Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Choices

It's all about choices this week on The Mal Thursday Show. A rogue's gallery of boss beat groups help you decide. Presented in Ultrasonic stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 15 January 2025.

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Playlist:
The Briks: It's Your Choice
The Monks: Boys are Boys and Girls are Choice
The XLs: Second Choice
Spanky & Our Gang: Anything You Choose
The Deep: Your Choice to Choose
Oliver Nelson: The Critic's Choice (bed)
The Crickets: Right or Wrong
The Blues Magoos: So I'm Wrong and You Are Right
The Chesterfield Kings
: Wrong from Right
The Moquettes: Right String Baby, But the Wrong Yoyo
Dr. John: Right Place, Wrong Time
The Hate Bombs: Wrong Place, Wrong Time
The Honeycombs: Have I the Right
The Blues Project: No Time Like the Right Time
The Embrooks: The Time Was Wrong
Booker T & The MGs: When Something Is Wrong with My Baby (bed)
The Five Americans: Black Is White - Day Is Night
The North Atlantic Invasion Force: Black on White
Plasticland: In My Black and White
Serge Gainsbourg: Black and White
Painted Faces: Blackhearted Susan
The Guess Who: White Room
The T-Bones: Paint It Black (bed)
Them: Bad or Good
Paul Revere & The Raiders: Him or Me (What's It Gonna Be) [mono]
The Barons: Live and Die
Yesterday's Children: To Be or Not to Be
The Runaways: Is It Day or Night
The Gentrys: Brown Paper Sack
The Rolling Stones: Yesterday's Papers (mono)
The Beatles: Paperback Writer (2022 mix)
Traffic: Paper Sun (BBC)
Bulldrog Breed: Paper Man
Noah's Ark: Paper Man
The Rooks: Free Sunday Paper
The Ventures: Paper Airplane (bed)
The Kinks: Plastic Man (BBC)
Jefferson Airplane: Plastic Fantastic Lover (live 1968)
The Generation Gap: Plastic Faces
Mothers of Invention: Plastic People
The Sights & Sounds: Plastic People
Hans Frank El Gallo: Bodies in Plastic
The Amatones: Plastic Surgeon


 

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

The Best of 2025 w/ Guest DJ Mike Murray

Mal Thursday is joined by special guest DJ Mike Murray of the Whole Lotta Shakin' radio show, heard weekly Saturdays at 3 pm ET on WRUR, WITH, and theroute.org, highlighting the WLS Top 20 plus Mal's favorite new and archival releases of 2025. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 8 January 2026.

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Playlist:
Lyres: Someone Who'll Treat You Right Now (live 1985)
Tom Kenny & The Hi-Seas: Welcome To The Working Class
The Capellas: Zig Zag Wanderer
Les Rencards: Boite A Malice
The Chelsea Curve: Hey Sah-Lo-Ney
The Shakers: Money
Grip Weeds: Soul Bender
The Sound Minds: She Won't Stay For Long
Les Maharajas: Enough Of Your Love
The Embrooks: Terry And Julie
The 66ers: Holiday
Stupidity: Darkness Is My Friend (bed)
The Low Spirits: Treatin' Me Bad
The Capellas: Greener Than Green
The Sorrows: Out of My Head
Muck & The Mires: Lemon and Lime
Cosh Boys: Born to Rock 'n' Roll
Thee Strawberry Mynde: Reflections
Los Straitjackets: Genesee River Rock
The Shitkicker Rebellion: White Light White Heat
Mooon: Modulation Baby
Untamed Youth: The Harem
Los Straitjackets: Cry for a Beatle (bed)
Mal Thursday Quintet: Excitement Transfusion
The Tell-Tale Hearts: Too Many Lovers
The Things: Outside My Window
The Mosquitos: Darn Well (live 1984)
The Vipers: Nothing's from Today (live 1984)/How About Somemore
Small Faces: Get Yourself Together
Love: Laughing Stock
The Rolling Stones: The Rotterdam Jam (bed)
The Living Pins: Gold
Violet Mindfield: Autonomous Overdrive
The Bitter Ends: Everything's Going Wrong/My Brother, The Man
The Knight Shades: Why (Baby Why!)
Paul Collins: Hang on to Yourself
The Weeklings: Diamond Dogs
Len Price 3: Margate Sand
The Krayolas: Mr. Lonely (mono)
Stupidity: A Monkey in a Suit (is Still a Monkey)
The Higher State: Not Anything 

Choices

It's all about choices this week on The Mal Thursday Show. A rogue's gallery of boss beat groups help you decide. Presented in Ult...