THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #55: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 10
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Monday, January 13, 2014
The Mal Thursday Show: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pts. 1-10
In lieu of therapy, I have been dedicating the occasional episode of The Mal Thursday Show to "The Ballad of Mal Thursday," a series of semi-autobiographical podcasts that attempt to make sense of a life misspent. Listen, download, and subscribe to the podcast via iTunes, Mevio.com, or GaragePunk Pirate Radio. Here are the first ten installments in the ongoing narrative:
THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #55: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 10
THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #55: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 10
Friday, November 22, 2013
The Mal Thursday Show #54: Friendship is Magic
Playlist:
A PASSING FANCY: I'm Losing Tonight
THE STRYPES: Heart of the City
DRUIDS OF STONEHENGE: A Garden Where Nothing Grows
THE DARK COLOURS SINCE 1865: Midnight Train
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION: Strange Baby
GREG "STACKHOUSE" PREVOST: Get Myself Home
DIRTY LOVERS: Shanty Tramp
THE A-BONES: Shanty Tramp
ROBOTMONKEYARM: Il Bruto (bed)
THE THANES: She's Coming Back to Me
THE MORLOCKS: My Friend the Bird
THE GRIP WEEDS: Lies
THE SADIES: The First Five Minutes
THE VIPERS: Hangar 18 (bed)
THE NEW BREED: Wasting My Time
THE PRIMITIVES: Every Minute of Every Day
THE BLIZZARDS: I'm Your Guy
THE CHAIN REACTION: When I Needed You
THEM: A Girl Like You
THE OUTSIDERS: Lying All the Time
THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS: Help You Ann
LYRES: Now I've Got a Witness (bed)
T. TEX EDWARDS: Lee Harvey Was a Friend of Mine
HOUNDS HOUNDS HOUNDS: Bullet
THE DROOGS: Man Gone Down
MAL THURSDAY AND THE CHEETAHS: Get Outta Dallas!
J F'n K: Back and to the Left
DRIVE-THRU MYSTICS: Black Tears
THE BONNEVILLES: The Drag
THE SATYRS: Yesterday's Hero (bed)
THE ROUGHNECKS: You're Driving Me Insane
THEE HEADCOATS: Why Don't You Smile Now
THE BLITZ: Vicious
MOTT THE HOOPLE: Sweet Jane
SPIDERS FROM MARS: White Light, White Heat
JOY DIVISION: Sister Ray
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: What Goes On
THE PURPLE BARRIER: Dawn Breaks Through
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The Mal Thursday Show #45: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 12
The Mal Thursday Show #45:
Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 12 - "All Covered Up" Pt. 3
Mal Thursday takes you on another trip in a Texas Tyme Machine, with another all-covers episode where Texas artists cover other artists, other artists cover Texas artists, and Texas artists cover Texas artists. With musical guests The Five Americans, Kenny and the Kasuals, The Ugly Beats, and The Black Angels, plus special guest out-of-staters Lyres and The Chesterfield Kings.
Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.
Playlist:
THE FIVE AMERICANS: Gimme Some Lovin'
KENNY AND THE KASUALS: It's Alright
ZAKARY THAKS: I Need You
THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS: Won't Come Back
THE SKUNKS: Memphis
THE DERBY-HATVILLE: Turn Into Earth
T-BONE BURNETT: Nothing in Return
THE BLACK ANGELS: She's Not There
THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS: The Word
THE BAD SEEDS: King Bee
THE CHAPARRALS: Get Off My Cloud/Satisfaction
THE NERVEBREAKERS: Strange Movies
THE HICKOIDS: Whizz Kid
RICK BROUSSARD'S TWO HOOTS AND A HOLLER: Sukyaki
JOE "KING" CARRASCO & THE CROWNS: Party Doll
SAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS: Long Tall Sally
LYRES: Ring Dang Doo
FEVER TREE: Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do
THE FREDDIE STEADY 5: I Can Beat Your Drum
ROY HEAD & THE TRAITS: Just a Little Bit
EVE AND THE EXILES: Starvation
SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET: The Ballad of John Hardy
THE NOVAS: One Too Many Mornings
THE UGLY BEATS: You'll Forget
JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON: Cold, Cold Heart/Unchain My Heart
THE BRIKS: Everybody Needs Somebody to Love/Til the End of the Day/The Nazz are Blue/I'm a Man
HANS FRANK "EL GALLO": Irene Goodnight
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The Mal Thursday Show #44: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 11
Mal Thursday fires up the Texas Tyme Machine with special guest passenger Joe "King" Carrasco, who is on hand to tell "The Joe 'King' Carrasco and the Crowns Story." Later in the program, Mal spins new releases from T. Tex Edwards, The Nervebreakers, The Sweet Nuthin, and The Ripe.
Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.
Playlist:
JOE "KING" CARRASCO:
Drug Through the Mud (with THE CROWNS)Tell Me (with EL MOLINO)
Houston El Mover/Buena/Don't Bug Me, Baby/Party Weekend (with THE CROWNS)
THE REASONS WHY: Don't Be That Way
THE NERVEBREAKERS: Hijack the Radio
T. TEX EDWARDS & OUT ON PAROLE: Crazy Date
THE SWEET NUTHIN': Your Mystery is History
HANS FRANK "EL GALLO": I'm in Love with a Ghost
THE RIPE: Be Adventurous
THE THUNDERCHIEFS: Malaguena (Live at Counter Culture)
OBN IIIs: Runnin' on Fumes
AMPLIFIED HEAT: Lost
LONE STAR HIPPIE: Mind Ride
THE BLACK ANGELS: Watch Out, Boy
UFO CLUB: Be My Baby
KENNY AND THE KASUALS: Floating
JOE "KING" CARRASCO & THE CROWNS: One More Time
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The Mal Thursday Show #42: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 10
THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #42: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 10
Mal Thursday is joined by filmmaker Melissa Kirkendall, whose documentary about Fort Worth garage bands of the 1960s, Teen a-Go-Go, has just been released on DVD (available through Cinema Libre)
In her guest DJ segment, Melissa shines the spotlight on some of the leading lights of Fort Worth's fertile teenbeat scene. In addition to a mother lode of great '60s garage, Mal also spins more recent recordings from The Hickoids, The Ugly Beats, Shapes Have Fangs, and Amplified Heat.
Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.
Playlist:
THE RISING SONS: I'm Blue
THE LOOSE ENDS: He's a Nobody
THE BRIKS: Foolish Baby
THE BARONS: Don't Burn It
THE GENTLEMEN: Come On (If You Can)
THE CYNICS: Mr. You're a Better Man Than I
THE CHOCOLATE MOOSE: Take a Ride
Melissa Kirkendall Guest DJ Segment
BRUCE CHANNEL: Hey Baby
JIM JONES & THE CHAUNTEYS: Baby (Better Get On Home)
RAY SHARP: Linda Lu
THE KANDY KANES: Hard to Tell
LARRY & THE BLUE NOTES: Night of the Sadist
THE BARONS: Without Her
THE ELITE: My Confusion
THE 5-6-7-8s: One Potato
THE HICKOIDS: Gudbuy T' Jane
LOU ANN BARTON: Don't Slander Me
ROKY ERICKSON: Bermuda
ZZ TOP: Neighbor, Neighbor
AMPLIFIED HEAT: Give It to Me
THE UGLY BEATS: Bee Line
THE JUNGLE ROCKERS: Cool It Out
SHAPES HAVE FANGS: Nobody's There
Friday, March 2, 2012
The Mal Thursday Show #41: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 6
It's another semi-autobiographical episode of The Mal Thursday Show, as Mal tries to make sense of a life misspent. But once you get past the self-involved narrative arc, what you get is an hour and fifteen minutes of rocking sounds.Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.
Playlist:
REIGNING SOUND: Can't Hold On
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE: This Is Why You Love Me
THE MAGNIFICENT BROTHERHOOD: Lifetime
THE CYNICS: I Need More
THE ATTACK: Too Old
ANTHONY NEWLEY: The Joker
THE A-BONES: Bad Times
THE GTVs: R n' B n' D (bed)
RICK BROUSSARD'S TWO HOOTS AND A HOLLER:
Come and Take It
LEE HAZELWOOD: This Town
THE SERVICE INDUSTRY: This Town Makes My Skin Crawl
THE MOVE: Down on the Bay
THE HOLLYWOOD STARS: King of the Nighttime World
FLIGHT REACTION: Take Me Away
THE GTVs: Bull's Eye (bed)
SCOTT WALKER: The Girls and The Dogs
JOHN ENTWISTLE: My Wife
THE PAINTED SHIP: Little White Lies
PERSIAN CLAWS: You're Gonna Leave
THURSDAY'S CHILDREN: A Part of You
THE FLESHTONES: Love Yourself
OMEN & THEIR LUV: Maybe Later
HANS FRANK: Whistling Past the Grave
THE HUMAN INSTINCT: Pink Dawn
THE FUGITIVE FIVE: My Way of Life
Monday, December 5, 2011
The Mal Thursday Show #39: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 5
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 Topless, and The Reigning Sound. It's a podcast, it's a memoir, it's rock n' roll.
Present in Living Monophonic Sound. Click HERE to download mp3.
