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Join us tonight at the Fillmore, where Sia (one of our favorites) will be headlining. We saw her at the end of last year and the show was definitely fantastic; we highly recommend checking out tonight's show. Her latest album, Some People Have Real Problems, is stellar and has garnered critical success jumping to #26 on the Billboard charts, selling more than 20,000 copies and finishing ahead of fellow press darling Kate Nash (all in the first week of sales). The show starts with Har Mar Superstar at 8pm (doors at 7pm). See you there!

Whoo-hoo indeed! The STAR Listener billboard, featuring Michelle from Oakland is finally no more. After nine or so months (by our calculations), those of us who live and/or work in SOMA or drive by the billboard on 101-South everyday will no longer be subjected to Michelle's...well, looks.

It's that time again. (We can't believe it's already Monday.) As usual, there is great music going on every night of the week so make sure you take the jump to see our daily recommendations. We've been counting down the days to see Sara Bareilles since we heard about this tour back in December. It's here. Finally. Bareilles will be opening for James Blunt in the VH1's "You Oughta Know" tour. There's no way you haven't heard of James Blunt - his single, "You're Beautiful" was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2006. This was the first time a Brit had been in the #1 spot since Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" in 1997. Clearly, everyone knows who James Blunt is. The real question is: Do you know who Sara Bareilles is? We've been spouting praise about this singer/songwriter since we saw her open for Aqualung almost a year ago. We knew she would be big; we just had a feeling. Now with "Love Song" on regular airplay on radio stations nationwide there's a reason she's opening for Blunt in the "You Oughta Know" tour. With high-powered vocals, Bareilles can out-sing most, if not all, of the music industries' pop stars. Not only do we love her rich yet effortless voice, but her clever music is indeed what pop music needs right now. We would never miss her concert and you shouldn't either.

Please change your billboard already.

Sara Bareilles (Bar - rell - is) -- summer's hottest, as they say, new singer/songwriter -- has gained a broad fan base throughout the U.S. via her extensive touring and #1 selling album, Little Voice, on iTunes, resulting in an impressive debut on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart at #45. Praised by critics for its depth and honesty, even Rolling Stone raved "Bareilles' writing voice is uniquely her own." Luckily, we were introduced to Bareilles while covering Aqualung (for our neighbor site, Phillyist) earlier this year at World Cafe Live. We were so impressed with her singing ability, stage presence, and songwriting, we just had to get in touch with her to learn her secrets and get to know her a bit better.

Perez Hilton already commented on this eons ago, but when you see it in your own backyard, it’s just that much more depressing. Way back when sitcoms were taped before a live studio audience, who would’ve thought Jennifer Aniston would be hawking bottled still water today. Sparkling water would’ve at least been a step in the right direction. We don’t know why, but this saddens up deeply, which is horrifying....

that we want to kill anyone and everyone that makes a "something on a something" joke. But then we realized that there was no way we could ever win this fight, and, hell, if you can't beat them, we might as well join them. And with that, you have the theme of this weeks' Gothamist network post.

We are a little embarassed to admit that during high school Pink Floyd was our drug of choice. We actually didn't need to enhance the experience with anything else (we were way too jittery and naturally paranoid for pot), but a nice six a.m. bus ride in the pitch-dark cold Cleveland winter with Pink Floyd playing on a Walkman, well, that was pretty transcendent. So we were saddened to hear of Syd Barrett's passing. The oral legend around rock bands, and the 60s in general, is pretty overgrown, and separating fact from fiction can be, well, daunting, so we make no claims to the veracity of this next anecdote. But if you're trying to put into context just how unknown but influential Syd actually was, consider this. David Bowie admits that he was influenced by early Pink Floyd, and is said to have noted after David Gilmour replaced Syd in the band that, "When Syd left, there was no more Pink Floyd for me." That's right, the group that went on to incredible super-stardom and recorded an album that remained on Billboard's Top 100 chart for over 500 weeks didn't exist for Bowie once Barrett was no longer a part of it.

Jason Schultz found an exciting job opportunity posted at a cafe -- Mr. Fancypants himself, Hammer (nee MC), needs dancers for a music video:

Tuesday, November 22nd between 7pm - 9 pm

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Inspired by this weekend's hijinks, we tracked down Ron English's latest show, Son of Pop, which opens at Varnish Fine Art tonight, June 2, from 7-11 pm. Though fascinated with the same sorts of pop-culture subjects as Andy Warhol, he treats them with a different, more overtly subversive aesthetic.

THIS EMAIL IS FOR YOUR EYES ONLY—PLEASE EAT EMAIL AFTER READING.

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