Crazy Town

Mal Thursday is back with a semi-free-form episode ruminating on the state of the world and the story of his life. Crazy Town! Dedicated to the memory of Stefán Karl Stefánsson a.k.a Robbie Rotten. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 26 March 2026.

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Playlist:
The Superfine Dandelion: Crazy Town (Move on Little Children)
The Unrelated Segements: The Story of My Life
The Riddles: I Tell You a Story of My Life
The Velvet Underground: That's the Story of My Life (mono)
The Lost Souls: This Life of Mine
Q65: The Live I Live
Thor's Hammer: My Life
Marcus: The Life Game
The Journeymen: Realities in Life
The Fleshtones: I've Gotta Change My Life
Mal Thursday Quintet: The Other Side of This Life
The Ventures: What is Life (bed)
Kevin Coughlin: I Gotta Be Me
Eric Burdon & The Animals: When I Was Young
Fire: Father's Name Was Dad
The Dictators: Teengenerate
Mott the Hoople: One of the Boys
The Kinks: The Hard Way
Ron Davies: It Ain't Easy
Guided By Voices: Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox
Flamin' Groovies: Headin' for the Texas Border
The Hour Glass: Down in Texas
Conway Twitty: Big Town
Boo Boo and Bunky: This Old Town
Frank Sinatra: This Town
Nancy Sinatra: I Gotta Get Out of This Town
The Gentlemen Wild: You Gotta Leave
The Hollies: Leave Me (mono)
The Rationals: Leaving Here
The Ventures: Lulaby of the Leaves (bed)
Greg 'Stackhouse' Prevost: Ain't Nothing Here Gonna Change My Mind
Randy & The Radiants: My Way of Thinking
The Preachers: Stay Out of My World
The Pretty Things: Come See Me
The Small Faces: Tin Soldier/Rene
The Children of Darkness: She's Mine
Fingers Lee: I'm Gonna Buy Me a Dog
The Weeklings: Diamond Dogs
The Magnificent Brotherhood: Lifetime

Pot Pourri

 I started losing my voice last Thursday at Austin Stomp! #7 and right now, it is a rocky rasp. So, in lieu of a new show, here is a selection of some of my favorite episodes from the past year or so.

All Night Stand

If

 Games of Chance 

Wrong

Grounded

Smoke/Fire

Dream

Night

Day 

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Coulda / Woulda / Shoulda

The Words of the Week are Could, Would, and Should on this high concept edition of The Mal Thursday Show, with Mal presenting the usual '60s groups along with some records of more recent vintage, in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally transmitted 11 August 2023.

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Playlist:
Them: Could You Would You/If You and I Could Be as Two (mono)
The Yardbirds: I Wish You Would (BBC)
The Kinks: You Shouldn't Be Sad (BBC)
The Rolling Stones: It Should Be You (demo)
The Bee Gees: You Wouldn't Know
The Hollies: Would You Believe
The Sharp Five: I Should Have Known Better (bed)
The Beach Boys: I Should Have Known Better
The Grass Roots: Things I Should Have Said
The Brigands: (Would I Still Be) Her Big Man
The Nightcrawlers: He Shouldn't Hurt You
Blues Image: Yesterday Could Be Today
Love: Maybe People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale
The Beach Boys: Wouldn't It Be Nice (bed)
The Mach V: If I Could
The Hard Times: You Couldn't Love Me
The Run A Rounds: I Couldn't Care Less
The Coachmen: Summer Should Bring Happiness

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Laughing Kind: I Could Have Showed You the Way
The Electric Prism: I Would Have Like You Anyway
The Graven Image: I Would But I Could
Sir Douglas Quintet: She Would If She Could, She Can't So She Won't
 
The Barracudas: (I Wish It Could Be) 1965 Again
The Mourning After: Do Ya Think Ya Should
The Reverberations: Why Should I Care
Groovy Uncle (feat. Suzi Chunk): I Really Wouldn't Know
Muck & The Mires: You Shouldn't Have Let Her Go
Shannon & The Clams: If You Could Know
Lyres: How Could Have I Done All These Things
Anthony Newley: Where Would You Be Without Me
Manfred Mann: Why Should We Not 

Fight or Flight

The Words of the Week are Fight and Flight on this week's installment of The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with Fight or Flight in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 5 March 2026. 

