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We didn't end up going to Live Earth Shanghai, but we did manage to find this video on YouTube, where a bunch of Live Earth videos from around the world have been uploaded.

As we get closer to July 7, the day of Al Gore’s Live Earth concert, more info has popped-up on the official artist line-up in Shanghai:

Enduring eight straight days of work ahead of the Golden week? Take this opportunity to let off some steam and get out and hit what Shanghaiist thinks that Shanghai has to offer before you either vamoose out of town or bunker down to avoid the May 1st Holiday crush.

That's what we get for buying tickets right in front of the speakers. But the hearing loss was worth it — The Legendary Roots Crew, the hip hop band from Philly, put on a damn good show. And yes, they even did a brief Led Zeppelin cover (and A Tribe Called Quest and Biz Markie and many others). But for the most part, Black Thought, ?uestlove, Hub, Kamal Gray, F. Knuckles and Captain Kirk Douglas rocked their originals, and the seemingly capacity crowd at Yunfeng Theater (packed predominately with expats) loved it. The musician solos were intense — the boys can play. Also a highlight was Black Thought's uncanny ability to work the word "Shanghai" into just about every song they performed. After their two-plus-hour show, The Roots hung around on stage, shook hands, signed autographs, posed for photos and hurled autographed drumsticks into the crowd. No injuries were reported.

think. It just made us wonder: if it were up to the -ist-a-verse, what would we be voting for?

Last night, we separately witnessed two of the best gigs we’ve seen in a long, long time -- and the good news is that they’re both playing again.

Austinist makes it easy for us, with Candidate on a Civic Building, Blank on a Blank, and Penguins on a Freeway (warning: sad).

With the new railway and direct flights not far down the pipeline, it's easier than ever to get to Lhasa. And if you're ever feeling homesick, you might feel better upon seeing the "Pink Parlours" of Lhasa. On a lonely night on the rooftop of the world, a visit there just might take you back to those days when you were a Shanghai Ulysses navigating the treacherous waters of Fumin Lu, trying your best to resist the call of the blowzy mini-skirted siren that beckon you. The American photographer Sarah Schorr has documented some of the prostitutes that live and work in Lhasa. It seems that these are among the many changes that economic progress -- ten percent annual growth -- has brought to Lhasa and Tibet in recent years.

Since Shanghaiist kicked off in July this year, we've inflicted opinion after opinion on you, our faithful readership. Here comes a whole bunch more.

Strumming her banjo and singing in English and Chinese, Abigail Washburn performed traditional American music last night at the Cotton Club with three esteemed bandmates. Playing a mix of bluegrass, country, gospel and old-time music, the former Beijing resident was joined by eight-time Grammy winner Béla Fleck who is considered the best banjo player in the world. With Casey Driessen on the fiddle and Ben Sollee on the cello, the packed club audience enjoyed a musical treat of a quality rarely found in Shanghai.