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.”

IX.       When the Lover wants to find the Beloved, she goes to a church and walks around it seven times, repeating, “Here’s the knife. Where’s the sheath?” A vision of True Love will appear holding the correct scabbard.

Thresholds

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1. “Vocalise” – B.J. Ward
2. “The Equestrian Vortex” – Broadcast
3. “The Illest” – Black Violin
4. “Radioactive Dreams” – Sue Saad & The Next
5. “Junge Liebe” – Die Monte Carlos
6. “The Wind Comes From the East #1” – Anthony Pateras
7. “Muro Torto” – Zu, Ruins
8. “Long Way Out of Pain” – John Cale, Tony Allen
9. “Arpeggiator (Live)” – Fugazi
10. “Nature of the Beast” – Maureen Steele
11. “new links” – Anysia Kim, Loraine James
12. “Burial: String Quartet in E Minor by David Ornette Cherry” – Angel Bat Dawid, Naima Nefertari
13. “Elegy” – Arve Henrikson, Trygve Seim, Anders Jormin, Markku Ounaskari
14. “Wild Wild West (feat. Sofie Royer)” – Eli Keszler
15. “Words” – Sally Potter
16. “Tounge Trills” – Jill Jaxx
17. “I Loves You, Porgy (Duo version)” Tony Overwater, Atzko Kohashi

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.