Games of Chance

Games of Chance is the theme for this week's episode of The Mal Thursday Show. Gamesmanship! Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 4 September 2025.

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Playlist:
The Reasons Why: Games
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders: The Game of Love
Ten Feet: Losing Game
Dave Berry: The Crying Game
The Yardbirds: Little Games
The Syndicate of Sound: Games
The Music Explosion: Sunshine Games
The Circus: Games We Play
The Marvelettes: The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
Ivan Boogaloo Joe Jones: Games (bed)
The Legends: Fever Games
The Turtles: Outside Chance (mono)
The Bee Gees: Big Chance
Oscar & The Majestics: No Chance Baby
Zorba & The Greeks: You've Had Your Chance
The Blues Magoos: There's A Chance We Can Make It
The Marauders: Our Big Chance
The Beach Boys: Carl's Big Chance 
The Outer Limits: Just One More Chance
Sir Winston & The Commons: One Last Chance
Tiger Bomb: Gimme One More Chance
The Offhooks: Another Chance
Big Star: Give Me Another Chance
Bunny: Hey Chance (bed)
Bob Seger System: Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
Blood Sweat & Tears: Spinning Wheel (live 1969)
The Rolling Stones: Tumbling Dice (live 1972)
The Watchband: No Dice!
Unknown Group: I Won't Play Your Game
Faine Jade: People Games Play
The Things: All Work and No Play
The Rockin' Ramrods: Play It
The Astronauts: Baby Let's Play House
The Cyrkle: Squeeze Play
The Ventures: Games People Play (bed)
The Dave Clark Five: Play with Me
The New Colony Six: Some People Think I'm a Playboy
De Maskers: Play the Game Now
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
Mel Torme: Games People Play
Charles Manson: Look at Your Game, Girl  

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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Smoke/Fire

Mal Thursday presents a smoky, fiery episode where the Words of the Week are Smoke and Fire. All songs with Smoke and/or Fire in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast June 2025. 

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Playlist:
The Blues Project: Where There's Smoke, There's Fire!
Question Mark & The Mysterians: Smokes
Bob Seger & The Last Heard: Chain Smokin'
The Minitmen: Smokin' in the Boys Room
The Cobblers: Smokin' at the Half-Note
The Gants: (You Can't Blow) Smoke Rings
The Music Machine: Smoke and Water
Neil Diamond: Smokey Lady
The Kinks: Big Black Smoke (mono)
The Higher State: Smoke and Mirrors
The Golden Earrings: Smoking Cigarettes
Pell Mell: Smoke (bed)
Howlin' Wolf: Smokestack Lightning
The Yarbirds: Smokestack Lightning (live 1964)
The Electric Prunes: Smokestack Lightning (live 1967)
The Things to Come: Smokestack Lightning (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Bubble Puppy: Hot Smoke and Sassafrass (mono)
Butthole Surfers: John E. Smoke
The 13th Floor Elevators: Fire Engine/Fire in My Bones
The Children: Fire Ring
The Sons of Hercules: Angel on Fire
Shapes Have Fangs: Putting Out Fires

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: Fire (mono)
The Byrds: This Wheel's on Fire
The Golliwogs: Fight Fire
Painted Faces: Play with Fire
The Amboy Dukes: You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire
Mercy: Fireball (bed)
The Raves: Everything's Fire
The Mojo Men: Fire in My Heart
The Beethoven 4: Sets My Soul on Fire
The Move: Fire Brigade (mono)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Fire (BBC)
The Doors: Light My Fire (mono)
Lyres: On Fyre

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

And

It all adds up to rock 'n' roll as the Word of the Week is And on The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with And in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 8 May 2025.

