GaragePunk Podcast Holiday Hoedown!

Looking for a soundtrack to an evening of holiday debauchery? Dig this mystery assortment of Yuletide-type sonic savagery on these rawkin' Christmas specials courtesy of the GaragePunk Podcast Network:

THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #21: A Mal Thursday Christmas

FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN! #33: A Florida Rocks Again! Christmas

KILLED BY PORN #31: A Very Special Christmas

ROCK 'N' ROLL SUICIDE #61: The Yule Log

Shout Bamalama! #5

SAVAGE KICK #23: Christmas Special

Sonic Nightmares #2: X-Mess Show

GaragePunk Podcaster Lucy Lux (Maya Luz) on "Project Runway"

GaragePunk podcaster Maya Luz a/k/a Lucy Lux of Apocalypstick! will be featured on season seven of "Project Runway" on the Lifetime network. Her presence not only gives me a rooting interest (I watch with my wife), it also helps to guarantee that the new season will be a big improvement over season six.

Check out her podcast if you get a chance (just click on the above image) - good stuff!

http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway/project-runway-designers/maya-luz

The Mal Thursday Show #21: A Mal Thursday Christmas

In the tradition of such great holiday podcasts as Florida Rocks Again! #33, Rock 'n' Roll Suicide #61, Savage Kick #23, and Killed by Porn #31, it's "A Mal Thursday Christmas" with special guests Yard Trauma, the Fleshtones, the Chesterfield Kings, the Reigning Sound, and the ghost of Oliver Reed. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

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Playlist:

YARD TRAUMA: Christmas Tyme
EDD “KOOKIE” BRYNES: Yulesville
SATURDAY’S CHILDREN: Deck Five
THE YOBS: Silent Night
THE EBENEZER SCROOGE APPRECIATION SOCIETY: Hang on Rudolph
LEMMY KILMISTER & BILLY GIBBONS: Run Run Rudolph
DAVIE ALLAN & THE ARROWS: Ho Ho Seven/Hark the Herald Angels Sing

THE FLESHTONES: Hooray for Santa Claus
THE TAILDRAGGERS: Let’s Talk About Claus
THE SONICS: Santa Claus
JERRY & THE LANDSLIDES: Get Off My Roof
THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS: Hey Santa Claus

NICK SWARDSON: A Very Terry Christmas
WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE MUSICIANS OF THE BRITSH EMPIRE:
Pete Townshend’s Christmas
LOWELL GEORGE & THE FACTORY: Candy Cane Madness
THE WHITE STRIPES: Candy Cane Children
THE VON BONDIES: Ain’t No Chimney
PLAN 9: Merry Christmas

THE SONICS: Don’t Believe in Christmas
THE REIGNING SOUND: That’s All I Want
THE HENTCHMEN: Shotgun Christmas
THE FIGGS: Father Christmas
THE CHEETAHS: A Message to Santa Claus
FEAR: Fuck Christmas
THE EELS: Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
THE DIRTBOMBS: My Last Christmas

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Classic Holiday Rerun: Florida Rocks Again! #33

It's the end of the year, it's the end of an era (more on that later), and more importantly, it's almost Christmas! So in the holiday sprit here's Florida Rocks Again! #33: A Florida Rocks Again! Christmas.

Your genial, cardigan-wearin' host Mal Thursday presents a holiday-themed episode with a who’s who of Florida musicians celebrating the season in style. So pull up a lounge chair, crack a cold one and dig wild Christmas-type sounds from the All-Time Greats from the Sunshine State, podcast in Living Monophonic Sound. Ho, ho, ho!

Written and produced by JM Dobies, co-produced Jeff Lemlich.

