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.”

I lost equations
traceable in bass solos
on dad’s records.

Lost Equations

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1. “WSOD” – Shellac
2. “Gouldamadin (WIZRD Remix)” – Gouldian Finch, WIZRD
3. “Serenade in E-Flat Major” – London Music Works, Nick Squires
4. “Suffer” – Clan of Xymox
5. “The Barney Miller Theme” – TV Tunesters
6. “Glow Drift” – Bill MacKay
7. “Maciste Is Back in Town” – Scott Amendola, Henry Kaiser, Michael Manring
8. “Letters from the Sea” – Msaki, Tubatsi Mpho Moloi
9. “Two Kinds of Tears” – Lionlimb
10. “Cyclops” – Finom
11. “Open Sky” – Lorenzo Dada, Luciano Michelini, Tears of Blue
12. “Labyrinth” – Magic Fig
13. “The Bells of St. Mary’s” – Gastr Del Sol
14. “Intermezzo in C Minor (Piano and Double Bass)” – London Music Works, Nich Squires
15. “Theme From Electric Surfboard (Live)” – Jack McDuff
16. “La Ley del Monte” – Vicente Fernández
17. “Hill Street Blues” – Daniel Caine Orchestra

Stephen McClurg (Episode 473) 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.