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 Playlist:
The Grip Weeds: Lie, Beg, Borrow and Steal
The Zombies: Sticks and Stones
The Moody Blues: And My Baby's Gone
The Move: Stop and Get a Hold of Myself (BBC)
The Beatles: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You (BBC)/And Your Bird Can Sing (mono)
The Rolling Stones: Cops and Robbers (BBC)/Around and Around
The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night (BBC)
The Shadows: Snap Crackle and How's Your Dad (bed)
The Easybeats: Come and See Her
The Bee Gees: Wine and Women
The Golden Earrings: Tears and Lies
The Blue Things: Twist and Shout
The Rare Breed: Beg, Borrow, and Steal/Come on and Take a Ride in My Boat
We The People: You Burn Me Me Up and Down
The Mile Ends: Bottle Up and Go
Rocky & The Riddlers: Flash and Crash
Cher: Come and Stay with Me
The Byrds: Wait and See
Love: Your Mind and We Belong Together
The Waistcoats: Downhill and Shady (bed)
The Pink Floyd: Candy and a Current Bun
Spinal Tap: Cups and Cakes
Tommy James & The Shondells: Crimson and Clover (mono)
Jefferson Airplane: The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil
The Chocolate Watchband: Gone and Passes By
The Bees: Voices Green and Purple
The North Atlantic Invasion Force: Blue and Green Gown
The Ventures: Fuzzy and Wild (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Larry & The Blue Notes: In and Out (alt version)
The Novas: And It's Time
Christopher & The Souls: Diamonds, Rats and Gum
The Outcasts: I'm in Pittsburgh (and It's Raining)
The Love Flowers: Peace and Love
Bubble Puppy: Hot Smoke and Sassafras

The Vipers: Cheated and Lied
The Pandoras: In and Out of My Life in a Day
The Brood: Shake and Shout
The Kaisers: Shake and Scream
The Greenhornes: Shame and Misery
The Nox Boys: Take My Heart and Break It
The Schizophonics: Down and Out
Iggy & The Stooges: Search and Destroy
The Vagrants: And When It's Over

Dream

It's a psycho-delic dreamscape this week on The Mal Thursday Show, as the Word of the Week is Dream. Dream on. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound.

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Playlist:
The Premiers: Come on and Dream
Lulu & The Luvvers: Dream Lover
The Belfast Gypsies: Gloria's Dream
The Pretty Things: I Had a Dream/Walking Through My Dreams (BBC)
The Small Faces: I'm Only Dreaming
The Zombies: Is This the Dream/Hung Up on a Dream
The Syn: 14 Hour Technicolor Dream
The Summer Set: It's a Dream
Noel Harrison: Life Is a Dream
The Ventures: Endless Dream (bed)
The Media: Endless Dream
Ray Columbus & the Art Gallery: Kick Me (I Think I'm Dreaming)
The Master's Apprentices: Living in a Child's Dream
The Grifs: Keep Dreaming
The Blues Magoos: Pipe Dream
The Buddhas: My Dream
The Kingsmen: I Guess I Was Dreamin'
Paul Revere & The Raiders: I Had a Dream (mono)
The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
Randy Newman: Last Night I Had a Dream (45 mix)
The Allman Brothers Band: Dreams (demo)
Wes Montgomery: California Dreamin' (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Roy Orbison: In Dreams/Dream Baby (live '65)
The Basic Things: You're Still Dreaming
The Penthouse 5: Don't Mess Around with My Dream/It's All My Own Bizarre Dream
Bobby Fuller Four: Only When I Dream

The Marauders: Nightmare
The Fairviews: Nightmares
Q65: I Got Nightmares
The Creation: Nightmares
The Embrooks: Nightmare
The Abstracts: Nightmare (bed)
Blondie: Dreaming
Alice Cooper: Caught in a Dream
The Bellrays: Dream Police
The Dirty Strangers: Dream Come True
The Galileo 7: You're Not Dreaming
The Sound Explosion: Girl of My Dreams, Girl of My Life
The Routes: Thousand Forgotten Dreams
Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan's 115th Dream

Bonus Tracks:
The Ways and Means: Breaking Up a Dream
Jeff St. John & The Id: Eastern Dream
Shannon & The Clams: Into a Dream
Neil Young: Hippie Dream (live)
The Beach Boys: And Your Dreams Come True

Never/Ever

Mal Thursday deals in absolutes in this wild installment of The Mal Thursday Show, where the Words of the Week are Never Ever, songs with Never and/or Ever in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally transmitted 3 February 2022. 

