Strange

It's a Strange affair this week on The Mal Thursday Show, as the Word of the Week is Strange, all songs with Strange in the tile, as well as songs with Weird, Mystery, and/or Magic in the title in the second hour. Presented in Malophonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 17 September 20226.

Playlist:
The Uniques: Strange
The Doors: People Are Strange (live 1967)/Strange Days (mono) 
The Everly Brothers: Love Is Strange
Del Shannon: Stranger in Town
The Beau Brummels: Don't Talk to Strangers
The Fourth Exit: Strange One
The Jesters: Strange As It Seems
The Kinks: This Strange Effect (BBC)
The Attack: Strange House
Cream: Strange Brew (BBC)
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Little Miss Strange
The Byrds: Stranger in a Strange Land (bed)
Blackburn and Snow: Stranger in a Strange Land
Leon Russell & The Shelter People: Stranger in a Strange Land
Kim Fowley: Strangers from the Sky
The Action: Strange Roads
T. Rex: Baby Strange
The Stranglers: Strange Little Girl
The Reverberations: So Strange
The Outsiders: Strange Things Are Happening
Grahame Bond: Strange Times, Sad Times
Leonard Cohen: The Stranger Song

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Buddy Holly: Love Is Strange
The Ripe: Dr. Strange
The Pastels: Weird Sounds

The Wild Thing: Weird Hot Nights (Suffer Baby)
The Wee Four: Weird
Art: I Think I'm Going Weird
Iggy Pop: Some Weird Sin
New York Dolls: Who Are the Mystery Girls?
The Chesterfield Kings: Mystery Trip
The Mothers of Invention: Mystery Roach
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (mono)
The Young Ones: Man of Mystery (bed)
The McCoys: Say Those Magic Words
Steppenwolf: Magic Carpet Ride (mono single version)
The Open Mind: Magic Potion
The Flies: Magic Train
The Who: Magic Bus
The Attack: Magic in the Air
The New Fugitives: That's Queer

Where Have All the Good Times Gone?

Mal Thursday asks the musical question "Where Have All the Good Times Gone?" on this week's installment of The Mal Thursday Show. A bevy of British beat groups and American garage bands help Mal seek the answer. Presented in Living Monophonic and Malophonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 10 September 2026.

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Playlist:
The Kinks: Where Have All the Good Times Gone
The Allusions feat. Lou Martucci: Where Have All the Good Times Gone
The Shades of Blue: Where Did All the Good Times Go?
The Stumps: Think of the Good Times
The Beau Brummels: Good Time Music 
Caesar & Cleo (Sonny & Cher): Let the Good Times Roll
The Sole Survivors: Good Times - Bad Times
The Jay Bees: Good Times
The Rolling Stones: Good Times/Good Time Women
Love: Good Times
The Monkees (feat. Harry Nilsson): Good Times
The Ventures: Good Thing (bed)
The Easybeats: Good Times (Gonna Have a Good Time)
The Greenhornes: Good Times
Eric Burdon & The Animals: Good Times

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Five Americans: Good Times
Mouse & The Traps: Good Times
Nobody's Children: Good Times
Willie Nelson: Good Times
The Mystics: Didn't We Have a Good Time
The Clue: Bad Times
The Golden Dawn: My Time

Led Zeppelin: Good Times Bad Times
Fat Chance: Good Times We Had
Syd's Crowd: Times Are Good Babe
Cass Elliot: The Good Times Are Coming
The D-Coys: Bad Time
Paul Revere & The Raiders: These Are Bad Times (For Me and My Baby)
The Bojax: Hippie Times
The Nomads: The Bad Times Will Do Me Good
The Ventures: Good Lovin' (bed)
Lyres: Used to It
The Hate Bombs: Workin' Like a Dog
The Fleshtones: The World Has Changed
The Vipers: Tears (Only Dry)
The Miracle Workers: Tears
Mal Thursday Quintet: A Crumpled Five
The Cherry Drops: We're So High 
David Bowie: Where Have All the Good Times Gone 

Over

The Word of the Week is Over on this expanded and remastered edition of an episode originally produced in 2020 as an exclusive for a music blog that once featured The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with Over in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 23 January 2025. 

