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.”

Family Dynamics

Call the paramedics. 
Father is beyond distressed.
I misplaced mother’s cosmetics
and now she is also depressed.

I partied with fellow diabetics,
chapped lips and chipped teeth,
swollen from these rotten genetics.
Five of us, but only eight feet.

Scattering the Mirth
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1. “More” – Helado Negro
2. “L’ARAIGNÉLÉPHANT I” – Bernard Parmegiani
3. “Automatic Writing” – Philip Miller
4. “The Sound In My Mind” – Kali Malone, Drew McDowall
5. “Cacopoulos” – Atabasca
6. “Bog an Lochan” – Brighde Chaimbeul
7. “Works and Days” – Tortoise
8. “Blue Spotted Tail” – The Westerlies
9. “Song two” – caroline
10. “Hamsi” – Moğollar
11. “Magazine” – Mandy, Indiana
12. “Omenformation” – Nadja
13. “Roter Apollo” – Dominik Eulberg

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.