear? - Mort Garson
+Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon - Urge Overkill
+The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
+Dear Angie - Badfinger
+Vincent - Don McLean
+American Pie - Don McLean
+Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
+Big Kitten - Feed Me
+Komm, Susser Tod - Arianne
+Misty - Erroll Garner
+Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 - Elvis Costello
+Radio Radio - Elvis Costello
+Long Road Home - Oneohtrix Point Never
+Sexy Sadie - The Beatles
+Money Don't Matter 2 Night - Prince
+Fanfare for naran ratan - naran ratan
+Plantasia - Mort Garson
+Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers
+Promises I've Made - Emitt Rhodes
+Harakiri - Serj Tankian
+Ordinary Joe - Terry Callier
+Red Alert - Basement Jaxx
+Rock 'n' Roll Suicide - David Bowie
+Where's Your Head At? - Basement Jaxx
+Strangers - The Kinks
+High On A Rocky Ledge - Moondog
+Starman - David Bowie
+Born Slippy - Underworld
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