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Playlist:
The Shouters: Shakin' All Over
The Beatles: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You (BBC)
The Valentinos: It's All Over Now
The Rolling Stones: Roll Over, Beethoven (BBC)
The Yardbirds: Over Under Sideways Down (mono)
The Dave Clark Five: Glad All Over
Lulu & The Luvvers: I'll Come Running Over
The Four Tops: Wake Me, Shake Me (When It's Over)
Nolan Strong: Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)
Aaron Neville: Over You
Booker T & The MGs: Over Easy (bed)
The Guilloteens: Cryin' All Over My Time
The Avengers: When It's Over
The Vagrants: And When It's Over
The Stylos: Head Over Heels
H.P. Lovecraft: It's All Over for You
The Scavengers: It's Over
The Au Go Gos: All Over Town
The Shillings: I'm Over You
The Blue Stingrays: Moon Over Catalina (bed)
MC5: Over and Over
Yard Trauma: Over and Over
The Living Children: Now It's Over
The Pleazers: Hurtin' All Over/Is It Over Baby
The Outsiders: I'll Give You Time (To Think It Over)
The Monkees: Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again
T. Rex: Over the Flats
The Devin Kelley Organ Trio: Way Over Yonder (bed)
Flamin' Groovies: Way Over My Head
The Mal Thursday Quintet: Takin' Over
Muck and the Mires: Hang All Over Me
The Nomads: Move It on Over
Guided By Voices: Over the Neptune
Lorenzo Minguzzi New Organ Trio: When Everything Is Over (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Finnicum: Come on Over
The Bobby Fuller Four: Think It Over
The Six Deep: Girl, It's Over
The Brimstones: It's All Over Now But the Crying
13th Floor Elevators: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Willie Nelson: The Party's Over
Roy Orbison: It's Over (Live '65)

The Hollies: My Life Is Over with You
The Doors: When the Music's Over (live '70)

Mal Thursday Quintet: Fall Texas Dates

Mal Thursday Quintet has a couple of upcoming shows in Temple and Austin:

Bodies of Water

It's all about water and bodies thereof on this week's episode of The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with Water, River, Sea, or other bodies of water in the title. Presented in Living Monophonic and Malophonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 20 August 2026. 

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Playlist: 
The Rivets: Wade in the Water
The Beatpack: Where the Water Runs Deep
The Golliwogs: Walk on the Water
The Five A.M. Event: I Wash My Hands in Muddy Water
The Yardbirds: Drinking Muddy Water
Manfred Mann: Watermelon Man
The Kinks: Misty Water
The Standells: Dirty Water (live 1966)
The Peppermint Circus: Keeping My Head Above Water
The Kytes: Running Through Water
Booker T & The MGs: You Left the Water Running (bed)
New Colony Six: At the River's Edge
Bill and Will: Goin' to the River
Bob Dylan & The Band: Watching the River Flow
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash: Big River (take 1)
Eric Burdon & The Animals: River Deep, Mountain High (single version)
Led Zeppelin: Traveling Riverside Blues (BBC)
The Black Crowes: Greasy Grass River
Joe Cocker: Cry Me a River (live 1970)
The Ventures: Red River Rock (bed)
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Green River
The Ventures: Green River (bed)
Mal Thursday Quintet: South of the River
The Undisputed Truth: Down by the River
Damnation of Adam Blessing: Back to the River
The Seeds: Chocolate River
The Cowsills: Indian Lake
The Ventures: Swan Lake (bed)
Bari & the Breakaways: Sea Cruise
The Move: Too Many Fish in the Sea (BBC)
The Vagrants: Beside the Sea
Peacepipe: Sea of Nightmares
Terry Jacks: Concrete Sea
Lou Reed: The Ocean
Donovan: Atlantis
The Beach Boys: The Lonely Sea

Right/Left/Center

In this highly directional episode of The Mal Thursday Show, the Words of the Week are Right, Left, and Center. Not necessarily in that order. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Jeff Conolly, the artist formerly known as Monoman, of Lyres.DMZ greatness., who died July 31, 2026. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 6 August 2026.

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Playlist:
The Beatstalkers: Left Right Left
Lyres: Someone Who'll Treat You Right Now/I Really Want You Right Now (live 1985)
The Honeycombs: Have I the Right
The Mojos: Everything's All Right
The Quakers: She's All Right
The Moquettes: Right String Baby But the Wrong YoYo
The Hollies: Stop Right There
Ronnie Burns: Exit Stage Right
The Outsiders: If You Don't Treat Me Right
The Remains: Me Right Now
The Clock Work Orange: Do Me Right Now
The Knickerbockers: I Must Be Doing Something Right
Duane Eddy: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (bed)
The Blues Project: No Time Like the Right Time
The Rovin' Kind: Right on Time
The Young Tyrants: She Don't Got the Right
London & The Bridges: It Just Ain't Right
The Acoustics: My Rights
Shannon Cannon: Right Back
The Stooges: Not Right (John Cale mix)
Iggy & The Stooges: I Got a Right
Billy Butler: Right Track (bed)
Creedence Clearwater Revival: The Night Time Is the Right Time

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The People: Well All Right
The Crickets: Right or Wrong
The Chayns: Night Time (Is the Right Time)
Willie Nelson: Undo the Right
Roy Head & The Traits: Treat Her Right
The Mosriters: Treat Her Right (bed)

