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.”

Half Ghost Story

Can’t buy the kids nothing
with a dime no more, 
though it might be 
deadly in a slingshot. 

Half ghost story, half satori,
caught in the auction again. 
The world a stone thrown
into a pond of time.

Half Satori

Listen on Tidal. Listen on Spotify.

1. “Prelude” – Veslemøy Narvesen
2. “Paper Steamboat” – Mississippi Rain
3. “Create Your Prophecy” – Sault
4. “My Soul/Half Pint” – Dry Cleaning
5. “Foxtrot” – Tanya Tagaq
6. “Sex Dwarf” – Xiu Xiu (Soft Cell on Spotify)
7. “Origami Black Belt” – Prince Jammy
8. “Amaseganalo Pt. 2” – New Age Doom, H.R.
9. “Conciliation III” – Jung Jaeil
10. “Progress of Man (Bitcoin & Cattle)” – Hayes Carll
11. “It’s alright” – Jana Horn
12. “Barbarian” – Kreator
13. “39” – Steve Lehman, Orchestre National De Jazz
14. “Will Ye Go, Lassie Go?” – Lola Kirke, Peter Dreams, Brian Dunphy, Darren Holden, Jack O’Connell
15. “It is Sunday Morning” – Jung Jaeil

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.