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The Mal Thursday Show #40: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 9 - San Antone Grown! The Mal Thursday Show #40: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 9 - San Antone Grown! Originally podcast in August 2011 as episode #12 of Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine, this fine installment of the series finds Mal joined by Guest DJ Margaret Moser of The Austin Chronicle, who shines a light on the San Antonio scene of the '60s, and

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The Mal Thursday Show: "A Mal Thursday Christmas" 2011 EditionPresenting the 2011 edition of "A Mal Thursday Christmas," with special guest stars The Grip Weeds, The Fleshtones, Reigning Sound, Billy Childish, and the ghost of Oliver Reed. The perennial holiday favorite has been expanded and remastered for your listening and dancing pleasure. Contains explicit language. Presented in Living

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The movie column is back.J.M. Dobies, Austin Classic Movies Examiner now has a page on Facebook for fans and friends of the column to post about their favorite movies and upcoming classic film happenings in Austin. In addition to linking the latest review and features from the Austin Classic Movies Examiner, the Facebook page will also feature evergreens from the first three years of the

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THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #39: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 5Mal Thursday returns to GaragePunk Pirate Radio with episode #39 of "The Mal Thursday Show," the fifth installment in "The Ballad of Mal Thursday" series, where he once again uses rock music to tell tawdry tales of a life misspent. Mal is joined by an all-star cast, including The Fleshtones, J.J. & The Real Jerks, The Cynics, Mondo

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The Mal Thursday Show: Halloween SpecialDirect from the haunted realm of Austin, Texas, GaragePunk podcaster, rock n' roll musician, and part-time TV horror host Mal Thursday presents an expanded and remastered edition of The Mal Thursday Show Halloween Special, a triple-header of terror combining the original 2007 Halloween show, the 2009 reboot, plus 33% new footage. It's a strange brew full of

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Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine proudly presents the season finale of Uncle Billy's Honky Tonky Happy Hour series, an ACL Weekend triple-header Friday, Saturday, and Sunday September 16 through 18, featuring a stellar line-up including Jesse Sublett, Freddie Krc and Cam King, Eric Hisaw, and John Evans Band. Hosted by Curtis B. Lokey. All absolutely free.Meanwhile, up at the Lake, the Texas

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Mal fires up the Texas Tyme Machine, joined by fellow travelers Roy Head and Joe Nick Patoski. Roy is on hand to tell "The Roy Head Story," while guest DJ Joe Nick spins a mess o' fine 45s produced by Huey P. Meaux. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW Playlist: ROY HEAD: One More Time CHADD THOMAS & THE CRAZY KINGS: Rockin' at the Dragstrip REVEREND HORTON

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Presenting Austin's newest supergroup, The Texas Garage Project, founded in 2011 to play genuine Texas music with an emphasis on garage, psychedelic, and other rockin' '60s and '70s-inspired sounds. Membership is rotating, with an open-ended pool of musicians. Charter members include members of The Jungle Rockers, The Mother Truckers, The Freddie Steady Five, The Thunderchiefs, The Diplomats

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On Friday August 26th, Joe King Carrasco and the Crowns' 2011 Reunion Tour rolls into Uncle Billy's Brewery & BBQ Lake Travis at 6550 Comanche Trail in Austin (next door to the Oasis). Opening the show will be The Texas Garage Project at 8 pm. Tickets are only $12 in advance, and are available at Uncle Billy's or online at FrontgateTickets.com. <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0

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THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #36 - Texas Tyme Machine, Vol. 6: Girls Girls Girls Girls Girls Here's another bone-rattlin' ride in Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine, actually the 9th episode in the podcast series of the same, but presented here on The Mal Thursday Show because iTunes is not carrying the MTTTM podcast for reasons unknown. So, in order to expose y'all to the wild sounds of Texas past and

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Girls Girls Girls Girls GirlsHost: Mal ThursdayMal Thursday pilots the Texas Tyme Machine through a sea of songs with "Girl" in the title. Featuring music from the Nervebreakers, Fever Tree, the 13th Floor Elevators, Chaz & the Classics, Roy Head, and more. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine concert series rolls on with upcoming shows at the Highball in South

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From the Alamo blog:People Let’s Freak out! TEEN A-GO-GO this Monday w/ The Ugly Beats LIVE! by George Bragdon With very special LIVE performance by Austin’s own THE UGLY BEATS before the film! Get a taste of what’s in store this Monday with this Mal Thursday’s Texas Tyme Machine podcast featuring guest DJ Melissa Kirkendall

