Thursday, December 31, 2009
The Mal Thursday Show #22: "For Auld Lang Syne"
Mal Thursday waves goodbye to 2009, and to the old GaragePunk.com blog, with an episode full of the records that have been warping his mind this year. Featuring killer garage from Texas, Mexico, the UK, and elsewhere, a set of '80s garage (blame Gringo Starr), a set of some of the best reissues of the year, and a set of tribute records. This episode is respectfully dedicated to Kopper for his tireless service to the cause. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.
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Playlist:
THE SMUGGLERS: I’ll Remember
THE JUNGLE ROCKERS: Cool It Out
THE SONS OF HERCULES: Rock of Gibraltar
LEATHERBAG: On Down the Line
AMPLIFIED HEAT: Roadrunner
LOS EXPLOSIVOS: Luie Luie
THE ACAROS: Vampyre Lesbians
THE HIGHER STATE: The Ladder of Death/High Life
THE EMBROOKS: Standing Upside Down (Live on WFMU)
PAUL MESSIS: The World Is Square
THE ESQUIRES: Sadie’s Ways
THE RATIONALS: Little Girls Cry
THE SHADY DAZE: I’ll Make You Pay
THE BOY BLUES: I Get So Disgusted
THE SHOUTLESS: I Tell No Lies
THE CRAWDADDYS: Pretty Face
THE MIRACLE WORKERS: Inside Out
THE PRIMATES: I Ain’t Like You
PLAN 9: I’m Gone (Live at the Rat)
THE MAD DADDIES: Comin’ After Me
SEGER LIBERATION ARMY: East Side Story
THE GREENHORNES: Sad Day
LYRES: What’s Wrong with You
THE YOBS: Auld Lang Syne
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Friday, December 18, 2009
GaragePunk Podcaster Lucy Lux (Maya Luz) on "Project Runway"
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
Monday, December 14, 2009
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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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Classic Holiday Rerun: Florida Rocks Again! #33
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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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Tommy Does Florida
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
Friday, December 4, 2009
Of Birthdays, Bootlegs, and Alice
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.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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.
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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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Classic Rerun: Florida Rocks Again! #12
Florida Rocks Again! #12: All About You!
This installment of Florida Rocks Again!, originally posted in February of 2006, features songs with the word “You” in the title. In addition to the usual assortment of mid-’60s garage bands, this episode also contains a set of smokin’ southern soul, and, in honor of Bike Week (held every March in Daytona Beach), a set of early ’70s hard rock and boogie. Starring Conlon & the Crawlers, the Montells, BOOT — the later, “heavier” incarnation of the Split Ends (”Rich With Nothing”) — and many more. Hosted by Mal Thursday, produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich, and presented in Living Mono. Special thanks to BossHoss for the Crawlers and Canadian Rogues tracks. Hope you all dig it!
Playlist:
CONLON & THE CRAWLERS: You’re Comin’ On
THE MONARCHS: You’ve Got Love
THE BIRDWATCHERS: You Got It
STEVE ALAIMO: You Don’t Know Like I Know
WAYNE COCHRAN: You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover
THE NIGHTCRAWLERS: He Shouldn’t Hurt You
THE CANADIAN ROGUES: You Better Stop
THE ALLMAN JOYS: You’ll Learn Someday
THE MONTELLS: You Can’t Make Me
MARK MARKHAM & THE JESTERS: I Don’t Need You
STIX & STONES: You’re Bad News
THE MEMBERS: I’ll Get By Without You
PAINTED FACES: I Lost You in My Mind
BENNY SPELLMAN: It’s for You
MIGHTY SAM: Sweet Dreams (of You)
BETTY WRIGHT: If You Think You’ve Got Soul
CLARENCE REID: Nobody But You Babe
BLACKFOOT: I Got a Line on You
BOOT: What You’re Missing
THE MAGI: You Don’t Know Me
THE BURGUNDY BLUES: I’ll Get You Back Again
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Monday, November 23, 2009
Florida Rocks Again! #42: Daytona Beach Weekend
Mal Thursday takes a trip down A1A to Daytona Beach to bring you a mess o' fine 45s from the '60s and beyond. Featuring part one of our interview with Florida Rocks Again! Hall of Famer Chuck Conlon of the Nightcrawlers. Get the rockin' documentary Cracking the Egg: The Untold Story of the Nightcrawlers on DVD at the Florida Rocks Again! Online Superstore. Also featuring music from the Allman Joys, the 2/3rds, Charles Vickers, and many more.
Produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich in Living Monophonic Sound.
