Long/Tall/Short

The Words of the Week are Long, Tall, and Short on this rockin' edition of The Mal Thursday Show, as Mal mixes up a heady brew of rock 'n' roll. '60s garage and British, plus some records of more recent vintage. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 31 July 2025. 

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Playlist:
Tommy Tucker: Long Tall Shorty
The Kinks: Long Tall Sally (mono)
The Kingsmen: Long Tall Texan (live 1963)
The Argonauts: Ten Feet Tall
The Phorenbach Delegation: Tall Grass
The Lancastrians: Was She Tall (demo)
The Pretty Things: She Was Tall, She Was High
The Youngbloods: Long & Tall
The Ventures: Tall Cool One (bed)
The Kingsmen: Long Green
The Clefs of Lavender Hill: It Won't Be Long
The Myddle Class: Don't Let Me Sleep Too Long
The Tropics: For a Long Time
The Palace Guard: All Night Long
The Bad Seeds: All Night Long
Billy & the Kids: The Long Wait (bed)
Robert Plant: Long Time Coming
Them: How Long Baby
Andy Ellison: It's Been a Long Time
The Searchers: Goodbye So Long (BBC)
The Rolling Stones: Long Long While
Don Rich & The Buckaroos: Tall Dark Stranger (bed)
The Hollies: Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
Paul Revere & The Raiders: Like Long Hair (bed)
Little John & The Sherwoods: Long Hair
The Infinite Staircase: Long Hair
Thee Sixpence: Long Day's Care
The Electric Prunes: Long Day's Flight to Tomorrow (live 1967)
The Guess Who: Seven Long Years (live 1968)
The Roots: It's Been a Long Journey
Nancy Sinatra: So Long Babe
The Fabulous Playboys: Shortnin' Bread (bed)
Little Richard: Short Fat Fanny
Eddie Cochran: Cut Across Shorty
The Noblemen: Short Time
Spencer Davis Group: Short Change
The Dirty Strangers: Short & Sweet
The Rolling Stones: Short and Curlies
Glambilly: Stay a Little Longer 
The Customs: Long Gone
Mott the Hoople: Long Red
Alice Cooper: Long Way to Go
Grand Funk Railroad: Can't Be Too Long
The Beatles: Long Long Long (2018 mix)

Bonus Tracks:
Little Richard: Long Tall Sally
The Pseudos: It's a Long Way to Nowhere
The Young Rascals: Lonely Too Long (mono)
Otis Redding: I've Been Loving You Too Long (live 1967)
Ian McLagan & The Bump Band: Been a Long Time 
Ike & Tina Turner: Five Long Years
Lesley Gore: Ride a Tall White Horse
The Kinks: Long Tall Shorty (live 1965)

Birth, School, Work, Death

Mal Thursday presents a very heavy episode where the Words of the Week are Birth, School, Work, Death. Yeah, like the Godfathers record. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 24 July 2025.

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Playlist:
The Godfathers: Birth, School, Work, Death
The Pretty Things: S.F. Sorrow is Born
The Free Thinkers: You Were Born for Me
Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Born in Chicago
The Velvet Illusions: Born to Be a Rolling Stone
Murphy & The Mob: Born Loser
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Born on the Bayou (live 1970)
Steppenwolf: Born to Wild (LP version)
Cream: Born Under a Bad Sign (BBC)
The Heartbreakers: Born to Lose (live 1977)
Davie Allan & The Arrows: Born Losers Theme (bed)
The Beatles: Birthday (2018 mix)
The Bunch: Birthday
Chuck Berry: School Days
The Runaways: School Days
DMZ: Go to School (live 1976)
The Fleshtones: Back to School
The Yardbirds: Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl (mono)
The Mindbenders: Schoolgirl
Nikki Corvette: High School
Reigning Sound: Time Bomb High School
The Ramones: Rock n Roll High School (LP version)
The Ventures: Rock n Roll High School (bed)
Jerry Lee Lewis: High School Confidential (live 1964)
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Exit from Vince Lombardi High School (bed)
The Jam: Art School
Cat Stevens: School Is Out (mono)
Alice Cooper: School's Out (live 1973)
The Hate Bombs: Workin' Like a Dog
The Kinks: When Work is Over
Symon Grace & The Tuesday Blues: You Won't Get Me Working
Ten Feet: Factory Worker
The Great Scots: I Ain't No Miracle Worker
The Shadows of Knight: I Got My Mojo Working
The Animals: Work Song (BBC)
The Zombies: Work 'n' Play (bed)
Norma Tanega: You're Dead
The Pleasure Seekers: What a  Way to Die
Manfred Mann: Sick of Trying Bored with Lying Scared of Dying
The Kentuckys: The Old Hangman Is Dead
The Master's Apprentices: Buried and Dead
We The People: The Day She Dies
The Haigs: Never Die
The Outsiders: Daddy Died on Saturday
The Barons: Live and Die

Bonus Tracks:
The Bee Gees: Born a Man
AC/DC: School Days
Spinal Tap: Bitch School
Jon Wayne: Working Man Blues
Alice Cooper: Dead Babies (alt version)
The Pixies: Ed is Dead

Wyld Canada!