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Playlist:
Peter and Gordon: Never Ever
Four Just Men: Things Will Never Be the Same
The Pretty Things: I Can Never Say/You'll Never Do Iy Baby
The Tony Jackson Group: Never Leave My Baby's Side (BBC)
The Kinks: Never Met a Girl Like You Before (Mono)
The Hollies: Signs That Will Never Change
The Mirage: Tomorrow Never Knows
The Alan Price Set: Never Be Sick on a Sunday
The Bee Gees: Lemons Never Forget (Mono)
The Badd Boys: Never Going Back to Georgia
The Starfires: I Never Loved Her
The Original Sinners: You'll Never Know (What Love Is All About)
The Pleasure Seekers: Neer Thought You'd Leave Me
The Basement Wall: Never Existed
The Electric Prunes: You Never Had It Better
The Magic Mushrooms: Never Let Go
The Ventures: He Never Came Back
Chuck Berry: You Never Can Tell
The Four Seasons: Never on Sunday
The Shangri-Las: I Can Never Go Home Anymore
Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Five Canadians: Never Alone
Thursday's Children: You'll Never Be My Girl
Sir Douglas Quintet: We'll Never Tell/You Never Get Too Big And You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy, That You Don't Have To Stop And Pay Some Dues Sometimes
Willie Nelson: I Never Cared for You (Live '66)
Waylon Jennings: I May Never Pass This Way Again
The Soulphonics: You're Never Gonna Love Me Anymore
The Bobby Fuller Four: Never to Be Forgotten

Hoyt Axton: Never Been to Spain
The Detroit Cobras: You'll Never Change
The Trip: Never Too Late for Linda
Greg "Stackhouse" Prevost: Never Trust the Devil
Lyres: Never Be Free
The Ventures: Have You Ever Seen the Rain
The Everly Brothers: Have You Ever Loved Somebody
The Small Faces: (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me
The Standells: Have You Ever Spent the Night in Jail?
MG & The Escorts: Please Don't Ever Change
The Knack: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind
The Action: Never Ever

Time

Mal Thursday is right on time in this wild installment of The Mal Thursday Show, spinning three hours of top tunes with the word Time in the title, featuring over an hour of new material, combined with highlights from the 2018 "It's About Time" episode. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 3 April 2025. 

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Playlist:
The Livin' End: Makin' Time
The Roulettes: Bad Time
The Mindbenders: It's Getting Harder All the Time
The Mickey Finn: Time to Start to Lovin' You
The Searchers: It's Time (BBC)
The Animals: Night Time Is the Right Time
The Afex: She Got the Time
The Yardbirds: Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (BBC)
The Spencer Davis Group: High Time Baby
Paul Jones: High Time
The Sonics: High Time
The Original Sinners: Any Time You Need Me (I'll Be Home)
The Guilloteens: Crying All over My Time
The Rogues: How Many Times
The Harbinger Complex: Time to Kill
The New Breed: Wasting My Time
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy: Time Is After You
The Doors: Love Me Two Times (take 3)
The Tell-Tale Hearts: Just a Matter of Time
The Pandoras: It's About Time
The Vipers: Borrowed Time
The Grip Weeds: No Time Like the Right Time
Plan 9: Step Out of Time
The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today
Mondo Topless: Get Me to the World on Time
The Zombies: Time of the Season
The  Rovin' Flames: How Many Times
Suzi Chunk: For the Millionth Time
The Really Rottens: It's Monster Surfing Time
The Rolling Stones: The Last Time/Good Time Women
Joey Covington: I'll Do Better Next Time
The Hollywood Stars: King of the Night Time World
Muck and the Mires: Hamburg Time/It Takes Time
The Beginner's Mynd: All the Time/Time Dilation
The Monkees: No Time/Good Times
The Kinks: Time Will Tell
Hour Glass: In a Time/Three Time Loser
The Third Bardo: I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time
The Guess Who: No Time
The Woggles: No Time to Lose
The Blind Owls: Good Time
Mal Thursday Quintet with F. Alex Johnson: Good Times
The Tropics: Time/As Time's Gone
Neil Diamond: The Time Is Now
Booker T and The MGs: Time Is Tight (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Satori: Time Machine
Buddy Holly: Take Your Time
Roy Head and The Traits: One More Time
Sir Douglas Quintet: In Time
The Patterns: In My Own Time
The Golden Dawn: My Time
The Conqueroo: I've Got Time
The Five Americans: Good Times
The Clue: Bad Times
Neal Ford and The Fanatics: Night Time
Willie Nelson: Funny How Time Slips Away
The Satelliters: Lost in Time

Bad Times

In a summit of Austin-based rock n' roll radio hosts, Mal Thursday is joined by Scott Gardner, the mastermind behind the long-running Stronger Than Dirt radio program on 91.7 KOOP-FM in Austin, for a show all about Bad Times. Mr. Thursday hands Mr. Gardner the keys to the Texas Tyme Machine, and Scott floors it. Originally broadcast 29 November 2018. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. 

