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• The Mal Thursday Show #68: Another Ballad in Stereo

  by Mal Thursday March 8, 2015
  This episode, taken from the weekly broadcast edition of The Mal Thursday Show, presents stereophonic highlights of "The Ballad of Mal Thursday" series. Longtime listeners of the podcast may experience a bit of déjà vu, but the quality of the tunes should compensate for that.Playli...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #67: Generation Landslide

  by Mal Thursday February 26, 2015
    The audience for The Mal Thursday Show spans several generations of hip listenership, from Baby boom babies to millennial musos. This episode of the podcast starts off with a half-hour of songs that elucidate the theme "Generation Landslide." Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Pl...

• The Mal Thursday Show #66 - Songs The Chesterfield Kings Taught

  by Mal Thursday February 17, 2015
  Mal Thursday presents two hours of songs covered at one time or another by The Chesterfield Kings (1976-2009). With apologies to Julian Cope's "Songs We Taught the Chesterfield Kings," this episode goes beyond the King's first LP to spin rockin' rarities interpreted over the years by the various...

• The Mal Thursday Show: A Mal Thursday Christmas

  by Mal Thursday December 24, 2014
  Mal Thursday is back with a yuletide classic, the annual Christmas edition of the podcast. Grafted on to the 2013 edition, as is the custom, are the 2011 and 2009 versions of "A Mal Thursday Christmas," making for a full evening's entertainment. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.Playlist: LOS...

• The Mal Thursday Show #65: The Trashman Cometh

  by Mal Thursday November 20, 2014
  Mal Thursday presents highlights from the weekly broadcasts of The Mal Thursday Show Thursdays and Mondays on Trash Can Radio, London. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound.Playlist:MAX FROST & THE TROOPERS: Free Lovin' LOS EXPLOSIVOS (w/ MICHAEL KASTELIC): You Got Another Think Comin'THE C...
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• The Mal Thursday Show Halloween Special 2014

  by Mal Thursday October 13, 2014
  The Mal Thursday Show Halloween Special 2014 features the best of the 2013, 2010, 2009, and 2007 Halloween Specials, sewn together like a hideous Human Centipede of Rock n' Roll, plus 20% new, non-recycled material. Presented in Psychotronic Stereo and Living Dead Monaural Sound.Playlist: THE MA...

• The Mal Thursday Show #64: The Sound of Mayhem

  by Mal Thursday October 4, 2014
  Mal Thursday is joined by Guest DJ "Moptop" Mike Markesich, the man behind "Teenbeat Mayhem," the exhaustive, painstakingly reseached bible of '60s garage rock. While Mal works his way through the top 100 of the TBM Top 1000, Moptop Mike spins a bunch of uncomped rarities and other tasty nuggets...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #63: Ballad in Stereo

  by Mal Thursday September 9, 2014
  Join Mal on a journey through the past, present, and future of rock n' roll. Featuring recent releases by OBN IIIs, Electric Mess, The Flight Reaction, The Ugly Beats, and much, much more. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound.Playlist: JOHNNY THUNDER: I'm Alive OBN IIIs: No Time for the Bl...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #62: Stolen Momentos III

  by Mal Thursday August 19, 2014
  Mal Thursday presents more highlights from the weekly, streaming version of The Mal Thursday Show heard every Saturday on Rádio Momento 60, out of São Paulo, Brazil. Featuring recent releases from The Ugly Beats, The Royal Flares, and Nox Boys, plus selections from volume one of R&...

• The Mal Thursday Show #61/Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine #17

  by Mal Thursday July 30, 2014
  Mal fires up the Texas Tyme Machine for "The Neal Ford and the Fanatics Story" as told by Neal Ford. Get "Good Men," the new Neal Ford and the Fanatics anthology on Ace/Big Beat, lovingly compiled by Alec Palao. Also, new releases from OBN IIIs, Hickoids, and the Ugly Beats. Presented in Stereop...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #60/GaragePunk Surfcast #31

  by Mal Thursday June 22, 2014
  In this wild crossover episode with GaragePunk Surfcast, Mal Thursday spins an hour of boss instrumentals from such masters of fuzz and reverb as Davie Allan and Link Wray, plus a set of Austin surf records. Presented in Stereophonic Sound.Playlist:JOHNNY THUNDERS: PipelineDAVIE ALLAN & THE ARROWS...

• The Mal Thursday Show #59: Stolen Momentos II

  by Mal Thursday May 8, 2014
  Mal Thursday presents more highlights from the streaming version of The Mal Thursday Show on Rádio Momento 60 in Sao Paolo. Presented in Stereophonic Sound. DOWNLOAD NOW! Playlist: THE ELECTRIC PRUNES: Try Me on for Size THE DEE RANGERS: Listen to Me THE KINKS: Til the End of the Day (B...

