vendetta retreat

Back in 2006 (!) I played in Jon Brumit‘s ensemble realizing his Vendetta Retreat score (and celebrating its release on Edgetone Records) at the Luggage Store Gallery. My memory of it was that we cleared not only the club but the block. This review confirms aspects of my recollection.

It’s time to realize the score once more with creative and non-violent alternatives to revengeful feeling. Expect a double duo of drums (self + 1) and guitar, with an electronicist.

Audiences are invited to prepare by answering the following questions. Do you prefer

• talking about weather, astrology, world events, culture, yourself, or others?
• silence, some noise, total noise?
• solitude, small, medium, or large crowds?
• doing only one thing at a time or multitasking?
• sleeping or staying awake?
• communicating with others using paper, computers, phones, other?
• fiction or nonfiction?
• people or animals?
• grown-ups or children?
• friends or strangers?
• live or recorded music?
• tv or radio commercials?
• meeting people or isolating?
• hard rock, jazz, easy listening, death metal, instrumental, experimental, world, other music?
• using a bicycle, car, public transit, walking, bumming a ride, or skateboarding?
• following rules or breaking them?
• accepting or avoiding consequences?
• responding immediately to an insult or waiting and responding?
• swearing or crying?
• expressing yourself to something living or non-living?
• smiling or laughing?
• altering, creating, or destroying when you’re angry?
• throwing pianos?
• planning or enacting revenge?
• listening to stories or telling them?
• being successful or being unsuccessful at revenge?
• talking about or getting revenge?
• sharing your plans for revenge or hoping they will go away silently?
• looking good or feeling good?
• being right or being OK?
• liquid or solid food?

Would you describe yourself as predominately alpha, beta, both, or neither?