Veritable Flabby Preludes (for a Dog)

Five Grins or Mona Lisa's Moustache

Sketches and Exasperations of A Big Boob Made of Wood

Menus for Childish Purposes

All are titles by the classical composer Eric Satie (1866-1925).  Is he a little eccentric?  Yes!  THIS ARTICLE makes a pretty good case for Satie as the first modern composer.  He's using modes, working the tritones, chord planing, he even has a cool nickname..."The Velvet Gentleman".  A lot of this stuff sounds modern even today, almost 100 years later.  If you haven't checked him out, he's a guy that influenced a lot of jazz musicians when he was semi rediscovered in the 60's by guys like Bill Evans and John Cage.  CLICK HERE for a summary of Satie, the man and his music, there are even some sound clip on there for you to hip yourself to.