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MAL THURSDAY'S TEXAS TYME MACHINE #7: "All Covered Up" Vol. 2Mal Thursday presents another voyage in the Texas Tyme Machine, again presenting a stellar set of cover songs, featuring Texas artists covering other people's songs, other people covering Texas artists' songs, and Texas artists covering other Texas artists' songs. Music from Mouse and the Traps, Sir Douglas Quintet, Fever Tree, and

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The Golden Dawn StoryEven though Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine has been spun off into its own 'cast, here's the fifth volume of the series presented one last time on The Mal Thursday Show, in case you missed it. This show has a lot more subscribers at the moment, and this episode needs to be heard!Mal Thursday pays a visit to the rock n' roll ranch of George Kinney of pioneering Texas

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Florida Rocks Again! #44: "Even More of the Ones That Got Away"Another collection of Florida 45s never before heard on the podcast edition of Florida Rocks Again! You'd think that after more than 40 episodes, there wouldn't be very many great Florida garage records that haven't already been heard on this series. You would be wrong. Witness the selection of Floridian teenbeat in the first two sets

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The Mal Thursday Show #34: "The Mean Season"In an episode dedicated to longtime friend of the show Scott Law, Mal Thursday spins some of his favorite records of the past year, as well as turning the spotlight on State Records and Sandgate Sound Studios. Also featuring the GaragePunk Podcast debut of "World's on Fire" by scream queen Victoria De Mare, produced and co-written by Kim

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JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-46031257472999586902010-12-23T16:20:00.010-05:002010-12-25T21:12:18.860-05:00

Fire up the yule log, get some high-octane egg nog and dig the expanded and remastered 2010 edition of "A Mal Thursday Christmas" with an all-star cast and 22% new footage and 200% more Texan content.Contains explicit language. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOWPlaylist:WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE MUSICIANS OF THE BRITSH EMPIRE: Link Wray's ChristmasTHE REDUCERS: Nothin

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The Mal Thursday Show #32: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 4Mal Thursday is back at the controls of the Texas Tyme Machine, taking you on a trip to the '60s teen scene of Houston. In addition to such H-Town heavies as the Moving Sidewalks, Fever Tree, and the Chancellors Ltd., this episode features The Thursday's Children Story as told by their electric piano/organ maestro Ezra Charles. The 13th Floor

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Mal Thursday brings the "Texas Tyme Machine" series from The Mal Thursday Show to the stages of the Lone Star State with the premiere event taking place at Austin's Lucky Lounge on Thursday December 9th at 7 p.m. The all-star line-up features Austin's #1 garage outfit The Ugly Beats, playing selections from their latest Get Hip release MOTOR!, Jesse Sublett of The Skunks and The Murder Ballad

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After a month-long hiatus, I am back to writing my daily Classic Movies column. Partly due to my frustration with the Examiner's new "pub tool," and partly due to having to work extra schlep jobs and temp gigs to keep my family fed and sheltered, I sort of took October off. Luckily, most of the stuff I've written for the column is "evergreen," so I still managed to get page views.Anyway, here are

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The Mal Thursday Show #31: Halloween SpecialDirect from the haunted realm of Austin, Texas, GaragePunk podcaster, rock n' roll musician, and part-time TV horror host Mal Thursday presents an expanded and remastered edition of The Mal Thursday Show Halloween Special, a triple-header of terror combining the original 2007 Halloween show, the 2009 reboot, plus 33% new footage. It's a strange brew

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From deep in the heart of Texas, it's the sound heard 'round the world. The all-time greats from the Lone Star State.Here are the first three mind-blowing voyages into Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine (click on images to download podcasts):CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW - ABSOLUTELY FREE

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Even though Manfred Mann's Abbey Road studio tracks are among the best-recorded of all the early British beat bands (even when the dreaded hot valve men intrude upon the band's tight combo sound), I prefer some of the versions on their BBC sessions even more. While I could do without some of the cheesier pop numbers, the group manages to come off much better soundwise than many of their

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Money's tight, but you can make it right. Bid now!The Malarians: Know/Finished In This Town CDThe Malarians: In the Cool Room CDCracking the Egg: The Untold Story of the Nightcrawlers DVDWill Ferrell "Rojo Johnson" BobbleheadNolan Ryan 1969 New York Mets StatuetteRoy Oswalt Bobblehead Doll