The Amboy Dukes: Journey to the Center of the Mind
The Living Ends: Self-Centered Girl
The Modern Lovers: Government Center
My Generation: Keep Left
The Fourmost Authority: Left Hand Lawyer
Dave Berry: My Baby Left Me
Lindy Blaskey & The Lavells: My Baby Done Left Me
The Bedlam Four: No One Left to Love
Booker T & The MGs: You Left the Water Running (bed)
The Black Watch: Left Behind
The Reverberations: Left Behind
The Vertebrats: Left in the Dark
Billy Easley and The Gorillamen: Left Wing Cosmic Man Called John
Springfield Rifle: Left of Nowhere
The Vipers: You Left Your Hold on Me
The Savoys: Now's She Left Me

Shadows and Reflections

Mal Thursday is standing in the shadows of rock 'n' roll on this week's episode of The Mal Thursday Show, Shadows and Reflections. Theme song by The Action. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 30 July 2026.

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Playlist:
The Action: Shadows and Reflections
The Rolling Stones: Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby (Standing in the Shadow)
The Coasters: The Shadow Knows
Link Wray: The Shadow Knows
The Quests: Shadows in the Night
The Seeds: A Thousand Shadows
The Kaisers: Cry for a Shadow
The Jades: When Shadows Fall
The Last Knight: Shadow of Fear
The Guess Who: Shadow Cross the Shadows
The Echo: Shadows
The Ventures: Standing in the Shadows of Love (bed)
The Electric Prunes: Shadows
The Vejtables: Shadows
The Leather Boy: Shadows
The Sparrow: Chasin' Shadows
First Crow to the Moon: The Sun Lights Up the Shadows in Your Mind
The Left Banke: Shadows Breaking Over My Head
The Fleshtones: Shadow Line
T. Rex: The Street and Babe Shadow
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Tombstone Shadow

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Penthouse Five: In His Shadow
The Exotics: Queen of Shadows
The Hickoids: Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby (Standing in the Shadow)
The Merlynn Tree: Look in Your Mirror
The Zakary Thaks: Mirror of Yesterday
The Bourbons: A Dark Corner
S.J. & The Crossroads: The Darkest Hour Pts. 1&2

The Marmalade: Reflections of My Life
Alice Cooper: Reflected
House of Nimrod: Reflections of Our Time
The Avengers: Reflection
The Yankee Dollar: Reflections of a Shattered Mind
Rupert's People: Reflections of Charles Brown
The Ventures: Reflections (bed)
We the People: Mirror of Your Mind
The Who: Go to the Mirror/Smash the Mirror
Bob Morrison: I Looked in the Mirror
The Endless: Prevailing Darkness
Greg "Stackhouse" Prevost: Traveling in the Dark
The Vertebrats: Left in the Dark
The Shadows of Knight: The Dark Side
Thee Sydes: Shadows
 

Please & Thank You

Mal Thursday minds his manners on an episode where the Words of the Week are Please and Thank You. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 23 July 2026. 

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Playlist:
The Score: Please Please Me
The Rolling Stones: Please Go Home (mono)
The Trekkas: Please Go
The Eyes: Please Don't Cry
The Hollies: Please Don't Feel Too Bad
Spencer Davis Group: Please Do Something
The Small Faces: Please, Please, Please
Them: Baby Please Don't Go
The Amboy Dukes: Baby Please Don't Go
The Roosters: Help Me Please
The Boss Five: Please Mr. President
The Whigs: Please Love Me
The Up Stairs: Operator Please
The Liberty Party: Please Help the Man

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Sir Douglas Quintet: Please Just Say So/Please Let It Rain in Texas
The Y'Alls: Please Come Back
The Golden Dawn: This Way Please

Bob Dylan & The Band: Please Mrs. Henry
Bob Dylan: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
Mickey & The Milkshakes: Please Don't Tell Me Why
The Maharajas: Please Don't Go
The Woggles: Please Leave Me My Mind
The Chesterfield Kings: Rosie Won't You Please Come Home
The Detroit Cobras: Just Can't Please You
The Flamin' Groovies: Please Please Girl
Lyres: Trying Just to Please You (live 1983)
The Changin' Times: Thank You Babe
The Beatles: Thank You Girl
The Remains: Thank You
Paul Revere & The Raiders (feat. Mark Lindsay): Thank You
The Moody Blues: Thank You Baby
The Sea-Ders: Thanks a Lot
The Small Faces: Wham Bam Thank You Mam (mono)
The Matchmakers: Thank You for Coming
Neil Diamond: Thank the Lord for the Nighttime*
Led Zepelin: Thank You
Big Star: Thank You Friends

*Omitted due to human digital error. 

Street

This episode of The Mal Thursday Show belongs to the Streets, as the Word of the Week is Street. All songs with Street (or Avenue or Boulevard) in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 16 July 2026. 