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Playlist:
The D-Coys: Bad Times
Paul Revere & The Raiders: These are Bad Times (For Me and My Baby)
The Who: The Good's Gone
The Jam: So Sad About Us
The Underdogs: Love's Gone Bad
The Aqualads: Runaway
The Rolling Stones: Good Times, Bad Times
The Yardbirds: I Ain't Done Wrong
Lyres: What's Wrong with You   
The Lovejoys: Payin' (for the Wrong I've Done)
Sam & Dave: Rich Kind of Poverty
Booker T & The MGs: Born Under a Bad Sign

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine with Guest DJ Scott Gardner:
Oedipus & The Mothers: (I Remember) How It Used to Be
The Bards: Alibis
Electric Love: This Seat Is Saved
The Brentwoods: Yeah Yeah, No No
The Bad Seeds: Sick & Tired
The Six Deep: Girl It's Over

Buddy Holly: Peggy Sue Got Married
The Gentlemen: It's a Cry'n Shame
The Iguana: Leaving You Baby
The Bad Roads: Too Bad
The Hard Times: Goodbye
The Roadrunners: Goodbye
The Blind Owls: Goodbye
The Greenhornes: Saying Goodbye
The Loons: A Last Goodbye
Plan 9: I Can't Stand This Love, Goodbye
The Flight Reaction: I Don't Wanna Say Goodbye
Gerry Bright & The Stokers: Heavy Trip
Palmyra Delran & The Doppel Gang: Come Spy with Me
The Embrooks: Going But Not Gone
Groovy Uncle: Howard Eno
RunHideFight: He's a Jerk
The Invisible Surfers: The Devil Herself
Dee Rangers: No One to Love
The Routes: Driving Round in Circles
The Malarians: A Taste of Five
The Clue: Bad Times

Will/Won't

Mal Thursday addresses the age-old dilemma of Will or Won't on this episode of The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with Will or Won't in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 6 February 2025.

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Playlist:
Phil & The Frantics: Say That You Will
The Four Just Men: Things Will Never Be the Same
The Kinks: Time Will Tell (mono)
The MI5: Only Time Will Tell
The Mark Four: Hurt Me If You Will
The Pretty Things: There Will Never Be Another Day
The Troggs: Our Love Will Still Be There/When Will the Rain Come
The Noel Gilpin Emporium: Will You Miss Me When I'm Dead
The Hollies: Yes I Will (I'll Be True to You)/Signs That Will Never Change
The Bee Gees: Every Christian Lion-Hearted Man Will Show You
Gene Harris: Will You Still Be Mine (bed)
The Outsiders: I Love Her Still, I Always Will
The Sonics: Have Love, Will Travel
The Human Expression: Readin' Your Will
The Lollipop Shoppe: Who'll Read the Will
The So...But So What: I Will Cry
The Magic Lanterns: Time Will Tell (If I'm a Loser)
The Merry-Go-Round: Time Will Show the Wiser
The Tombstones: Times Will Be Hard
The Brass Buttons: Hell Will Take Care of Her

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Liberty Bell: That's How It Will Be
The Novas: William Junior
The Fanatics: I Will Not Be Lonely
Buddy Holly: Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight
The Zakary Thaks: Won't Come Back
The Children: It Won't Show on Me

Del Shannon: Time Won't Let Me
The Rivals: It Won't Be Long Now
The Clefs of Lavender Hill: It Won't Be Long
The Bee Gees: You Won't See Me
Them: (It Won't Hurt) Half as Much
The Hysterics: Won't Get Far
Symon Grace & The Tuesday Blues: You Won't Get Me Working
Chuck Conlon: Won't You Say Yes to Me Girl
The Byrds: It Won't Be Wrong
The Wailers: You Won't Lead Me on
The Monkees: I Won't Be the Same Without Her (backing track)
The Marshmallow Overcoat: Won't Go Away
Lyres: You Won't Be Sad Anymore
Mal Thursday & The Cheetahs: Won't Follow
The Tell-Tale Hearts: Won't Need Yours
The Flight Reaction: Won't Give In
The Counts: I Will Lose My Mind

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

Through/Line

Mal Thursday presents two Words of the Week for the price of one: Through and Line. Songs with Through in the title in the first half, songs with Line in the second half. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 16 January 2025.