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The Mal Thursday Show #30: Texas Tyme Machine, Vol. 3Once again, Mal Thursday sets the controls for the heart of the Lone Star State to take you on a wild trip in a Texas Tyme Machine. This particular journey finds Mal on the dusty streets of Austin circa the late '70s, as special guest Jesse Sublett tells the incredible true tale of Texas punk legends the Skunks. Along the way, there are stops

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The MalariansSierra Grille, Northampton, MAJune 10, 2010by Dave HayesThe alarm went off for a half an hour before the soundtrack of my current dream slowly but surely became the soundtrack of my confused bedroom surroundings. CRAP. I was a half hour late for The Malarians gig at Sierra Grille, so I threw ons some clothes, a hat, grabbed my water bottle, and stumbled out the door mumbling

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Florida Rocks Again! #43: What's in a Name?After a lengthy hiatus, Mal Thursday returns to Florida to dig up another treasure chest full of rare nuggets by the all-time greats from the Sunshine State. This time out, the theme is "What's in a Name?" as every song on this episode has somebody's name in the title. Featuring music from the Belles, the Allman Joys, We The People, the Royal

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Announcing the official launch of Chunk Archives, a new indie/garage/reissue label based in Austin, Texas. The label is the brainchild of Mal Thursday, who ran the "obscure but rewarding" Chunk Records label from 1986 to 2000. Chunk Archives will be reissuing many classic recordings, as well as new and previously unreleased material.The initial releases from Chunk Archives are the reissues of the

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Today is my birthday, and I'm feeling bloody old. Also a little worse for the wear from all the rocking...Three months ago, I returned to Massachusetts for the "Tour of Route 9" with my old bands the Malarians and the Cheetahs. Last week, I went back again to do two more shows with the Malarians (see previous post). I wrote the following in July, but never published it. Here is part one of "My

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The Malarians Mini-Tour of Route 5 was a mixed bag, with the Sierra show a loud, fuzzy romp through the catalog, and the ZONE reunion marred by my desperate clowning, along with the obligatory sound problems and stage management issues. Although advertised as starting at 8 p.m., the show didn't start until 9:30 p.m. due to the aforementioned P.A. problems. One of the bands had canceled, but the

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The Malarians are back again (in Western Mass, that is) for two dates this month, Thursday September 9th as part of the "Bay State Reanimated" series at the Sierra Grille in Northampton, with special guests A Dick Supreme, and Saturday the 11th for the ZONE 30th Reunion Benefit Concert at Canal Gallery in Holyoke with Eighth Route Army, Bamboo Steamers, Art Kritics, Donut Kings, and

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The Mal Thursday Show #29: Songs I Taught the MalariansIn a self-referential variation on the "Songs the Lyres Taught Us" series, Mal spins the original versions of 29 songs that he covered with his band the Malarians (the American garage band, not the Spanish ska band) between 1984 and 1990, including several that have been revived for the band's reunion tours in 2010. Dedicated to the

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The recent site redesign at Examiner.com has been playing havoc with links to both old and new articles (and my page views, dammit). Things seem to have settled down, so you should be able to click on the links below to read these recent pieces Austin Classic Movies column:Weird Wednesday: Village of the Giants (1965)Master Pancake Theater Takes on 'The Breakfast Club' at the AlamoJoe Bob Briggs

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Although I've stepped up the pace of late, I've only managed to produce seven episodes of "The Mal Thursday Show" this year.The reasons for this are many, chief among them the GaragePunk Podcast Network's new free-for-all schedule (I thrive on deadlines, and now there aren't any), my old band band The Malarians' reunion tour, and the inordinate amount of time it takes to scrape together a living

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The Alamo Drafthouse had an open call for potential hosts. I waited until the last day and uploaded this less-than-stellar, lo-fi audition. The best part about it is that it looks like Oliver Reed is holding a gun to my head.I watched some of the other audition videos -- some people went whole hog and obviously spent hours and hours on theirs, with martial arts sequences, multiple edits, etc.

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I have a new column, The British Music Examiner. This is not to say that I'm a Brit and examine music in general, but that I am examining British music of all stripes.Recent columns:The Sex Pistols' Last Stand: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle'All the Rage: My High Life with the Small Faces, the Faces, and the Roling Stones' by Ian McLaganLiam Gallagher: Beady Eye will be 'bigger than Oasis,' Noel

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The Mal Thursday Show #28: Psummer's Purple PhoggSummertime's almost gone, kiddies, but Mal Thursday is back to make the most of what's left of it with a bitchin' batch of boss wax to beat the heat. The new Mondo Topless long-player, Freaking Out, has been a turntable staple at Mal's pad of late, so there's a couple of tracks from it here, as well as the original versions of some of the

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The Neon Jungle by John D. MacDonaldIn the mid-'80s, as I neared the end of my lengthy career as a professional undergraduate, I became immersed in '50s pulp fiction as a sort of antidote to the classic-type literature I studied in class. The Black Lizard reprints of Jim Thompson led me to other writers of the period whose work was also coming back into print: David Goodis, Harry Whittington, Gil

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This week, I've been doing a series called "Bastards of Horror" for my Austin Classic Movies column, dedicated to the many sequels and knock-offs that followed in the wake of Universal Pictures' early '30s horror classics. These pieces were all adapted from scripts I wrote for my old TV show "Surreal Cinema," so there are a lot more jokes than in my usual reviews. Click on titles and/or images

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THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #27: The Ballad of Mal Thursday, Pt. 4Mal Thursday is back in black (turtleneck, that is) with Part Four of "The Ballad of Mal Thursday," an episode loaded with his blood, sweat, and testosterone. Mal's return to rocking last month on the Malarians' Reunion Tour of Route 9 has reawakened the rock n' roll animal within, and as the selections on this show demonstrate, that

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Alamo Cinema Club presents 'The Prowler' and 'Cry Danger' with Eddie Muller Pseudo-Noir on Sunset: The Strip (1951)Film Writer Kim Morgan talks 'Night Nurse,' Pre-Code Cinema, and Barbara Stanwyck Swamp Things: Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) Dennis Hopper's Greatest Hits Death Trip: Vanishing Point (1971)The Greatest Horror Movies of the '60sThe

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I've been out straight ever since I got back to Austin, so I haven't done a blog post in a month. I'll start with some of the press I got while on tour with the Malarians and the Cheetahs. First up, "Not Quite Finished in This Town" by Matthew Dube, originally published June 10th in The Valley Advocate:Countless area bands have been conceived, lived and disappeared since former local impresario

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Mal Thursday's Victory Lap by Vincent BatorOnce upon a time in the early ‘90s, the western Mass. indie music scene was a vibrant, buzzing place to be. Rumors floated through the air (and in the “industry” thanks to a Billboard article in 1992) constantly that the next big scene after Seattle was Northampton. To a degree, that hype was well-founded: Bands like Sebadoh, New Radiant Storm King,

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One of my heroes has died.Hollywood Rebel: Dennis Hopper 1936-2010

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The Malarians' 1988 Know EP and the 1989 live recording Finished In This Town have been reissued in a deluxe digital and CD release at CD Baby. The mp3 album is available for download now ($4.95 for the five EP tracks, or $9.99 for all 20 tracks), with the CD due to be released on June 8th, just in time for the band's 2010 reunion tour of Route 9.DOWNLOAD IT HEREFollowing up the recent digital

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The Mal Thursday Show #26: Songs the Lyres Taught Us, Vol. 4In honor of Lyres' upcoming appearances in Boston (Friday June 4 with Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs and the Coffin Lids) and Worcester (Friday June 11 with the Malarians and the Immolators), Mal presents Volume Four of "Songs the Lyres Taught Us." More great records from Jeff Conolly's secret stash, from such stellar artists as the

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-33800179780089671152010-05-17T20:04:00.010-04:002010-05-20T16:41:32.635-04:00

Originally released on Chunk Records in the 1980s, the recordings of my old band The Malarians (the American Garage Band, not the Spanish ska band) are now available as digital downloads at Amazon and several other services, and coming soon to iTunes. The remixed, remastered, and reanimated version of In The Cool Room, our lovable first LP from 1986, is available now at Amazon.com, on the Chunk

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-34542819371269997032010-05-06T14:23:00.002-04:002010-05-06T14:24:57.808-04:00

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-42952036164880158132010-05-02T15:44:00.004-04:002010-05-03T00:46:11.629-04:00

The image conjured up by the term "film writer" is generally that of a pale, bespectacled, balding, middle-aged guy in a rumpled suit. Kim Morgan is not your typical film writer: blonde, beautiful, funny and effervescent, with a ferocious intelligence, she is also an authority on Film Noir and "Pre-Code" cinema. To paraphrase the late, great Lux Interior of the Cramps, "She got good taste."