Mal Thursday heads up to the Great White North to bring you a very special episode featuring some of the wyldest Canadian rock 'n' roll records ever made. Inspired by the "Wyld Canada" compilations put together by BossHoss66 a.k.a Australian garage maniac Mark Taylor, formerly of The Lipstick Killers, among other bands, and creator of the G45 countdown of the greatest teenbeat records of all time. Mal grew up on the New York side of the Canadian border, just across the St. Lawrence River from fragrant Cornwall, Ontario, and spent a lot of time in Montreal during his wayward youth. Please excuse his mispronunciation of various French words in this episode. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 17 July 2025.

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Playlist:
Chad Allan & The Expressions: Shakin' All Over
The Great Scots: Lost in Conversation/That's My Girl (Rotten to the Core)
The Free-for-All: Show Me the Way
The Haunted: 1-2-5
The Mike Jones Group: Funny Feeling
M.G. & The Escorts: A Someday Fool
The Munks: Long Time Waiting
Les Sinners: Nice Try
Les Wild Ones: Mon Amour
Les 409: They Say
Fernand Lapierre: Les Expos sont là (bed)
Paul Anka: Molson Canadian spot
The Canadian Squires: Leave Me Alone
The Esquires: It's a Dirty Shame
Don Norman & The Other Four: Low Man
Thee Deuces: You Gotta Try
The Ugly Ducklings: Nothin'/I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore
A Passing Fancy: I'm Losing Tonight
(Those) Rogues: Girl
The Sparrow: Green Bottle Lover/The Pusher
The Buffalo Springfield: Sell Out
The Metaluners: Hockey Night in Canada Theme (bed)
The Mynah Birds: It's My Time
It's All Meat: Feel It
David Clayton Thomas & The Shays: Take Me Back/Wildroot Formula 3
The Checkerlads: Baby Send for Me
The Deverons: She's Your Lover
The Guess Who: It's My Pride/Ramblin Gamblin Man/No Time
The Squires: Aurora (bed)
The Quid: Crazy Things
The Jury: Who Dat? 
The 49th Parallel: Citizen Freak
The King Beezz: Can't Explain/Found and Lost/Now
The Collectors: We Can Make It
The Painted Ship: Frustration/And She Said Yes
The Centaurs: Kicks
The Band: Stage Fright
The Poppy Family: Where Evil Grows
Five Man Electrical Band: Signs/Absolutely Right
Rush: Not Fade Away
The Sadies: Another Day Again
The Smugglers: I'll Remember
Miriam: There Goes My Babe
The Gruesomes: I Never Loved Her
King Khan & The Shrines: 69 Faces of Love
Les Sexareenos: Where Are You Now
Leonard Cohen: The Stranger Song

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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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:

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly II: Tuco's Dance Party

Mal Thursday returns with the spaghetti-fueled sequel to last week's episode, again featuring songs with Good, Bad, and/or Ugly in the title.Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 29 May 2025.

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Playlist:
Leroy Holmes: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (bed)
The Who: Good Lovin' (BBC)/The Good's Gone (mono)
The Zombies: You Make Me Feel Good
The Clique: She Ain't No Good
Billy Nichols: Good Day Good Night
The Beatles: Good Morning Good Morning (take 8)
The Rolling Stones: Good Times, Bad Times (mono)
Eric Burdon & The Animals: Good Times
The Yardbirds: Good Night, Sweet Josephine (BBC)
The Marmalade: Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' (BBC)
The Move: High Class a.k.a She's Too Good for Me (backing track)
Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times
The Vince Maloney Sect: No Good Without You
The Standells: Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
The Turtles: It Was a Very Good Year
The Talismen: She Was Good
The Inexpensive Handmade Look: What Good Is Up?
The Good Rats: We Are the Good Rats
Love: Good Times
Rodriguez: Only Good for Conversation
The Real Kids: Better Be Good
The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations (backing track)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Terry & Tommy: It Ain't No Good to Love Anybody
Those Boys: No Good Girl
The Traits: Too Good to Be True
The Blind Owls: Good Time
The Floyd Dakil Combo: Bad Boy
Circus: Bad Seed
The Nervebreakers: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (bed)

The D-Coys: Bad Times
The Bosstweeds: Little Bad News
The Wheels: Bad Little Woman
Paul Jones: I've Been a Bad, Bad Boy
New York Dolls: Bad Detective
The Fuzztones: Bad News Travels Fast
The Flamin' Groovies: Want You Bad
Stupidity: Too Bad
The Runaways: Born to Be Bad
The Ugly Things: Ugly Theme
The Creatures: Ugly Thing
The Clear Blue Sky: Ugly Girl
The Eccentrics: She's Ugly

Bonus track:
The Coolies: Bad Bad Boy

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The Words of the Week are Good, Bad, and Ugly as Mal pays homage to Sergio Leone, Ennio Morricone, and The Man with No Name in a killer installment of the series. All songs with Good, Bad, and/or Ugly in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 22 May 2025.

