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 would could I lift
spite out like a cracked tooth, dry
fear like a hard sponge.

If We Only Had Those Tools We Threw Away

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1. “La Tóxica” – Alejandro Fernández, Anitta
2. “Autumn Leaves” – Arooj Aftab, James Francies
3. “Our Spring Will Come” – Bertrand Chamayou
4. “Good Times” – Henry Threadgill Sextett
5. “Loungemusik från arabien” – As-Sahra
6. “Gina Sleeps All Day” – Spring Breeding
7. “Telling Me Lies” – The Woggles
8. “Dallas (S.J.)” – Merchandise
9. “Druid One (Live, Essen, 1970)” – Third Ear Band
10. “Every Moment After This (Live)” – John Zorn, Jesse Harris, Petra Haden, Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, Ches Smith
11. “Secrets” – Beak>
12. “The Howl” – Crowded House
13. “Blancasnow” – Enrico Rava, John Abercrombie, Palle Danielsson, Jon Christensen

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.