1) I'm unclear why you're owed every Zorn release, particularly if you find his work wildly inconsistent. Tzadik stuff, while not especially cheap by indie label standards, is still reasonably priced - a store can make a handsome profit on a Tzadik CD sold for $17. Most major-label stuff is priced about the same, unless you're talking about budget-line CDs. 2) If you want predictable concerts, may I recommend an interest in bar bands, rather than experimental music. Experiments fail sometimes. If JZ sucks ass the next time I see him live, sure, I'll complain. I'll write a negative review. I might even get so bored I'll walk out. But I'm owed nothing, unless my negative review gets printed. 3) Back to the idea that you're owed something - I've spent most of my disposable income on records for the last 20 years, too, and I don't feel like I'm owed anything. I wish things were cheaper, and I think it's just silly for, say, "Fire of Love," by The Gun Club to be a full-priced CD in 2002. I love records, I love getting new ones, but they're an option, and if I won't be able to pay rent, hey, I'll pass up that Electric Masada CD. I've even had to sell a few records in order to eat - does this mean I'd be justified in shoplifting at Shangri-La the next time I'm in Memphis? Should I steal the next copy of "Flowers of Romance" I see, since I already bought one and sold it? Chris Selvig