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.”

We are no archipelago –
spilling 
everything 
but the drinks
in the seats.

We Are No Archipelago

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1. “Here Comes the Meter Man” – The Meters
2. “Everything’s Beautiful” – Hiatus Kaiyote
3. “Flipside” – Melt-Banana
4. “Gemini” – Deliria
5. “Cannibal Holocaust (Main Theme)” – J. Blake, The Brisco County Youth Orchestra
6. “Wang Dang Doodle (Live)” – Willie Dixon
7. “The Foragers” – The Octopus Project
8. “Dear Onion” – Guided By Voices
9. “Prioris: Dulcis amica Dei” – The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park
10. “Gross Abuse” – 200 Stab Wounds
11. “Mimi Pretend (Live)” – Ulrika Spacek
12. “Vast Wildlife Poison” – Prefuse 73
13. “Cinnamon Temple” – Hiatus Kaiyote
14. “Night Shift” – Dave Neabore
15. “Yellow Dawn” – Sumac
16. “A Bird in a Gilded Cage” – Joe Capraro, Phil Darois, Armand Hug

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.