The Mal Thursday Show #54: Friendship is Magic

On the occasion of his 50th birthday, Mal Thursday returns with an extra large podcast chock full of rock n' roll genius. This episode features tracks from "Conspiracy a-Go-Go," the new compilation of songs inspired by the assassination of John F. Kennedy (download it free at turnmeondeadman.bandcamp.com). Also featured is volume 5 of "Songs (the Band Called) Lyres Taught Us" and a belated tribute to the late Lou Reed. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

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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The Mal Thursday Show: Halloween Special 2013

Direct from the haunted realm of Austin, Texas, Mal Thursday presents an expanded, remastered, and reanimated edition of The Mal Thursday Show Halloween Special, combining the 2011, 2010, and 2007 episode with 30% new footage focusing on a couple of Halloween-themed comps, "Mondo Zombie Boogaloo" on Yep Roc and "Garage Monsters," part of the GaragePunk Hideout series. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

 Playlist:
LOS STRAITJACKETS: Theme from 'Halloween'
SHOUTING THOMAS & THE TORMENTS: Dead Man Slide
BIG VINNIE & THE CATTLE THIEVES: Got Me a Monster
THE APOLLOS: It's a Monster
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS:
The Tingler's Blues/Goo Goo Muck
THE FLESHTONES: The Haunted Hipster/I Was a Teenage Zombie
THE BLUE GIANT ZETA PUPPIES: The Wild Ride of Ichabod Crane
HEINZ & THE WILD BOYS: Big Fat Spider
THE SHARKS: Dracula's Daughter
SCREAMING LORD SUTCH: Jack the Ripper
THEE HEADCOATS: The Strangler of Boston Town
THE BUGS: Strangler in the Night/Albert, Albert
LOS STRAITJACKETS: Theme from 'Young Frankenstein'
ORVIN YOES: The Vampire
THE BOMBORAS: A Fistful of Terror
THE SEEDS: Evil Hoodoo
MANFRED MANN: Hubble, Bubble (Toil and Trouble)
Q65: I Got Nightmares
THE SKUNKS: You Scare Me
THE TEXREYS: Ghoul a Go-Go
THE MALARIANS: No
THE BORN LOSERS: Werewolves on Wheels
LOU REED: Halloween Parade
DEAD KENNEDYS: Halloween
THE SHAGGS: It's Halloween
THE (MOTHERFUCKING) BROWNS: Scream for Halloween
LOS STRAITJACKETS: Theme from 'The Munsters'
ZACHERLE: Happy Halloween
LON CHANEY JR.: The Maddest Story Ever Told (Theme from 'Spider Baby')
THE FUZZTONES: Happy Halloween
THE SWINGIN' NECKBREAKERS: No Costume, No Candy
CAPTAIN CLEGG & THE NIGHT CREATURES: Zombie a Go Go
THE TOMBSTONES: Black Cat
THE OUTSIDERS: Haunted by Your Love
THE MOONTREKKERS: Night of the Vampire
ROKY ERICKSON & THE ALIENS: Creature with the Atom Brain
THE CRAMPS: Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon
RONNIE COOK & THE GAYLADS: Goo Goo Muck
THE FRANTICS: Werewolf
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS: Werewolf
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Werewolves of London
ROUND ROBIN: I'm the Wolf Man
BO DIDDLEY: Bo Meets the Monster
THE HOLLYWOOD FLAMES: Frankenstein's Den
THE NEW YORK DOLLS: Frankenstein
ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN: Coolest Little Monster
THE KINGSMEN: Haunted Castle
THE ROCKIN' CONTINENTALS: Count Dracula
THE SONICS: The Witch
THE LOLLIPOP SHOPPE: You Must Be a Witch
THE CIRCUS: Burn, Witch, Burn
THE MOVE: Night of Fear
THE LAST WORD: Sleepy Hollow
THE CORDS: Ghost Power

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The Mal Thursday Show #53: Mass Pike Memory Lane

Mal Thursday takes a trip in time and space to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for "Mass Pike Memory Lane," an episode featuring 30+ Bay State bands 1964 to now. Dedicated to the Rodney Sinclair Defense Fund, raising money to help pay the legal fees in a case where an old friend of Mal's finds himself in the crosshairs of America's misguided war on drugs, on trial for his freedom. There will be a benefit concert on October 4, 2013 at J.J.'s in Florence, Massachusetts, featuring a reunion show by the Unband, with special guests Playtopia, The Nice Try, and Unagi/Jack Falcon. The PayPal address to donate to the cause is middlefinger@comcast.net.

Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

Playlist:
THE REAL KIDS: Better Be Good
THE REMAINS: Once Before
THE BUGS: Slide
THE BARBARIANS: Hey Little Bird
THE BOLD: Gotta Get Some
COBRAS: I Wanna Be Your Love
THE ROCKIN' RAMRODS: She Lied
THE MODERN LOVERS: Roadrunner
BARRENCE WHITFIELD & THE SAVAGES: Ramblin' Rose
THE NEIGHBORHOODS: The Prettiest Girl
THE HOPELESSLY OBSCURE: She's My Best Bette
THE BROOD: In and Out
THE FLIES: In the Dark
THE ODDS: I'll Make You Sorry
THE PRIME MOVERS: 1-2-5
THE TIME BEINGS: Why Don't You Love Me
CLASSIC RUINS: Geraldine (I Need Money)
LYRES: Tear You Up
KENNE HIGHLAND CLAN: Everybody's a Lyre
PRESTON WAYNE FOUR: Kumbaya (bed)
RICHIE'S RENEGADES: You're in the Pepsi Genration
DMZ: The First Time (Is the Best Time)
THE MALARIANS: Good Times
THE VOODOO DOLLS: Bad Feeling
THE UNBAND: We Like to Drink, We Like to Play Rock n' Roll
TAG SALE: Why You Smilin' (Live at the Pulaski Club)
SCUD MOUNTAIN BOYS: Midnight Cowboy (bed)
MISSION OF BURMA: That's When I Reach for My Revolver
SEBADOH: Skull
NEW RADIANT STORM KING: I Am a Scientist
BUFFALO TOM: Going Underground
THE PIXIES: Ed Is Dead
MORPHINE: Cure for Pain
MUCK AND THE MIRES: Gone, Gone, Gone

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Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs: 'It's All Going By Too Fast' mp3 album

2013 is the year of the Cheetah. Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs, that is. After 21 years, Mal and the Cheetahs' 'It's All Going By Too Fast' album finally sees the light of day, and unleashes upon the world "an unholy marriage of the Music Machine and Guns 'N Roses." Contains selections from "C.J. Sorrow, A Garage Rock Opera." Featuring Nelson Bragg (Brian Wilson Band) and Jeff Conolly (Lyres, DMZ).
  

The Return of J.M. Dobies, Austin Classic Movies Examiner

I have revived my film column in an attempt to earn some extra loot. Since I get about a penny per page view, please visit early and often, and share these links via the social media. Thank you.

Weird Wednesday at Alamo Drafthouse: 'The Hellcats' (1968)

'Dirty O'Neil' a/k/a 'The Love Life of a Cop' (1974)

Diane McBain is completely insane in 'The Mini-Skirt Mob' (1968)

 

Dig this: 'The Todd Killings' (1971)

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 #51/Texas Tyme Machine #15

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine touches down in Houston for the Texas Psych Garage Happening to bring you some of the finest 45s to emerge from Space City in the '60s. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

Playlist:

THE SIX PENTS: She Lied

THE MOVING SIDEWALKS: Need Me
THE CLIQUE: I'm Alive
DAVE STARKEY FIVE: Hey Everybody
THE BLOX: Hangin' Out
THE GLASS KANS: Stick with Her
THE THINGS: In Your Soul
THE LEMON FOG: Summer
THE BAROQUE BROTHERS: Baroque a Go Go (bed)
ROY HEAD: You're Almost Tuff
THE TRAITS: Too Good to Be True
OSCAR PERRY: Face Reality
ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS: Tighten Up Pts. 1 & 2
KASHMERE STAGE BAND: Boss City (bed)
FEVER TREE: Now Sounds Groove-In/Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out
THE COASTLINERS: I'll Be Gone
NEAL FORD & THE FANATICS: Shame on You
THE LAVENDER HOUR: So Sophisticated
LOST & FOUND: 25 M.P.H.
THE COUNTDOWN 5: Uncle Kirby from Brazil
JOSEFUS: Crazy Man
THURSDAY'S CHILDREN: Dominoes/You'll Never Be My Girl/Try Girl/Air Conditioned Man/You Can Forget About That
THE CLIQUE: Splash 1