Yello....

Hi all,

This seems to become sort of a monthly thing....no idea why. Anyways loads of stuff has happend sense the last post one of the more cool thing were that me and Adi and two other friends saw Bob Dylan live in Tel Aviv some two weeks ago. Dylan live is a concept that very few people know and which is why most ppl walk away from their first concert very disappointed. First of Dylan him self has passed his 70th birthday by now and as such his voice is not what it has been. Second Dylan does not speek to the crowd during the concert no Hi, no Bye and no requests thats how its been for a long time and that is how it will continue. Third Dylan will play the songs he wants in the way he wants which means that sometimes you will hear a song like Blowing in the wind like 10 times the speed it was originally written in. So you can see the problem in this going to his concert believing that you will hear him like he sounds on the old records and recordings from the 60ties and 70ties you will not get what you want, not even close. But if you on the other hand have seen live before and you are aware of this Dylan Live becomes something really great as you get hear 15 old songs in 15 new and different ways cause that just how brilliant Dylan is a musician. The general public might see this as not to beneficiary for his carrear or a good way to get and new fans but that has probably never been what he wants anyway. I saw a documentary this year about the first Live-tour he did after going from acoustic to electric together with the Band. This documentary was filmed by the Bands drummer and in the end interviewer asked him what Dylan thought about getting booed and being called a traitor etc. he answer was something like "I dont think he cared, there is something about him that you have to understand, Dylan never played for the crowd, Dylan played for Dylan and if you didn't like what you heard you dont need to come next time", egoistic person probably but most great musicians are. So in my and some other 500 ppl opinion Dylan Live in Tel Aviv was awesome! the other 20.000 did not agree =)

Otherwise life just kind of keeps on rolling I go to work in the week, me and Adi and friends do stuf in the weekend, like go to the movies, hike, cook go to restaurants etc. Life here has become "regular" maybe thats why I also not write as much anymore, cause what was strange and unusual before is now the norm. Believe me there things that are reeeeal strange and unusual toa Swede/european down here but its not as surprising any more. On another note I've been able to listen to a few football-games from the Swedish League and my team Elfsborg are doing pretty well and now aslo the qualification for the Euro-league has started. Elfsborg are in the first qualifying round and they have already beat their opponent Fola Esch from Luxembourg with 4-0 so they are basically through to the next round, just need to go down to Luxembourg and play a decent game next week.

As many of you who are reading this blog might be aware of the fact that another "Freedom Flottila"(Ship to Gaza) is heading this way and the debate here in Israel is interesting. If you listen to the government and Netanyahu there is no question the boats will be stopped if they try to enter the waters outside of coast of Gaza and hopefully be seized in a more non-violent way then lasttime(they have apparently now trained for these sorts of mission and have new boat seizing equipment). However there are also many debtors etc who call government to let the boats through and then do a thorough check once the boats dock, which in my opinion does not sound to bad as then both sides will get a little bit of what they want. Another interesting thing on this matter is that the border between Gaza and Egypt is now "open" for most goods and many people, to move over the borders so Gaza is now not as closed of as it has been. Many debtors in Israel are also asking the question why there is no such thing as "Ship to Libya" or "Ship to Syria" as these countries and its people are as of now and as of the past 6 months maybe in more dier need for certain supplies than Gaza is. If this is true I dont know since I have no stats on living conditions in either country but its seems like a fair question to me and with this little political discussion we finish this blog. if you feel like arguing with me or questioning what I wrote, you can call me, email me or Skype me.
Til you read again,
Carl