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Playlist:
The Electric Prunes: Long Day's Flight
The Mad Hatters: Go Fight Alone
Brand: I'm a Lover Not a Fighter 
The Golliwogs: Fight Fire
The 13th Power: Fourteen or Fight
The Merry-Go-Round: Gonna Fight a War 
The Balls: Fight for My Country
The Grip Weeds: How I Won the War
The Crickets: I Fought the Law
Mack Allan Smith: Skeleton Fight
The Gamblers: Fighting and Crying
Les Baxter: Chain Fight (bed)
Link Wray and His Raymen: Rumble
Wimple Winch: Rumble on Merseyside Square South
Earl Vince & The Valiants: Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonight
Alice Cooper: Street Fight
T. Rex: Rabbit Fighter (alt. take)
Elton John: Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
The Rolling Stones: Street Fighting Man (live 1969)
Jack Nitzsche: Rumble (bed)
The Rolling Stones: Flight 505 (mono)
The Dearly Beloved: Flight Thirteen
The Other Half: Flight of the Dragon Lady
Plato & The Philosophers: 13 O'Clock Flight to Psychedelphia
The Calico Wall: Flight Reaction
The Embrooks: Bad Flight
Kaleidoscope: Flight to Ashiya
The Wyngate: Persian Night Flight (bed)
The Byrds: Eight Miles High
Donovan: Fat Angel
Jefferson Airplane: High Flying Bird
Country Joe & The Fish: Flying High
The Moody Blues: Fly Me High
The Galileo 7: Don't Fly Too High
Flamin' Groovies: High Flyin' Baby
The Ventures: Fly Away (bed)
The Wailers: You Can Fly
The Gordian Knot: If Only I Could Fly
The Attack: Feel Like Flying
The Premiers: Get On This Plane 
Hour Glass: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
The Rolling Stones: Who's Driving Your Plane (mono)

Last to First

Mal Thursday runs a rock 'n' roll race in reverse, from Last to First. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 26 February 2026.

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Playlist:
The Koobas: The First Cut Is the Deepest
The Rolling Stones: The Last Time (live 1966)
The Kinks: Last of the Steam Powered Trains
The Hollies: I Thought of You Last Night/The Very Last Day
The Belfast Gypsies: Last Will and Testament
The Motions: Late Last Night
The Standells: Last Train to Clarksville
The Brain Police: Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night
Manfred Mann: Last Train to Clarksville (bed)
The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night (live 1967)
The Del-Vetts: Last Time Around
The Premieres: Nothing Lasts Forever
Beethoven's Fifth: The Last Thing on My Mind
The Whatt Four: Our Love Should Last Forever
Randy Newman: Last Night I Had a Dream (single version)
We Who Are: Last Trip

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Larry Mack: Last Day of the Dragon
Sir Douglas Quintet: We'll Take Our Last Walk Tonight
Cast of Thousands: Last Night I Heard a Voice

Georgie Fame: Last Night (bed)
The Shitkicker Rebellion: 99th Floor
Jimi Hendrix Experience: 51st Anniversary
T. Rex: 20th Century Boy
The Kinks: 20th Century Man (1976 remix)
The Doors: Twentieth Century Fox (mono)
The Rolling Stones: 19th Nervous Breakdown (live 1966)
The Normals: Henry the Eighth
The Soul Agents: Seventh Son
Bob Dylan: Positively 4th Street (take 5) 
Marc Bolan: The Third Degree
The Dovers: The Third Eye
The Ventures: Second Sun (bed)
The Beatles: Not a Second Time (mono)
Flamin' Groovies: Second Cousin
The Contours: First I Look at the Purse
Thee Sixpence: Gotta Get the First Plane Home 
Dee & The Yeomen: Take the First Train Home
The Clefs of Lavender Hill: First Tell Me Why
Love: The Everlasting First
Trolley: First Day of Your Life
DMZ: First Time Is the Best Time (demo)

Florida!