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Playlist:

TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: Christmas All Over Again
CHIPPER (THE TROPICS): Groovy Christmas/Toy Soldier
THE ROYAL GUARDSMEN: Snoopy's Christmas/Kinda Looks Like Christmas
WINSLOW & SANDLIN: Peace Time
SAM MOORE: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
KING COLEMAN: Blue Grey Christmas
FLOYD MILES & FRIENDS: Christmas with the Blues
LYNYRD SKYNYRD: Skynyrd Family Christmas
THE BELLAMY BROTHERS: Old Hippie Christmas/Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
THE GOODS: Sweet Like a Song
RAL DONNER: Christmas Day

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Tommy Does Florida

Florida Rocks Again! Hall of Famer Tommy Talton (We The People, Cowboy, Allman Brothers, Capricorn Rhythm Section, etc.) is playing three solo shows this week around the Sunshine State:

ROCKLEDGE: Thursday, December 10 @ 7 p.m. Bluesboro Studios Winter House Concert Series 1016 Florida Avenue Info: 321.633.6817 Suggested Donation: $15 Please bring donations for the Sharing Center of Central Brevard and the Brevard Humane Society

JACKSONVILLE: Saturday, December 12 @ 1 p.m. Riverside Arts Market 904.554.6865 Free A weekly arts & crafts market on the Riverwalk under the canopy of the Fuller Warren Bridge. Located in the center of Jacksonville near the intersection of Interstate Highways I-95 and I-10, the Riverside Arts Market is easy to access from anywhere in northeast Florida and South Georgia.

DAYTONA BEACH: Saturday, December 12 @ 8 p.m. Angel & Phelps Restaurant 156 S. Beach Street 386.257.2677 Cost: $5

Of Birthdays, Bootlegs, and Alice

Yesterday was my sister Beth's 50th birthday, and I sent her this tasteful e-card featuring the late, great Jack Lord in full-on McGarrett mode:
Note: "Mike" is the "M" in "JM." Well, actually, it's "Michael," but I digress.

Anyway, she wrote me today that she doesn't feel a day over 16. I can relate, although I've had to move on from playing the eternal adolescent, what with fatherhood and trying to keep the wolves from the door and all that. Emotionally, I'm at least 18 now.

Growth!

My sister's birthday yesterday reminded me that today is the birthday of my best friend from grade school, John Portolese. I will always be grateful to John for having hipped me to the early work of Alice Cooper (the band, that is, with the original, classic line-up of Alice, Glenn Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, and Neal Smith).

Of late, I've been digging a couple of bootlegs from their early '70s heyday, Live at the Paramount, Seattle 1971 (the Love It to Death tour) and Killered in Pittsburgh '72 (featuring live renditions of the songs from my all-time fave Alice LP, Killer, hence the title), and waxing nostalgic about skipping school on Ash Wednesday '73 to purchase Killer at the local drugstore, and writing my first play, Alice Cooper Versus the Blob, under its influence.

Rock on, dudes.

Classic Rerun: The Mal Thursday Show #7

The Mal Thursday Show #7: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

In this episode from August of 2008, Mal spins a bunch of tunes from various "forum comps," assembled by some of the foremost collectors of garage 45s on the planet. These homemade CD-Rs contained both super-obscure, uncollected rarities as well as well-known classics that had only been available in less than stellar sound quality on various Pebbles, Boulders, and other semi-legit compilations. It's 100% all killer, no filler '60s teenage garage!

Dedicated to BossHoss, Masterbeat64, Rich Strauss and everyone who ever put one of these comps together. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

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Playlist:

THE REASONS WHY: Don't Be That Way
THE EPIC FIVE: I Need Your Lovin'
THE GRODES: Cry a Little Longer
THE CHOSEN FEW FROM ST. MICHAEL'S: Get It on Life
THE FUGITIVE FIVE: (I Ain't Gonna Change) My Way of Life
RANDY & THE RADIANTS: My Way of Thinking
THE PREACHERS: Stay Out of My World

THE SOUP GREENS: Like a Rolling Stone
THE TEMPOS: All I Really Want
THE YOUNG MEN: Go Away Girl
MARK FIVE: Determination
THE HUNS: Destination Lonely
ART GUY: Where You Gonna Go
THE DONNYBROOKES: You're Gonna Cry

THE SEEDS: Out of the Question
THE MOVING SIDEWALKS: Every Night a New Surprise
THE DERBY-HATVILLE: Turn Into Earth
THE PREMIERS: Get on This Plane/Come On and Dream
THE ALDERMEN: The Upper Room
THE CHILDREN: Enough of What I Need
THE ROADRUNNERS: Goodbye

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