Actually, I think that "Naked City" was more than putting two words together. There's a 1948 detective movie called "Naked City" (set in NYC). Something tells me that that might be the inspiration for the band's name, especially considering the movie influences on the first album. Just a guess though . .. Matt Garrington -----Original Message----- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 18:25:30 +0200 From: Arthur Rother <tuur@cs.tu-berlin.de> Subject: Re: Hips Road If my memory serves it's nothing more than a hip name. it was born in the time when Zorn liked to put two words together to make a cool name, like Naked City. I think Hips Road was his record label before tzadik, or the name of him producing. I am sure i read someting about in one of the Filmworks booklet, probably the first one, or maybe the Spillane CD. arthur