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-32577333034802369152010-04-24T09:11:00.000-04:002010-04-24T15:21:21.989-04:00

Announcing The Malarians Swag Shack at Cafe Press. To commemorate the band's return to the stage on their 2010 "Where's the Money?" tour of the Commonwealth, a limited series of T-shirts, Beer Steins, BBQ Aprons, and other high-quality swag are available. Proceeds to help pay for my plane ticket from Austin to New England.cafepress.com/themalarians

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-23888115849399136622010-04-19T14:08:00.010-04:002010-04-24T14:52:57.135-04:00

That's right, kids, GaragePunk icon and legend in his own mind Mal Thursday is reforming two of his old bands to shake things up this June in Massachusetts:MAL THURSDAY & THE CHEETAHS:Thursday June 3rd @ Sierra Grille, NORTHAMPTONFriday June 4th @ Church, BOSTONw/ Lyres, The Coffin Lids, and The Immolators THE MALARIANS:Weds. June 9th @ Church, BOSTON Thurs. June 10th @ Sierra Grille,

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-4398040467784298342010-04-12T13:40:00.006-04:002010-04-15T23:20:42.279-04:00

Stephanie Rothman: Grindhouse FeministNatalie Wood's Greatest HitsRock n' Roll Faust: Phantom of the Paradise (1974)Marlon Brando's Greatest Hits Made in Texas: Giant (1956) Fatal Femmes: Girls on the Loose (1958) Teenage Rampage: The Runaways (2010)Subscribe to the Austin Classic Movies Examiner HERE.

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-76161887819031711562010-04-03T17:12:00.009-04:002010-04-25T01:16:55.097-04:00

Last month, I sat down for an interview with Kiloh Smith of the Texas Psych blog. Now that SXSW is over, and I've recovered for the most part, I finally remembered to re-post it here.How did you get involved in radio?I started doing college radio at WMUA in Amherst, Mass., back in '87, after I got out of college. I was the lead singer in a local band, the Malarians, and got invited to do a

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-76222953649125437142010-03-26T18:13:00.011-04:002010-07-20T13:27:12.897-04:00

The Mal Thursday Show #25: Kim Fowley's Trainwreck a Go GoMal Thursday welcomes legendary producer, provocateur, and scenemaker Kim Fowley to the program for the first of two episodes dedicated to the wildest recordings in his massive back catalog, which contains over 5000 songs. Currently being portrayed by Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon in the big screen rock 'n roll biopic The Runaways,

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-31785460205931762772010-03-24T15:25:00.007-04:002010-03-24T15:38:30.871-04:00

Hudson Rocks 'Weird Wednesday': Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)Teenage Rampage: The Runaways (2010)A History of Exploitation: American Grindhouse (2010)SXSW Film Fest: Jonathan Furmanski, Tom Bowker Talk 'The Weird World of Blowfly' Major Scoop: QT Fest is Coming Back to Austin SXSW Film Fest: Director Elijah Drenner on 'American Grindhouse' The Bowery Boys Are Back! The Greatest Biker Movies

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-819925404142647202010-03-17T17:44:00.006-04:002010-03-17T17:51:39.044-04:00

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-60136053112871706242010-03-09T22:14:00.006-05:002010-03-09T23:53:17.678-05:00

Beginning this Friday, March 12th, through Saturday, March 20th, Austin plays host to the South by Southwest Film Festival, which The Onion A.V. Club has called "one of the least stuffy film festivals in the country, as evidenced in its unabashed taste for mainstream comedy and weird passion projects to go alongside the usual arthouse fare." Among the buzz-worthy films that will be screened

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-61459202810994402402010-03-05T10:53:00.006-05:002010-03-05T11:09:31.496-05:00

The 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of the In the Cool Room album is now in stock and ready to ship. The Malarians' first record features the definitive line-up of the band: Mal Thursday (vocals, harmonica, Farfisa organ, and harpsichord), Johnny Tomorrow (electric guitar and vocals), Bob Medley (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Slater Awn (bass and vocals), and Lime Rickey (drums and vocals),

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-31339704249611298592010-03-01T00:01:00.007-05:002010-07-27T16:27:49.822-04:00

The Mal Thursday Show #24: Texas Tyme Machine, Vol. 2Mal Thursday sets the controls for the heart of the Lone Star State, as he takes y'all on another trip in a Texas Tyme Machine. The second volume in the series features tracks from Norton Records' essential Fort Worth Teen Scene series, killer cuts from bands out of Austin, Tyler, Sherman, and San Antonio, and a set of songs by Texas artists

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-83989982631394139882010-02-24T14:33:00.011-05:002010-02-26T18:05:07.805-05:00