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Playlist:
Hugo Montenegro and His Orchestra: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Venturie 5: Good 'n' Bad
Them: Bad or Good
The Jay-Bees: Good Times, Bad Times
The Sole Survivors: Good Times - Bad Times
The Remains: All Good Things
The Todes: Good Things
The Rolling Stones: Oh Baby We Got A Good Thing Going (BBC)
Paul Revere & The Raiders: Good Thing (mono)
The Ventures: Good Thing (bed)
The Stumps: Think of the Good Times
The Kinks: Where Have All the Good Times Gone
The Shades of Blue: Where Did All the Good Times Go
The Easybeats: Gonna Have a Good Time
The Velvet Underground: We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (live)
Booker T & The MGs: Don't Mess Up a Good Thing (bed)
Nobody's Children: Good Times
The Greenhornes: Good Times
The Jaggers: Feel So Good
The Pretty Things: She Says Good Morning
The Electric Banana: What's Good for the Goose
The Tales of the City: The Good's Gone
The Ventures: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (bed)
The Tree: No Good Woman
The Moon Dawgs: You're No Good
The Brood: Yer No Good
The Five More: I'm No Good
The Birds: No Good Without You Baby
Hour Glass: No Good to Cry
The Ventures: Good Lovin' (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The 13th Floor Elevators: I Got You (I Feel Good)
Neal Ford & The Fanatics: Good Men (Are Hard to Find)
The Five Americans: Good Times
The Clue: Bad Times
The Penthouse 5: Bad Girl
The Zakary Thaks: Bad Girl
The Nervebreakers: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (bed)

New York Dolls: Bad Girl
The Coasters: Bad Detective
The Chesterfield Kings: Bad Woman
The Underdogs: Love's Gone Bad
The Soup Greens: That's Too Bad
The Bad Roads: Too Bad
The Pilgrimage: Bad Apple
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich: Bad News
The Human Beings: You're Bad News
The Stix and Stones: You're Bad News
The Saxons: Things Been Bad
The Bruthers: Bad Way to Go
The King's English: It Could Be Bad
The Cossacks: Ugly Thing
The Dowliners Sect: One Ugly Child 

With/It

Having relocated further South to the outskirts of Weird City, Mal Thursday serves up a tastefully curated episode where the Words of the Week are With and It. With it, baby! Songs with With and/or It in the title, you dig? Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 10 November 2022. NSFW (profane but necessary Troggs tape interstitials).

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Playlist:
The Hollies: Pay You Back With Interest
The Zombies: It's Alright With Me
The Sorrows: Come With Me
The Troggs: With a Girl Like You
Manfred Mann: With a Girl Like You (bed)
The Smoke: I Wanna Make It With You
The Small Faces: I Can't Dance With You
Lulu: To Sir, With Love (Live on Ed Sullivan 1967)
The Rolling Stones: Live With Me (Live 1969)
The Who: Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand (Mono LP version)
Herman's Hermits: Man With the Cigar
Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra: Play with Fire (bed)
Mott the Hoople: Walkin' with a Mountain
New York Dolls: Don't Mess With Cupid
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels: Shakin' With Linda
John Fred & His Playboy Band: Play With Fire
The Knickerbockers: Stick With Me
The Spongetones: She Goes Out With Everybody
The Ramones: Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
The Cobblestones: Down With It (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Glass Kans: Stick With Her
The Hysterical Society: Come With Me
The Exotics: Come With Me
The Gentlemen: It's a Cry'n Shame
The Liberty Bell: That's How It Will Be
The Wig: Drive It Home
The Barons: Don't Burn It
The Undertakers: It's My Time
Waylon Jennings: Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Sir Douglas Quintet: Oh Baby It Just Don't Matter

