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on recordings Patton can be annoying, but it sounds like he'd be a lot of fun to see in concert. ** patton's two solo efforts on tzadik are pretty different - - and pretty interesting. adult themes for voice and microphone is a pretty extreme record (imho). the second is much less extreme and he doesn't really do any/much vocalization on it at all - - mostly just electronics. worth checking out. Regarding Zorn, has anyone else noticed that while much of his stuff is indeed obnoxious, some of it is absolutely brilliant and tasteful. But I find this inconsistency really steers me away from purchasing his CD's because they're such a crap-shoot, sometimes literally. ** the funny thing about zorn is that he does so much stuff. i don't even pretend to like or even to have heard everything that he has done. he seems to have a pretty fertile imagination - - whether or not any of us think that it's crap or not. masada, naked city, spy vs. spy, quartets for the kronos quartet and news for lulu are all very different sounding projects. my guess is that you sort of have to pick and choose what it is that you might like . . . or not. stig