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Playlist:
MC5: Shakin' Street
The Who: Out in the Street (mono)/Dancing in the Streets (BBC)
The Bo Street Runners: Bo Street Runner
The Electric Banana: Street Girl
The Rolling Stones: Backstreet Girl (mono)/Street Fighting Man (mono)
The Kinks: Dead End Street (mono)/Denmark Street
The Zombies: Conversation Off Floral Street
Procol Harum: Lime Street Blues
The Electric Banana: Walking Down the Street (bed)
Turquoise: 53 Summer Street
Chuck Berry: Off Rampart Street
The Aztex: The Little Streets in This Town
Ty Wagner & The Scotchmen: Walking Down Lonely Street
Our Generation: Run Down Every Street
Merrilee & The Turnabouts: How's The Weather on Your Street
The Flying Burrito Brothers: Dark End of the Street
Bob Dylan: Positively 4th Street (mono)
Jerry Howard: Wild in the Streets
Davie Allan: Wild in the Streets (bed)
The Other Side: Streetcar
The Rationals: Out in the Streets (bed)
The Everly Brothers: Lonely Avenue
The Kindred Spirits: Blue Avenue
Thee Midniters: Whittier Blvd/Down Whittier Blvd (feat. Godfrey)
Lou Reed: Dirty Blvd (rough mix)
Big Star: In the Street (alt mix)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Oxford Circus: 4th Street Carnival
Kenny & The Kasuals: Chimes of 42nd Street
Sir Douglas Quintet: You're Out Walking the Streets Tonight
The Krayolas: Wall St. Blues

The Ventures: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue(bed)
Garland Jeffreys: Wild in the Streets
The Jam: Sounds from the Street/Carnaby Street
The Hollywood Stars: All the Kids on the Street
Sylvain Sylvain: 14th Street Beat
Jim Basnight: Second Street
Plan 9: Street of Painted Lips
The Stooges: Down on the Street (take 8)
Stiv Bators: Crime in the Streets (bed)
Kip Tyler: Shadow Street

Summer

Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of Summer are here again, and the Word of the Week is Summer, as Mal spins songs with Summer in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 9 July 2026. 

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Playlist:
The Undertones: Here Comes the Summer
The Dave Clark Five: Here Comes Summer
The Who: Summertime Blues
The Zombies: Summertime
The Pretty Things: Summer Time
Donovan: Sunny South Kensington
The Turquoise: 53 Summer Street
Tuesday's Children: Summer Leaves Me with a Sigh
The Lovin' Spoonful: Summer in the City (mono)
The Sandals: Theme from the Endless Summer
Love: Bummer in the Summer
The Ventures: Theme from 'A Summer Place' (bed)
Bruce & Terry: Summer Means Fun (mono)
The Turtles: On a Summer's Day (mono)
The New Breed: Summer's Coming
Tony & The Tigers: Summertime (Is the Best Time for Making Love)
Randy & The Radiants: Hope We Meet Next Summer
The Chozen Ones: Cold Summer
Don Malena & The Dry Ice: Land of Summertime
The Vagrants: Sunny Summer Rain
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Long Hot Summer Night
The Monkees: The Door into Summer
Les Baroques: Summerbeach
The Ventures: Hot Summer (bed)
The Troggs: Last Summer
Chris Stamey: Summer Sun
The Barracudas: Summer Fun
Nikki & The Corvettes: Summertime Fun 
Unnatural Axe: Summertime
The Phantom Keys: In the Summertime
The Cherry Drops: Summertime Is a State of Mind
The Ventures: Green Leaves of Summer (bed)
The Rolling Stones: Summer Romance
The Cynics: Summer's Gone
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: Lone Summer Dream
Dean Landew: Summertime Friday Night

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Lemon Fog: Summer
The Surf Knights: In the Summer
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: Summer Wine (mono)
Big Brother & The Holding Company (feat. Janis Joplin): Summertime

The Doors: Summer's Almost Gone (Live 1967)

Happy Semiquincentennial!

No new episode this week, as I'm kicking back for the holiday weekend here in the US. Here are some quality episodes to binge in case you missed 'em the first time around.

Get

Bay Area Beat 1965-68 

Bay Area Beat 1965-68 Pt. 2

Last to First

Fight or Flight

School

Remember to Forget 

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Sun/Moon

Mal Thursday sets the controls for the heart of the Sun -- with a side trip to the Moon -- on this week's episode of The Mal Thursday Show. While many of the Sun songs were heard on the "Summer, Babe" series ten or so years ago, they have been sonically upgraded for maximum impact. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 25 June 2026.

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Playlist:
Paul Revere & The Raiders (feat. Mark Lindsay): Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon (mono)
The Sunrays: I Live for the Sun
The Phoenix: Live for the Sun
The Misunderstood: Children of the Sun
The Pretty Things: The Sun
The Beathovens: Summer Sun
Buffalo Springfield: No Sun Today (mono)
The Turtles: A Walk in the Sun (mono)
The Rivieras: California Sun '65
The Kinks: Sunny Afternoon (BBC)
The Animals: House of the Rising Sun (BBC)
The Ventures: House of the Rising Sun (bed)
Donovan: Sunshine Superman
The Eyes: Good Day Sunshine
Spooky Tooth: Sunshine Help Me
Jethro Toe (Jethro Tull): Sunshine Day
Cream: Sunshine of Your Love (BBC)
The Suburban 9 to 5: Sunshine Becomes You
Jack Bedient & The Chessmen: Glimmer Sunshine
T.I.M.E.: Tripping Into Sunshine
Paul Revere & The Raiders (feat. Mark Lindsay): Cinderella Sunshine (mono)
Big Jim Sullivan: Sunshine Superman (bed)
The Velvet Underground: Who Loves the Sun
Blondie: In the Sun 
The Greenhornes: Lovin' in the Sun
The Fleshtones: Let's See the Sun
Lyres: Love Me Till the Sun Shines (live 1985)
The Woggles: When the Sun Goes Down
The Lords of Gravity: No Sunshine

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Mouse & The Traps: You Are My Sunshine
Pure Jade Green: Into the Sun
The Ugly Beats: Up on the Sun
The Chayns: Live with the Moon (bed)

Chuck Berry: Havana Moon
The Doors: Moonlight Drive (demo)
The Beatles: Mr. Moonlight (take 4)
The Rolling Stones: Child of the Moon (mono)
Gary Walker & The Carnabeats: Cutie Morning Moon
The Savages: He's Gone to the Moon
The Taste: Blister on the Moon
Mott the Hoople: The Moon Upstairs
Groovy Uncle (feat. Suzi Chunk): The Moon and Back 
The Wondermints: Full Moon (Tropical Blend)
The Snakes: Silvery Moon

Bonus Tracks:
The Ramones: California Sun (remix)
Alice Cooper: Sun Arise
The Marshmallow Overcoat: Something About the Sun
The Doors: Waiting for the Sun (remix)
Manfred Mann: Sitting Alone in the Sunshine
The Bossmen: Sunshine
The Marksmen: Moonshine
Paul Revere & The Raiders: Moon Dawg
Jonathan King: Everyone's Gone to the Moon
The Grip Weeds: Child of the Moon 

Naming Names III

Mal Thursday is going around taking names again on this moniker-heavy episode of The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with names in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 18 September 2026. Starting this week, new uploads will post on Mondays.

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Playlist:
The King Bees: What's Your Name
Chuck Berry: Carol
The  Rolling Stones: Mona (BBC)/Miss Amanda Jones (mono)
The Swinging Blue Jeans: Good Golly Miss Molly
The Everly Brothers: Lucille
The Syndicats: Crawdaddy Simone
The Strangeloves: Cara-Lin
Paul Revere & The Raiders (feat. Mark Lindsay): Mo'reen
The Gaunga Dyns: Rebecca Rodifer
The Apostolic Intervention: Madame Garcia (bed)
The Rationals: Gloria 
The Standells: Hey Joe
The Premiers: Farmer John
The Seeds: Mr. Farmer (live 1968)
The Remains: Hang on Sloopy
The Sonics: Louie Louie

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Robb London & The Rogues: Gloria
Sir Douglas Quintet: Old Bill Baetty
The 13th Floor Elevators: Doctor Doom (alt version)

The Beaten Path: Doctor Stone
The Beatles: Doctor Robert (mono)
Apple: Doctor Rock (mono)
Flamin' Groovies: Doctor Boogie (live 1970)
The Stomachmouths: Dr. Syn
Eric Burdon & the Animals: A Girl Named Sandoz
Pink Floyd: See Emily Play (mono)
The Pretty Things: S.F. Sorrow Is Born (mono)
David Bowie: The Gospel According to Tony Day
Manfred Mann: Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
Episode Six: Jak D'Or (bed)
The Who: Little Billy (live 1968)/Pictures of Lily (mono)
The Velvet Underground: Sweet Jane (mono)
T. Rex: Telegram Sam
The Embrooks: Francis
The Greenhornes: Jacob's Ladder
DMZ: Mighty Idy (demo)
Lyres: Help You Ann (live 1985)
Classic Ruins: Geraldine I Need Money (More Than I Need You)
The Downliners Sect: Glendora 

His & Hers

Following up the We/Us/They/Them episode, Mal Thursday rounds out the Word of the Week pronoun cycle with His & Hers, all songs with He, Him, His, or Her in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 4 June 2026.

