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It was thirteen days ago Seattle and the rest of the world learned about the passing of one of the most iconic entertainers, Michael Jackson. And since then we've been on serious MJ overload. Now in a fitting final star-studded tribute, the King of Pop's memorial service will take place today in Los Angeles. The event itself, planned to attract millions worldwide will also be broadcasting here in Seattle at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum's JBL Theater from 10-11:30 a.m., which will be free for fans to come watch and pay their final respects.

FELLINI FINITO: Tonight's the last night of SIFF's presentation of Federico Fellini's remains his masterpiece.

The new $500 million headquarters for The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation broke ground today on lower Queen Anne. The foundation headquarters take up an entire city block, across the street from the Seattle Center and his Microsoft buddy Paul Allen's pet project, the EMP. The planned campus will be 90,000 square feet and include offices for 1,200 employees as well as an interactive museum. Sadly there is no word if there will be a Batman-style signal for Bill Gates and the foundation. (A new economy is struggling? A library needs new computers? You want to talk about health care in Africa? Just flash the Gates Foundation signal!) The Gates foundation hopes to move into their new headquarters, with or without our super hero signal idea, in 2010.

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Port Townsend pop/rock trio New Faces have had a pretty damn good year, and with an upcoming West Coast tour and release of their debut full-length album, it's only going to get better.

The most important thing we brought away from the EMP Pop Conference was the name Labi Siffre, along with a link to the English musician's blog, Into The Light. This was the fruit of a moving, well-researched presentation from Charles Aaron, music editor at Spin, and we can't wait to dive deeper into Siffre's poetry and musical catalog from the 70s and 80s. Aside from that presentation and a few from the "Liminal Soul" panel, we were underwhelmed by the Conference.

What does the Noo Yawk Effing Times have against Seattle?

Get your name on the official list for Experience Music Project's 2008 Pop Conference, taking place in our very own Hendrix-drenched, spring-obsessed city from April 10–13. That's next weekend! This year's theme is "Shake, Rattle: Music, Conflict, and Change," and EMP has gathered over 160 writers, speakers and musicians to expound on the many facets of the subject. (The conference is completely, gloriously free.)