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Aesop Rock Labor Days (Def Jux...
...noises. Devoid of charisma, he is a bastion of grim determination and pure skills. And best of all, he is Underground—known only to the backpacking elite, his primary means of publicity for several years was the internet. Now on New York City’s Def Jux label—which has already made a name for itself with a critically acclaimed album from Harlem’s Cannibal Ox—Aesop is in a prime position to burst out of his independent bubble and reach unsuspecting audiences worldwide. His latest creation, Labor Days, was even...
...cast and crew. People stay finally reading their programs. Several quotes connecting isolation and women's liberation, with the need for people to share their lives in order to "destroy the conditions of their common oppression..." The message brought by paper mache clouds and the jux-taposition of the plays starts to become clear. When asked about the set, Krieger said that it was supposed to create a slightly threatening environment. Only then does it make sense, but during the performance it has nothing more than curiosity value, distracting the audience from the play. It is too obscure a statement...