I've had this same problem with a couple of recent Tzadik purchases... Friction's "Zone Tripper" in particular. I know I'm being too trusting when I let a bloody obi strip get me all excited about what's on a disc, but good gawd, what a piece of crap "Zone Tripper" is. Hooray! Bland major-key rawk that would have sounded anemic in 1988! A couple of by-the-numbers Audio Active remixes! Recorded by An Important Member Of The No-Wave Movement! Hooray!

i bought that one due to the no-wave connection and cuz the lil blurb thing on the front really hyped it up well.....boy, it sure was a horrible album. after that, i became very wary of those well written tzadik blurb things and only buy a tzadik cd if one: ive heard the actual album itself and liked it, or two: if its been highly regarded by someone who's opinion i trust _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail