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

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

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Q & A

It's a rock 'n' roll questionnaire as Mal Thursday spins songs with Question, Answer, and Ask in the title, as well as songs that ask a musical question. Q & A! Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 9 April 2026.

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Playlist:
The Balloon Farm: A Question of Temperature
Manfred Mann: Don't Ask Me What I Say
The Beatles: Ask Me Why (BBC)/No Reply (mono)
The Downliners Sect: Why Don't You Smile Now
The Hollies: Have You Ever Loved Somebody
The Luvin' Kind: Answers Please
Billy Nichols: Question Mark
The Moody Blues: Question (BBC)
Chris Hall & The Torquays: Don't Ask Me Why
The Phantoms: Questions 
The Dream: Can I Ask You One More Question (Rebellion)
Chuck Berry: Thirteen Question Method
The Sidekicks: Ask Your Friend
The Seeds: Out of the Question (take 4)
Lord Charles & The Prophets: Ask Me No Questions
The Generals: For What More Could I Ask
The Beach Boys: I Know There's an Answer
The Buffalo Springfield: Questions

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Pack: Baby I Ask You Why
The Liberty Bell: Reality Is the Only Answer

The Changin' Times: How Is the Air Up There?
The Small Faces: Whatcha Gonna Do About It
Dale Gregory & The Shouters: Did You Need to Know?
Denise: Boy, What'll You Do Then
The Chocolate Watchband: Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love-In)
The Mystic Five: Are You for Real Girl?
The Sonics: Do You Love Me
The Electric Prunes: Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less)
The End Result: Never Ask Again
The Swingin' Machine: Do You Have to Ask
The Grateful Dead: You Don't Have to Ask 
The Dovers: People Ask Me Why
The Lemon Pipers: Ask Me If I Care
The Sapians: Ask Yourself Why Babe
The Grapes of Wrath: If Anyone Should Ask
Randy & The Radiants: I Won't Ask Why
The Ramones: Questioningly
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: The Age of No Reply
Johnny Thunders: Ask Me No Questions
Lords of the New Church: A Question of Temperature

Bonus Tracks:
Don Atello: Questions I Cannot Answer
The Standells: Why Did You Hurt Me
The Barbarians: Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?
The Monkees: Long Title Do I Have to Do This All Over Again
Peggy Lee: Is That All There Is?

Light/Heavy

 It's a Light Heavyweight championship bout this on The Mal Thursday Show, as Mal spins songs with Light or Heavy in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 2 April 2026.

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Playlist:
The Easybeats: You Are the Light
The Animals: Bright Lights, Big City
Them: Turn on Your Love Light
The Yardbirds: Smokestack Lightning (BBC)
The Hollies: When Your Light's Turned on
The Walker Brothers: After the Lights Go Out
David Bowie: White Light White Heat (BBC)
Tyrannosaurus Rex: By the Light of the Magical Moon
The Rolling Stones: Shine a Light/Dancing in the Light (bed)
The Other Side: Out My Light
The Great Scots: The Light Hurts My Eyes
Chuck Berry: House of Blue Lights
North Atlantic Invasion Force: Blue Light in the Windown
The Lykes of Us: Tell Me Why Your Light Shines
The Doors: Light My Fire (mono)
Inca: Lights of Dawn
First Crow to the Moon: The Sun Lights Up the Shadows of Your Mind
The Shy Guys: Black Lightening Light
The Ventures: Light My Fire (bed)
The Rolling Stones: 2000 Light Years from Home (mono)
The Velvet Underground: I'm Beginning to See the Light (live 1969)
The Music Explosion: I See the Light
The One Way Street: I See the Light
The Glass Sun: I See the Light
The Ugly's: I See the Light

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Five Americans: I See the Light 
The Outcasts: Smokestack Lightning
The Argyles: White Lightnin'
The Ugly Beats: The Light Comes on
SEOMPI: Summer's Comin' on Heavy
Sir Douglas Quintet: You Never Get Too Big And You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy, That You Don't Have To Stop And Pay Some Dues Sometime

Bob Seger System: Heavy Music Pt. 1
Bob Dylan & The Band: Yea Heavy and a Bottle of Bread
Dale Hawkins: Heavy on My Mind
The Beatles: I Want You (She's So Heavy)
The Reverberations: Into the Light

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 Segments: 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: Lullaby 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 Mersey 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)