The Mal Thursday Show #25: Kim Fowley's Trainwreck a Go Go

The Mal Thursday Show #25: Kim Fowley's Trainwreck a Go Go

Mal 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, Fowley is, in his own words, "a jerk, a genius, and a pig." Sit back and immerse yourself in the man and his music, the legend and the lunacy.

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Tracklist:

KIM FOWLEY: Motorboat/ Animal Man/The Trip/Underground Lady/Reincarnation/Bubblegum

THE N’BETWEENS: Security
THE SEEDS: Wild Blood
THE BUSH: To Die Alone
SPIDER: The Comedown Song
THE BELFAST GYPSIES: Secret Police
THE GRAINS OF SAND (THE WAILERS): Golden Apples of the Sun
ST. JOHN GREEN: Canyon Woman

THE MODERN LOVERS: Government Center
HOLLYWOOD STARS: King of the Night Time World
KISS: Do You Love Me
THE RUNAWAYS: Cherry Bomb/Born to Be Bad
DAKOTA FANNING & KRISTEN STEWART: California Paradise

VENUS & THE RAZORBLADES: Punk-a-Rama
THE DEAD BOYS: Big City
THE QUICK: No No Girl
MUCK & THE MIRES: Doreen
KIM FOWLEY: A Message to the Youth of the 21st Century

Yet More from JM Dobies, Austin Classic Movies Examiner

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 Ever Made

Cassavetes on Wheels: Devil's Angels (1967)

Made in Texas: Roadie (1980)

Like, Crazy, Man: The Wild Party (1956)

Hollywood Hell: The Big Knife (1955)

James Bond's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: The Sean Connery Era

Dennis Hopper's Greatest Hits

Crash-o-Rama: Jack Hill's Pit Stop (1969)

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My Picks to Click for the 2010 SXSW Music Festival

A Highly Subjective Guide to the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, Pt. 1

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 during SXSW are such titles as MacGruber, which promises to be the first "Saturday Night Live" spin-off since Wayne's World not to be terrible (although some consider The Ladies Man a guilty pleasure), and The Runaways, the story of the all-girl '70s hard rock band starring Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie and Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett.

What follows is a highly subjective day-by-day list of some of most compelling movies being screened during SXSW 2010...

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The Malarians: In the Cool Room CD Now Available

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), with special guests Jimm Chanson and Leo Gorcey.

"Announcing the paradigm-shifting reality of The Malarians' In The Cool Room 2010 Edition, the CD that is not for the weak, and perhaps not even for the strong. The '80s garage band, led by Mal Thursday (who these days is better known as the host of the "Mal Thursday Show" and "Florida Rocks Again!" radio programs), had a reputation as a blistering live act whose recordings only scratched the surface of their savage sonic assault. Malarian guitar maestro Johnny Tomorrow has located and dusted off the original tapes from the In the Cool Room sessions and remixed and remastered the band's first album into the heartbreaking work of staggering genius it was always one good remix away from being."
-- Bobby Lightfoot, Froist

During the month of March, you can order the CD HERE, save $1 off the regular price, and get a bonus mp3 from the next wave of reissues in the series: Know, Finished in This Town, Malarians for Mothers and Daughters, and Mal Thursday & the Cheetahs: The Complete Recordings. Yea-yuh!

Tracklist:
* Tuesday's Child
* Gilligans Wake
* Superlungs My Supergirl
* Up to No Good
* The Lone Star Surfer
* Mopar
* One Time Only
* Little Girls Cry
* Brightness
* Old Enough to Know
* Deep inside
* Where You Gonna Go? (bonus track)

So don't miss out on this withering, feverish set of timeless garage rock rave-ups. Order now, save a dollar, and get a bonus mp3 unearthed from the Malarial vault. And don't forget to pay a call on The Malarians Swag Shack at Cafe Press, where you can buy T-shirts, Coffee Mugs, Beer Steins, BBQ Aprons, and much, much more, all emblazoned with Malarian imagery.

The Mal Thursday Show #24: Texas Tyme Machine, Vol. 2

The Mal Thursday Show #24: Texas Tyme Machine, Vol. 2

Mal 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 reinterpreted by bands hailing from Boston, Pittsburgh, the UK and elsewhere.

Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

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Tracklist:
THE BOTUMLESS PIT: 13 Stories High
THE BOURBONS: Of Old Approximately
THE FIVE CANADIANS: Writing on the Wall
SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET: It’s a Man Down There
THE GRAVEN IMAGE: Take a Bite of Life
ZAKARY THAKS: Won’t Come Back
THE WIG: DRIVE IT HOME
THE PASSIONS: Lively One
THE SENSORS: Rumble (bed)

LARRY & THE BLUE NOTES: In & Out
MARK V: Night of the Phantom
THE BARONS: Live and Die
THE CHOCOLATE MOOSE: Chocolate Moose Theme
THE ROOTS: It’s a Long Journey
THE BARDS: Alibis
THE CHOCOLATE MOOSE: Half-Peeled Banana (bed)

13th FLOOR ELEVATORS: I’m Gonna Love You Too
DMZ: You’re Gonna Miss Me
THE HIGHER STATE: My Time
THE BROOD: I Need You There
THE CYNICS: I’m in Pittsburgh (And It’s Raining)
THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS: 99th Floor
AMPLIFIED HEAT: Neighbor, Neighbor

THE UGLY BEATS: Take a Stand
THE FREDDIE STEADY 5: Cavestomp 2001
THE SONS OF HERCULES: Brain Dead
THE JUNGLE ROCKERS: Shake it
THE TEXREYS: Cave Girl
THE HICKOIDS: The Talking Hot Pants Blues