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.”

KNIFE!: Footnotes to the Hidden Mythology of Bladesmithing: Man’s First Tool

III.        Hecate, the Divine Midwife, was represented by the knife that cut the umbilical cord and 

severed the known from the unknown worlds. Shamans believed the knife edge was a path on which one could walk the Abyss or Void.

Strolling the Abyss

Listen on Tidal. Listen on Spotify.

1. “Drums” – Venetian Snares
2. “Bagatelle #58” – Trigger
3. “Rock Co. Kane Flow (feat. MF DOOM)” – De La Soul
4. “Gomorrah Nouveaux” – Imperial Triumphant
5. “Spike” – Nitro Cosmetic
6. “The Life and Death of a Rodeo Clown” – Kinky Friedman
7. “What’s Going On?” – Lonnie Holley
8. “GREEBLES” – Flying Lotus
9. “Tiny Victories” – Peter Harris, Fritz Catlin, Lee “Scratch” Perry
10. “The Silence That Remains” – The Horrors
11. “Every Painting Has a Price (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid and Eryn Allen Kane)” – Saba, No I.D.
12. “Lorelei” – Sharp Pins
13. “Grave Robbers (transcribed for Theremin and Orchestra)” – Howard Shore
14. “No Stress, Diggi” – Shogo Seifert, Rauke
15. “Galway Bay (from The Quiet Man)” – The Dublin Screen Orchestra
16. “Pizza PoWWow” – Whitewoods

Stephen McClurg (Episode 473 & 666) 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.