“For Auld Lang Syne”

Host: Mal Thursday

Mal Thursday waves goodbye to 2009, and to the old GaragePunk.com blog, with an episode full of the records that have been warping his mind this year. Featuring killer garage from Texas, Mexico, the UK, and elsewhere, a set of ’80s neo-garage (blame Gringo Starr), a set of some of the best reissues of the year, and a set of tribute records. This episode is respectfully dedicated to Jeff for his tireless service to the cause. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

PLEASE NOTE: This will be the final episode of the Mal Thursday Show that is posted on the GaragePunk.com blog. As of January 2010, you’ll find Mal’s podcast posted on his blog at the GaragePunk Hideout. If you would like to continue receiving his podcast, be sure to subscribe to his show’s feed using the link below, and/or befriend him on the Hideout. Thanks!

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A Mal Thursday Christmas

Host: Mal Thursday

In the tradition of such great holiday podcasts as Florida Rocks Again! #33, Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide #61, Killed by Porn #31, and Savage Kick #23, it’s “A Mal Thursday Christmas” with special guests the Fleshtones, the Chesterfield Kings, the Reigning Sound, Yard Trauma, and the ghost of Oliver Reed. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

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Heavy Hits

Host: Mal Thursday

After ten consecutive theme shows, Mal Thursday is back on the free-form tip with this, the 20th episode in the series. Free-form, yes, but with a concept: heaviness. In addition to a full plate of new releases from the Sons of Hercules, Snowbyrd, the Rationals, the Higher State, and the Texreys, Mal unearths godlike heavy jams from Blue Cheer, the Litter, Rodriguez, and the Troggs, among other heavyweights.

A potent brew of Texas garage, Detroit hard rock, and other heavy sounds from all around the world.

Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

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Songs the Lyres Taught Us, Vol. 3

Host: Mal Thursday

The third time’s the charm as Mal Thursday brings you another mother lode of old 45s later given new life by Jeff “Monoman” Conolly and his long-running garage band, Lyres. See The Mal Thursday Show #4 for volume one and #18 for volume two. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

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Songs the Lyres Taught Us, Vol. 2

Host: Mal Thursday

Another collection of vintage ’60s nuggets covered by Boston’s longest-running garage band, Lyres, led by Jeff “Monoman” Conolly. Starring the Sonics, the Buckinghams, the Pete Best Combo, and many more. 100% Monomania, presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

See The Mal Thursday Show #4 for volume one and #19 for volume three.

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Back to the Strip!

Host: Mal Thursday

This episode is a sequel to The Mal Thursday Show #16: Riot on Sunset Srip Revisited, once again turning the spotlight on the L.A. scene of the mid-’60s, with appearances by some of the era’s most rockin’ combos, including the Leaves, the Sons of Adam, the Avengers, and the Standells. Then, direct from Sonic Nightmares mission control in Switzerland, Mal’s special guest, Gringo Starr, spins a set of his favorite bands from the Southern California garage scene of the ’80s, including the Pandoras, the Tell-Tale Hearts, and the Untold Fables (if you dig the Fables, be sure to check out Out of the Vaults, Into Your Ears #21). Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

Please note: The Mal Thursday Show can now also be found on Mevio.com (formerly Podshow)!

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Riot on Sunset Strip Revisited

Host: Mal Thursday

In an episode dedicated to the late Sky Saxon, Mal Thursday trips back in time and space to Los Angeles, California, circa 1966, and the teenage riots that inspired the exploitation classic Riot on Sunset Strip. Then, dig some bitchin’ Seeds covers from Thee Headcoats, Alex Chilton, the Zeros, the Fiends, and the Freak Mountain Ramblers, as well as a set of Mal’s favorite Seeds tracks. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

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Host: Mal Thursday

Mal wraps up the trilogy with another attempt to tell the sordid story of his life through music, which this time around is provided by the Embrooks, the Fleshtones, the Ramones, the Higher State, and T. Rex, among many others.

Produced by JM Dobies in Living Monophonic Sound.

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Host: Mal Thursday

It’s another semi-autobiographical slog through the past with Mal and a fistful of killer 45s, featuring the musical stylings of the Small Faces, the Pretty Things, the Damned, UK Subs, Death in Vegas, Sons of Hercules, and many more. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

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The Ballad of Mal Thursday

Host: Mal Thursday

This autobiographical installment of The Mal Thursday Show tells the tawdry tale of Mal’s misadventures through the music of the Dictators, the Unband, Johnny Thunders, and more. Produced by JM Dobies in Living Monophonic Sound.

