Physically, the conflict up north has not yet touched Tel Aviv.  But Haifa is only one hour's drive away and everyone knows someone who lives up north, or who was called up for army reserve service, or who has fled from the rocket bombardment and sought refuge in the centre and the south of the country. We talk endlessly about "the war that has no name," and the atmosphere here is pensive, worried and quiet.

For some reason, the guys I recorded playing music on Rothschild Boulevard on Saturday night seemed, to me, to capture the local mood. This is the first time I used the video option on my camera and the recording came out at 128 mb. If anyone knows how to give simple instructions to the technically challenged on how to compress recordings for uploading, please send me an email. I'd really like to start posting short interviews once a week, but it ain't gonna work if something this short takes a couple of hours to upload. ;)

There's a long post on the way; meanwhile, click on the picture to watch and listen.