Modern Pirates....arrr...maties

I will begin by mentioning that while reading the story on the piracy of modern media, I had a neutral view on "sharing music and movies". I won't lie and say that I haven't "shared" a few songs in my day along with the majority of Americans or at least teens. I felt that the writer made good points that Piracy of this media is wrong, but at the same time never really proved that it was exactly wrong in every way. He seemed to say that some things are okay and other ways are bad. Some ways of this "piracy" he considered good. I personally could not make since of the story and wither or not he was against it or for it. I still have the same neutral view on the subject as before because this subject contains way to much grey area. Personally I think that most people would consider it wrong, but at the same time still do it because it is a lot easier to "share" music than buy it. Its kind of like drinking..not everyone does it and some do it a little and that's okay to do it a little, but one must not get drunk..but people still do it anyways. You are not supposed to speed, but if a cop is not anywhere near by people go crazy and the second one drives by everyone slams on there brakes. From the looks of things rules were made to apparently be broken. And the whole thing about China getting CDs at 50 cents or so..thats pathetic. So if record companies want to sell cheaper to other countries rather than in America..I say "share" all day. Now don't get me wrong it is wrong to take a type of media and burn it and sell it to others as yours, but "shareing" media files I see nothing wrong with it...especially when we the people of America are getting ripped off anyways. So go buy one CD and then you can download many others to make up the price difference. So I say share share share.

Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol. . . .Its the 70's

While watching the movie "Almost Famous" I realized that everything that I had imagined the 70's were about...ended up being exactly how the movie portrayed this period in time to be. The movie is about William Miller who, growing up, had a hard time relating to others because of his mother's strict values and opinions on life. William is a prodigy child that is way ahead of others of his age, but when his sister decides to depart from his mother's ways he is shown a new world through his sister’s music. He then finds an interest in Rock & Roll and a love for journalism. The majority of the movie takes place right in the action of the band "Stillwater" and their lifestyle on tour. The boy is given the opportunity to write for Rolling Stones about this up-coming band, where he is thrown into a world filled with sex, drugs, alcohol, and music. While sitting there watching the movie I found myself mesmerized be how William, this 15 year old boy, was able to somehow fit into this lifestyle that is so much different than his raising.At first I didn’t appreciate any purpose to the story until later, when I realized that a person shouldn’t be so involved with themselves because in the end those closest to you get hurt the most. This idea plays out more toward the end of the movie when “Penny” is tossed aside by the band to cover up girlfriends, when she was the band’s biggest fan and not a groupie. Another point is when Russell Hammond, the lead guitarist of “Stillwater” and a friend of William, lies about the story that William had wrote to be false when everything was true. This turns out to ruin everything the William had been working for this entire time for Rolling Stone. They believe Russell, and the story becomes trashed as well as William’s reputation at Rolling Stone. In the end Russell sees everything that he has done so wrong to those closest to him and he decides to fix these “fack ups”.

A Musical Experience

Growing up in rural America as a young boy I wasn't exposed to multiple music types of the time other than country. I unfortunately wasn't a huge fan of country music so it was difficult to relate to this honkey tonk. I never really got in touch with music until I was a teenager and it was then that I fell in love with rock/emo/punk type of music. I had a lot of family issues with parents and never getting along during Jr. High and High School, so these types of music helped me to cope with my problems. The artists that perform this type of music had a lot of the same problems I had and wrote about it for others to relate. Many bands including limp bizkit, blink 182, Green Day, Creed, and many more. Theses bands had many songs that I felt so related with and some that were good stress relievers. I still to this day listen to many of these songs and artists not only because of there closeness to me, but because of their talent to write songs that others can relate to. I do believe that today many artists forget about writing something from the heart, but more less something that will make big on the top 40 list and make millions. I have never seen any of these artists in concert, but I would love to one day. Until then...back to the i pod