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Shanghaiist asked its contributors (and a few "music people" in town) to list their five favorite albums released (or yet-to-be released) somewhere in the world in 2006. Got a list of your own? Submit your favorite 2006 music as a comment to this post. Enjoy!

Yes, they are cheap. But Shanghai buses are often overcrowded and overhot. They are also slow, and Shanghaiist is already habitually late. Now we have another excuse for not getting on the bus -- they keep bursting into flames. Thursday afternoon, an hour before rush hour, a No. 920 bus caught fire on Huaihai Zhong Lu, one of the city's busiest streets, near Sinan Lu. Flames engulfed the bus, destroying it and stopping traffic for more than 30 minutes. Amazingly, there were no reported injuries. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. This was the second bus fire in Shanghai is less than a week. On Saturday, a No. 715 bus caught fire at the intersection of Xizang Nan Lu and Fangxie Lu in Huangpu District. Again, no injuries were reported.

A stunt man playing the role of a man jumping to his death in the Huangpu River nailed the scene yesterday -- right down to the dying part. Police would not provide the man's name, only saying that the man was in his 50s ... and that he was dead. The accident occured near Huishan Dock on the north end of The Bund in Hongkou District shortly after 4 pm during filming of a new television show called Yuhuo Fenghuang (Phoenix in Flames) helmed by prolific Hong Kong director Wong Jing (pictured) -- responsible for Lord of the Wu Tang, Naked Killer and many, many movies with the word "Gambler" in the title.