The Guess Who: It's My Pride
The Wailers: Baby Don't You Do It
The Rolling Stones: It's Not Easy
Question Mark & The Mysterians: Don't Give It Up Now
The Roadrunners: I'll Make It Up to You
The Pretty Things: You'll Never Do It Baby
Lyres: Baby It's Me
The Standells: Try It
The Troggs: Give It to Me
The Pigeons: Stick It in My Corner, Baby
Burt Bacharach: Italian Fuzz
The Chesterfield Kings: It's Alright
The Barracudas: I Wish It Could Be 1965 Again
The Vipers: You're Doin' It Well
Trolley: She Has It All
Lou Reed: I Can't Stand It
New York Dolls: It's Too Late
The Chocolate Watchband: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Bonus Tracks:
The Beatles: Within You, Without You
The Rutles: With a Girl Like You
The Penthouse 5: Don't Mess Around With My Dream
David Bowie: Rock and Roll With Me
The Three O'Clock: With a Cantalope Girlfriend
James Brown: It's a Man's Man's Man's World
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell: You Got What It Takes
Super Session: It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
The Blue Squares: It's No Wonder
The Bee Gees: Lay It on Me
The Insane: I Can't Prove It
Manfred Mann: You Got to Take It
Gerry & The Pacemakers: It's Gonna Be Alright
The Heard: Stop It Baby

Everybody/Somebody/Nobody

The Words of the Week are Everybody, Somebody, and Nobody on this full-tilt episode of The Mal Thursday Show. Replete with heavy doses of U.S. '60s garage, British beat and freakbeat, some records of more recent vintage, and a wild trip in Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine. Errata: I mixed up Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer in the intro. Apologies. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound: Originally broadcast 27 March 2025.

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Playlist:
Thee Midniters: Everybody Needs Some to Love
Earl Vince & The Valiants: Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite
The Spencer Davis Group: Somebody Help Me
The Searchers: Have You Ever Loved Somebody
The Electric Banana: If I Needed Somebody
The Phantoms: Someday I'm Somebody
The Deepest Blue: Somebody's Girl
The Tikis: Somebody's Son
Question Mark & The Mysterians: Need Somebody
Ed Wool and The Nomads: I Need Somebody
The Enfields: She Already Has Somebody
The Strangers: Somebody Stole My Gal (bed)
The Riders of the Mark: Gotta Find Somebody
The Young Rascals: Find Somebody
The Jefferson Airplane: Somebody to Love (live '67)
Eddie Cochran: C'mon Everybody
Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs: Everybody Knows (alt. version)
The Electric Prunes: Everybody Knows You're Not in Love
The Kinks: Everybody's Gonna Be Happy (BBC)
The Chocolate Watchband: I'm Not Like Everybody Else
The Beatles: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (2018 mix)
Steppenwolf: Everybody's Next One
The Electric Prunes: Everybody Knows You're Not in Love
King Curtis: Everybody's Talkin' (bed)
The Standells: Mr. Nobody (live '66)
The Zombies: Can't Nobody Love You (mono)
The Famen: Don't Want Nobody
The Seeds: Nobody Spoil My Fun (alt. take)
The Firebeats Inc.: Can't Find Nobody
Sounds Unlimited: Nobody But You
The Moody Blues: This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)
The Bee Gees: Like Nobody Else
Nobody's Children: Girl I Need You (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Loose Ends: He's a Nobody
Mouse & The Traps: Nobody Cares
Shapes Have Fangs: Nobody's There
The 13th Floor Elevators: Nobody to Love/Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
The Five Americans: Somebody Help Me
ZZ Top: (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree

The Sharp Turn: Everybody Knows But Me
Lyres: Nobody But Me (live '85)
Kenne Highland Klan: Everybody's a Lyre
The Barracudas: Somebody
Iggy & the Stooges: I Need Somebody

Bonus Tracks:
The Rolling Stones: Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
The Mamas and the Papas: Somebody Groovy
The Smacks: Nobody Else Is Gonna Do
Arthur Lee: Everybody's Gotta Live
The Sick Rose: Everybody Wants to Know
The Ramones: Somebody Put Something in My Drink
The Lost and Found: Everybody's Here

Let

The Word of the Week is Let on this episode of The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with Let in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 13 February 2025.

