diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 node_modules
+static/mp3/*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+trying to implement https://github.com/staskobzar/vue-audio-visual
+
+component src/components/Waveform <av-bars :audio-src="episode"> renders
+correctly if the episode variable is passed as a string, but does not
+update onChange even though loadEpisode changes this.episode
+
+wtf!