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Playlist:
The Kinks: Did You See His Name? (mono)
Elvis Presley: Marie's the Name (of His Latest Flame)
The Beatles: Anna (Go to Him)
The Rockin' Berries: He's in Town
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich: He's a Raver
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: Give Him a Flower
Paul Revere & The Raiders (feat. Mark Lindsay): Him or Me - What's It Gonna Be
The Sonics: He's Waitin'
The System: He's in Love with Himself
New York Dolls: Give Him a Great Big Kiss (demo)
The Brood: He's Tellin' You Lies
The Ventures: Don't Give in to Him (bed)
The Troggs: H.I.S. Spot
The Yardbirds: He's Always There
The Nightcrawlers: He Shouldn't Hurt You
The Gamblers: Dr. Goldfoot and His Bikini Machine
Captain Groovy & His Bubblegum Army: Captain Groovy & His Bubblegum Army
The Wet Paint: We Call Him a Man
The Skaliwags: Turn Him Down 
The Embrooks: But I Didn't Know Him
Van Morrison: He Ain't Give You None
The Rolling Stones: I Just Want to See His Face

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Loose Ends: He's a Nobody
The Penthouse Five: In His Shadow
Mouse & The Traps: I've Got Her Love
Gaylan Ladd: Her Loving Way
The Bobby Fuller Four: Let Her Dance
Roy Head & The Traits: Treat Her Right
The Mosriters: Treat Her Right (bed)

The Beatles: I Saw Her Standing There (take 12)
The Animals: Hallelujah I Love Her So
The Zombies: Tell Her No (BBC)
The Remains: Ain't That Her
The Byrds: Have You Seen Her Face
The Starfires: I Never Lover Her
The Shades Inc.: Who Loved Her
Tom Jones: Promise Her Anything
The Brass Buttons: Hell Will Take Care of Her
The Rolling Stones: She's Doing Her Thing/Tell Her How It Is
Yard Trauma: In Her Life
The Starfires: I Never Loved Her
The Ramones: Oh Oh I Love Her So
Lyres: I Love Her Still, I Always Will
The Ro-De-Ys: Take Her Home

We/Us/They/Them

Mal Thursday presents an Us vs. Them scenario as the Words of the Week are We, Us, They, and Them. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 21 May 2026.

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Playlist:
The Blues Magoos: We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet
The Rolling Stones: Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin') 
The Zombies: How We Were Before
The Who: So Sad About Us (mono)
The Beatles: We Can Work It Out (alt US mix)
The Small Faces: You Me and Us Too
The Rolling Stones: We Love You
Jordan Christopher: Angel, Angel Down We Go
The Blues Magoos: There's a Chance We Can Make It
The Collectors: We Can Make It 
The Turtles: We'll Meet Again
The Hollies: We're Through
The Chob: We're Pretty Quick
The Higher State: If We Don't Realise
The New Breed: Unto Us
Bob Dylan: Sooner or Later (One of Us Must Know)
Mott the Hoople: You Are One of Us
The Satelliters: Where Do We Go
Simon & Garfunkel: Somewhere They Can't Find Me
The Byrds: The Times They Are a-Changin' (alt version)
The Kinks: Where Are They Now
Les 409: They Say
The Status Quo (US): They All Want Her Love
Dino, Desi & Billy: Tell Someone You Love Them
The Zombies: She Loves the Way They Love Her
Nick Lowe: They Called It Rock
The Bawdies: They Call It Whiskey Blues
The Ventures: (They Long to Be) Close to You (bed)
The Grains of Time: No Matter What They Say
The Nunsuch: They Threw Sticks and Stones
The Profile: Haven't They Got Better Things to Do
Them: The Story of Them Pts. 1&2
The Rolling Stones: Before They Make Me Run

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Buddy Holly: That's What They Say (mono)
Sir Douglas Quintet: We'll Take Our Last Walk Tonight
The Cicadelics: We're Gonna Love This Way

Frampton's Camel: Do You Feel Like We Do 

Remember to Forget

 Remember and Forget are the Words of the Week on this week's high concept episode of The Mal Thursday Show, chock full o' memories and non-memories. With 25 minutes of exclusive bonus tracks. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 14 May 2026.

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Playlist:
The Kinks: I'll Remember
Francis Lai: I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname (bed)
The Anderson Council: Do You Remember Walter? 
Ramones: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
The Unknowns: Not My Memory
The Smithereens: Only a Memory
Johnny Thunders: You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory
The Vipers: Now I Remember
JJ & The Real Jerks: Short Term Memory Lane
The Gallieo 7: False Memory Lane
Moonquake: Remember
Dean Martin: Memories are Made of This
The Burlington Express: Memories
Simon Raven: I Wonder If She Remembers Me
The Mike Stuart Span: Remember the Times
The Lost Soles: Do You Remember
The Nightcrawlers: I Don't Remember
Ola & the Janglers: My Mean Memory
The Thoughts: Memory of Your Love
The Colder Children: Memories
Bobby Timmons: Pretty Memory (bed)
The Shangri-Las: Remember (Walking in the Sand)
The Zombies: I Remember When I Loved Her
The Trolls: I Don't Recall
Twentieth Century Zoo: You Don't Remember
John's Children: Remember Thomas a'Beckett
Cuby & The Blizzards: Things I Remember
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass: Memories of Madrid (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Oedipus & The Mothers: I Remember How It Used to Be
The Last Real Texas Blues Band feat. Doug Sahm: Something to Remember You By
Bobby Fuller and The Fanatics: Those Memories of You
The Bobby Fuller Four: Never to Be Forgotten
The Ugly Beats: You'll Forget
The Derby-Hatville: You'll Forget Me
Thursday's Children: You Can Forget About That

