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 #52: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 9

The Mal Thursday Show #46: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 8

The Mal Thursday Show #43: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 7

 

The Mal Thursday Show #41: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 6

The Mal Thursday Show #39: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 5

  

The Mal Thursday Show #27: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 4

 

 The Mal Thursday Show #15: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 3

  

 The Mal Thursday Show #14: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 2

  

 The Mal Thursday Show #13: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 1

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The Mal Thursday Show #52: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 9

 

Yet another installment in the ongoing series of semi-autobiographical podcasts using rock n' roll records to tell the story of Mal's life. Featuring recent releases from OBN IIIs, Neighbours, The Breakup Society, Tandyn Almer, and Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

OBN IIIs: Damned to Obscurity
THE RATIONALS: Feelin' Lost
THE OTHERS: Fallin' Off My World
THE LOONS: Climbin' the Heap
THE ACID FASCISTS: All Kinds of Twisted
THE BREAKUP SOCIETY: So Much Unhappiness, So Little Time
THE GAUNGA DYNS: No One Cares
PAUL JONES: Free Me
NEIGHBOURS: Tell the Truth
THE IMPRESSIONS: Too Slow
THE ELECTRIC PRUNES: Are You Loving Me More (and Enjoying It Less)
THE SWEET NUTHIN: Your Mystery is History
THE SADIES: Another Year Again
THE HIGHER STATE: High Life
THE REALLY ROTTENS: High Life (bed)
THE RAMONES: I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
TED TAYLOR: (Love is Like a) Ramblin' Rose
THE NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS: I Dig Your Mind
THE JAM: I Need You (For Someone)
THE JUNGLE ROCKERS: Cool It Out
TANDYN ALMER: About Where Love Is
D.B.: Love You Til Tuesday
GRANT LEE BUFFALO: The Whole Shebang
THE CRAMPS: All Women Are Bad
THE BGs: Born a Man
MAL THURSDAY AND THE CHEETAHS: That's Your Problem
THE BYRDS: Bad Night at the Whisky
SCOTT WALKER: My Death
LONELY MOANS: Lots o' Life
V.U.: Here She Comes Now

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The Mal Thursday Show #48: Naming Names

Django, Floyd, Dr. Stone, and Humphrey Plugg join Mal as he presents a series of songs with people's names in the title. This episode is dedicated to the memory of the Troggs' Reg Presley and film director Michael Winner. With Rocky Roberts, The Breakup Society, The Ripe, The Shambles, The A-Bones, and many more. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.


Playlist:
ROCKY ROBERTS: Django
THE BREAKUP SOCIETY: Here Comes Floyd
THE RIPE: Dr. Strange (Live)
THE LEAVES: Dr. Stone
THE KINGZ ENGLISH: Dr. Hunger
A3: Amos Moses
THE SLICKERS: Johnny Too Bad
THE SHADOWS: The Rise and Fall of Flingel Blunt (bed)
THE A-BONES: Geraldine
BOBBY FULLER FOUR: Annie Lou
THE REAL KIDS: Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie
ADRIAN LLOYD: Lorna
THE FABS: Dinah Wants Religion
THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE: Mary Please
THE SHAMBLES: Does Stephanie Know
MUCK & THE MIRES: Doreen
TEDDY & HIS PATCHES: Suzy Creamcheese
THE KINKS: Spotty Grotty Anna (bed)
THE BERKELEY KITES: Alice In Wonderland
THE ATTACK: Lady Orange Peel/Neville Thumbcatch
THE RATS: The Rise and Fall of Bernie Gripplestone
LEN PRICE 3: Mr. Grey
THEM: Richard Cory
SCOTT WALKER: The Amorous Humphrey Plugg
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'Texas Chainsaw' Man: My Interview with Tobe Hooper

'Texas Chainsaw' man: Director Tobe Hooper on Leatherface, 'Lifeforce,' and more

Austin native Tobe Hooper is best known for writing and directing one of the most influential horror movies ever made, 1974's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." In conjunction with the release of "Texas Chainsaw 3D," the latest entry in the controversial franchise, Hooper sat down with the Austin Classic Movies Examiner to discuss the new film, his career, and his beginnings as a filmmaker in the late '60s.

