Vince Santoro, as Vinnie Vidivici, invites listeners to an intimate, amusing, sometimes unsettling, glimpse at the stories and people who have shaped his life and memory. Squirming live eels in the bathtub of his suburban home, 'pet' rabbits unceremoniously sacrificed for the weekly flavorful (and thrifty) spaghetti sauce, the giddy moments of his first solo bicycle launch : each recounting, reflecting his emergence from an uncommonly common first-generation Italian immigrant family.
This is spoken word with a twist. Events and emotions in Vince's particular poetic landscape are punctuated with percussive sounds and touches that simmer and soar right along with his word impressions. Once comfortably ensconced in Vince's virtual living room, you just might feel your forearm sticking to the ever-present plastic sofa cover...you might catch a whiff of the spaghetti sauce, simmering patiently on the stove...or you might even hear the thud as the morning paper hits the screen door.
A one-man show,Vince is clearly at home with himself as he weaves voice and drums into a mesmerizing sonic tapestry.