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Playlist:
The Hombres: Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)
The Sorrows: Let Me In/Let Live Live
The Animals: Let It Rock (live '63)/Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (BBC)
The Primitives: Let Them Tell
The Kinks: Don't Ever Let Me Go (mono)
The Craig: Ready Steady Let's Go
Manfred Mann: Let's Go Get Stoned
The T-Bones: Let's Go Get Stoned (bed)
The Rolling Stones: If You Let Me/Let It Bleed
David Bowie: Let Me Sleep Beside You
The Myddle Class: Don't Let Me Sleep Too Long
The Gentrys: Let's Dance
The Monkees: Let's Dance On (backing track)
The Turtles: Pepsi spot/Let the Cold Winds Blow
The Tongues of Truth: Let's Talk About Girls
The Remains: Let Me Through (live '66)
The Bougalieu: Let's Do Wrong
Paul Revere & The Raiders: Let Me
The Ventures: Let's Twist Again (bed)
The Jefferson Airplane: Let Me In
The Second Helping: Let Me In
The Grass Roots: Let's Live for Today
The Tiffany System: Let's Get Together
The Magic Mushrooms: Never Let Go
The Outsiders: Just Let Me Be
Bob Dylan: Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (live '66)
Sandy Nelson: Let There Be Drums (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Kenny & The Kasuals: Don't Let Your Baby Go
The Bobby Fuller Four: Let Her Dance
The Heart Beats: Time Won't Let Me
Sir Douglas Quintet: Lord, Please Let It Rain on Texas
Lord August & The Visions of Light: Let Me Be Me
The Nervebreakers: Let's Fall Apart

The Heartbreakers: Let Go (remix)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Come on Baby, Let's Go Downtown (live '70)
Nick Lowe's Last Chicken in the Shop: Let's Eat (live '77)
The Creation Factory: Ain't Gonna Let You Stay
The Mystic Eyes: Let the Wind Blow
The Seeds: Just Let Go (take 4)

Under/Stand

Mal Thursday brings the Understanding in this week's episode of The Mal Thursday Show, where the Words of the Week are Under, Stand, and Understand. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 30 January 2025. 

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Playlist:
The Small Faces: Understanding
The Big Three: You Gotta Keep Her Underhand
The Thoughts: All Night Stand
The Rolling Stones: The Under Assistant West Coast Promo Man/Under My Thumb (live '66)
The Yardbirds: Over Under Sideways Down (live '68)
The Beatles: I Saw Her Standing There (take 3)
The Merseybeats: I Stand Accused
The Pretty Things: Can't Stand the Pain
The Shadows: Stand Up and Say That! (bed)
The La De Da's: Don't You Stand in My Way
The Sheiks: Try to Understand
The Dukes: Try To Understand
The Others: I Can't Stand This Love, Goodbye
Ann-Margret: I Just Don't Understand
The Sand Pipers: Stand Up Girl
The Chocolate Watchband: Sitting There Standing
Booker T & The MGs: Born Under a Bad Sign (bed)
The Seeds: Try to Understand
The Ruins: She Doesn't Understand
The Underbeats: I Can't Stand It
The Jujus: Do You Understand Me
The Roadrunners: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (live '66)
The Daze of the Week: One Night Stand
Sly and the Family Stone: Stand! (mono 45 mix)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Elastic Prism: Nothing'll Stand in Our Way (I Would Have Liked You Anyway)
Hickoids: Have You Seen Your Mother Baby (Standing in the Shadow)
The Buccaneers: Standin' in the Shadow of Your Love
Roy Head: I Can't Stand It
Sir Doug & The Texas Tornados: You Can't Hide a Redneck (Under That Hippie Hair)
The Ugly Beats: Take a Stand
The Mullens: When I Make My Stand
The Sons of Hercules: Misunderstood

Cucumber: Under (bed)
Lou Reed: I Can't Stand It
The Greenhornes: Can't Stand It
Alice Cooper: Under My Wheels
The Embrooks: Standing Upside Down
The Len Price 3: Under the Thumb
The Unclaimed: I Can't Understand
The Chesterfield Kings: I Don't Understand
The Mal Thursday Quintet (feat. Alex Johnson): Standing on the Corner
Brinsley Schwarz: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding

A Mal Thursday Christmas (2024 Edition)

 

Mal presents a classic holiday-themed episode augmented with a brand new set of yuletide rock 'n' roll and soul numbers, then tyme-travels back to 2013, 2010, and 2009 to bring you the best of The Mal Thursday Show's Christmas episodes. Over three hours of festive hits and misses. Thanks to Mike Murray and T.J. Mertz for playlist assistance. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophoinc and Living Monophonic Sound. This version originally broadcast 19 December 2024.

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Playlist:
Jimmy McGriff: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (bed)
The Wailers: Christmas Spirit
Jimmy Jones & His Versatiles: Christmas Is a Drag (Without You Baby)
Luther & The BBBs: Credit Card Christmas
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets: North Pole Express (live)
The Len Price 3: It's Christmas Time Ebenezer
Big Star: Jesus Christ
The Monkees: Christmas Party
Dean Landew: Holiday Bash
The Missile Toads: Santa's a Boozer
Bob Seger & The Last Heard: Sock It to Me Santa
Clarence Carter: Back Door Santa
The Krayolas: I Want to Be Your Santa
The Beatles: Christmas Time Is Here Again
The Ventures: White Christmas (bed)
Los Straitjackets: It's a Marshmallow World
Flat Duo Jets: Christmastime (Hey, We're Gonna Rock)
The Vipers: Christmas I'll Be Home
The Brood: One Winter Night
The Gorehounds: Yuh, Xmess
The Dogmatics: Xmas Time (Sure Don't Feel Like)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Big Yule Log Boogie
Alan Milman Sect: Punk Rock Christmas 
Bee Bumble & The Stingers: Nutrocker (bed)
Trolley: It's Christmas
The Connection: Christmas Time Again
Bipolaroid: Merry Xmas
Angry Johnny & The Killbillies: Six Bullets for Christmas
The Mockers: There's No War on Christmas
The Devil Dogs: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
The Electric Six: You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians of the British Empire: Link Wray's Christmas
The Ventures: Scrooge (bed)
The Grip Weeds with Mark Lindsay: Santa Make Me Good/Christmas, Bring Us
The 5-6-7-8's: Rock n' Roll Santa
The Fleshtones: Super Rock Santa
Reigning Sound: If Christmas Can't Bring You Home
Unknown Hinson: Black and Blue Christmas
Jimmy Smith: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
The Reducers: Nothin' for Christmas
The Damned: There Ain't No Sanity Clause
Mott The Hoople: Death May Be Your Santa Claus
A440: Santa Claus Is Comin' Yeah
The Soulphonics: All I Want for Christmas Is a Job
Paul Revere & The Raiders: Rain, Sleet, and Snow
The Kaisers: Merry Christmas, Lupe Lu
Yard Trauma: Christmas Tyme
Edd “Kookie” Byrnes: Yulesville
Saturday's Children: Deck Five
The Yobs: Silent Night
The Ebenezer Scooge Appreciation Society: Hang on Rudolph
Lemmy Kilmister & Billy Gibbons: Run Run Rudolph
Davie Allan & The Arrows: Ho Ho Seven/Hark the Herald Angels Sing (bed)
The Fleshtones: Hooray for Santa Claus
The Taildraggers: Let’s Talk About Claus
The Sonics: Santa Claus
Jerry & The Landslides: Get Off My Roof
The Chesterfield Kings: Hey Santa Claus
Nick Swardson: A Very Terry Christmas
Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians of the British Empire:
Pete Townshend’s Christmas
Lowell George & The Factory: Candy Cane Madness
The White Stripes: Candy Cane Children
Plan 9: Merry Christmas
The Sonics: Don’t Believe in Christmas
Regining Sound: That’s All I Want
The Hentchmen: Shotgun Christmas
The Figgs: Father Christmas
The Cheetahs: A Message to Santa Claus
Fear: Fuck Christmas
The Eels: Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
The Dirtbombs: My Last Christmas 

Old/Young

 Mal Thursday is back with an arcane episode for young and old alike, where the Words of the Week are Old and Young. All songs with Old or Young in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally transmitted 24 October 20224.

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See The Mal Thursday Quintet Sunday November 10th (matinee) at The Far Out Lounge and Stage, Austin, Texas, Saturday November 16th at Double Wide, Dallas, Texas, Friday November 22nd at Abilene Bar & Lounge, Rochester, New York, and Saturday December 7th (matinee) at the Corn Pound in San Antonio, Texas.

Playlist:
Zuider Zee: Old
The Attack: Too Old
The Preachers: Too Old in the Head
The Svensk: Getting Old
The Zombies: This Old Heart of Mine (BBC)
Gary Walker and The Rain: Thoughts of an Old Man
The Pretty Things: Old Man Going (BBC)
The Beatles: Old Brown Shoe (2023 mix)
The Rolling Stones: We Love You a.k.a Old King Cole (bed)
Lulu: Dirty Old Man
The Electras: Dirty Old Man
The Londons: Old Man (A Thing of Age)
Boo Boo & Bunky: This Old Town
The Mojo Men: As I Get Older
The Romancers: She Took My Oldsmobile
Old Vienna Beer spot
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: Old Fart at Play
The Byrds: Old John Robertson
The Flying Burrito Brothers: Older Guys
The Modern Lovers: Dignified and Old
The Headless Horsemen: Same Old Thing
The Nox Boys: Fear of Getting Old

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Willie Nelson: I Feel That Old Feeling
Friday and The Girls: Older Boy
The Bourbons: Of Old Approximately
Sir Douglas Quintet: Old Habits Die Hard/Old Bill Baetty
Fever Tree: Grand Candy Young Suite
13th Floor Elevators: You Don't Know (How Young You Are)

The Contemporaries: Think Young (bed)
For Those Who Think Young trailer
The Association: Enter the Young
The Chocolate Watchband: Sweet Young Thing
The Color: Young Miss Larsen
The Vagrants: Young Blues
The Jefferson Airplane: Young Girl Sunday Blues
The Mamas and Papas: Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)
The Ventures: Too Young to Know My Mind (bed)
Eric Burdon & The Animals: When I Was Young
The Who: Young Man Blues (studio version)
Mott the Hoople: All the Young Dudes (live 1973)
The Clash: All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)
Duane Eddy: Because They're Young (bed)
Oasis: Stay Young 

Give

Mal Thursday is a giver on this heavy episode of The Mal Thursday Show, where the Word of the Week is Give. All songs with Give, Gave, or Giving in the title. All the '60s heroes sung and unsung, plus records of more recent vintage by The Fleshtones, Tiger Bomb, The Schizophonics, and more. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound.

