check out this neat toy:
http://www.hammacher.com/publish/734...?promo=xsells#
You arrange the items you see there in whatever way you choose and each arrangement creates a different sound or texture of music. The lights change as well. Seems like you can create some nifty out there sounds depending on how you arrange those items. It has couple of built-in fx so you can alter the sounds or input sound from a line input jack and alter those sounds as well. For 60 bucks looks like a cool thing to play around with. You can even give EyE from Boredoms a run for his money...