diff --git a/admin/Gemfile b/admin/Gemfile
index 74f6a2125..5ec8a3411 100644
--- a/admin/Gemfile
+++ b/admin/Gemfile
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ gem 'bootstrap-will_paginate', '0.0.6'
 gem 'carrierwave', '0.9.0'
 gem 'carrierwave_direct'
 gem 'uuidtools', '2.1.2'
-gem 'bcrypt-ruby', '3.0.1'
 gem 'jquery-rails' # , '2.3.0' # pinned because jquery-ui-rails was split from jquery-rails, but activeadmin doesn't support this gem yet
 gem 'jquery-ui-rails'
 gem 'rails3-jquery-autocomplete'
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/band.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/band.rb
index 72838fad0..ea14cabe5 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/band.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/band.rb
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ module JamRuby
     end
 
     def recent_history
-      recordings = ClaimedRecording.joins(:recording)
-        .where(:recordings => {:band_id => "#{self.id}"})
+      recordings = Recording.where(:band_id => self.id)
         .order('created_at DESC')
         .limit(10)
 
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/feed.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/feed.rb
index b505b71af..43f31c430 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/feed.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/feed.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module JamRuby
       sort ||= 'date'
       raise "not valid sort #{sort}" unless SORT_TYPES.include?(sort)
 
-      start = params[:start]
+      start = params[:start].presence
       if sort == 'date'
         start ||= FIXNUM_MAX
       else
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/music_session_history.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/music_session_history.rb
index 09b6ab5b2..852f73f3f 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/music_session_history.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/music_session_history.rb
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ module JamRuby
       feed.music_session_history = self
     end
 
-    def like_count
-      self.likes.size
-    end
-
     def comment_count
       self.comments.size
     end
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/recording.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/recording.rb
index 7e8ea3ac9..8fc666e0f 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/recording.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/recording.rb
@@ -40,14 +40,6 @@ module JamRuby
       self.band_id = nil if self.band_id == ''
     end
 
-    def like_count
-      self.likes.size
-    end
-
-    def play_count
-      self.plays.size
-    end
-
     def comment_count
       self.comments.size
     end
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb
index 1c4f49700..7ff867717 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/models/user.rb
@@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ module JamRuby
     end
 
     def recent_history
-      recordings = ClaimedRecording.joins(:recording)
-        .where(:recordings => {:owner_id => "#{self.id}"})
+      recordings = Recording.where(:owner_id => self.id)
         .order('created_at DESC')
         .limit(10)
       
diff --git a/web/app/assets/stylesheets/web/recordings.css.scss b/web/app/assets/stylesheets/web/recordings.css.scss
index 45e591aa1..2e3ac9e24 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/stylesheets/web/recordings.css.scss
+++ b/web/app/assets/stylesheets/web/recordings.css.scss
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 
 .recording-slider {
   position:absolute;
-  left:25%;
   top:0px;
 }
 
diff --git a/web/app/views/recordings/show.html.erb b/web/app/views/recordings/show.html.erb
index 82ea6adb5..1eef34c11 100644
--- a/web/app/views/recordings/show.html.erb
+++ b/web/app/views/recordings/show.html.erb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 <% end %>
 