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Playlist:
The Small Faces: My Way of Giving
Faron's Flamingos: Give Me Time
Miki Dallon: I'll Give You Love
Dave Berry: Don't Give Me No Lip
The Hollies: Don't Give Up Easily
The Hustlers: Sick of Giving
The Troggs: Give It to Me
Them: I Gave My Love a Diamond
Van Morrison: He Ain't Give You None
Booker T & The MGs: You Never Give Me Your Money (bed)
The Great Scots: Give Me Loving
The Bram Rigg Set: I Can Only Give You Everything
Just Too Much: She Gives Me Time
The Green Beans: (Don't Give Me No) Friction
Erik & The Smoke Ponies: I'll Give You More
The Gentrys: Gimme Love Now
The Fugitive Five: I Ain't Gonna Give Up My Way of Life
The Motifs: If I Gave You Love
The Wee Four: Give Me a Try
The Implicits: Give Me Justice
Crazy Elephant: Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
The Left Banke: Give the Man a Hand
The Thamesmen (Spinal Tap): Gimme Some Money
Merry Clayton: Gimme Shelter
Los Bravos: Give Me a Chance
The Lomax Alliance: Give What You Take
The Left Banke: Give the Man a Hand
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band: Suppose They Give a War and No One Comes (edit)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Five Americans: Gimme Some Lovin'
The Krayolas: Don't Give Up Hope
The Skunks: Gimme Some

The Chairmen of the Board: Give Me Just a Little More Time
Big Star: Give Me Another Chance
Argent: God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You
Johnny Thunders: (Give Her a) Great Big Kiss
The Fleshtones: You Give Me Nothing to Go on
Lyres: Don't Give It Up Now
Tiger Bomb: Gimme One More Chance
Flight Reaction: Won't Give In
The Ramones: I Can't Give You Anything
The Schizophonics: Something's Got to Give

Trains and Boats and Planes

Traveling nostalgia! In this high-quality rerun, Mal Thursday spins a series of songs about various modes of transportation on this movin' edition of The Mal Thursday Show, originally transmitted 7 March 2017. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereo Sound.

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Playlist:
The Box Tops: Trains and Boats and Planes
Junior Parker: Mystery Train
Johnny Burnette & The Rock n' Roll Trio: Lonesome Train
The Yardbirds: Train Kept a Rollin'
The Kinks: Last of Steam Powered Trains
The Monkees: Last Train to Clarksville
The Electric Prunes: Train for Tomorrow
The Cramps: Drug Train
10,000 Strings: Last Train to Clarksville (bed)
Frankie Ford: Sea Cruise
Lulu: The Boat That I Row
Kim Fowley: Motorboat
Madness: Night Boat to Cairo
The Shadows: Trains and Boats and Planes (bed)
The Rolling Stones: Flight 505/Who's Driving Your Plane
The Electric Prunes:  Long Day's Flight (Til Tomorrow)
The Byrds: Eight Miles High
Guided by Voices: Motor Away
Big Star: Back of a Car
The Donnas: Drive My Car
Chuck Berry: I Wanna Be Your Driver/Jaguar and the Thunderbird
Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen: Hot Rod Lincoln
Vince Taylor & The Playboys: Brand New Cadillac
T. Rex: Cadillac
Mink Deville: Cadillac Walk
Alice Cooper: Slick Black Limousine
The Flying Burrito Brothers: Long Black Limousine
Grand Funk Railroad: Mr. Limousine Driver
Bernard Hermann: Taxi Driver (bed)
The Who: Early Morning Cold Taxi
Bob Dylan: Big Yellow Taxi
Count Five: Double Decker Bus
The Who: Magic Bus
The New York Dolls: Subway Train
The Tickle: Subway (Smokey Pokey World)
Jack Nitzche: The Lonely Surfer (bed)
The Ides of March: Vehicle

Work and Play

Mal Thursday returns with another rockin' high concept episode where the Words of the Week are Work and Play. All songs with Work and/or Play in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 29 August 2024.

