Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Texas Tyme Machine, Mal Thursday presents two hours of his favorite segments from the series, including "The Neal Ford and the Fanatics Story" as told by Neal Ford and a live set by The Blind Owls. Plus a couple of new ones. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound.…

Mal Thursday triples down with this wild installment of the series, featuring songs with "Gonna!" in the title. As you can probably surmise, it's a heady brew indeed. With recent releases from The Night Times, The Laissez Faires, Thee Girl Fridays, and more, plus a mind-bending trip in Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine. Originally broadcast 20 June…

On this thoroughly kick-ass installment of The Mal Thursday Show, Mal presents songs with "Wanna" in the title. It's garage, punk, soul, rock n' roll, and a whole lotta Wanna. Also, recent releases from ANC4, Brad Marino, The Jackets, and more, plus a wild trip in Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Ster…

Another smashing episode of The Mal Thursday Show, with the Word of the Week being "Face." In the second hour of the show, its a musical Indentikit with songs about Eyes, Mouths, and other facial features. Featuring a double shot of King Khan & The Shrines and a wild trip in Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultr…

Mal Thursday welcomes guitarist, race car driver, and Emmy-winning make-up artist Mark Landon to tell "The Music Machine Story," the true tale of the L.A.-based band led by the late Sean Bonniwell, featuring future Grammy-winning Hall of Fame producer Keith Olsen on bass, Doug Rhodes on organ, and Ron Edgar on the drums. Presented in Living Monopho…

Mal Thursday recently made his Austin radio debut as guest DJ and curator of the April 13th edition of Scott Gardner's long-running "Stronger Than Dirt" radio program on KOOP-FM (every Saturday night from 8 to 10 p.m. Central, streaming at http://koop.org). This episode of The Mal Thursday Show presents super-charged versions of the sets spun on th…

Mal Thursday presents another two hours of rock n' roll recorded live in the wild. This time out, it's garage rock recordings from the '80s to the present, including radio broadcasts, B-sides, and several from Cavestomp, the Garage Rock Festacular. The second half of the show is devoted to The Mal Thursday Quintet Live at 13th Floor Lounge, recorde…

A weary Mal Thursday is back, bloody but unbowed, bringing you a boatload of boss beat numbers with "Gotta" in the title. This episode has gotta be one of the most rocking in the history of the program. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Playlist: KEVIN COUGHLIN: I've Gotta Be Me THE ZOMBIES: Gotta Get A Hold of Mysel…

The long-rumored sequel to The Mal Thursday Show #53 is finally here, with Mal joined by guest DJ Alex Piandes of WMFO’s The Desperate Hours for another trip down Mass Pike Memory Lane. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 14 March 2019. Playlist: THE BYRDS: Boston SAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS: Banne…

Mal Thursday presents two hours of boss tunes with the word "Head" in the title. It's a heady brew of garage, punk, and other wild sounds for your listening and dancing pleasure. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally broadcast, in slightly different form, on 7 March 2019. Playlist: THE SONICS: You Got Your Hea…

To celebrate the 150th episode of The Mal Thursday Show podcast, Mal once again makes the musical magic happen with the thinnest of premises: songs with Stop or Go in the title. That's the gimmick, and it makes for a garage-centric episode, heavy on the fuzz. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 21 …

Mal Thursday is back with another high concept edition of The Mal Thursday Show. This time out, it's songs about war and peace, well, war mostly. Guest DJ Michael John Carley joins Mal in the second hour of the program with Viet Nam songs and other variations on the theme. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally…

Mal welcomes the legendary owner / operator of Norton Records and Kicks Books, chanteuse of Miriam and Nobody's Babies, former drummer for The A-Bones and The Cramps, Miriam Linna, to guest DJ her picks to click from the Norton 800 series of rare, raw, and rockin' limited edition 45s and other Norton-related racket. In the second hour of the show, …

Mal Thursday presents a series of songs about money as the backdrop for his 2019 Radiothon fundraiser. Donation links below. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Playlist: THE THAMESMEN: Gimme Some Money THE ROLLING STONES: Money LITTLE RICHARD: Money Is NICK WATERHOUSE: I Had Some Money (But I Spent It) ELVIS PRESLEY: …

Mal is joined by living legend, drummer extraordinaire, and Son of Soupy Hunt Sales for a career retrospective-type interview and preview of The Hunt Sales Memorial's new album "Get Your Shit Together" (Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum Records). Co-starring Tony Sales, Iggy Pop, James Williamson, David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, Bob Welch, Glenn Cornick, Tjark…

Mal Thursday is joined by Lisa Petrucci of Something Weird Video for a set of songs from "Something Weird Greatest Hits" (Modern Harmonic), just one of the essential new releases, reissues, and archival recordings from 2018 featured on this week's show. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally broadcast, in sligh…

This special edition of The Mal Thursday Show aired in December of 2018, and is not available on Radio Mutation or iTunes. It's "Mal's Favorite Reissues of 2018," which along with portions of The Mal Thursday Show #144 & 145, run down the best reissues and archival releases of last year. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic So…

