oldhaven/app/models/music/artist.rb

class Artist < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :albums, :conditions => ['has_pic = 1'], :order => 'year ASC', :dependent => :destroy
  has_many :artist_links, :dependent => :destroy
  has_many :artist_aliases, :dependent => :destroy
  has_many :tracks, :through => :track_artists
  
  after_initialize :prepare_description
  
  def status_str
    %w(loading ok fail)[self.status]
  end

private
  
  def prepare_description
    self.desc.gsub!(/[\[<].*?[\]>]/, '') unless self.desc.nil?
  rescue
    # WTF?!
  end
end