• The Mal Thursday Show #58: Stolen Momentos

  by Mal Thursday April 1, 2014
  Mal Thursday returns to GaragePunk Pirate Radio with an all-killer, no-filler collection of highlights from the Radio Momento 60 version of The Mal Thursday Show, out of Sao Paulo, Brazil , which streams Staurdays at 5 pm Brazil, 4 pm Eastern, 8 pm UK. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound. ...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #57: Arctic Blast-Off!

  by Mal Thursday February 17, 2014
  Mal Thursday bundles up with layers of clothing and lots of vinyl on "Arctic Blast-Off!" or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Polar Vortex," an episode dedicated to that old whore Winter. Featuring a dozen new releases from a who's who of garage greatness from around the globe. Present...

• The Mal Thursday Show #56: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 16

  by Mal Thursday February 4, 2014
      Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine takes flyte with a collection of songs sung in the first person. Featuring The 13th Floor Elevators, Bobby Fuller, The Moving Sidewalks, Sir Douglas Quintet, and more. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.   Playlist: THE 13TH FLOOR ELE...

• The Mal Thursday Show #55: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 10

  by Mal Thursday January 5, 2014
    Mal Thursday is back to preach to the garage rock choir with another semi-autobiographical episode, part 10 of "The Ballad of Mal Thursday" series.  Not to worry, the memoir never gets in the way of the music, as this installment features top tunes from Bipolaroid, The Strypes, The Ro...

• The Mal Thursday Show: "A Mal Thursday Christmas" 2013 Edition

  by Mal Thursday December 20, 2013
    Mal Thursday is back with a sackful of holiday nuggets from the cream of the garage rock crop. Grafted on to the 2013 edition, as is the custom, are the 2011, 2010, and 2009 versions of "A Mal Thursday Christmas," making for a full evening's entertainment. Presented in Living Monophonic So...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #54: Friendship Is Magic

  by Mal Thursday November 22, 2013
    Mal Thursday returns with an extra large podcast chock full of rock n' roll genius. This episode features tracks from "Conspiracy a-Go-Go," the new compilation of songs inspired by the assassination of John F. Kennedy (download it free at turnmeondeadman.bandcamp.com). Also featured is vol...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW: Halloween Special 2013

  by Mal Thursday October 19, 2013
    Direct from the haunted realm of Austin, Texas, Mal Thursday presents an expanded, remastered, and reanimated edition of The Mal Thursday Show Halloween Special, combining the 2011, 2010, and 2007 episode with 30% new footage focusing on a couple of Halloween-themed comps, "Mondo Zombie Bo...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #53: Mass Pike Memory Lane

  by Mal Thursday September 25, 2013
    Mal Thursday takes a trip in time and space to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for "Mass Pike Memory Lane," an episode featuring 30+ Bay State bands from the past 50 years. Dedicated to the Rodney Sinclair Defense Fund, raising money for a case where a man finds himself in the crosshairs...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #52: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 9

  by Mal Thursday August 16, 2013
    Yet another installment in the ongoing series of semi-autobiographical podcasts using rock n' roll records to tell the story of Mal's life. Featuring recent releases from OBN IIIs, Neighbours, The Breakup Society, Tandyn Almer, and Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs. Presented in Living Monopho...

• Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs: "It's All Going By Too Fast"

  by Mal Thursday August 7, 2013
    Calling all fans of '90s garage rock! The long-unreleased 1992 album by Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs, It's All Going By Too Fast, is now available from Chunk Archives as an mp3 album at Amazon.com, CD Baby, and MalThursday.com. Personnel:MAL THURSDAY vocals, organ, harmonicaCHRIS SOUCY...

• The Mal Thursday Show #51: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 15

  by Mal Thursday June 28, 2013
  Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine touches down in Houston for the Texas Psych Garage Happening to bring you some of the finest 45s to emerge from Space City in the '60s. Also featured is an encore presentation of "The Thursday's Children Story" as told by Ezra Charles. Presented in Living Monopho...