Mal is joined by Mike Murray of the Whole Lotta Shakin' radio show (heard Saturdays at 4 p.m. on htttp://differentradio.org) to bring you a selection of the best new releases, reissues, and archival recordings of 2018. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 3 January 2019. Hey kids! You can donate to …

Mal Thursday is joined by Scott Gardner, host of the long-running Stronger Than Dirt radio program on 91.7 KOOP-FM in Austin (http://KOOP.org), 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 S…

One sleepless night, Mal happened upon the 1969 Marlon Brando kidnap psychodrama "The Night of the Following Day" (co-starring the fetching Pamela Franklin and the always great Rita Moreno with the booze-ravaged majesty of Richard Boone) on television. That viewing inspired this episode, where the songs have Night and/or Day in the title. Plus rece…

Mal once again makes radio magic out of the thinnest of premises, as this week's episode features songs with "Away" in the title. Plus recent releases from The Ar-Kaics, Dee Rangers, Mudhoney, and more. Originally broadcast 15 November 2018. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultra-Stereophonic Sound. Playlist: THE JAM: Away from the Numbers THE AL…

Live recordings of rock n' roll bands from the mid-’60s are often a mixed bag of out-of-tune guitars, screaming girls, and questionable mic placement. This episode of The Mal Thursday Show seeks to correct this with a series of transcendent '60s live recordings. Dig! This episode replaces #5. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophon…

Mal Thursday returns with a sequel to The Mal Thursday Show #124 "Mal Daddy" where instead of Father. Papa, or Daddy, all the songs have son, daughter, mother, and other related relations in the title. Plus recent releases from The Reverberations, RunHideFight, Tiger Bomb, and more. Originally broadcast 1 November 2018. Presented in Living Monophon…

After taking some time off to play some dates with The Mal Thursday Quintet, Mal returns to podcasting on the regular with a sequel to The Mal Thursday Show #74, It's a Man's Man's Man's World. It's another hyper-masculine episode featuring songs with "Man" in the title. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Playlist: TH…

Mal Thursday is back with a sequel to last week's episode, once again shining the spotlight on the Fourth Annual Freak Out Weekend in and around Seattle, Washington, Friday and Saturday August 24th and 25th, 2018.In addition to 2018 Freak Out headliners including The Reverberations, The Knights of Trash, The Fall-Outs, Alan Milman Sect and The Boss…

Mal Thursday previews the big Fourth Annual Freak Out Weekend in the Seattle area Friday and Saturday August 24th and 25th, 2018, brought to you by Rock n' Roll Freaks, Darrell's Tavern, and Something Weird Video. The Rock n' Roll Freak Out on the 25th features The Knights of Trash, The Fall-Outs, The Reverberations, The Mal Thursday Quintet, The A…

In this sequel to The Mal Thursday Show #88, it's an even hotter pool of woman need as Mal spins another two hours of songs with "Woman" in the title. Originally broadcast 21 June 2016. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Playlist: THE ZOMBIES: Woman THE EASYBEATS: Women (Make You Feel Alright) THE BEE GEES: Wine and W…

Mal Thursday is joined by Miami radio legend Rick Shaw and Florida Rocks Again! co-producer Jeff Lemlich to bring you two hours of some of the greatest records to emerge from South Florida in the 1960s. Originally broadcast in March of 2007. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Playlist: PROCTOR AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Heard…

Mal unleashes a tidal wave of wild instrumentals on this expanded, two-hour edition of The Mal Thursday Show (replacing epiosde #60, a/k/a GaragePunk Surfcast #31), just in time for Summer. So tune in, turn on, and cook out. Originally broadcast in July 2014. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Playlist: JOHNNY THUNDER…

When you've loved and lost like Mal has, you know how to wallow in misery and marinate yourself in sadness -- while playing sad, sad songs on the saddest of turntables. That what this episode, originally broadcast in March of 2015, is all about. Guaranteed to put you in your feels. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. P…

Mal Thursday drags his DJ rig up to the projection booth for another collection of boss soundtrack nuggets. Hear wild sounds from such cinematic classics as "Village of the Giants," "Psych Out," "Privilege," "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" and "What We Do in the Shadows." Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Excerpted f…

Mal Thursday is your guide on a musical journey through the lower depths, with songs about struggling, failing, losing, and living on the other side of the tracks. Plus some records of more recent vintage and a brief excursion in Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine. Originally broadcast 17 May 2018. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stere…

Mal Thursday gets back on track with a lively and life-affirming episode entitled "Living Life," comprised of songs with "Life," "Live," and "Living" in the title. Plus recent recordings from The Blind Owls, The Beginner's Mynd, The Mourning After, and The Reverberations, the latter of which will joining The Mal Thursday Quintet for a couple of Pac…

Mal Thursday returns with "Between the I's," a bunch of songs with I in the title, as in the personal pronoun "I." More or less a companion piece to the "Me, Me, Me" episode (and also the "She" and "All About You" episodes). Eyeball courtesy of Tadanori Yokoo. Engineer: Reg Thorpe. Originally broadcast April 12, 2018. Presented in Living Monophonic…