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Playlist:
Lee Dorsey: Work, Work, Work
Bo Diddley: Working Man
The Cellar Dwellers: Working Man
Symon Grace & The Tuesday Blues: You Won't Get Me Working
The Brogues: I Ain't No Miracle Worker
The Laughing Wind: John Works Hard
The Electric Prunes: I Got My Mojo Working (live '67)
Booker T & The MGs: Working in the Coal Mine (bed)
The Riot Squad: Working Man
Paul & Barry Ryan: Gotta Go Out to Work
The Downliners Sect: All Night Worker
Ten Feet: Factory Worker
The Mark Four: Work All Day (Sleep All Night)
The Animals: Work Song (BBC)
The Zombies: If It Don't Work Out/Work n' Play (bed)
Deep Purple: We Can Work It Out
Michael Chapman: It Didn't Work Out
John Lennon: Working Class Hero
The Ventures: Work Song (bed)
Ike & Tina Turner: It's Gonna Work Out Fine
The Hate Bombs: Workin' Like a Dog
Elvis Costello: Welcome to the Working Week
The Clash: Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad
Treat Her Right: Late for Work
The Kinks: Working at the Factory
The Embrooks: Nothing's Gonna Work
Venus & The Razor Blades: Working Girl
The Things: All Work and No Play
Syd Dale: Danger Musicians at Work (bed)
The Rockin' Ramrods: Play It
The Astronauts: Baby Let's Play House
The Cyrkle: Squeeze Play
The Dave Clark Five: Play with Me
The New Colony Six: Some People Think I'm a Playboy
De Maskers: Playboy Loves Playgirl/Play the Game Now
The Ventures: Games People Play
The Bee Gees: Playdown
The Male: Playing with Fire
The Rolling Stones: Play with Fire (mono)
Pink Floyd: See Emily Play (mono)
John's Children: Come and Play with Me in the Garden
The Klepstones: Play Your Game

Ripped and Torn

Ripping and Tearing are the main items on the musical menu for this episode, with a side order of Wipe Out. Wild Sounds from all over the world! Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally broadcast, in different form, 16 April 2020. With Exclusive Bonus Tracks.

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Playlist:
Ace Frehley: Rip It Out
The Swell Maps: Ripped and Torn
Green Day: Rip This Joint
The Queers: Rip It Up
The Fleshtones: Let It Rip
Link Wray & The Wraymen: Jack the Ripper
T. Rex: Rip Off
Mind Spiders: Ripped
Mick Ronson: Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Lyres: Tear You Up
The Mal Thursday Quintet: Torn Up
Denny Proviso: It Really Tears Me Up
Paul Colllins: You Tore Me Down
Rhoda Dakar & Nick Welsh: Torn
The Rolling Stones: Torn and Frayed/Title 5
DM3: One Time, Two Times Devastated
The Surfaris: Wipe Out
Matha & The Vandellas: Nowhere to Run
The Chocolate Watchband: No Way Out
The Seeds: No Escape
The More-Tishians: I've Got Nowhere to Run
The Fairy Tale: Run and Hide
The Uniques: Run and Hide
The Vejtables: Hide Yourself
The Cramps: Tear It Up

Bonus Tracks:
Chuck Berry: Rip It Up
The Swingin' Neckbreakers: Rip It, Rip It Up
Doris Troy: You Tore Me Up Inside
The 13th Floor Elevators: Tried to Hide
The Times: I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape
Ace Frehley: Wiped Out

City

The Word of the Week is City on this episode from the broadcast edition of The Mal Thursday Show, all songs about cities. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally broadcast, in different form, in November 2015.

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Playlist:
The Dead Boys: Big City
The Pretty Things: Big City (BBC)
The Animals: Bright Lights, Big City
The Electric Prunes: Big City
The Enthusiasts: In the City
The Jam: In the City (BBC)
The Who: Armenia City in the Sky
The Ventures: Summer in the City
The Illusions: City of People
The Strypes: Heart of the City
Iggy & The Stooges: Kill City
The Monomen: Murder City Nights
The Clash: City of the Dead
The Outcasts: I'm in Pittsburgh (and It's Raining)
Ian Hunter: Cleveland Rocks
Ray Charles: The Cincinnati Kid
Earl Hooker: Sweet Home Chicago
Bob & Earl: Harlem Shuffle
The Pandas: Girl from New York City
Bobby Darin: Sunday in New York
Fear: New York's All Right (If You Like Saxophones)
Stupidity: New York
Sex Pistols: New York
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers: London Boys
David Bowie: London Boys
The Vibrators: London Girls
The Eyes: Radio London
S.J. & The Crossroads: London Girl
The Jam: London Girl
Oldham & Richard: Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner
Len Price 3: London Institute
The Byrds: Boston