Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing

history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.

I used to be a big fan of King of the Hill.

Remember that show?

Hank Hill would often look at his son Bobby and say,

That boy ain't right.

You know, I know how he feels.

You know how when you encounter someone and there's something

off about them? They're not malevolent or evil in any kind of way. They're not a danger to

themselves or anyone else. They're just different. They look at the world in ways you wouldn't

think to, which is kind of cool in a lot of ways. But at the same

time, it might be a little, well, maybe unnerving is a bit too strong. But at the same time,

you're not really sure what's going on in their head or how you should react. This happens a lot

with music. You encounter an artist who has a completely unexpected attitude towards the universe, which is, frankly, to be expected.

Art can come from a strange, uncharted place in the soul. And since all souls are different, you would expect that some weird will leak out from some of the weirder souls.

And because Alt Rock has a history of being open to, shall we say, different forms of expression,

some of these souls have found homes in the province of rock and roll.

And some of those have even had hit records.

So maybe we should look at some of these musical outliers.

It's a very tense, complicated world.

Maybe this will help loosen us up.

And hey, who doesn't like a bent sense of humor from time to time, right?

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