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.”

Greying

Awake at two again, with a head
of smoke that once filled other rooms, 
other years.

The inert stale air
still burns my nostrils.

A foam of memories,
the old and odd,
the new pains and pangs and paperwork, 

all now burning in
this long morning’s crucible. 

Morning’s Crucible

Listen on Tidal. Listen on Spotify.

1. “Disco Divina” – Il Guardino Del Faro
2. “Life Is Short” – Dana Gillespie
3. “On the Way Down” – Eliana Glass
4. “Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome” – Zero Kama
5. “Wooly Bully” – Hasil Adkins
6. “Nocturnal Evil” – Beherit
7. “U.F.O” – Jim Sullivan
8. “Stochastic Drift” – Barker
9. “U – I Don’t Mean Gurgle” – Carla Kihlstedt / Present Music
10. “Batalha” – Black Manual
11. “8 1/2 ” – Nino Rota
12. “Renegade” – Guedra Guedra
13. “La Gallina degollada” Titanic
14. “The Bells” – Basil Rathbone
15. “Three Foxes Chasing Each Other” – Djrum

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.