Hurt

Mal Thursday returns with a new episode where the Word of the Week is Hurt. Featuring British beat, '60s garage/teenbeat, records of more recent vintage, and a trip in Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 10 July 2025.

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 Playlist:
The Tulu Babies: Hurtin' Kind
The Downliners Sect: Hurt by Love
Herman's Hermits: Don't Try to Hurt Me
The Small Faces: Take This Hurt off Me/Every Little Bit Hurts (BBC)  
The Mark Four: Hurt Me If You Will
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas: Bet Nobody Ever Hurt This Bad
Them: (It Won't Hurt) Half as Much
The Dave Clark Five: It'll Only Hurt for a Little While
The Pleazers: Hurtin' All Over
The Great Scots: The Light Hurts My Eyes
The Bittersweets: Hurtin' Kind
The Outsiders: I'm Not Trying to Hurt You
The Impacs: Your Mama Put the Hurt on Me
The Lyrics: They Can't Hurt Me
The Music Machine: Something Hurtin' on Me
The Cindermen: Don't Do It Some More ('Cause It Hurts So Good)
The Sumpin' Else: Here Comes the Hurt
The Holidays Combo: Little Miss Hurt
Larry Knight & The Upsetters: Hurt
The Four Fifths: She'll Hurt You in the End
The Nightcrawlers: He Shouldn't Hurt You
The Balloon Farm: Hurtin' for Your Love

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Roy Orbison: Love Hurts
The Floyd Dakil Four: It Takes a Lot of Hurt
The Chayns: Why Did You Hurt Me
The Beefeaters: Don't Hurt Me
The 13th Floor Elevators: You Can't Hurt Me Anymore

The Fuzztones: Hurt on Hold/Flirt, Hurt, and Desert
Graham Day & The Forefathers: You Always Find a Way to Hurt Me
The Reverberations: Don't Hurt My Pride
The Parting Gifts: Don't Hurt Me Now
The Detroit Cobras: The Hurt's All Gone
The Rutles: Ouch!
Frank Ventura & The Crescents: Pain
Moving Finger: Pain of My Misfortune
The Pretty Things: Can't Stand No Pain
Lyres: Pain
Dion: Feeling No Pain
Sam & Dave: Sweet Pains
Morphine: Cure for Pain
Johnny Thunders: Hurt Me

You!

It's "You" times two this week, as Mal presents two episodes from 2019 where the Word of the Week is You. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound..

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Naming Names!

 Here are two episodes of songs with people's names in the title, Naming Names and Naming Names 2. New episodes return July 10th, as my affiliates should all be caught up by then.

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Summer, Babe!

To celebrate the coming of Summer, here is six and a half hours of songs about sun, sand, and surf. Summer, babe!  

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Ain't

 Mal Thursday delivers a wild episode chock full o' colloquial negativity as the Word of the Week is Ain't. All songs with Ain't in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 19 June 2025.

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Playlist:
The Electric Prunes: Ain't It Hard
The Young Rascals: I Ain't Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore
The Remains: Ain't That Her/But I Ain't Got You
The Beau Brummels: Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
The Roosters: Ain't Gonna Cry Anymore
The Uniques: You Ain't Tuff
The Blue Things: It Ain't No Big Thing, Babe
The Turtles: It Ain't Me Babe
Barry McGuire: Ain't No Way I'm Gonna Change My Mind
The Chocolate Watchband: I Ain't No Miracle Worker
The Sapians: Love Ain't Making It No More
The Ventures: Ram Bunk Shush (I Ain't Go No Money)
The Mothers of Invention: I Ain't Got No Heart
The Fugitive Five: I Ain't Gonna Change My Way of Life
The Intruders: Five: Ain't Comin' Back
The Wave Riders: Ain't It a Shame
The Bootmen: Ain't It the Truth Babe
Tim Hardin: I Ain't Gonna Do Without
Taj Mahal: Ain't That a Lot of Love

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Cords: Ain't That Love
The Clique: Love Ain't Easy
Terry & Tommy: It Ain't No Good to Love Anybody

The Ugly Ducklings: She Ain't No Use to Me
The Animals: I Ain't Got You
The Hollies: Ain't That Just Like Me
The Knack: She Ain't No Good
The Spectres: We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet
Terry Reid: Ain't That Peculiar
The Yardbirds: I Ain't Done Wrong
Jeff Beck Group: I Ain't Superstitious (BBC)
Van Morrison: He Ain't Give You None
David Bowie and The Spiders from Mars: It Ain't Easy (BBC)
The Shadows: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (bed)
The Nomads: This Ain't the Summer of Love
Greg "Stackhouse" Prevost: I Ain't Signifying
Lyres: I Ain't Going Nowhere
The Vipers: Ain't Nothing Like Her
Thee Fourgiven: Ain't That Mad
The Pandoras: You Ain't No Friend of Mine
The Creation Factory: Ain't Gonna Let You Stay
Cheap Trick: Ain't That a Shame (live 1977)

The Mal Thursday Show on Radio Crown

 The Mal Thursday Show has a new affiliate!

Radio Crown, streaming at https://radiocrown.com/radio-crown-live/

 The show airs Saturdays Midnight EU, 11 pm UK, 6 pm ET, 3 pm PT; Mondays 4 pm EU, 3 pm UK, 10 am ET, 7 am PT; Wednesdays 2 pm EU, 1 pm UK, 8 am ET, 5 am PT. 

This week's episode:

Smoke/Fire

Mal Thursday presents a smoky, fiery episode where the Words of the Week are Smoke and Fire. All songs with Smoke and/or Fire in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast June 2025. 

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Playlist:
The Blues Project: Where There's Smoke, There's Fire!
Question Mark & The Mysterians: Smokes
Bob Seger & The Last Heard: Chain Smokin'
The Minitmen: Smokin' in the Boys Room
The Cobblers: Smokin' at the Half-Note
The Gants: (You Can't Blow) Smoke Rings
The Music Machine: Smoke and Water
Neil Diamond: Smokey Lady
The Kinks: Big Black Smoke (mono)
The Higher State: Smoke and Mirrors
The Golden Earrings: Smoking Cigarettes
Pell Mell: Smoke (bed)
Howlin' Wolf: Smokestack Lightning
The Yarbirds: Smokestack Lightning (live 1964)
The Electric Prunes: Smokestack Lightning (live 1967)
The Things to Come: Smokestack Lightning (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Bubble Puppy: Hot Smoke and Sassafrass (mono)
Butthole Surfers: John E. Smoke
The 13th Floor Elevators: Fire Engine/Fire in My Bones
The Children: Fire Ring
The Sons of Hercules: Angel on Fire
Shapes Have Fangs: Putting Out Fires

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: Fire (mono)
The Byrds: This Wheel's on Fire
The Golliwogs: Fight Fire
Painted Faces: Play with Fire
The Amboy Dukes: You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire
Mercy: Fireball (bed)
The Raves: Everything's Fire
The Mojo Men: Fire in My Heart
The Beethoven 4: Sets My Soul on Fire
The Move: Fire Brigade (mono)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Fire (BBC)
The Doors: Light My Fire (mono)
Lyres: On Fyre