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.”

Night Launch

Crossed signals cancel stars.
Rockets embrace the dark 
to extinguish themselves. 

Night Launch
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1. “Lumberton U.S.A. Radio Ad” – Angelo Badalamenti
2. “Yogen” – Kaja Drakster, Petter Eldh, Christian Lillinger
3. “Seventh Seal” – Russian Circles
4. “Memory patient (Motor Cycle Angel)” – Asher White
5. “God Bless the Child” – Linda May Han Oh
6. “Reliquias porteñas” – Hyperion Ensemble
7. “Could’nt Get High” – The Fugs
8. “Lam Leav (Lao Dance)” – Mahori Orchestra
9. “You and the Kitten” – Jon Wayne
10. “Kuwa Nana” – Jay Mitta
11. “Lumberton U.S.A. / Going Down To Lincoln – Sound Effects Suite” – Angelo Badalamenti
12. “Deep Blue” – Chat Pile
13. “Kosmisch Super Market” – Clark
14. “In Astrochoid Not Chaosillate, Pt. 1” – Acid Mothers Temple, The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
15. “Love Letters” – Kitty Lester

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.