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Playlist:
THE PREMIERS: Daytona
THE HUNGRI I’s: Half Your Life
THE HALLMARKS: Troubled Soul
THE 2/3rds: 2/3 Baby
THE NIGHTCRAWLERS: I Don’t Remember
THE ALLMAN JOYS: You’ll Learn Someday/You Deserve Each Other
THE EARTHMEN: A Nice, Clean Town
THE MIXED EMOTIONS: I Lied
THE SURFTONES: Black Bottom Inn
TOMMY KNIGHT: Say You Do
CHARLES VICKERS: Baby Sometimes the Road is Rough
THE BREWED: Lifeless Love
THE 2/3rds: All Cried Out
CONLON & THE CRAWLERS: I Won’t Tell
CHUCK CONLON: Poor Little Mixed-Up Kid
THE NIGHTCRAWLERS: Show Me the Way/All Day and All of the Night
FLOYD MILES & FRIENDS: Goin’ Back to Daytona
DENNIS WHEELER: Down in Daytona
SANDY & THE BEACHCOMBERS: Daytona Darlin’
HALF JAPANESE: Daytona Beach
SUZI QUATRO: Daytona Demon
THE THIRD CONDITION: Monday in May
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Classic Rerun: The Mal Thursday Show #3
Presented in Living Monophonic Sound, direct from stately Thursday Manor in Austin, Texas.
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SONS OF HERCULES: Grow Up?
THE UGLY BEATS: I'm the One
CHARGERS STREET GANG: Tom Waits for No One
THE BREAKUP SOCIETY: The World Will Change Our Love
THE BEGUILED: Kitten With a Whip
DEREK & CLIVE: This Bloke Came Up to Me
THEE MIGHTY CAESARS: You Make Me Die
MUDHONEY: Touch Me, I'm Sick
ATVFF: Stop, Look, & Listen
LYRES: Pain
KING RADIO: Flagrante Delicto
THE PROBATES: Why Don't You Just Shut Up and Fuck Me
THE MIRACLE WORKERS: When a Woman Calls My Name
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Classic Rerun: Florida Rocks Again! #21
Produced by JM Dobies and Jeff Lemlich in Living Monophonic Sound.
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Playlist:
BENNY JOY: Don’t Boo-Hoo Mary Lou
HOUR GLASS: No Good to Cry/Nothing But Tears
THE SQUIRES V: Bucket of Tears
THE BERKLEY FIVE: You’re Gonna Cry
THE IMPACS: I’m Gonna Make You Cry
THE MONTELLS: Cry to Me
THE NIGHTCRAWLERS: Cry
THE SURFTONES: Why Cry Baby
RAYNA LEGGETT: No Time For Tears
THE PEBBLES: Endless Tears
SAMMY HALL: Weeping Annaleah
STEVE ALAIMO: Nobody Cries for Me/Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying
FLORIDA DEEP SIX: I Don’t Wanna Cry
MOUSE & THE BOYS: Tears in Your Eyes
NANCY: Tryin’ to Keep From Cryin’
BETTY WRIGHT: Cry Like a Baby
JAMES & BOBBY PURIFY: You Left the Water Running
TIMMY THOMAS: Drown in My Own Tears
THE SANDPIPERS: All Over But the Crying
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Biggest Sucker in the World
How else to explain my continuing obsession with rock 'n roll music, which, as I was quoted in The Miami Herald earlier this year, has been going steadily downhill since 1966?
Why all the gloom, doom, and self-laceration, you ask?
It's mainly because I've been re-reading Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader the past couple of days, and I keep flashing back to when I was 16 years old, and had subscriptions to both Creem Magazine and The Village Voice. I loved reading Lester's stuff back then, and reading it again thirty years on, I have been getting little pangs of sadness and regret for all of the wasted energy and lost years spent on such an unworthy mistress.
Bangs, like me, was a true believer against his better judgment, and his stuff is still compelling 25 years after his death. I share more than a few parallels with him (for one, I'm writing this from Austin, where he once lived), and agree with his stance that "listening to music made 20, 30 years ago [now it'd be 40 or 50 years ago] is not living in the past, is not nostalgia...it's good taste."
Of course, in the very same piece ("Bad Taste is Timeless"), he also asserts that "I can guarantee you that there will be no Throbbing Gristle repackages from Japan in the year 2000."
Actually, I think most of the Throbbing Gristle import boxed sets, of which there are at least five, came out in 2003-2004.
Anyway, I could go on and on, but I won't. Suffice to say, I still love the music. Even if it doesn't love me back.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Ron Stults of the Unrelated Segments 1949-2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
The Mal Thursday Show #20: Heavy Hits
After ten consecutive theme shows, Mal Thursday is back on the free form tip with this, the 20th episode in the series. Free-form, yes, but with a concept: Heaviness. In addition to a full plate of new releases from the Sons of Hercules, Snowbyrd, the Rationals, the Higher State, and the Texreys, Mal unearths godlike heavy jams from Blue Cheer, the Litter, Rodriguez, and the Troggs, among other heavyweights.
A potent brew of Texas garage, Detroit hard rock, and other heavy sounds from all around the world. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.
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SEGER LIBERATION ARMY: Heavy Music
THE SONS OF HERCULES: A Different Kind of Ugly
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