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+Scaruffi
+========
+
+Get some data from scaruffi.com from Python. Work in progress (i.e. abandoned).
+
+Piero Scaruffi has written a lot about rock music, jazz, classical, whether it
+is reviews or history. It is a valuable ressource for a variety of reasons and
+this script aims to make data fetching easier for personal usage.