internet piracy, israeli animation, pond hockey and the doors meets phish

Movie:
"Steal This Film" -
I just watched an interesting documentary on internet piracy the other day; as I mentioned in a previous post, Hulu has some real great documentaries. It is pro piracy and has a lot of interviews by the guys from Pirate Bay, Bittorrent, lawyers, and intellectual attorneys. Our American media has been portraying this piracy as super negative and something that needs to stop, BUT there have been a lot of other products in the past that the music, movie, and even book industries have been opposed of and have considered them just as illegal as internet piracy. Such examples are the VHS recorder, mobile printing presses, and mp3 players just to name a few! If you are interested you can find the film on hulu at  Steal This Film.

"Waltz with Bashir" -
Last night a group of us watched "Waltz with Bashir" which is an Israeli animated documentary film about the 1982 Lebanon War. This film was gorgeous! It won a ton of awards including a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film. I didn't know much about the Lebanon War, but this was a really interesting and sad story of a soldier trying to remember the war so he was going around and interviewing his fellow soldiers to try and piece together what he encountered during the war. I recommend that you check out the trailer below.



"Pond Hockey" -
Another documentary that I watched on Hulu was  Pond Hockey. If you are interested in hockey, roller hockey, or ice hockey you should check this out. Its a fun film that is basically in 2 parts but intertwined: one part is about the history of pond hockey and how the youth of today aren't getting the real sense of the game by playing structured hockey in indoor rinks and how pond hockey really gives kids the freedom to try new moves and perfect their skills and the second part is about the 2005 U.S. Pond Hockey Championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota and they follow a couple of teams through the tournament. Just a fun and interesting documentary if you enjoy hockey. Please check it out.

Music:
I just started listening to Devendra Banhart's "Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon". Phil introduced it to me by having me listen to "Seahorse" which is my favorite song off that album. The whole album is great, a really nice and unique Venezuelan-esque sound. Devendra's voice is soothing and he sings both in Spanish and English which is a nice mix. Back to "Seahorse", they really jam hard in it and I love it so check it out please!