Allofmp3.com, a music download site that was targeted by U.S. anti-piracy crusaders has been shut down by Russian authorities. However, the company that ran Allofmp3.com has launched another replacement site that provides songs at a fraction of the price of iTunes. The director, Vadim Mamotin, of the Moscow-based company Mp3sparks insists that its Web sites are 100 percent legitimate.
Two months ago, ESA asked young people from all over Europe to suggest the most suitable playlist for the astronauts living on the International Space Station. After sifting through over 1000 entries from 10 Member States, the judges have announced their final decision. The overall winner is Therese Miljeteig (age 14) from Norway, who came up with a wonderful mixture of songs that are 'out of this world'. Her playlist will be downloaded onto an MP 3 player and sent to the International Space Station (ISS) on board ESAs Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) in early 2008.
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Never mind the bollocks, here's to punk music Almost 30 years ago, on May 27, 1977, the Sex Pistols released God Save the Queen. Britain was awash with celebrations for Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee. Lydon had written the lyrics in the kitchen of his Hampstead squat, originally calling the song No Future. It was a call to arms to anyone disenfranchised by class-ridden England, a place of dole queues and grim housing estates for those not sharing the dream.
Lift off for free from Caltech's Ramo auditorium on May 11 and 12, 2007 at 8 p.m. with Bandorama -- a free concert presented by the Caltech Jazz Bands and the Caltech-Occidental Concert Band.