The Monkees: Forget That Girl (backing track)
Jerry Lee Lewis: I Forgot to Remember to Forget
Mal Ryder & The Spirits: Forget It
The Embermen Five: Baby I'm Forgettin' You
Lyres: Teach Me to Forget You
Stiv Bators: I Wanna Forget You
Tiger Bomb: Don't Forget the Girl
David Bowie: Memory of a Free Festival Pts. 1&2

Bonus Tracks:
The Supremes (feat. Florence Ballard): Come and Get These Memories
The Trespassers: Living Memories
The Rolling Stones: Memory Motel
The Routes: A Thousand Forgotten Dreams
The Monkees: Forget That Girl
Neil Diamond: You'll Forget
The Impressions: The Young Mod's Forgotten Story

Addenda

Mal Thursday picks up the pieces, presenting oversights, omissions, and other songs left off of the previous episodes: Real, Naming Names, Wyld Canada!, and School. As to the latter, Mal cherry-picks more songs from fellow alumni of his alma mater, Hampshire College. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 7 May 2026. 

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Playlist:
The Clefs of Lavender Hill: One More Time
The Kinks: You Really Got Me (BBC)
The Beatles: You Really Got a Hold on Me (BBC)
Doc Thomas Group: She Was Really Saying Something
Dave Clark Five: I Really Love You
Tomorrow: Real Life Permanent Dream (BBC)
Winston's Fumbs: Real Crazy Apartment
Les Baroques: Real Love
Matthew Moore Plus Four: Codyne (She's Real)
The Ecumenical Drugstore: I'd Really Like to Watch You Fly
Don & The Goodtimes: I'm Real
Chuck Berry: Maybellene (1967 version)
The Righteous Brothers: Justine
The Rolling Stones: Suzie Q/Memo from Turner
The Pretty Things: S.F. Sorrow
Andy Lewis (with Andy Ellison): Heather Lane
The Creation: Sweet Helen
The Embrooks: Helen
The Chesterfield Kings: Hey Joe
Lyres: Dolly
Leonard Cohen: Sisters of Mercy
The Metalunars: Hockey Night in Canada (bed)
The Free Thinkers: You Were Born for Me
The Guess Who: Clock on the Wall/No Sugar Tonight-New Mother Nature
The Band: Chest Fever
The Kings: This Beat Goes on/Switch into Glide
Teenage Head: Get Off My Back
The Gruesomes: Outta My Mind/(Theme from) Bikers from Hell (bed)
Mal Thursday & The Cheetahs: Get Outta Dallas!
Zeke Fiddler: Shutdown
New Radiant Storm King: Subway Token (Save My Soul)
Lonely Moans: Lots o' Life
Beatrice UTB: Make Love to Marcia Brady
Mr. Sherwood: Why Say Anything
Jimm Chanson: The Book of Jimm
Charlie Nieland: You Fell Down
The James Rocket: Even Our Closest Friends are Distant

Real

Things get real on this week's episode of The Mal Thursday Show, as Mal spins a series of songs with Real and Really in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 30 April 2026. 

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Playlist:
Jim Valley: I'm Real
Jet Harris: Real Wild Child (Wild One)
The Merseybeats: Really Mystified
The Kinks: You Really Got Me (BBC)
The Small Faces: You Really Got a Hold on Me
The Alan Bown Set: I Really Really Care
Manfred Mann: I Really Do Believe
Lulu: That's Some Really Good
The Wimple Winch: I Really Love You
The Zombies: Play It for Real
Larry Page Orchestra: You Really Got Me (bed)
The Action: It Really Doesn't Matter Anymore
The Warlords: Real Fine Lady
The Invaders: You Really Tear Me Up
The Tempos: All That I Really Want
The Ravin' Blue: It's Not Real
Cher: All I Really Want to Do
The Cowsills: All I Really Want to Be Is Me
The Henchmen VI: Is Love Real?
Reasons Why: All I Really Want Is Love
Jose Feliciano: If I Really Bug You
The Velvet Underground: We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together
The Stooges: Real Cool Time 
The Doors: You Make Me Real
The Who: The Real Me
Eddie & The Hot Rods: (I Don't Know) What's Really Going on
The Detroit Cobras: The Real Thing
The Wrong Society: I Really Don't Care  
Lyres: I Really Want You Right Now (live 1985)
The Greenhornes: It's Not Real
Faces: Had Me a Real Good Time
Mott the Hoople: You Really Got Me (bed)
Elvis Costello: A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Willie Nelson with Neil Young: Are There Any More Real Cowboys
Ivan (Jerry Allison with Buddy Holly): Real Wild Child
The Warlocks: If You Really Want Me to Stay
Sir Douglas Quintet: If You Really Want Me to I'll Go
The Mullens: You Really Move Me