Cannibalism, Savagery, and Unconditional Love: Jack Hill's Spider Baby (1968)'Look, Ma, No Arms!': Tod Browning's The Unknown (1927)This Week's Classic Movie Screenings in Austin (Feb. 26-March 4)Spy vs. Spy: Casino Royale (1967) and Casino Royale (2006) Martin Scorcese's Greatest Hits It's 'Weird Wednesday' at the Alamo Drafthouse RitzTurner Classic Movies' '31 Days of Oscar' for February 23-

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-19467723371922555532010-02-18T11:35:00.010-05:002010-02-18T12:08:14.051-05:00

collage by Andi BeiermanTexas Monthly, by far the best regional publication of its kind, has a great feature by Michael Hall in its upcoming issue entitled "Three Chords and a Station Wagon," detailing the ups and downs of local 60s bands, including the Novas (Dallas), The Livin’ End (Abilene), Christopher & the Souls (McAllen), and the legendary Zakary Thaks (Corpus Christi).You have to be a

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-45707443763589365112010-02-15T08:59:00.007-05:002010-02-15T09:42:08.068-05:00

Dale Hawkins, best known for his 1957 hit "Suzie Q" (also known as "Suzy-Q"), has died in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 73, of complications from colon cancer.He had been undergoing treatment at the Arkansas Hospice Center at St. Vincent's Doctors Hospital in Little Rock.READ MOREDoug Fieger, lead singer, guitarist, and prime mover behind '80s hitmakers the Knack ("My Sharona," "Good Girls

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-473078021116745682010-02-11T09:41:00.007-05:002010-02-11T10:00:17.797-05:00

Legendary rock 'n roll animal man Kim Fowley is among the extra special guests slated to appear on upcoming episodes of the award-winning GaragePunk podcast The Mal Thursday Show.The iconoclastic and fantastic recording artist, producer, and scenemaker will be the subject of an hour-long ineterview on the program, accompanied by selections from various stages of his storied career, including cuts

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-1695220568019680922010-02-10T10:43:00.007-05:002010-02-12T23:15:21.836-05:00

Clint Eastwood's Greatest WesternsDoom Noir: Blast of Silence (1961)Turner Classic Movies' '31 Days of Oscar' for February 8-15'Terror Tuesdays' at the Alamo Drafthouse RitzFaster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1966) and Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)Subscribe to my Classic Movies column HERE.I promise to come up with a new blog post soon...

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-18352763900431138812010-02-02T10:54:00.013-05:002010-02-05T15:35:08.342-05:00

Ann-Margret's Greatest HitsDecadenza Italiano: Antonioni's L'Avventura (1960)Hassle at the Castle: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)Blaxploitation classics at the Alamo: J.D.'s Revenge (1976) and Black Caesar (1973)Amadeus (Director's Cut)Double Feature Midnight Movies at the Spider House February 2010"Garbo Laughs!": Ninotchka (1939)Jack Nicholson's Greatest Hits To Put Out or Not to Put

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-92116990575700670032010-01-29T19:39:00.015-05:002010-04-25T01:19:59.148-04:00

The Mal Thursday Show #23: Texas Tyme MachineMal Thursday initiates a quarterly series of episodes dedicated to Texas rock 'n roll past and present and the music of "the all-time greats from the Lone Star State." The first installment features mind-blowing tunes from 60s legends Kenny & the Kasuals, 13th Floor Elevators, and the Wig, as well as modern practitioners like Amplified Heat, the Sons

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-48244572366572184842010-01-27T12:18:00.000-05:002010-01-27T12:18:00.718-05:00

13oclockrecords.commyspace.com/thehigherstategaragepsych

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-70047366394722868492010-01-25T13:57:00.004-05:002010-01-25T14:40:10.719-05:00

I've updated my website, jmdobies.com, adding more podcasts, a PayPal link to purchase the complete recordings of Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs, new items at The Florida Rocks Again! Online Superstore, and just tightening things up a bit overall.The site's nothing fancy, design-wise, as it uses an idiot-proof template rather than something more elaborate. But I can edit it any time I want, so

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-89503486860899694712010-01-22T13:37:00.005-05:002010-01-22T14:44:46.210-05:00

Mal Thursday & the Cheetahs:The Complete RecordingsFollowing the break-up of the Malarians, Mal Thursday formed the Cheetahs, with whom he released the heartwarmingly profane holiday classic "A Message to Santa Claus" on Chunk Records in 1992. That was followed up in 1993 by a split 7" with Angry Johnny, featuring the band's version of the Johnny Cash classic "Ring of Fire" with guest vocals (and

