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.”

Snowmen In Alabama

I hear David Lynch giving the weather reports 
as coast to coast flashes from one whiteness 
to another, ashes and snow. We walk through 
uncertain statics, unresolved with unplugging.

There are snowmen in Lower Alabama, 
the L.A. where I grew up. Someone sculpts
albino blackbirds and places them on 
neighborhood porches. I stand in a world 
as white as his hair, and see a cigarette 
stubbed out in the snow. 

Some small fire burnt a ring in the piled white
near the highway. A sliver of smoke ascends.

A few days later, I go lawn by lawn
collecting the bones of snow angels.

It’s About the Absurd Mystery of the Strange Forces of Existence

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1. “Pete’s Boogie” – David Lynch
2. “Dance of the Dream Man” – Twin Peaks Soundtrack
3. “Police” – Angelo Badalamenti
4. “Laurens Walking” – Angelo Badalamenti
5. “Star Eyes (I Can’t Catch It)” – Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, David Lynch
6. “Blue Velvet: Main Title Theme” – Angelo Badalamenti
7. “The Black Dog Runs at Night” – Thought Gang
8. “Blue Frank” – Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch
9. “Last Call (Commentary)” – David Lynch
10. “Last Call” – David Lynch
11. “Jack Paints It Red” – Thought Gang
12. “Red Bats With Teeth” – Angelo Badalamenti
13. “Fire Is Coming” – Flying Lotus, David Lynch
14. “Up In Flames (Live)” – Julee Cruise
15. “Electricity I” – Dean Hurley
16. “Weighted Room / Choral Swarm” – Dean Hurley
17. “I’m Hurt Bad” – Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch
18. “Country Walz” – Angelo Badalamenti
19. “Logic and Common Sense” – Thought Gang
20. “I Want You (Commentary)” – David Lynch
21. “I Want You” – David Lynch
22. “Audrey’s Dance” – Twin Peaks Soundtrack
23. “Reflections in a Blade” – Chrystabell, David Lynch
24. “Questions in a World of Blue” – Julee Cruise
25. “Rose’s Theme” – Angelo Badalamenti
26. “Just You” – Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch
27. “Dancin’ in the World of Love” – David Lynch, Jack Cruz
28. “Night Ride” – Chrystabell, David Lynch
29. “Cop Beat” – Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch
30. “Into the Night” – Julee Cruise
31. “This Is Our Night” – Julee Cruise
32. “The Pink Room” – Angelo Badalamenti
33. “Sycamore Trees” – Jimmy Scott
34. “Rockin’ Back Inside My Heart” – Julee Cruise
35. “The Big Dream (Commentary)” – David Lynch
36. “Good Day Today” – David Lynch

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.