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Playlist:
The Ugly Beats: Let Me Through
Unknown: Now That We're Through
The Authentics feat. Jimmy Page: Climbing Through
The Hollies: We're Through/Look Through Any Window (live '68)
The Rolling Stones: (Walkin' Thru) The Sleepy City
The Beatles: I'm Looking Through You (mono)
Joe Cocker: She Came In Through the Bathroom Window
Booker T & The MGs: She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (bed)
The Barrier: Dawn Breaks Through
The Creation: Through My Eyes (mono)
The Pretty Things: Walking Through My Dreams (BBC)
Eric Burdon & The Animals: Madman Running Through the Fields
The Puddin' Heads: Now You Say We're Through
The Plagues: I've Been Through It Before
The Sintrifical Fours: You Put Me Through Changes
The Gentrys: I'm Gonna Look Straight Through You
Billy Preston: I Am Coming Through (bed)
The Doors: Break on Through (mono)
The Tears: People Through My Glasses
The Cykle: Walkin' Through My Mind
The Lemon Pipers: Through with You
The Ventures: Tiptoe Through the Tulips (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The 13th Floor Elevators: Thru the Rhythm (Where Am I)
Willie Nelson: If You Could See What's Going Through My Mind
The Ugly Beats: Through You/Throw Me a Line
Sir Douglas Quintet: Who'll Be the Next in Line
ZZ Top: Move Me on Down the Line
The Really Rottens: Starting Line (bed)

Spirit: I Got a Line on You
The Kinks: Party Line
The Birds: Next in Line
The Trashmen: Same Lines
The Satans: Lines and Squares
The Music Machine: Double Yellow Line
The Grateful Dead: Beat It on Down the Line
Flamin' Groovies: Between the Lines
The International Submarine Band: Luxury Liner
Eddie & The Hot Rods: Life on the Line
DMZ: Border Line (bed)
Creedence Clearwater Revival: I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Tasteful Attire

Mal Thursday presents a series of songs about various types of apparel, with sets devoted to mini-skirts, bikinis, footwear, and black clothing. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 2 January 2025.

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Playlist:
The Coasters: Shopping for Clothes
The Kinks: Dedicated Follower of Fashion (mono)
Flying Burrito Brothers: High Fashion Queen
Love: She Comes in Colors
The Rolling Stones: She's a Rainbow
North Atlantic Invasion Force: Blue and Green Gown
Dukes of Stratosphear: Your Gold Dress
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels: Devil in a Blue Dress
Bill Doggett: High Heels (bed)
The Troggs: H.I.S. Slacks radio spot/Girl in Black
The Beatles: Baby's in Black (mono)
Them: I'm Gonna Dress in Black
The Beatpack: (She's) All Dressed in Black
The Blackjacks: That's Why I Always Dress in Black
The T-Bones: Paint It Black (bed)
The 4 Score: Mini-Skirt
The Flower Children: Mini-Skirt Blues
The Era of Sound: Girl in the Mini-Skirt
The Iveys: Girl Next Door in a Mini-Skirt

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:  
Rehabilitation Cruise: Mini Skirts
Lightnin' Hopkins: Mini-Skirt

The Rationals: Turn On (Danby's Men's Store promo 45)
The Unclaimed: It's a Bikini World
The Supremes: Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
The Gamblers: Dr Goldfoot (and His Bikini Machine)
The Kingsmen: How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
The Cramps: Bikini Girls with Machine Guns
The Boardwalkers: Bikini Drag (bed)
Firesign Theater: Shoes for Industry
The Trolls: Walkin' Shoes
The Jeeps: I Put on My Shoes
John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band: Blue Suede Shoes
Alice Cooper: Shoe Salesman
Soft White Underbelly (Blue Oyster Cult): Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes
The Fleshtones: Cold, Cold Shoes
Lyres: High Heel Sneakers (live)
New York Dolls: Puss 'n' Boots
The Ventures: These Boots Are Made for Walking (bed)
Canned Heat: Levi's radio spot
The Standells: Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White (live)
Bob Dylan: Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat (take 13)
Terry Reid: The Hand Don't Fit the Glove
Manfred Mann: Handbags and Gladrags (BBC)
Oasis: The Girl with the Dirty Shirt
The Cramps: I Wanna Get in Your Pants

Bonus Tracks:
Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Green Shirt
Spoon: Fitted Shirt
DMZ: Shirt Loop
Sun Dragon: Peacock Dress
The Hollies: Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)
Johnny Cash: Man in Black

Call/Back

Mal Thursday is back with a brand new episode where the Words of the Week are Call and Back. Chock full o' chunka chunka, wild sounds and big beats. Includes 22 minutes of bonus tracks. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast, in slightly different form, on 29 September 2022.

