How the Fish Pisses

Tonight we decided to take in some native culture by attending an Anglo-only concert by HaDag Nachash, an Israeli funk/pop/rap group. The event was sponsored by MASA, an organization that allocates scholarships to students from abroad wanting to study in Israel for the year.

While the music was a lot of fun (especially finally getting to hear Shirat HaSticker, a song made up entirely of juxtaposed bumper-sticker slogans), some of the most entertaining parts of the concert were entirely unrelated to it. Highlights included people on stilts dressed as trees (a la "Lord of the Rings"), the rhythmic-swaying/body-surfing crowd of teens at the front of the auditorium (in a concert hall usually reserved for, you know, formal concerts), the techno theme song for MASA, and the fact that instead of lighters creating a sea of lights in the audience, the glow came from dozens of digital cameras and cell phones recording the concert in all its pixelated glory.