John Lennon: Real Love

School

Mal Thursday goes back to school in an episode inspired by the news that his alma mater, Hampshire College, will be closing its doors at the end of 2026. Songs about school, plus a set of songs by Hampshire alumni. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 23 April 2026.

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Playlist:
The Fleshtones: Back to School
Graham Parker & The Rumour: Back to Schooldays
Starjets: School Days
The Kinks: Schooldays
AC/DC: School Days
The Runaways: School Days
The Yardbirds: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
The Hollies: Schoolgirl
The Cynics: Be True to Your School
The Super Stocks: School Is a Drag
DMZ: Go to School
Jerry Lee Lewis: High School Confidential
MC5: High School
Reigning Sound: Time Bomb High School
The Ramones: Rock 'n' Roll High School
The Cramps:  High School Hellcats
The Chesterfield Kings: Hot Rod High
Cheap Trick: Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School
The Mountain Goats: Fall of the Star High School Running Back
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Exit from Vince Lombardi High (bed)
The Kinks: David Watts
The Minitmen: Smokin' in the Boys Room
Brownsville Station: Smokin' in the Boys Room
Otis Redding: Stay in School
James Brown & The Famous Flames: Don't Be a Dropout
Van Halen: Hot for Teacher
Jethro Tull: Teacher
Alice Cooper: Alma Mater/School's Out
David Bowie: Kooks
Mott the Hoople: You Are One of Us
The Jam: Art School
Elliot Smith: Thirteen
Beatrice UTB: To Be in America
Lonely Moans: Rotting
The Malarians: Once Upon a Time (In Your Mind) 
Jimm Chanson: Gentleman Jimm
Charlie Nieland: Expecting to Fly
Nirvana: School

Bonus Tracks:
Chuck Berry: School Days
Steely Dan: My Old School
The Kinks: Education
Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Secondary Modern
The Beatstalkers: Silver Tree Top School for Boys
Benny Joy: Hey High School Baby
Hy Tyde: Let's Go to College
The Dwarves: College Town
Firesign Theater: High School Madness

Mal Thursday Quintet: Mods & Gods

 

 Mal Thursday Quintet: Mods & Gods (Teen Sound Records)

The difficult second album from Mal's multi-regional supergroup is out now on LP, CD, and digital, and you should buy it! But don't take my word for it. Here are some recent reviews:

"It's SO good...funny, mind-breaking rock. Highly recommend!" - Sean Cole

"It is musically generous—both in spirit and in its arrangements—navigating effortlessly between 60s-style Garage Punk, 'Big Rock' (in the vein of the 1972-era Stones), Psych Folk, and pure David Johansen-esque swagger. This is all sprinkled with a touch of Heavy Garage (reminiscent of The Lords of Altamont, for instance) and a subtle Soul vibe here and there... An expansive musical spectrum, handled with the utmost dexterity and, as always, with sheer distinction!!! Pure class!!!! Absolute class!!!!" - Bertrand Tappez, Voix de Garage Grenoble

"The band, fronted by Austin, Texas-based creative Mal Thursday (vocals, harmonica), who is backed by a range of skilled musicians, delivers twelve uplifting rock ‘n roll songs—fuzzy garage rock meets hooky rhythm & blues—including a new tune called 'If 6 Was 5' (not the title track from the previous record or anything), two live versions, and a bonus track titled 'Excitement Transfusion.' Vibrant music wrapped in a vintage sound, tough yet charming, but above all catchy and danceable." - Add to Wantlist

"A full-throttle blast of Farfisa-driven energy and playful garage primitives. Mal Thursday has spent decades scraping the rust (which never sleeps) off the genre’s fuzz-soaked hemoglobin—nods to Sky Saxon, Roky Erickson, and Brian Jones are baked in." - Christopher Duda, Scene Point Blank  

"Beyond the recurring garage-rock vibes, three of the album’s most interesting tracks – ‘A SmellOf Honey, A Swallow Of Brine’, ‘Kitten WithA Whip’ and ‘The Defilers’ – showcase the Mal Thursday Quintet’s tidy sideline of coming up with would be theme songs for bona fide obscure ’60s exploitation movies." - Grahame Bent, Shindig! Magazine

US & Canada: malthursdayquintet.bandcamp.com

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