bitflipper
That technique is more widely used today than ever. Except instead of an insect we use an arpeggiator.

That one killed me! I'm gonna try that. Dip my finger in paint and poke at a sheet of comp paper with a blindfold on and see what I get :D

Does anyone remember fractal music generators that were all the rage in the early 90's? I had one for my Amiga.

Steve Cropper did this with the opening of Midnight Hour when he wrote Knock on Wood.

So... in the vein of this thread.....
 
Take a given song.... (obviously not a George Strait song) and reverse it.
 
Learn it completely in the reverse.... guitars, bass, keys, drums and even the lyrics..... pronounced in the reverse.
 
Record it
 
Reverse it
 
Play it.  It should now sound fairly "normal" with some weird artifacts......
 
Many years back there was a group which did this. I heard it on the Doctor Demento show. Cool stuff.