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Playlist:
The Last Word: Don't Call Me, I'll Call You
The Who: Call Me Lighting (mono 45 mix)
The Beatles: I Call Your Name (mono)
Them: Call My Name (single version)
The Thoughts: Call Me Girl
The Small Faces: Call It Something Nice
The Who: Lightning (bed)
Lulu: Call Me
The Zombies: I'll Call You Mine
Elvis Presley: Wolf Call
Primrose Circus: PS Call Me Lulu
The Mothers of Invention: You Didn't Try to Call Me
Captain Beefheart: Call on Me

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Barbara Lynn: Call My Bluff, Baby
Big Brother & The Holding Company: Call on Me
Junior Brown: Better Call Saul

The Nomads: Call Off Your Dogs
Nick Lowe: They Call It Rock
The Greenhornes: Three Faint Calls
MC5: Call Me Animal
The Brood: Don't Call My Name
The Miracle Workers: When a Woman Calls My Name
The Sellwoods: Walk of Shame (bed)
The Nashville Teens: Find My Way Back Home
The Zombies: I Want You Back Again
The Small Faces: Come Back and Take This Hurt Off Me
Paul Ritchie & The Crying Shames: Come on Back
Spencer Davis Group: Looking Back
The La De Das: Jump Back
The Rolling Stones: Back Street Girl
The Beatles: Back in the USSR (mono)
The Easybeats: You'll Come Back
The Todds: I Want Her Back
The Intruders: I Ain't Comin' Back
The Byrds: My Back Pages (Stockholm '67)
The Grass Roots: Tell Me (You're Coming Back)
The Ventures: He Never Came Back (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Zakary Thaks: Won't Come Back
The Chevelle V: Come Back Bird

Big Star: Back of a Car (Demo)
Lyres: Not Looking Back
Dead Boys: Won't Look Back
Scott Walker: The Old Man's Back Again

Bonus Tracks:
The Velvet Underground: I Heard Her Call My Name
Wet Paint: We Call Him a Man
Proctor Amusement Company: Call Out My Name
Wally Tax: You Didn't Call Me
Naz Nomad and the Nightmares: Just Call Me Sky
The Faros: I'm Calling You Back
The Henchmen: Get Off My Back
Jonathan Richman: Back in Your Life

2024 Halloween Special

 It's Halloween time again at stately Thursday Manor, with Mal Thursday spinning nearly four hours of heavy duty All Hallows Eve hits for you. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 21 October 2024, and in different form in 2016, 2014, 2009, and 2007.

