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.”

Bindled

Barely awake, dressed
from the night before, dense fog
settles on my eyes and chest.
I found my Mae West
though she’s lost in a register
of imagined guests. 

Imagined Guests 

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1. “I Want To Eat Your Face” – David Spear
2. “Abebayehosh” – Meklit
3. “In My House” – Kendra Morris
4. “Why Canada” – Trio of Bloom
5. “Sediment and Flow” – Stephan Crump
6. “Vawo Mpitewo” – Ecko Bazz
7. “Blastbeat Falafel” – Igorrr
8. “Therapy – Artillery
9. “Masquerades: I. Nin Komm, der Heiden Heiland ‘Palindrome’” – William Albright
10. “In Another Life” – Nation of Language
11. “That Bloody Lamp-Post” – Glowering Figs
12. “The Tree of Knowledge” – Erik Friedlander
13. “I Lost Something in the Hills” – Sibylle Baier
14. “The Sound of New York (Departure)” – Kenyon Hopkins
15. “Up Too Late (Live)” – John Taylor, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron
16. “Fast Company” – Fred Mollin

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.