Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A warning and a welcome for joyous noise, for those navigating what Beckett called “this bitch of an earth.”

Sunrise and the loneliness 
of a bone of thought–
memory’s graveyard.

Over the Bent World Broods

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1. “O Pardon Me, Thou Bleeding Piece of Earth (from Julius Cesar)” – Marlon Brando
2. “There Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down” – Rev. John Carter
3. “Mangrove Sea” – Ava Mendoza, Dave Sewelson
4. “Sixteen” – Marnie Stern
5. “Long as I’m Not the One” – Grandaddy
6. “Savage Stench” – Traffic Death
7. “För Detta Viker Det Onda” – Trollslottet
8. “Musique dans les ténèbres” – Mouchoir Étanche
9. “Young End” – Owl
10. “We’re all in GraveDanger (produced)” – GraveDanger, Ivan Serrato
11. “Planar Effect 2” – Guillermo Gregorio, Damon Smith, Jerome Bryerton
12. “Terminal Love” – Peter Ivers
13. “Sacred Night” – Natascha Rogers
14. “Les Martyrs (acoustic version)” – Tiken Jah Fakoly, Tiggs Da Author
15. “Demone” – Ponte del Diavolo
16. “I Love You Too Much To Bother You” – R. Stevie Moore
17. “Wildwood Flower” – Gil Trythall

Stephen McClurg composes and improvises in Serenity Dagger, The Abdomen, and other projects. Along with session work for mid-Alabama singer/songwriters, he frequently collaborates with musicians across the state adding bass, guitar, and synths to friends’ recordings. He currently writes reviews for Horror DNA and is the substitute low end wrangler for Mobile-based punk rock band Future Hate. You can find out more about his work here.