"I was in Austin, making a lot of TV commercials, PSAs, documentaries. We had a little company called Film House, about five of us. We could even do post-production, although we had to get the 16-millimeter film developed in Dallas or over at channel seven. We did Farrah Fawcett's first professional work...We made a film called 'Eggshells' [a restored version screened at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival], a true hippie film, from the sandals up! It was about the beginning and end of a subculture."

"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was banned in several countries upon its release. England banned the film for 23 years. The visceral terror evoked by the movie comes not from explicit gore and violence, but from Hooper's use of POV, the power of suggestion, and his creation of an all-encompassing atmosphere of dread. In the wake of the Newtown school massacre, film violence has once again become a hot-button issue. Hooper is not sold on the connection between screen violence and the violence endemic in American society: "I don't know how to respond. It's all a part of the same thing. The dark side of human nature...I don't think a horror movie is going to inspire a copycat, certainly not one running around with a chainsaw..."

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Music Monday at Alamo Drafthouse Ritz: Ken Russell's 'Lisztomania' (1975)

'The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live in Texas 1978' tonight at Alamo Lake Creek

A twit's progress: 'Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush' (1968)

 Rock star Nazi hunter: 'This Must Be the Place'

'The Triple Echo' a/k/a 'Soldier in Skirts' (1972)

For the birds: 'The Girl' (2012)

  The greatest zombie movies ever made

Robert Aldrich's 'The Legend of Lylah Clare' (1968)

Herbert Lom's greatest hits

Masterpiece: 'The Master' (2012) 

Of drapery and dementia: 'The Cobweb' (1955)

Phyllis Diller's greatest hits

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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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A Psychedelic Circus!

Roy Head at Antone's August 9th!

Kashmere Stage Band at Antone's Tomorrow Night

People get ready! Saturday night, it's an evening of Texas Thunder Soul and titanic Fifth Ward funk as Antone's and Mal Thursday proudly present the legendary Kashmere Stage Band. The 25-piece ensemble features original members of the 1970s line-ups that produced the classic KSB recordings, which ultimately led to the acclaimed 2010 documentary film THUNDER SOUL.

Doors at 8 p.m. Austin funk masters Hard Proof AfroBeat play at 9, with DJ sets from Soul Happening throughout the night. Kashmere Stage Band headlines at 10:30. A funky good time is guaranteed for all.

Antone's is located at 213 W. Fifth Street in Austin.  

Advance tickets on sale now: http://ticketf.ly/M1QCov

Bubble Puppy and The Krayolas at Antone's Friday July 13th

When the members of Texas' Bubble Puppy came together in 1966, the psychedelic/rock "big bang" was complete. They connected the cosmic dots between folk, psychedelia, and guitar-based heavy rock, and thus gave birth to the musical revolution that would define the late-60's & early-70's. "Hot Smoke And Sassafras" went from a regional hit, to the song that cemented International Artists Records' and Bubble Puppy's spot in musical lore.

Signed to Houston’s legendary International Artists imprint, the foursome were label mates of such hallowed acts as Roky Erickson's 13th Floor Elevators and the Red Krayola, but "A Gathering of Promises", the group’s sole International Artists album, stands out from the rest of the roster with its rich vocal harmonies and heavier, Cream/Hendrix/Allman Brothers sound.
 

Descended from Corpus Christi garage kings the Bad Seeds, Bubble Puppy’s tripped out calling card was its combination of soaring, fuzz-drenched guitars, frantic drumming, stop-on-a-dime arrangements and tight, graceful harmonies. Songs like the manic “Lonely”, the cryptically twisting “I’ve Got to Reach You” and the majestic, guitar-searing “Hurry Sundown” prove that Bubble Puppy was far more than just a one hit wonder.

Now, in 2012, original members of Bubble Puppy, Rod Prince, Todd Potter and David "Fuzzy" Fore have reformed along with Mark Miller and Jimmy Umstattd, to bring their pioneering psych/rock sound to a new generation of fans....

With a 35-year history, San Antonio's Tex-Mex garage-rock greats, The Krayolas have been hailed as the "Mexified Beatles", and "As close as you can get to The Who sings Bob Dylan". They are regulars on Sirius XM's "Kick Out the Jams!" with Dave Marsh and "Little Steven's Underground Garage", as well as on “Roots & Branches of Americana” with Ray Wylie Hubbard on KNBT-FM.

