Today is International Strange Music Day. The holiday was created to encourage people to listen to music they don’t normally listen to. New York City musician and Julliard graduate Patrick Grant is credited for creating the holiday in 1998. Grant believes that broadening your spectrum of music promotes seeing things from a different perspective. Music comes in all different forms. What is considered weird to some, may be completely normal to another. International Strange Music Day helps us to listen without prejudice.

What music seems bizarre to you? For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what strange songs do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played:
The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist
Was (Not Was) – Dad I’m In Jail
Laurie Anderson – O Superman
Slim Whitman – Indian Love Call
Crash Test Dummies – Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Yello – Oh Yeah
Ween – Push The Little Daisies
Primus – Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver
Butthole Surfers – Pepper (Bonus Track!)