• The Mal Thursday Show #50: High, Live, and Dirty

  by Mal Thursday May 30, 2013
  Mal Thursday returns with an episode straight out of the gutter, spinning songs of dissipation, death, and depravity for your drinking, drugging, and dancing pleasure, performed for you by the debauched darlings of the degenerate jet set. Featuring music from The Higher State, The Hickoids,...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #49: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 14

  by Mal Thursday March 4, 2013
  Mal Thursday goes forward into the past with "The Wig Story," as told by Johnny Richardson, Benny Rowe, Bill Wilmot, and Jess Yaryan. The Austin band (1965-1967) left behind two classic 45s and the reverberations of many a wild night at the Jade Room echoing down the ages. Dedicated to the memory...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #48: Naming Names

  by Mal Thursday February 7, 2013
  Django, Floyd, Dr. Stone, and Humphrey Plugg join Mal as he presents a series of songs with people's names in the title. This episode is dedicated to the memory of the Troggs' Reg Presley and film director Michael Winner. With Rocky Roberts, The Breakup Society, The Ripe, The Shambles, The A-Bones...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #47: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 13

  by Mal Thursday January 9, 2013
  The Mal Thursday Show #47 - Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 13: The Greatest Trips  Mal sets the controls for the heart of the Lone Star State, in an episode chock full of Texan rock n' roll genius from beyond the walls of Tyme: The Greatest Trips. Included in this episode are excerpts from our intervi...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #46: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 8

  by Mal Thursday December 20, 2012
  The Mal Thursday Show #46: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 8 Another trip through the past and into an uncertain future with Mal. Not a Christmas episode. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound. Playlist: PLAN 9: Flashback SUZI CHUNK: Look Back and Laugh THE BLACK LIPS: New Direction RANDY & ...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #45: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 12

  by Mal Thursday September 25, 2012
  The Mal Thursday Show #45: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 12 - "All Covered Up" Pt. 3 Mal Thursday takes you on a wild trip in a Texas Tyme Machine, with another all-covers episode, where once again Texas artists cover other artists, other artists cover Texas artists, and Texas artists cover other Tex...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #44: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 11

  by Mal Thursday August 29, 2012
  Mal Thursday fires up the Texas Tyme Machine with special guest passenger Joe "King" Carrasco who is on hand to tell "The Joe 'King' Carrasco and the Crowns Story." Later in the program, Mal spins new releases from T. Tex Edwards, The Sweet Nuthin, and The Ripe. Presented in Living Monophonic So...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #43: B7 - The Ballad of Mal Thursday, Pt. 7

  by Mal Thursday July 3, 2012
  Mal Thursday is back with "B7: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 7," in which Mal gets fired, gets divorced, and totals his Toyota. Rock n' roll drama from a true believer, in Living Monophonic Sound. Playlist: JIM JONES REVUE: 512 THE RAMONES: The Job That Ate My Brain ALEX CHILTON: Lost My Job TH...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #42: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 10: Ft. Worth Pt. 2

  by Mal Thursday May 10, 2012
  Mal Thursday is joined by filmmaker Melissa Kirkendall, whose documentary about Fort Worth garage bands of the 1960s, Teen a-Go-Go, has just been released on DVD (available through Cinema Libre) In her guest DJ segment, Melissa shines the spotlight on some of the leading lights of Fort Worth's ferti...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #41: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 6

  by Mal Thursday March 2, 2012
  It's another semi-autobiographical episode of The Mal Thursday Show, as Mal tries to make sense of a life misspent. But once you get past the self-involved narrative arc, what you get is an hour and fifteen minutes of rocking sounds. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound. Playlist: REIGNING SOUND...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #40: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 9: San Antone Grown!

  by Mal Thursday January 3, 2012
  Originally podcast in August 2011 as episode #12 of Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine, this fine installment of the series finds Mal joined by Guest DJ Margaret Moser of The Austin Chronicle, who shines a light on the San Antonio scene of the '60s, and The Texas Legacy Music Awards. Presented in Li...

• The Mal Thursday Show: "A Mal Thursday Christmas" 2011 Edition

  by Mal Thursday December 15, 2011
  Presenting the 2011 edition of "A Mal Thursday Christmas," with special guest stars The Grip Weeds, The Fleshtones, Reigning Sound, Billy Childish, and the ghost of Oliver Reed. The perennial holiday favorite has been expanded and remastered for your listening and dancing pleasure. Contains explicit...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #39: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 5

  by Mal Thursday December 5, 2011
  THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #39: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 5 Mal Thursday returns to GaragePunk Pirate Radio with episode #39 of "The Mal Thursday Show," the fifth installment in "The Ballad of Mal Thursday" series, where he once again uses rock music to tell tawdry tales of a life misspent. Mal is ...
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• The Mal Thursday Show: Halloween Special

  by Mal Thursday October 25, 2011
  Host: Mal Thursday Direct from the haunted realm of Austin, Texas, GaragePunk podcaster, rock n' roll musician, and part-time TV horror host Mal Thursday presents an expanded and remastered edition of The Mal Thursday Show Halloween Special, a triple-header of terror combining the original 2007 Hal...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #38: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 8