Mal Thursday returns to Florida for an episode dedicated to the memory of Wayne Proctor of We The People, who is featured in an archival interview. All Florida groups from the 1960s. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 19 February 2026.

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Playlist:
We The People: When I Arrive
The Birdwatchers: I'm Gonna Love You Anyway/Mary, Mary (It's to You That I Belong)/Girl, I've Got News for You
The Proctor Amusement Company: Heard You Went Away
The Clefs of Lavender Hill: It Won't Be Long/Stop! And Get a Ticket!
The Montells: You Can't Make Me
The Modds: Don't Be Late
The Invaders: She's a Tiger
The Echo: Every Second of the Day
The Echoes of Carnaby Street: No Place or Time
The Tasmanians: Baby/I Can't Explain This Feeling
The Evil: Whatcha Gonna Do About It
The Kollektion: Savage Lost
The Tradmarks: Don't Say You Love Me Too
We The People: My Brother, The Man/In the Past/Declaration of Independence
The Allman Joys: Shapes of Things/Spoonful
The Nightcrawlers: I Don't Remember/A Basket of Flowers
The Rockin' Roadrunners: Down
The Absolutes: Yesterday I
The Roemans: Love (That's All I Want)
The Rovin' Flames: How Many Times
The Early Americans: Night After Night
The Outsiders: She's Coming on Stronger
Joshua Dyke: Cheating
Painted Faces: Anxious Color
Mercy: Fireball (bed)
The Tropics: I Want More/As Time's Gone
The Split Ends: Rich with Nothin'
Little Wilie & The Adolescents: Get Out of My Life
The Barons: Drawbridge
Mark Markham & The Jesters: Goin' Back to Marlboro Country
The Plant Life: Flower Girl
Noah's Ark: Paper Man
The Candymen: Hope
Blues Image: Ride Captain Ride
The Wrong Numbers: I'm Gonna Go Now 

Pretty

Mal Thursday presents a pretty great episode chock full o' pretty things, where the Word of the Week is Pretty. All songs with Pretty in the title, natch. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally transmitted 18 February 2021. 

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Playlist:
Eugene Church: Pretty Girls Everywhere
The Vipers: Pretty Lies
The Pretty Things: Pretty Thing
The Blue Things: Pretty Things Oh
The Deepest Blue: Pretty Little Thing
The Beat Merchants: Pretty Face
The Jads: Miss Pretty
Manfred Mann: Pretty Flamingo
Les McCann: Pretty Flamingo (bed)
The Chob: We're Pretty Quick
Count Five: Pretty Big Mouth
Love: A Message to Pretty (mono)
The Byrds: Pretty Polly
The Kinks: Pretty Polly
The Roadrunners: Pretty Me
Steve Cropper: Oh Pretty Woman (bed)
Tommy James & The Shondells: Lots of Pretty Girls
The Yardbirds: Pretty Girl
The Easybeats: Pretty Girl
The Bugs: Pretty Girl

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Bobby Fuller Four: Pretty Girls Everywhere
The Thunderchiefs: Pretty Eyes
Joe 'King' Carrasco & The Crowns: Let's Get Pretty
Sir Douglas Quintet: Pretty Flower
The Ventures: Oh Pretty Woman (bed)

The Shangri-Las: How Pretty Can You Be
David Bowie: Oh You Pretty Things
The White Stripes: You're Pretty Good Lookin' (For a Girl)
Holly Golightly: Pretty Good Love
Reigning Sound: You're Not as Pretty
Oscar Peterson: I Feel Pretty (bed)
The Quick: Pretty Please Me 
R.E.M.: Pretty Persuasion
Psychedelic Furs: Pretty in Pink (acoustic)
The Jam: Pretty Green
Nancy Sinatra: It's Such a Pretty World

Bonus Tracks:
Curtis Lee: Pretty Little Angel Eyes
Wayne Cochran: Little Bitty Pretty One
The Fleshtones: Pretty, Pretty, Pretty
The Monks: Pretty Suzanne
The Everly Brothers: Pretty Flamingo
Iggy & The Stooges: Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell