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.”

It is rumored that one
of George Armstrong Custer’s scouts 
was a shaman in hiding. 

While Custer slept 
the night before Little Bighorn, 
the scout traced his boots with
a black feather and a knife. 

Custer is said to have cast no shadow the next day.

Boots and Black Feathers

Listen on Tidal. Listen on Spotify.

1. “Paisley Dreams” – Tommy Roe
2. “Procreation of the Wicked” – Lovely Little Girls
3. “Friends With Benefits” – Jim O’Rourke (“Black Horse” – Gastr Del Sol on Spotify)
4. “Backcasting” – Reverse Engineer
5. “Bloodlust” – Rubber Oh
6. “Alienation” – Tim Reaper, Kloke
7. “Cheese and Onions” – Galaxie 500
8. “Object of Unknown Function” – Brandon Seabrook
9. “This Is Not a Prayer” – Uniform
10. “Window’s Soul” – Above the Trees
11. “Back Again” – Caroline Davis
12. “Ya Gaus Ya Meeran” – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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.