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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:
The Out Sect: Soggy
The Dahmers: On Halloween
The Mystrys: Witch Girl
The Meteors: The Corpse Grinder
The Graveyard Five: The Marble Orchard
Lyres: Running Through the Night
Roky Erickson: I Walked with a Zombie
The Bama Lamas: Hungry Teeenage Wolf
The Goldstars: Leave Me Alone (A Halloween Song)
The Sellwoods: Jack-o-Lantern Blues
Spinal Tap: Saucy Jack
The Mal Thursday Quintet: Pub of Fear
The High Frequencies: It's Alive
Agent Twang: Ghost Train
The Fleshtones: Return to the Haunted House
The Vooduo: House on Haunted Hill
Count Stephen: Spooky
The Gravedigger V: It’s Spooky
The Ramones: Pet Sematary
Del Ricos: Voodoo
The Cramps: Zombie Dance
The Seeds: Creepin' About
1313 Mockingbird Lane: Dig Her Up
Action Andy & The Hi-Tones: Black Widow
The A-Bones: Spooks a-Poppin' Theme
Chuck Berry: Trick or Treat
Torn Down Units: Lost on Ghost Road
Drac & The Swamp Rats: Haunt Your Girlfriend
Larry & The Blue Notes: Night of the Phantom
The Move: Night of Fear (BBC)
Mickey Finn: Night Comes Down
The Turtles: Grim Reaper of Love
Shouting Thomas & The Torments: Dead Man Slide
The Fleshtones: The Haunted Hipster/I Was a Teenage Zombie
Stud Cole: The Witch
Donovan: Season of the Witch
The Sonics: The Witch
The Lollipop Shoppe: You Must Be a Witch
The Radiacs: She’s My Witch
Nox Boys: The Witch
The N Betweens: Evil Witch Man
The Circus: Burn Witch Burn
The Moving Sidewalks: Crimson Witch
Super Session: Season of the Witch
The Eyes: When the Night Falls
The Standells: Blackhearted Woman
Painted Faces: Blackhearted Susan
PF Sloan: Halloween Mary
The Minus Five: Lies of the Living Dead
The Phantom Five: Graveyard
Heinz & The Wild Boys: Big Fat Spider
The Apollos: It’s a Monster
The Stems: She’s a Monster
The Sharks: Dracula’s Daughter
Screaming Lord Sutch: Jack the Ripper
Thee  Headcoats: The Strangler of Boston Town
The Bugs: Strangler in the Night/Albert,Albert
Thee  Cormans: Werewolves in Heels
Zacherle: Happy Halloween
Lon Chaney Jr.: The Maddest Story Ever Told
The Fuzztones: Happy Halloween
The Swingin' Neckbreakers: No Costume No Candy
Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures: Zombie a Go Go
The Tombstones: Black Cat
The Outsiders: Haunted by Your Love
The Moontrekkers: Night of the Vampire
Roky Erickson & The Aliens: Creature with the Atom Brain
The Cramps: Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon
Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads: Goo Goo Muck
The Frantics: Werewolf
The Bomboras: A Fistful of Terror
The Seeds: Evil Hoodoo
Manfred Mann: Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble
Q65: I Got Nightmares
The Skunks: You Scare Me
The Malarians: No
The Born Losers: Werewolves on Wheels
The Last Word: Sleepy Hollow

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.

Please donate to The Mal Thursday Show HERE

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

Lost and Found

The Words of the Week are Lost and Found on this obscure but rewarding episode of The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with Lost and/or Found in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 5 September 2024.

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Playlist:
Paul Messis: Lost and Found
The Enchanters IV: Lost You
The Mustard Men: Lost My Baby
The Buddhas: Lost Innocence
The Rationals: Feelin' Lost
The Styx: Hey, I'm Lost
The Wyld: Lost One
The Pubs: The Lost Soul
Phantom Frank: The Lost Surfer (bed)
The South' Soul: Lost
The Tyde: Lost
The Sonics: Lost Love
The Painted Faces: I Lost You in My Mind
The Doors: You're Lost, Little Girl (live '67)
The Kollektion: Savage Lost
Steppenwolf: Lost and Found by Trial and Error
The Great Scots: Lost in Conversation
The Troggs: Lost Girl (BBC)
The Zephyrs: She's Lost You
Rick & Sandy: Lost My Girl
The Yardbirds: Lost Woman (mono)
Peter and the Wolves: Little Girl Lost and Found (BBC)
Friar Tuck: A Bit of Grey Hair Lost (bed)
The King Beez: Found and Lost
The J. Geils Band: Musta Got Lost
Alex Chilton: Lost My Job
The Mystic Eyes: I Lost My World
The Reverberations: Lost in Time
Thee Fourgiven: Lost to the Beat
The Higher State: Don't Think I'm Lost
Death in Vegas feat. Paul Weller: So You Say You Lost Your Baby

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Dodads: Lost in a Crowd
The Mind's Eye: Help, I'm Lost
The Satelliters: Lost in Time

Booker T & The MGs: I've Never Found a Girl (bed)
Yvonne Fair: I Found You
Gene Clark: I Found You (remix)
The Kaleidoscope: I Found You
The Kingsmen: (I Have Found) Another Girl
Thee Midnighters: I Found a Peanut
The Bold: Found What I was Lookin' for
Cat Stevens: I've Found a Love
The Foundations: Baby, Now That I've Found You (BBC)
John Lennon: I Found Out (remix)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: Believe I've Found
Elvis Presley: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (live '70)