 <div class="landing-band">
-  <% unless @claimed_recording.recording.band.nil? %>
+  <% unless @claimed_recording.recording.band.blank? %>
     <div class="landing-avatar">
       <% unless @claimed_recording.recording.band.photo_url.blank? %>
         <%= image_tag "#{@claimed_recording.recording.band.photo_url}", {:alt => ""} %>
@@ -51,17 +51,20 @@
   <br clear="all" /><%= @claimed_recording.description %><br /><br />
   <div class="w100">
     <div class="recording-controls">
-      <a id="btnPlay" class="left"><%= image_tag "content/icon_playbutton.png", {:width => 20, :height => 20, :alt => ""} %></a>
+      <a id="btnPlayPause" class="left"><%= image_tag "content/icon_playbutton.png", {:id => "imgPlayPause", :width => 20, :height => 20, :alt => ""} %></a>
       <div class="recording-position">
         <div class="recording-time">0:00</div>
         <div class="recording-playback">
           <div class="recording-slider"><%= image_tag "content/slider_playcontrols.png", {:width => 5, :height => 16, :alt => ""} %></div>
         </div>
-        <div class="recording-time">4:59</div>
+        <div id="recordingDuration" class="recording-time"></div>
       </div>
-      <div class="recording-current">1:23</div>
+      <div class="recording-current">0:00</div>
+      <audio controls preload="none" style="display:none;">
+        <source src="<%= @claimed_recording.mix.mp3_url %>">
+        <source src="<%= @claimed_recording.mix.ogg_url %>">
+      </audio>
     </div>
-
     <div class="left white"><%= @claimed_recording.genre_id.capitalize %></div>
     <div class="right white">
       <span id="spnPlayCount"><%= @claimed_recording.recording.play_count %></span>
@@ -99,9 +102,46 @@
 <% content_for :extra_js do %>
     <script type="text/javascript">
       $(function () {
+          var htmlAudio = $(".recording-controls").find('audio').get(0);
+          var durationInitialized = false;
+
+          function formatTime(time) {
+            var minutes = Math.floor(time / 60);
+            var seconds = Math.floor(time % 60);
+            return minutes.toString() + ":" + (seconds > 9 ? seconds.toString() : '0' + seconds.toString()); 
+          }
+
           var showRecording = new JK.ShowRecording(JK.app);
           showRecording.initialize("<%= @claimed_recording.id %>", "<%= @claimed_recording.recording_id %>");
-      })
+
+          // this calculates the original 
+          $(htmlAudio).on('timeupdate', function() {
+            if (!durationInitialized) {
+              $("#recordingDuration").html(formatTime(htmlAudio.duration));
+              durationInitialized = true;
+            }
+            var percentComplete = (htmlAudio.currentTime / htmlAudio.duration) * 100;
+            $(".recording-slider").css({'left': percentComplete + '%'});
+            $(".recording-current").html(formatTime(htmlAudio.currentTime));
+
+            // reset icon to play and slider to far left when done
+            if (percentComplete === 100) {
+              $("#imgPlayPause").attr('src', '/assets/content/icon_playbutton.png');
+              $(".recording-slider").css({'left': 0 + '%'});
+            }
+          });
+
+          $("#btnPlayPause").click(function() {
+            if (htmlAudio.paused) {
+              htmlAudio.play();
+              $("#imgPlayPause").attr('src', '/assets/content/icon_pausebutton.png');
+            }
+            else {
+              htmlAudio.pause();
+              $("#imgPlayPause").attr('src', '/assets/content/icon_playbutton.png');
+            }
+          });
+      });
     </script>
 <% end %>
 
diff --git a/web/app/views/shared/_landing_sidebar.html.erb b/web/app/views/shared/_landing_sidebar.html.erb
index ab14d09fc..673acebf7 100644
--- a/web/app/views/shared/_landing_sidebar.html.erb
+++ b/web/app/views/shared/_landing_sidebar.html.erb
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 
   <% recent_history.each do |history_record| %>
     
-    <% if history_record.instance_of? ClaimedRecording %>
+    <% if history_record.instance_of? Recording %>
       <div class="grey f16">
         <em><%= history_record.created_at.strftime("%b #{history_record.created_at.day.ordinalize}") %>:</em>
       </div>
       <div class="f16">
         <span class="orange"><strong>RECORDING:</strong></span>
-        <a recording-id="<%= history_record.id %>" hoveraction="recording" href="/recordings/<%= history_record.id %>" class="white">Test</a>
+        <a recording-id="<%= history_record.claimed_recordings.first.id %>" hoveraction="recording" href="/recordings/<%= history_record.claimed_recordings.first.id %>" class="white"><%= history_record.claimed_recordings.first.name %></a>
       </div>
+      <div class="f13 lightgrey"><%= history_record.claimed_recordings.first.description %></div>
 
     <% elsif history_record.instance_of? MusicSessionHistory %>
       <div class="grey f16">
@@ -31,9 +32,9 @@
           <span class="grey">Session Ended. Unavailable.</span>
         <% end %>
       </div>
+      <div class="f13 lightgrey"><%= history_record.description %></div>
     <% end %>
     
-    <div class="f13 lightgrey"><%= history_record.description %></div>
     <% if history_record != recent_history.last %>
       <br /><br />
     <% end %>