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.”

Where We Lay

I remember placing my hand
on my grandpa’s back as he slept
on the living-room floor.

His breathing lifted my hand
after my dad, his son,
killed himself down the hall.

When I feel her get into bed,
I place my hand on her thigh.

On some of our earliest dates
we sat together watching movies.

Now, on the rare nights we do,
we lie in bed.

Light from the screen moves over our bodies,
across the walls, down the hall.

I place my hand on her thigh.
Her warmth gathers against my palm.

Still Here
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1. “Cotard Delusion” – The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
2. “Joget Sumatera” – Rani Jambak
3. “Monk’s Mood” – Jon Batiste
4. “Pure Michigan” – Kiwi jr. 
5. “If I’m In Luck I MIght Get Picked Up” – Betty Davis
6. “Love is the Slug” – Dumb Numbers, Lou Barlow, Dale Crover
7. “Black Cat” – Broadcast
8. “Lirik Necronomicus Kant” – Magma
9. “Fat Mama Kick” – The Walker Brothers
10. “Academy Award Performance (Live On The Moon)” – Sparks
11. “Hard Boiled Babe” – Lizzy Mercier Descloux
12. “Lizardite” – Christer Bothén, Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin

Stephen McClurg (Episode 473 & 666) composes and improvises inSerenity 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.