 Bubble Puppy will perform LIVE on the fabled stage of Antone's in Austin, Texas for the first time ever on FRIDAY, JULY 13th. Special guests for this show will by The KRAYOLAS. Doors open at 10:00pm, Bubble Puppy plays at 10:30pm, and The Krayolas take to the stage at Midnight. Advance Ticket are $13.00 (Online at www.antones.net), and will be $15.00 at the door.

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

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Uncle Billy's Honky Tonk Happy Hour EXTENDED EDITION March 14-18

To celebrate the beginning of another season of Honky Tonk Happy Hour shows, as well as a certain festival that cannot be named, Uncle Billy's Brew & Que Barton Springs will present over 30 hours of absolutely free live music Wednesday through Sunday March 16-18. More dates and artists TBA.

Presented by Uncle Billy's in association with Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine.

Weds. 3/14:
2 pm: Chisolm Karen
3 pm: Kid Hollywood
4 pm: Patrick Sweany
5 pm: Lisa Marshall

Thurs. 3/15:
2 pm: Chuck Fleming
3 pm: The Human Condition
4 pm: Winterpills
5 pm: Seth Sherman
7 pm: George Kinney
8 pm: Tom Ben Lindley

Fri. 3/16: Hosted by Mal Thursday
2 pm: T. Tex Edwards & the Texwardians
3 pm: Matt Hebert
4 pm: Hans Frank El Gallo
5:30 pm: Jesse Sublett & Jon Dee Graham
7:30 pm: Uncle Bob NYC
8 pm: Stevie Tombstone

Sat. 3/17: Hosted by Roggie Baer
2 pm: Edison Chair
4 pm: Billy Harvey
6 pm: Steve Poltz
7 pm: The Sun Parade

Sun 3/18: Hosted by Curtis B. Lokey
2 pm: Honky Tonk Blood Brothers Hangover Session with John Evans Band & Hank Schyma & Friends
6 pm: Davis Rogan

Admission is free, donations appreciated.

Edison Chair, Billy Harvey, and Steve Poltz appear courtesy of Rajiworld: http://www.rajiworld.com/

Uncle Billy's online: http://unclebillysaustin.com/
http://twitter.com/UncleBillys

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine podcast archives: http://texastymemachine.mevio.com/

J.M. Dobies, Austin Classic Movies Examiner on Facebook, Twitter

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 columnm including the "Greatest Hits" series (Natalie Wood's Greatest Hits, Marlon Brando's Greatest Hits, Martin Scorcese's Greatest Hits, etc.).

The regular screenings of rare 35mm prints at the Alamo Drafthouse and the Paramount Theatre's classic film series will continue to drive the column's Austin-centric approach.

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To follow the A.C.M.E. on Twitter, subscribe to the posts of his rock n' roll alter ego Mal Thursday (twitter.com/#malthursday). The latest episode of The Mal Thursday Show podcast, "The Ballad of Mal Thursday, Pt. 5" is currently available free on iTunes and on GaragePunk Pirate Radio.

Recommended reading:

• Scenes from a Marriage on the Rocks: Two for the Road (1967)
• Lady in a Rage: David Cronenberg's 'The Brood' (1979)
• Cannibalism, Savagery, and Unconditional Love: Jack Hill's Spider Baby (1968)
• To Put Out or Not to Put Out: The Young Lovers (1964)
• Ken Russell's Greatest Hits
• Dennis Hopper's Greatest Hits
• Paul Newman's Greatest Hits
• The Greatest Biker Movies Ever Made
• The Greatest Horror Movies of the '60s
• Made in Texas: Giant (1956)
• Angry Young Bastard: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1961)
• Fun and Games with George and Martha: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
• Don't Look Back, Ollie: I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname (1967)
• Natalie Wood's Greatest Hits

The Mal Thursday Show #39: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 5

THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #39: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 5
Mal 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):

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine at Uncle Billy's Fall 2011

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 Tyme Machine continues its residency at Uncle Billy's Lake Travis with shows every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night, with host/DJ Mal Thursday.