{"id":34963,"date":"2016-09-14T03:57:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T10:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=34963"},"modified":"2016-10-15T09:52:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T16:52:27","slug":"the-back-yard-who-killed-the-dead-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=34963","title":{"rendered":"The Back Yard: Who Killed the Dead Sea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34964\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Back-Yard-pic-584x389.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34964\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Back-Yard-pic-584x389.jpg\" alt=\"The Back Yard\/Photo courtesy of PR\" width=\"584\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Back-Yard-pic-584x389.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Back-Yard-pic-584x389-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Back Yard\/Photo courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Who killed the Dead Sea?&#8221; \u2013 that is the bluesy, dirge-like refrain, part question, part accusation, of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theBackYardOfficial\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Back Yard<\/a>&#8216;s latest song, <em>Yam HaMavet<\/em> (The Dead Sea \u2013 which usually, in Hebrew is referred to by its alternate name, <em>Yam HaMelach<\/em>, the salt sea).<!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MOqU9hcEBCg?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe poetic indictment documents our collective abuse and neglect of the natural beauty and wonder of the Dead Sea: Lot&#8217;s wife standing at the hotel entrance with tears in her eyes, sink holes swallowing up roads and buildings, the leopards are gone, factories sending smoke into the air, &#8220;Arugot stream bottled and sold&#8221; \u2013 and the sea has no water. \u00a0It&#8217;s a moving cry of mourning and protest, its beauty and sensitivity making it all the more powerful.<\/p>\n<p>The lyrics were penned by Yaakov &#8216;Yankele&#8217; Rotblit, who knows the secret places of the Israeli spirit, and knows to express them so well; and Itamar Zeigler&#8217;s music takes these potent words to a universal groove, permeating the soul of every listener. The song is the first single from The Back Yard&#8217;s upcoming second album. The Back Yard are: Yaakov Rotblit \u2013 writing; Itamar Zeigler \u2013 vocals, bass, guitar; Tomer Yosef \u2013 drums, vocals; Gedi Ronen \u2013 piano, vocals.<\/p>\n<p>The Back Yard will be performing a special concert in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/revorch\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Revolution Orchestra<\/a> at the Israeli Opera\/Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, on September 29, 2016, at 21:00. The Revolution Orchestra is under the artistic direction of Zohar Sharon and Roy Oppenheim, the latter will be conducting the concert. Ticket prices are 135\/155\/175 NIS, and may be ordered online from The Israeli Opera<a href=\"http:\/\/www.israel-opera.co.il\/?CategoryID=982&amp;ArticleID=4156\" target=\"_blank\"> via this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Who killed the Dead Sea?&#8221; \u2013 that is the bluesy, dirge-like refrain, part question, part accusation, of The Back Yard&#8216;s latest song, Yam HaMavet (The Dead Sea \u2013 which usually, in Hebrew is referred to by its alternate name, Yam HaMelach, the salt sea).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}