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We emailed indie-music bible Pitchfork Media about the Dirty Three story we told you about last week. They went and interviewed the band's violinist Warren Ellis, who said Shanghai gave him "one of the most exciting moments I have ever had onstage" (OK, so it was more an "afraid for my life" excitement than a "holy shit, Shanghai's music scene is awesome" excitement -- but we'll take what we can get). We were not really surprised to learn that certain officials threatened to cancel the Dirty Three gig before it even happened, because they assumed, from the band's name, that it was a "pornographic act." They wanted the Aussie chamber rock trio to go by the name "Dirt Three" while in Shanghai, but when they found out the band had no lyrics, Dirty Three got the go ahead. Here are some of Ellis' comments on the night:

Shanghaiist has fond memories of ritualistic post-swimming-practice trips to the Dairy Queen for a Peanut Buster Parfait. We remember these trips being almost a daily occurence. Oh, to be young again in the pre-mandatory-nutrition-information-labels United States! Our metabolism now is not quite what it was when we were 8, so we'll have to make our trips to Shanghai's three Dairy Queens much less frequent. Wait -- Shanghai has three Dairy Queens? You betcha. All of them are new this year. No more traveling to Beijing just for a Blizzard! (Shanghaiist never did that ... and if we did, we wouldn't admit it.)