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.”

VIII.     Beams of sunlight like blades cut through the darkness. The blade in its sheath is full of  fertile potential, a physical and cosmic union.

Potential Entity

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1. “La Finca” – Chuito El De Bayamón
2. “New Breed” – Billy Harper
3. “Mistress Mine” – Eyvind Kang
4. “Clock No Clock” – Natural Information Society, Bitchin’ Bajas
5. “Oubliette” – Curta’n Wall
6. “The Wild Piece” – Raymond Scott
7. “innominate No. iii” – Big Breed
8. “El Coconito” – Natalia Lafourcade, El David Aguilar
9. “Garden” – Maria Somerville
10. “Ash Tari moderne” – Klaus Schulze
11. “9th Duino Elegy” – Rebekka Karijord, Roomful of Teeth
12. “Balance” – Pharoah Sanders
13. “Trapped in an Oil Painting” – Lorenzo Senni

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.