The Suzuki Method

is pretty similar to the Chuck Berry method; Damo Suzuki comes to a town, and the promoter has a band of local musicians set to back him up...except he's not doing Chuck Berry songs (or songs by Can, for that matter), he's doing all improvisations.
Here are clips of some recent performances:



DAMO SUZUKI feat. CHATEAU LAUT - LIVE @ AUSLAND, BERLIN, 04/30/10



REnDeR PLaNT & Damo Suzuki
Part of a three-day Experimental Music Festival at the Luminaire in Kilburn in May 2010



Damo Suzuki and The Vultures, The Luminaire, 05/03/10



Damo Suzuki and the Dominic Lash Quatertet, The Luminaire, 05/03/10
Ricardo Tejero (sax), Javier Carmona (drums), Dominic Lash (bass), and Rodrigo Montoya (Japanese shamisen), perform at the Luminaire in the vicinity of Kilburn.

And sometimes the Chuck Berry method works really well:

Toy Killers & the Derelicts of Dialect

Toy Killers features Mark E. Miller - Drums, Voice; Charles K. Noyes - Bass; Kathleen Supove - Piano; & Weasel Walter - Electric Guitar. Filmed at The Stone, New York City, NY on 04/04/10 by Marc Edwards.



3rd Bass, "Derelicts of Dialect" (SD50 remix)

For some reason, Stumbleupon apparently makes this the main stop for people searching for "Derelicts of Dialect" (at least I assume this many folks aren't looking for info on the Toy Killers), so I thought I'd revisit this post and add a few things to it. I like bits and bobs of a lot of different musics, and dislike gobs of it, as I'm a bit of a snob, but I do dig 3rd Bass, and "Derelicts of Dialect" is one of my favorite hip-hop albums, one that I go back to year after year.
I saw them live once, at the Masonic Auditorium in downtown-ish Cleveland, on a bill with Digital Underground, and, I believe, Queen Latifah. There aren't a lot of live clips of the group, but here's a decent "Gas Face":



This is one of my favorite bug-out pieces from "DoD"..."Al'z A-B-Ceez":



The group split up after "DoD," with MC Serch going solo, and Prime Minister Pete Nice doing a duo album with Daddy Rich, a bit forward-looking, with samples of Can and the Velvet Underground, among others. Here is "The Sleeper," which uses "The Gift" by the VU:



And here is "Here It Comes" from Serch's solo album "Return of the Product" (1992).
And here is a down note...Serch stopped by the record store that I used to work at when he was doing a promo tour for the album not long after it dropped, and he was distraught...I'll have to paraphrase, because it was so long ago, but Serch said things like "dead in the water" and "this is a bomb." He was probably the most crestfallen artist I've ever seen, at least of the people who had major label distribution.



And to end on the keep-it-surreal tip, here is a promo for the Toy Killers CD:

Chapter 19: Mucilage

Dave E.'s words had cadence and clarity.
"Like duck blinds, the ones I used to live in, I pass them all the time
Spin age blasters radio cortex falls on screen
Like video images of myself I like them to be seen
Happens all the time"



Thanks to Environihilist for this confection...

The Bible says the Last Supper took place on a Passover evening but gives little detail on specific foods besides bread and wine.

"There's nothing else mentioned. They don't say there's a fruit cup or carrot cake," though other foods such as fish, eel, lamb and even pork have appeared in paintings through the years, Brian Wansink said.

"A little taste of honey
When I have the money...
God must be
In my refrigerator"