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.”

Saltings

Crawdaddy Emrick
was ladled and bathed
in swamps and rhetoric.
A life like a card trick, 
the lowest-ranked, two-faced knave,
a boggy heretic. 
A slick, marshy hick,
cradled in basements of crave,
mired at home, yet homesick.

Saltings

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1. “Living Proof” – Linda May Han, Tyshawn Sorey, Ambrose Akinmusire
2. “Tip-Toe” – Abracadabra
3. “Sedation” – Tsk Tsk Tsk
4. “Swallowed by the God” – Intensive Care, The Body
5. “Agitator” – Dazzling Killmen
6. “Nights in Armor” – Water From Your Eyes
7. “Gush” – Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
8. “Somnambulista” – Pino Palladino, Blake Mills
9. “Forlorn” – Defacement
10. “I’m So Tired” – Delicate Steve
11. “Los Collados De Las Penas Blancas” – Kinloch Nelson
12. “COUGH DROP” – Nate Smith
13. “Before You Hit the Ground” – Dean Johnson
14. “Lethe” – Scree
15. “Modelizer” – The Dare
16. “PETRICHOR” – Jon Batiste
17. “Austin Vibes (tweaked by Karl Hjalmar Nyberg)” – Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Amalie Dahl, Karl Hjalmar Nyberg, Marta Warelis, Jonathan F. Horne, Olaf Olsen

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.