I love Zorn's work, and much of the Tzadik catalogue, but I'm not as interested in the other players in the free jazz/modern improv scene. Still, by virtue of being on this list and perusing mags like "signal to noise" and other media sources, I've noticed this trend- many (most) of the artists and ensembles that work in the free jazz/modern improv/avant garde/modern classical/etc. mode gravitate toward silly/stupid names for their ensembles and records- why? Why is it that the most brilliant composers and players put out records with names like "The baby-rape arkestra" and "Tiny Elephant go poo poo", and other equally silly/stupid things? There's no question that Zappa was a brillaint composer and writer- yet why did the majority of his catalogue have song titles and content so "south park" that they make Weird Al's lyrics and song titles look like Cole Porter? Here's my .02- I think that because these artists know that they're doing highbrow, high-concept, academic music, they feel that they have to (over)compensate by using novelty names and silly-stupid record titles. If Chris Speed's new record is a collection of modal excercises and pretentious, academic skronk-funk, he'll feel that calling it something equally academic like "fluxus/nexus diaspora" would be too pretentious, so he tried to "lighten it up" by coming up with a name like "My colostomy sandwhich" or something. Thoughts?