Mal Thursday is back with another high-concept edition of The Mal Thursday Show, all songs with "Me" in the title. Originally broadcast 22 March 2018. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Playlist: KIM FOWLEY: Me LYRES: Nobody But Me THE KINKS: You Really Got Me (live) WE THE PEOPLE: You Burn Me Up and Down THE PRETTY T…

Mal Thursday dips into the vaults for a meditation on illness, life, and death. Originally broadcast, in slightly different form, on 11 August 2015. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Playlist: MUDHONEY: Touch Me, I'm Sick THE SPATS: The Bottom of It All THE OPTIC NERVE: Penelope Tuesday THE LEFT BANKE: I've Got Somet…

Mal Thursday presents another high-concept episode, featuring songs with "High" or "Low" in the title. Originally broadcast 1 March 2018. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic. Playlist: THE LAISSEZ FAIRS: High Horse JERRY LEE LEWIS: High School Confidential REGGIE PERKINS: High School Caesar NUTRAJET: High School THE RAMONES: …

Mal Thursday is the timekeeper and tune curator on this high concept edition of The Mal Thursday Show, in which every song has the word "Time" in the title. Originally broadcast 22 February 2018. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Playlist: THE LIVIN' END: Makin' Time NICK WATERHOUSE: It's Time THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS: …

Mal Thursday is your Daddy on this patriarchal pow wow of wild sounds, all songs with Dad, Daddy, Father, or Papa in the title. Originally broadcast February 8, 2018. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Playlist: FIRE: My Father's Name Is Dad DEREK MARTIN: Daddy Rolling Stone DON COVAY: Daddy Loves Baby BETTY WRIGHT: S…

Mal Thursday get real, real gone on this episode, which features songs with "Gone" in the title. Originally broadcast February 1, 2018. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Playlist: PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: Gone THE EVERLY BROTHERS: Gone, Gone, Gone THE VOODOO DOLLS: Gone, Gone, Gone THE CUSTOMS: Long Gone SYD BARRET…

Mal Thursday presents a long-overdue sequel to 2009's "All Kindsa Girls" episode (#11), another bunch of songs with "Girl" in the title. For a more mature variation on the theme, check out "A Hot Pool of Woman Need" (episode #88), which is all songs with "Woman" in the title. Originally broadcast January 23, 2018. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophon…

After a season on the Disabled List of Love, Mal Thursday is back with an all-new installment of The Ballad of Mal Thursday series, yet another autobiographical episode all about the reason why behind all those reruns on the broadcast and no new podcasts these past few months. Mal's back. Particularly the lower lumbar region. The pain...Oh, the pai…

Mal Thursday is back with another boss podcast taken from the broadcast. Originally aired 27 July 2017. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Tune into The Mal Thursday Show every Tuesday at 8 pm UK, and late nights Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday on Golden Radio/Trash Can Radio, London http://trashcanradio.com/trash-can-…

Mal Thursday provides a swingin' soundtrack for the dog days of Summer in the third installment of the "Summer, Babe" series. Originally broadcast 27 July 2017. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Playlist: BLONDIE: In the Sun CARL HALL: Summertime MUNGO JERRY: In the Summertime THE PRETTY THINGS: Summer Time DON MALEN…

Mal dips into the vaults for this episode, originally broadcast in June of 2015. It's all about love, baby, and songs with "Love" and "Baby" in the title. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Playlist: MARVIN GAYE: At Last (I Found a Love) FATS DOMINO: I'm In Love Again WILSON PICKETT: I'm in Love THE LIVE WIRES: Love T…

Mal flashes back to his days as a corporate wage slave in this episode dealing with working life. Dedicated to the coach. Originally broadcast 25 May 2015. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Playlist: THE RAMONES: The Job That Ate My Brain JIMMY REED: Big Boss Man ALEX CHILTON: Lost My Job DAVID ALLAN COE: Take This J…

Mal Thursday is back with another two hours of songs with "You" in the title.Originally transmitted 13 June 2017. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. MC5: Looking at You THE SEEDS: Satisfy You/Two Fingers Pointing on You THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND: Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love-in) THE ELECTRIC PRUNES: I Happen to L…

Mal Thursday plays the numbers on this digital-in-more-ways-than-one episode. Originally transmitted 23 May 2017. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Playlist: MANFRED MANN: 5-4-3-2-1/The One in the Middle THE LOVED ONES: The Loved One THE RUTLES: Number One THE BOOMTOWN RATS: Looking Out for #1 THE MINUTEMEN: #1 Hit S…

Take a wild trip in Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine with four tales from Mal's Lone Star Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame: Roy Head telling "The Roy Head Story," Joe Nick Patoski relating "The Huey P. Meaux Story," Joe "King" Carrasco telling "The Joe 'King' Carrasco and the Crowns Story," and Jesse Sublett narrating "The Skunks Story." Originally aired…

Mal presents a selection of the many, many songs with "You" in the title, running the gamut from garage to soul to ska, and featuring a stellar trip in Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine. Originally broadcast 23 May 2017. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Playlist: THE TURTLES: You Baby (BBC) VINCE MARTIN & FRED NEIL:…