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.”

The sun cuts down, bright
as Prince Adam’s Power Sword.
I wince but can’t smile,
a juvenile
Skeletor, no cackle, bored
of all this heavy light.

Spears of Late Summer Grass

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1. “Drinking Song (Drink, Drink, Drink)” – Touch of Class
2. “Paradise Ocean Club” – Tupperwave, Ed.
3. “Alabama Jubilee” – Jerry Reed
4. “The Breeze and I” – The Emperors
5. “G-dzilla G’dolah” – WHY?
6. “Pride I” – Meshell Ndegeocello
7. “Laid Waste” – Poison Ruïn
8. “Thrashing It Out” – Simon Fisher Turner
9. “He Who Lives In Fear” – Herbie Hancock
10. “Piece No. 5” – Erland Dahlen, John Paul Jones
11. “Top” – Klara Lewis
12. “Preludio a Colón (Live)” – Mitsuko Shirai
13. “Ruby Church” – X
14. “La suivante” – René Lussier, Érick D’orion, Robbie Kuster, Martin Tétreault
15. “Wave Hill” – Guy Klucevsek and the Bantam 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.