Word: sequitur
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Grand Buffet would be fairly easy to dismiss if they hailed from anywhere other than Pittsburgh. After all, non sequitur rapping over cheesy beats is often the province of poseurs and hipsters, but the duo’s humble Rust Belt origins attest to a refreshingly earnest approach. On their third independently-released album, the lyrical gimmicks are nothing if not inventive—especially when rapping about early-bird buffet beatdowns on “The Old Folk Smashers.” Though neither Grape-a-Don nor Lord Grunge can turn a phrase as deftly...
...effective teacher." As he speaks, the crew bickers heatedly about how to deal with a recalcitrant horse. It's supposed to run away with an actor on its back, but it refuses to budge. As if to prove his point, Khyentse Norbu bursts in with a seemingly ridiculous non sequitur. "This horse's bum isn't at all sexy," he exclaims. "Usually they have such sexy bums." There is a moment of abashed laughter, and the crew quickly forgets the squabble. The rinpoche is back behind the camera and shooting resumes...
What artistic endeavor reaps such a reward? “Well, I remember being naked,” Nash declares as if the statement were a perfect sequitur. “I adapted ‘The Frenzies of Sweeny’ from the long poem by Seamus Heaney. At the end of the performance I was naked in the bottom of the Adams House Pool, on top of a pedestal, illuminated from beneath.” Nash pauses and lets out an amused sigh. “I look up and see my mother, Seamus Heaney and my father...
...Lead by singer/guitar player Ben Gibbard, the band included bassist Nick Harmer, drummer Nathan Good. And another guy, Christopher Walla, who held a guitar for most of the time, but rarely, if ever, played it. He had a microphone, but never sang backing vocals. Instead, he made bizarre, non sequitur comments in between songs, eliciting awkward laughs and puzzled smiles from audience and band members alike...
...textured and wildly unconventional that it seems to be drunk on its own words. Dissolving the long-hewn pillars of “good message” and “good taste,” he gives gaudy and vulgar personalities, vaudevillian song-and-dance and narrative non-sequitur the freedom to run amok onstage...