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-24251554716915142752010-01-21T16:08:00.006-05:002010-01-25T02:42:59.952-05:00

After banging out a few items for my Celebrity Headlines column, I published a piece about something good, which is Karel Reisz's film of Alan Sillitoe's Angry Young Man drama Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, starring a young, charismatic Albert Finney. Here 'tis: Angry Young Bastard: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Subscribe to the Austin Classic Movies Examiner HERE. Your comments,

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-64406182789633846312010-01-18T09:21:00.005-05:002010-01-20T12:46:03.096-05:00

The Austin Classic Movies Examiner (that'd be me) previews this week's Weird Wednesday selection at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, George Axelrod's 1966 satire Lord Love a Duck, starring Roddy McDowall and the luscious Tuesday Weld.Click HERE to read it.Click HERE to subscribe to the column.Other recent articles by JM Dobies:Tuesday Weld's Greatest HitsThe Action Pack presents the Pulp Fiction

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-1886709443838103762010-01-15T15:47:00.010-05:002010-01-15T15:59:59.482-05:00

I am now the Austin Classic Movies Examiner, in addition to my role as Dallas Celebrity Headlines Examiner.You can now read my stuff without being embarrassed, appalled, or nauseated by the subject matter. Read about great films and the icons of the silver screen rather than the latest misdeeds of drug-addled Z-list actors and sub-human reality TV scum. Or you can do both, and that'll be even

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-23905642130816602982010-01-14T14:46:00.003-05:002010-01-14T15:06:27.518-05:00

Here's a YouTube video I made for the Blue Things' 1966 folk-rock masterpiece "Doll House."

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-70906752560158096032010-01-11T00:01:00.000-05:002010-01-11T08:54:14.379-05:00

As promised, I published a lot more regularly here on the BLOG! in 2009, while still managing to pump out work-for-hire as the Dallas Celebrity Headlines Examiner. Sure, more than half of all posts were related to either The Mal Thursday Show or Florida Rocks Again!, and while I didn't quite manage five posts a week (more like 2.5), I still kept things up to date.Here are some of the best posts

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-74905319913280815932010-01-08T15:57:00.010-05:002010-01-08T19:38:52.196-05:00

I've been hearing rumors for a while now that my old band, the Malarians (the '80s neo-garage band, not the Spanish ska band), will be reuniting to play the music festival at the Hampshire College 40th Anniversary Celebration this June.It was news to me, and seemingly unlikely, given that I'm now living in Austin, far, far away from Western Massachusetts. That, and the bass player's dead.However

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-91828858710593289882010-01-06T12:29:00.013-05:002010-01-26T10:40:59.092-05:00

Sometimes a movie doesn't work so much as a film, but rather as a time capsule that captures the mores and mindset set of an era.1964's The Young Lovers, starring Peter Fonda, Sharon Hugueny, Nick Adams, and Deborah Walley, was one of many films of the period with "Young" in the title: The Young Doctors (1961), The Young Savages (1961), The Young Racers (1963), The Young Swingers (1963), and

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-90765874011750734982010-01-05T01:47:00.011-05:002010-12-08T00:13:48.662-05:00

The Mal Thursday Show is moving to The GaragePunk Hideout.You can find all 22 episodes of The Mal Thursday Show HERE. You can still subscribe to the show HERE or via iTunes.Or click on the images below to download these shows individually:

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-56981637328772172642010-01-03T14:52:00.014-05:002010-01-03T16:37:38.839-05:00

Florida Rocks Again! is moving to The GaragePunk Hideout.All 42 episodes of Florida Rocks Again! can now be found HERE. You can still subscribe to the show HERE or via iTunes. Or just click on images to download the shows:

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-39311278815211797772009-12-31T05:58:00.013-05:002011-08-18T00:32:43.467-04:00

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

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-29372713111146135882009-12-18T22:30:00.008-05:002009-12-31T22:16:40.226-05:00

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://

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-58927850688391563682009-12-14T11:56:00.010-05:002010-12-21T13:42:19.286-05:00

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.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW:Playlist:YARD TRAUMA: Christmas

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-74729080510444926622009-12-09T18:00:00.013-05:002009-12-14T12:39:03.763-05:00

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

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-11968748408790691442009-12-08T12:03:00.005-05:002009-12-08T12:10:03.921-05:00

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

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-14403369771430636092009-12-04T20:32:00.011-05:002009-12-04T20:56:43.268-05:00

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

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-80919277971431801182009-12-03T14:37:00.002-05:002009-12-03T14:55:02.090-05:00

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

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-80469650148561484452009-12-01T01:03:00.010-05:002009-12-01T22:11:20.874-05:00

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.

