Taking the audience on a Jungian journey into the collective unconscious by using the shadow as a metaphor for the primal self that gets repressed by the modern persona and also by using an underground setting and labyrinth office design to represent both the depths of the psyche and the dungeon-like isolation of our increasingly mechanistic society which prevents people from finding satisfying work or meaningful connections with others.
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So, Blue Man Group "How to Be a Megastar 2.0" on Saturday night. I'm not going to lie, I was already stoked for this because I loved their Vegas show. And even though most of the show was just a rehash of their previous rock tour, which I have the DVD, I was still mightily entertained. Mainly because I like the music, and I dig the message (which is pretty much spelled out there...though when they put that on the screens, that it goes by REALLY quick and is easy to go "what, huh?"
The opener was Mike Relm, who I hadn't even heard of, but he was pretty funny. He's apparently a DVDJ. He mixes and scratches audio and visual imagery. Here's a sample from one of his sets pre BMG:
Show was fantastic. I personally got a huge chuckle out of the "true" origins of a certain ubiquitous hand gesture (You may have to turn up your volume a bit, it's softer than the other vids):
And here, as an extra treat, from the Complex Live DVD, Tracy Bonham performing "Up to the Roof." Part of the Jungian journey:
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