Vincent Gallo Goes Live

If you feel you haven't had a Vincent Gallo fix in a while (there just aren't enough [full-on fellatio scenes in indie cinema] these days), don't fret. The Buffalo 66 and Brown Bunny filmmaker is back, but don't expect a new film. Instead he's created a "spontaneous collective" between himself and former Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson named [RRIICCEE](http://www.rriiccee.com/). What does that mean exactly? Well, they won't write any music, instead they'll get up on stage and will improv onstage. Hmmm.

In a press release today, Gallo said, “Improvisation is not a good word for what we’re doing.  It’s more a gesture of composing and performing at the same time, always hoping to avoid musical cliché or jamming.  We’ve chosen not to go into a studio in a traditional way like other bands have done in the past: to make recordings, cut them up, dub on them, fine tune and mix them, and then release them as an album, then later, go on tour, pantomiming those recordings over and over each night as a form of cabaret.  Instead, for a long time now, we’ve chosen to remain open, to grow and change more naturally, and when we play live, the music is often created during the performance.  If we choose to record a performance, the recording itself is only evidence of that creative moment.  The purpose of recording then, is to listen back for enjoyment.”

Thanks, Vince. (They plan to play Dec. 7 at the Green Room, 45 Bleecker)