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 

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

Obscure But Rewarding

Mal Thursday presents a brief overview of his misadventures as an indie label anti-mogul. The true (if heavily redacted) story of the obscure but rewarding independent record labels Chunk (1986-2001) and Chunk Archives (2010-Present). An epic playlist from two great labels. Presented on Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 2 April 2020. For more, go to chunkarchives.bandcamp.com

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Playlist:
The Coopers: Pulaski Park
The Malarians: Takin' Over/Hexon Blood Beat
Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs: Get Outta Dallas
The Malarians: Mighty Idy
DMZ: First Time Is the Best Time
Lyres: Baby It's Me/Now I Got a Witness
Tag Sale: Rocker of the Pack
Sebadoh: Invocation/Skull
Zeke Fiddler: Half-Baked
New Radiant Storm King: Subway Token (Save My Soul)
Guided by Voices: The Opposing Engineer Sleeps Alone
Zeke Fiddler: Brave Doorman
Ray Mason Band: Falling Down
Silver Jews: Old New York
Push Kings: Spain
The Unband: You're No Boy Wonder/Nothing You Can Do
The Figgs: Merry Christmas Girl
Scud Mountain Boys: Silo/Theme from Midnight Cowboy
Drunk Stuntmen: Statue of Joe Raposo
Lotus STP: Broke Down
Jack Nitzsche: The Lonely Surfer
The Mal Thursday Quintet: Rotting

A Mal Thursday Christmas

Mal tyme-travels back to 2013, 2010, and 2009 to bring you the best of The Mal Thursday Show's Christmas episodes. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

Please donate to The Mal Thursday Show HERE -- in the spirit of the season!

Playlist:
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
The Ravers: It's Gonna Be a Punk Rock Christmas This Year
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
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
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
The Von Bondies: Ain’t No Chimney
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

Texas Tymes Four

It's Texas rock n' roll oral history at its finest with THE ROY HEAD STORY as told by Roy Head, THE HUEY P. MEAUX STORY as told by Joe Nick Patoski, THE JOE 'KING' CARRASCO & THE CROWNS STORY as told by Joe 'King' Carrasco, and THE SKUNKS STORY as told by Jesse Sublett. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Interviews from 2009-2013. Dedicated to the memory of Roy Head (January 9, 1941 – September 21, 2020).

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Playlist:
Roy Head: One More Time
Roy Head & The Traits:
Just a Little Bit/One More Time/Treat Her Right/The Apple of My Eye
Roy Head & The Great Believers: Easy Lovin' Girl
Roy Head: One Night
Sir Douglas Quintet: She's About a Mover
Jivin' Gene & The Jokers: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Joe Barry: I'm a Fool to Care
Dale & Grace: I'm Leaving It Up to You
Sunny & The Sunliners: Talk to Me
The Traits: Too Good to Be True
Joe "King" Carrasco:
Drug Through the Mud (with The Crowns)
Tell Me (with El Molino)
Houston El Mover/Buena/Don't Bug Me, Baby/Party Weekend (with The Crowns)
The Skunks: Memphis/Earthquake Shake/Cheap Girl/Jackie O/Gimme Some/Television Lover

Live n' Wild Pt. 2: The '70s

Mal Thursday presents Part Two in the Live n' Wild series, presenting a selection of the greatest live rock n' roll recordings in existence. Part One was the 1960s, so this week it's the 1970s. Hard rock, Heavy Rock, Glitter, Glam, Punk, New Wave, and more. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally broadcast in the Summer of 2015, this episode has been revised and expanded to over three hours.

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 Playlist:
Cheap Trick: Hello There
Alice Cooper: You Drive Me Nervous/Under My Wheels
Iggy & The Stooges: Search and Destroy
Flamin' Groovies: Louie Louie
The Doors: Who Do You Love
The Who: Substitute
Free: All Right Now
Faces: The Stealer
Humble Pie: I Don't Need No Doctor
Slade: Cum on Feel the Noize
MC5: Kick Out the Jams
T. Rex: Jeepster/Telegram Sam
David Bowie & The Spiders from Mars: Moonage Daydream/Rock n' Roll Suicide
Mott the Hoople: All the Young Dudes
Iggy Pop: Lust for Life
Lou Reed: Vicious
Blondie: Rip Her to Shreds
The Runaways: Cherry Bomb
The Ramones: Beat on the Brat
The Heartbreakers: Chinese Rocks
Patti Smith Group: Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Eddie and The Hot Rods: 96 Tears
Nick Lowe & Rockpile: Heart of the City
Elvis Costello & The Attractions: You Belong to Me
The Rolling Stones: Jumpin Jack Flash/Brown Sugar
The Doors: Soul Kitchen

Bonus Tracks:
The Sweet: Ballroom Blitz
Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic
Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band: At the Rat
The Real Kids: All Kindsa Girls
DMZ: Boy from Nowhere
Sex Pistols: Submission
The Clash: Clash City Rockers
The Buzzcocks: Orgasm Addict
The Jam: This Is the Modern World/Sounds from the Street
Chuck Berry: Reelin' and Rockin'

Punk Rock Nostalgia

Mal Thursday dredges up a Classic Rerun from April of 2016, which focuses on his favorite punk rock-related numbers, mostly from the '76-'80 golden age. There is no hardcore, no post-punk, no pop-punk, and no posers. Well, that last one is debatable. Dig in! Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound.

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Playlist:
The Sex Pistols: I'm Not Your Stepping Stone
The Clash: 1977
The Damned: Neat Neat Neat
Generation X: Your Generation
The Jam: In the City
Stiff Little Fingers: Alternative Ulster
The Undertones: Teenage Kicks
Eddie & The Hot Rods: Teenage Depression
The Stranglers: Something Better Change
The Sex Pistols: No Feelings (backing track)
The Velvet Underground: Real Good Time Together
The Ramones: Blitzkrieg Bop/Glad to See You Go (live '77)
Richard Hell & The Voidoids: Blank Generation
The Dead Boys: Sonic Reducer
Blondie: Rip Her to Shreds
Patti Smith Group: Gloria (In Excelsius Deo)
Johnny Thunders: You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory
The Saints: I'm Stranded
Radio Birdman: Murder City Nights

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Big Boys: Fun Fun Fun
The Skunks: Earthquake Shake
Sons of Hercules: Gimme Some
The Nervebreakers: My Girlfriend is a Rock

Dead Kennedys: Viva Las Vegas (live)
X: Johnny Hit and Run Pauline
Circle Jerks: Wild in the Streets
Fear: More Beer/Drink Some Beer/Have a Beer with Fear
The Trashtones: She Lied
Stupidity: Get Up
Tag Sale: Suit of Grass
The Two Tens: Scene
The Jackets: You Better
The Nox Boys: Take My Heart and Break It
Beach Day: All of My Friends Were Punks
The Sex Pistols: Pretty Vacant