  by Mal Thursday August 30, 2011
  Mal fires up the Texas Tyme Machine, joined by fellow travelers Roy Head and Joe Nick Patoski. Roy is on hand to tell "The Roy Head Story," while guest DJ Joe Nick spins a mess o' fine 45s produced by Huey P. Meaux. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound. Originally posted as Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #37: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 7

  by Mal Thursday June 28, 2011
  Host: Mal Thursday Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 7: "All Covered Up" Pts. 1&2 This time around, Mal Thursday brings you a Texas-sized double dose of episodes from Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine, "All Covered Up," parts 1 and 2, over two hours of the All Time Greats from the Lone Star State doing co...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #36: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 6

  by Mal Thursday June 1, 2011
  Host: Mal Thursday "Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 6: Girls Girls Girls Girls Girls"  Here's another bone-rattlin' ride in Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine, actually the 9th episode in the podcast series of the same name, but presented here on The Mal Thursday Show because iTunes is not carrying the MTTT...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #35: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 5

  by Mal Thursday February 18, 2011
  The Mal Thursday Show #35: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 5: The Golden Dawn Story Even though Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine has been spun off into its own 'cast, here's the fifth volume of the series presented one last time on The Mal Thursday Show, in case you missed it. This show has a lot more subs...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #34: The Mean Season

  by Mal Thursday January 25, 2011
  Host: Mal Thursday "The Mean Season" In an episode dedicated to longtime friend of the show Scott Law, Mal Thursday spins some of his favorite records of the past year, as well as turning the spotlight on State Records and Sandgate Sound Studios. Also featuring the GaragePunk Podcast debut of "World...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #33: "A Mal Thursday Christmas" 2010 Edition

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2010
  Host: Mal Thursday   Fire up the yule log, get some high-octane egg nog and dig the expanded and remastered 2010 edition of "A Mal Thursday Christmas" with an all-star cast and 22% new footage and 200% more Texan content. Contains explicit language. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound. CLICK HERE T...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #32: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 4

  by Mal Thursday December 7, 2010
  Mal Thursday is back at the controls of the Texas Tyme Machine, taking you on a trip to the '60s teen scene of Houston. In addition to such H-Town heavies as the Moving Sidewalks, Fever Tree, and the Chancellors Ltd., this episode features The Thursday's Children Story as told by their electric pi...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #31: Halloween Special

  by Mal Thursday October 27, 2010
  Host: Mal Thursday Direct from the haunted realm of Austin, Texas, GaragePunk podcaster, rock n' roll musician, and part-time TV horror host Mal Thursday presents an expanded and remastered edition of The Mal Thursday Show Halloween Special, a triple-header of terror combining the original 2007 Ha...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #30: Texas Tyme Machine, Vol. 3

  by Mal Thursday October 18, 2010
  Once again, Mal Thursday sets the controls for the heart of the Lone Star State to take you on a wild trip in a Texas Tyme Machine. This particular journey finds Mal on the dusty streets of Austin circa the late '70s, as special guest Jesse Sublett tells the incredible true tale of Texas punk legen...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #29: Songs I Taught the Malarians

  by Mal Thursday August 27, 2010
  Host: Mal Thursday In a self-referential variation on the "Songs the Lyres Taught Us" series, Mal spins the original versions of 29 songs that he covered with his band the Malarians (the American garage band, not the Spanish ska band) between 1984 and 1990, including several that have been revived...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #28: Psummer's Purple Phogg

  by Mal Thursday August 7, 2010
  Host: Mal Thursday Summertime's almost gone, kiddies, but Mal Thursday is back to make the most of what's left of it with a bitchin' batch of boss wax to beat the heat. The new Mondo Topless long-player, Freaking Out, has been a turntable staple at Mal's pad of late, so there's a couple of tracks...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #27: The Ballad of Mal Thursday, Pt. 4

  by Mal Thursday July 16, 2010
  THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #27: The Ballad of Mal Thursday, Pt. 4Mal Thursday is back in black (turtleneck, that is) with Part Four of "The Ballad of Mal Thursday," an episode loaded with his blood, sweat, and testosterone. Mal's return to rocking last month on the Malarians' reunion tour of route 9 has...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #7: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

  by Mal Thursday July 6, 2010
  Host: Mal Thursday In this episode from August of 2008, Mal spins a bunch of tunes from various "forum comps," assembled by some of the foremost collectors of garage 45s on the planet. These homemade CD-Rs contained both super-obscure, uncollected rarities as well as well-known classics that had ...