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-9000810402485048012009-11-23T02:35:00.014-05:002009-12-01T01:15:52.558-05:00

Florida Rocks Again! #42 Daytona Beach WeekendMal 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

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-2583931482416812902009-11-19T09:34:00.002-05:002009-11-20T13:04:59.901-05:00

Originally posted December 3, 2007, here's the third episode of award-winning rock 'n roll podcast The Mal Thursday Show. This time out, Mal features a heapin' helpin' of wild garage to assault your ears and bend your mind, including a set of fine releases from the Get Hip label, another one chock full o' Massholes, and a Derek & Clive bit that's most certainly not NSFW.Presented in Living

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-14965503999784528662009-11-17T09:27:00.000-05:002009-11-17T11:41:08.494-05:00

The all-time greats from the Sunshine State return to the GaragePunk Podcast to emote for the ages with a three-hankie, five-star episode where all of the songs are all about shedding many bitter tears. Sometimes the singers are talking about making someone else cry, but more often than not, it’s the singers themselves who are the ones doing the crying. Featuring 21 weepin’ wailers from such

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-92076605084628515292009-11-16T14:11:00.011-05:002009-11-17T16:54:24.953-05:00

That'd be me.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?Beats the hell out of me. In more ways than one.First, I eschewed grad school in favor of playing with my band, the Malarians, after I graduated from college. Not the greatest career move, J.M.There was a brief

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-46882884943252463692009-11-11T13:42:00.007-05:002009-11-11T14:33:30.887-05:00

It's with a heavy heart that I must inform you of the passing of Ron Stults, who was the lead singer of the Unrelated Segments, the Detroit-area group that was one of the greatest garage bands of all time. In 1966 and 1967, the band released such gems as "Cry, Cry, Cry," "Where You Gonna Go?" (which I used to sing in the Malarians), "It's Gonna Rain," and "The Story of My Life" (hear it on The

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-9318663347354067072009-11-05T00:01:00.017-05:002010-04-27T22:37:06.035-04:00

The Mal Thursday Show #20: Heavy HitsAfter 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,

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-81535119086622104862009-11-01T12:13:00.008-05:002009-11-03T17:10:58.461-05:00

Troy Moon has written a feature article in today's Pensacola News-Journal about the local music scene of the '60s, inspired by the most recent episode of Florida Rocks Again!, "Jeff's Panhandle Party Platter."Pictured above is the Sandpipers, backed up by Daytona Beach legends the Allman Joys at the Sahara Club in 1966. Charlyne Kilpatrick of the Sandpipers remembers that the Allmans were "

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-92077101165412744582009-10-30T01:05:00.000-04:002009-10-30T11:17:44.220-04:00

THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #2: Halloween SpecialGreetings, guys and ghouls, and get ready to shake, shudder, and shiver with GaragePunk podcaster and part-time TV horror host Mal Thursday, as he presents an expanded and remastered edition of The Mal Thursday Show Halloween Special, now with 69% new footage. It's a strange brew full of zombies, werewolves, and wicked witches, not to mention hunchbacks,

JM Dobiesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433777007493344135.post-49383485797598269062009-10-28T11:55:00.005-04:002009-10-30T11:13:20.098-04:00

Fresh from the Faces reunion (minus the late, great Ronnie Lane and a certain lead singer), Ian McLagan returns to Austin for another great happy hour gig with the Bump Band at the Lucky Lounge, 6 to 8 pm Thursday October 29th and the following night at the Cactus Cafe.I'll be at the Lucky show, as it's always one of my favorite gigs in town, and my wife gets to have me back home early (

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myspace.com/tinhousebandListen to the Tin House story, featuring interviews with the original members and cuts from their classic 1971 LP on Epic on Florida Rocks Again! #18: Orlando Rocks Again! at floridarocksagain.garagepunk.com

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Here's a re-booted edition of the Florida Rocks Again! Halloween Special, originally posted in October 2006. It's been expanded and remastered for your listening and dancing pleasure, and presented in Living Monophonic Sound.Hosted by Mal "Madman" Thursday, written and produced by JM "The Clonus Horror" Dobies, and co-produced by Count Jeff Von Lemlich. Available absolutely free via iTunes, at

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