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

IV.      Along with the fertile egg of the plenilune, the moon is also the bow, sickle, or the bull’s horns when in waxing or waning crescent phases. The crescent moon is said to be the twin-pointed blade that formed the anus and vagina. Certain cruel goddesses are said to have poked through the front of premortal clay figures creating the penis, an aberration.

Horns/Dilemma

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1. “Mary of Magdalen” – Eyvind Kang
2. “Petey Wheatstraw (Instrumental Version)” – Rudy Ray Moore
3. “P” – Sault
4. “Blue Spark” – X
5. “If I Lose Let Me Lose” – J.E. Mainer’s Mountaineers
6. “Your Lucky Day” – Year of the Knife
7. “Become Nothing” – Cabal
8. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Grind (Live)” – Wormrot
9. “Drift” – Myra Melford, Michael Formanek, Ches Smith
10. “Nilopolitano (Homenagem à Nilópolis)” – Gabriel Grossi, Arismar do Espírito Santo
11. “Shti’na Laklit-Tabboule” – Sawaya Quartet and Chorus
12. “A Passional Karma” – Ikue Mori
13. “The Model” – Eiko Ishibashi
14. “Someday We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart” – The Allen Brothers

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.