Playlist:
THE DEAD BOYS: I Won't Look Back
J.J. & THE REAL JERKS: Short Term Memory Lane
THE CYNICS: Zombie Walk
THE FLESHTONES: Too Much on My Mind
CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND: I'm Not Like Everybody Else
THE SUPERSUCKERS: I'm a Fucking Genius
SONNY BONO: Laugh at Me
MANFRED MANN: I Got You Babe
RANDY NEWMAN: Last Night I Had A Dream
NOEL HARRISON: Life Is a Dream
SCOTT : 30th Century Man
WILLIE: Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
GLAMBILLY: How I Got to Texas
THE STRANGLERS: (Get a) Grip (On Yourself)
THE FALL: Leave the Capitol
LEE HAZELWOOD: This Town
THE RAMONES: I Don't Wanna Grow Up
THE KINKS: Dandy
HEINZ & THE WILD BOYS: I'm Not a Bad Guy
THE REIGNING SOUND: Everything I Do Is Wrong
THE LIVERPOOL FIVE: Too Far Out
BUCK OWENS: Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass
THE BLACK KEYS: Lonely Boy
THE VAGRANTS: I Can't Make a Friend
THE FLESHTONES: I've Gotta Change My Life
MONDO TOPLESS: Don't Send Me No Flowers (I Ain't Dead Yet)
PAUL JONES: Privilege
In case you missed 'em, here are Parts 1 through 4 of "The Ballad of Mal Thursday" (click on images to launch podcasts):
Thursday, September 16, 2010
My Massatucky Walkabout, Pt. 1
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 Massatucky Walkabout."It was one month ago today that I made my return to the concert stage with a gig at the Sierra Grille in Northampton, Mass., which is located in the building that once housed the Bay State Hotel, where I used to book shows in the mid-'90s under the guise of my rock 'n roll alter-egomaniac Mal Thursday. For the proper historical context, check out Ken Maiuri's June 3rd piece in The Daily Hampshire Gazette:
Clubland: Local legend Mal Thursday returns to reanimate Valley
Although the tour was not a popular move at home (my marriage would be in much better shape had I kept it to just the four dates with the Malarians, or had not gone at all), it was something I had to do, and in spite of it all, I'm damn glad I did it.
I flew in on the afternoon of the first gig, a Cheetahs show with the Egos and Evil Bill at the Sierra Grille, former site of the Bay State Hotel, where I ruled the roost back in the salad days of the Northampton music scene circa the mid-'90s. It wasn't a total triumph, but it was good to be back. The next night, we played a barn-burner at Church of Boston on a bill with Lyres (sounding as good as they ever have, and I've witnessed dozens of their shows over the past quarter-century) and the Coffin Lids. Northampton band the Immolators were supposed to be on the bill as well, but Mike Dumont a/k/a Liv Damage got lost in traffic, despite the fact that the club is just a few blocks from Fenway Park. I drove back from the gig with Cheetah David Trenholm, and once we exited the Mass Pike, we navigated a spooky, foggy, winding route that was totally Ichabod Crane-like.
New England: it's centuries-old crazy.
I then had several days off, most of which were spent on my own without access to a car, the internet or cable TV. I had plenty of time for reflection, and to rehearse with the Malarians. I had pooh-poohed the idea of a reunion for many years, owing to the fact that founding member Slater Awan (Kent Garver) was dead. But I warmed to the idea over time, and we kicked serious ass. And miraculously, my voice held up.
Thanks to Ken Maiuri, Matthew Dube, Gary Carra, and Vincent Bator for writing up my return; Marc Solomon for providing shelter and sanity; the boys in the bands, with a special shout-out to Les LeBarge a/k/a Les Fillin, for learning 25 songs and rocking them thoroughly; and a host of others, not least Jeff Conolly, Tim Downie, Mark Sheehan, O'Brien Tomalin, our producer Sean Slade, Glenn Merrill-Skoloff, Dancing Larry, Andrea Newhouse, Meag Kennedy, the Immolators, the Egos, Evil Bill, and Peter "Spec" McHugh.
No thanks, and a special place in hell for the Malarians' opening act at Church, who have started a "Boycott the Malarians" Facebook page because they felt that should have received a bigger cut of the $130 that was to be split between the three bands. They were an awful, awful semi-pro '80s synth-drivel band made up of NBA employees. I think the horrible lead singer was their boss, and they were afraid to tell him that he looked like a spastic or that his songs were terrible. I did go slightly batshit on their lame asses, calling them "Kobe-enablers" and accusing them of being "in cahoots with the L.A. Rapers."
They did, however, generate some good one-liners:
"They make A-Ha sound like AC/DC."
"Like Missing Persons without Dale Bozzio or Flock of Seagulls with less balls."
"The Malarians may or may not have stolen their money, but they stole 45 minutes of my life."
"Music to eat a gun by."
Fuck 'em. I had a ball.
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