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Host: Mal Thursday

Mal Thursday is back with another fat sack full o’ gut-bucket garage nuggets with the word “girl” in the title, in the hastily thrown-together sequel to The Mal Thursday Show #11. There’s also Mal’s rockin’ preview of the 2009 South by Southwest Music, Film, and Interactive Conference and Festival, held March 13-22 in Austin, Texas, with musical selections from festival participants the Cynics, the Ugly Beats, and the New York Dolls. Produced by JM Dobies in Living Monophonic Sound.

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Host: Mal Thursday

This mind-bending episode of The Mal Thursday Show features a series of rockin’ records wiith the word “girl” in the title. Starring such swingin’ combos as The Real Kids, Lyres, The Dictators, and Thee Headcoats, all singing songs about the fairer sex. It’s 65 minutes of top-notch rock ‘n’ roll racket for boys and girls who are hip to where it’s at.

Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

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Surprise, Surprise!

Host: Mal Thursday

It’s a groovy grab-bag of tough sounds on this eclectic episode of The Mal Thursday Show. Featuring a set of Texas-related material from the likes of Loco Gringos and the Ugly Beats and some vintage ’66 garage from the Loved Ones, the Underdogs, and Positively 13 O’Clock.

In Living Monophonic Sound.

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Host: MalThursday

The following podcast is Mr. Thursday’s self-referential variation on episode #4: Songs The Lyres Taught Us, featuring various songs covered by his old bands: The Malarians (1984-1990), The Cheetahs (1991-2001), and The Whores (2000). Mal says, “This episode is bittersweet, in that part of me wishes I was still up there on stage with a mic in my hand. These days, my voice has about three songs in it before I start sounding like Andy Devine… Most of all, I remember how much fun it was to play these songs for people.”

Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

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Host: MalThursday

This time out, we’ve got a very special episode for you, much like The Mal Thursday Show #6: The Girl-Getters, as we salute the 1968 film Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush. It’s all about a boy named Jamie, played by Barry Evans, who’s keen to lose his virginity at the earliest possible opportunity. We’ll be telling the story with excerpts from the soundtrack and the music of various British and American beat groups.

Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

By the way, The Mal Thursday Show now has its own exclusive RSS feed, separate from that of Mal’s other show, Florida Rocks Again! So now you can subscribe to one or the other or BOTH if you’d like!

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Host: MalThursday

This time around, Mal spins a bunch of tunes from various “forum comps,” assembled by some of the foremost collectors of ’60s garage 45s on the planet. These homemade CD-Rs contained both super-obscure, uncollected rarities as well as well-known classics that had only been available in less than stellar sound quality on various Pebbles, Boulders, and other semi-legit compilations.

The old forum may be dead now, but Psychotic Reactions lives on over on the GaragePunk Hideout.

Dedicated to BossHoss, Masterbeat64, Rich Strauss and everyone who ever put one of these comps together. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

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The Girl-Getters

Host: MalThursday

This episode of The Mal Thursday Show was inspired by Michael Winner’s 1964 film, The System, released in the US two years later under the title The Girl-Getters, and starring the one and only Oliver Reed. The story of a group of rogues in a seaside resort who set out to seduce all the pretty girls who come there on holiday, it has just been reissued on DVD in the UK. We’ll be telling the story of this lost classic of ’60s cinema through the music of a bunch of British and American beat groups.

Dedicated to the memory of the late, great Ollie.

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Live ‘n’ Wild

Host: MalThursday

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. Witness the Rolling Stones’ Got Live If You Want It and The Kinks’ Live at Kelvin Hall, to name but two. Then there are the fake live records, where audience noise is dubbed on to studio recordings, usually with underwhelming results.

This edition of The Mal Thursday Show brings together some excellent live garage records, which are drawn from 45s, radio and TV broadcasts, demo tapes, and even a Hawaiian “Battle of the Bands” LP.

Presented in Living Mono.

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Host: MalThursday

Songs the Lyres Taught Us, Vol. 1

A collection of vintage ’60s nuggets covered by Boston’s longest-running garage band, the Lyres, led by Jeff “Monoman” Conolly. A couple of these date back to Jeff’s days in the legendary DMZ, but all of ‘em have been heard at one time or another at various Lyres shows dating back to 1979.

This episode was inspired by Crypt’s boss Lyres comp “The Early Years,” which if you ain’t got, you need to get.

Presented in mono, of course.

Also, if you’d like to hear a couple of vintage live Lyres concerts presented in their entirety in podcast form, click here and here!

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Mal is back with a boatload o’ kick-ass garage to assault your eardrums and bend your mind, direct from stately Thursday Manor in Austin, Texas. Along with bands from the Lone Star State (Sons of Hercules, Ugly Beats), there are also representatives from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Pacific Northwest, the U.K., and elsewhere.

Tune in, turn on, and turn it up!