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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:

The band, scheduled to perform at 7:30 with an end time around 9:30, was bumped up to accommodate a double booking with a Chinese acrobat show intended to entertain "distinguished guests" both of the governmental, business and tourist variety, said the Yunfeng Theatre manager.