China's access to iTunes restored

Store blocked after Olympians download 'Songs for Tibet'





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BEIJING -- Users tail end once once more access iTunes in mainland China. Apple's online music store was fully blocked last hebdomad after it emerged that Olympic athletes in Beijing had used the store to download the digest "Songs for Tibet."

However, the individual page for downloading the "Songs for Tibet" album clay blocked on iTunes, as well as on Amazon.com for Chinese users.

The 20-track album was released by the U.S.-based Art of Peace Foundation on Aug. 5 to coincide with the beginning of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and was offered as a free download to Olympic athletes. A statement ensuant the acquittance reads: "Wearing an iPod, a simple-minded yet powerful symbol of personal exemption, provides Olympic athletes with an acceptable way to make a statement about the inhibitory atmosphere of the Games and express support for free expression."

Following another financial statement released by the Art of Peace Foundation on Aug. 18, revealing that over 40 Olympic athletes had downloaded the record album, users in China began reporting problems with accessing iTunes, citing "The Great Firewall of China," a term referring to the Chinese Government's system of internet censorship.

An Aug. 8 article posted on China.org.cn, an official government tidings site, aforementioned the album had "enkindled strong outrage" among Chinese Web users. According to the article, "the angry netizens ar rallying together to denounce Apple in offering 'Songs for Tibet' for purchase. They have also expressed a wish to ban the album's singers and producers, most notably Sting, John Mayer, and Dave Matthews, from entering China."

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Radiohead explain Glastonbury snub

Radiohead turned down an opportunity to perform at Glastonbury because they did not wish to be seen as the festival's "house band".

Though Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis asked the group to play at this year's festival, frontman Thom Yorke decided to concentrate on performing at last night's Glasgow Green gig.

"We could have slotted it in. But we didn't want to," guitarist Ed O'Brien told the Daily Record. "Thom's spoken to Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis. The reason we didn't do it was because we did it on Hail To the Thief tour.

"We felt it wasn't appropriate to do it this year because we didn't want to be the Glastonbury house band. It's such a special gig, it's almost like you have to wait your turn."

Yorke previously denied claims that he pulled out of this year's festival on environmental grounds.



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Today's SIFF lineup

Heading into its final weekend, SIFF 2008 returns for three days to the Cinerama, where Dan Ireland's "Jolene" has its world premiere at 9:30 tonight. SIFF's co-founder, Ireland previously scored with "The Whole Wide World" and "Mrs. Palfrey at The Claremont." Like those films, this adaptation of an E.L. Doctorow short story gives several superb actors a chance to demonstrate their range. Frances Fisher, Dermot Mulroney and Michael Vartan are especially impressive in change-of-pace parts, while the title role — a resilient girl who bounces back from a series of disastrous relationships — is capably handled by an Ireland discovery, Jessica Chastain.

John Hartl, Special to The Seattle Times

Today's schedule

Benaroya Hall

7 p.m. — "Alexander Nevsky"

Cinerama

1 p.m. — "The Unknown Woman"

4 p.m. — "Triangle"

6:30 p.m. — "Female Agents"

9:30 p.m. — "Jolene"

Egyptian

4 p.m. — "In Search of Kennedy"

6:30 p.m. — "The Wackness"

9:30 p.m. — "Mysteries of Pittsburgh"

Midnight — "Chrysalis"

Harvard Exit

4 p.m. — "Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema"

7 p.m. — "Accelerating America"

9:30 p.m. — "Trouble the Water"

Northwest Film Forum

3 p.m. — "Show Me the Money: Northwest Production Summit"

4:30 p.m. — "So You Want to Be an Independent Producer?: Northwest Production Summit"

Pacific Place Cinema

4:30 p.m. — "Salawati"

7 p.m. — "Hidden Face"

9:30 p.m. — "Before I Forget"

SIFF Cinema

4 p.m. — "Some Assembly Required"

6:30 p.m. — "Letting Go of God"

9:30 p.m. — "The 27 Club"

Triple Door

7 and 9:30 p.m. — The Album Leaf Performs "Sunrise"

Uptown

4 p.m. — "American Son"

6:30 p.m. — "Cherry Blossoms — Hanami"

9:30 p.m. — "Sonetàula"

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Hadouken! kick of Liverpool Sound City in sweaty style

Hadouken! kicked off Liverpool Sound City last night (May 27) in a performance which saw the Carling Academy that saw the ceiling dripping with sweat as the crowd kicked off the week-long festival in style.

Taking the stage at 10pm (BST), the new-ravers whipped the equally new-rave crowd into a frenzy with 'Declaration Of War', 'Liquid Lives' and a cover of The Prodigy's 1996 UK Number One single 'Breathe'.

Finishing on 'That Boy, That Girl', frontman James Smith left the stage topless and the crowd exhausted.

Queues jammed both the entrance and box office for the show, where gig-goers were searched for glowsticks before being allowed into the venue. Not that it stopped many being visible during the night.

Before Hadouken!'s headline set Does It Offend You Yeah? got the rammed venue warmed-up with a characteristically energetic show that included a cowbell-led 'Battle Royale' and finisher 'We Are Rockstars'.

Earlier local band Soft Toy Emergency were also received jubilant crowd reaction, with their songs 'Sorry', 'Fame School' and Justice cover 'DVNO'.

Meanwhile downstairs in the Academy 2 Crystal Castles tore through tunes such as 'Alice Practice' and 'Air War' during a riotous show that saw singer Alice Glass spend most of the time in the crowd.

Support for Crystal Castles came from The Ghost Frequency, The Dead Set and scousers Indica Ritual.

Liverpool Sound City continues tonight (May 28) with acts including Santogold, Ladyhawke and Lightspeed Champion set to play.

For more on the event, go to our special site at nme.com/liverpoolsoundcity.