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.”

There was a young artist from Dublin.
The girls all made fun of his fumblin’.
To a new one he sung,
like a Barnacle she clung,
and what she taught him sure was humblin’.

In the Sweat and Dew of Pyramids and Lilacs

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1. “Trail of the Lonesome Pine” – Laurel & Hardy
2. “Blue Blaze” – Abigail Lapell
3. “Tangled Out of Nowhere Slow” – Luxury Sleep Solutions
4. “Kev Said” – Kevin Hopper
5. “Ouija” – Sylvia Plath
6. “Life Is Over” – The Hell
7. “And Then The Rain” – The Jesus Lizard
8. “Moisture” – The Residents
9. “The Bourbaki Conjecture” – Kim Cascone
10. “O Venezia, Venaga, Venusia” – Nino Rota
11. “Sunflower River Blues (Re-Recorded Version)” – John Fahey
12. “Frostbite of Death (remix)” – Green Beret
13. “Black Dog” – Spider John Koerner
14. “Plain Gold Ring” – Nina Simone
15. “Bound to Lose” – Skeptic?
16. “Dance of the Poppies” – Davey Williams & LaDonna Smith
17. “Anna Livia Plurabelle” – James Joyce

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.