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 hope there are more 
words for love than for goodbye–
a vocabulary
carved less than our flesh,
more truthful than what’s caught by
the eye’s perfect score.

When Your Arms and Shoulders Seem to Blaze

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1. “Muskrat Ramble” – Trio Raisner 
2. “Jet Free” – Space Dimension Controller
3. “Nasali Nini” – KOKOKO!
4. “The Forest Feasts” – Summoning the Lich
5. “Alpha Mega (Live at Smalls, 1996)” – The Next Step Band
6. “Great Lover” – William Onyeabor
7. “Pop Corn” – Jean-Michel Jarre
8. “Rustem” – Taraf de Haidouks
9. “Don’t Go” – Vaudou Game
10. “I Only Want to Be with You” – The Tourists
11. “There Was a Time” – Ginger Root
12. “Cemetary Rats” – Orange Goblin 
13. “Money” – Jake Elijah
14. “Symphony No.5: I. Trauermarch” – Gustav Mahler / Herbert von Karajan
15. “Blackbird” – Jean-Michel Jarre
16. “Smiles” – Crazy Otto

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.