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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #6: The Girl-Getters

  by Mal Thursday June 27, 2010
  Host: Mal Thursday Originally posted July 31, 2008, 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 film concerns the misadventures of ...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #5: Live 'n Wild

  by Mal Thursday June 27, 2010
  Live 'n Wild Host: Mal Thursday 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 the...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #4: Songs the Lyres Taught Us, Vol. 1

  by Mal Thursday June 27, 2010
  Songs the Lyres Taught Us, Vol. 1 Host: Mal Thursday 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 ano...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #26: Songs the Lyres Taught Us, Vol. 4

  by Mal Thursday May 24, 2010
  In honor of Lyres' upcoming appearances in Boston (Friday June 4 with Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs and the Coffin Lids) and Worcester (Friday June 11 with the Malarians and the Immolators), Mal presents Volume Four of "Songs the Lyres Taught Us." More great records from Jeff Conolly's secret stash...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #25: Kim Fowley's Trainwreck a Go Go

  by Mal Thursday March 26, 2010
    Mal Thursday welcomes legendary producer, provocateur, and scenemaker Kim Fowley to the program for the first of two episodes dedicated to the wildest recordings in his massive back catalog, which contains over 5000 songs. Currently being portrayed by Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon in the ...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #24: Texas Tyme Machine, Vol. 2

  by Mal Thursday March 1, 2010
  Mal Thursday sets the controls for the heart of the Lone Star State, as he takes y'all on another trip in a Texas Tyme Machine. The second volume in the series features tracks from Norton Records' essential Fort Worth Teen Scene series, killer cuts from bands out of Austin, Tyler, Sherman, and San ...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #23: Texas Tyme Machine

  by Mal Thursday January 29, 2010
  Host: Mal Thursday Mal Thursday initiates a quarterly series of episodes dedicated to Texas rock 'n roll past and present and the music of "the all-time greats from the Lone Star State." The first installment features mind-blowing tunes from 60s legends Kenny & the Kasuals, 13th Floor Elevator...
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• FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN! #1&2: The I-4 Corridor Battle of the Bands

  by Mal Thursday January 4, 2010
  The I-4 Corridor Battle of the Bands Host: Mal Thursday Host Mal Thursday takes you on a monophonic journey down Interstate 4, a rockin’ route that runs from Daytona Beach to the Tampa Bay, as a slew of mid-’60s garage bands do battle for your listening and dancing pleasure. Among the participant...

• FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN! #5&7: Sunshine State Garage Revisited

  by Mal Thursday January 4, 2010
  Sunshine State Garage Revisited Host: Mal Thursday Mal Thursday brings you more garage band greats from the swamps, beaches, and backwaters of Florida, including such ’60s combos as the Legends, the Impacs, and the Beau Heems, as well as modern day bands like the Heatseekers, the Evidents, and Th...

• FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN! #8:Tampa Bay Teen Scene

  by Mal Thursday January 4, 2010
  Tampa Bay Teen Scene Host: Mal Thursday This week’s rockin’ installment of Florida Rocks Again! some of the area’s greatest bands of the ’60s, including the Tropics, the Split Ends, and Blues Image, as well as a tribute to the late, great John Delise (Rovin’ Flames, Outsiders, etc.). There’s also...

• FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN! #9: Florida Folk Rock

  by Mal Thursday January 4, 2010
  Florida Folk Rock Host: Mal Thursday This jangly installment of Florida Rocks Again! features a flock of fine folk rockers from F-L-A, including Fred Neil, Sir Michael & the Sounds, the Nightcrawlers, and the Non-Pareils. An hour’s worth of 12-string guitars and deep lyrics from the swamps, b...

• FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN! #10: Miami Rocks Again!

  by Mal Thursday January 4, 2010
  Miami Rocks Again! Host: Mal Thursday Mal Thursday takes you on a trip back in time and space to Miami, Florida circa 1966, with music from garage greats the Montells, the Birdwatchers, the Clefs of Lavender Hill, and many others. Co-producer and music guru Jeff Lemlich provides commentary on the...

• FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN! #11: Florida Freak Out!

  by Mal Thursday January 4, 2010
  Florida Freak Out! Host: Mal Thursday Mystical Mal Thursday takes you on an hour-long trip to the psychedelic side of the Sunshine State, as a series of ’60s garage combos turn up their fuzz-boxes and wax poetic about blowing their sun-bleached minds. This episode includes such long-lost classics...

• FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN! #12: All About You

  by Mal Thursday January 4, 2010
  All About You Host: Mal Thursday Originally posted in February of 2006, this installment of Florida Rocks Again! features songs with the word “You” in the title. In addition to the usual assortment of mid-’60s garage bands, this episode also contains a set of smokin’ southern soul, and, in honor ...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #20: Heavy Hits

  by Mal Thursday December 31, 2009
  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, man. In addition to a full plate of new releases from the Sons of Hercules, Snowbyrd, the Rationals, the Higher ...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #22: For Auld Lang Syne

  by Mal Thursday December 31, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday Originally posted on New Year's Eve of 2009, Mal Thursday waves goodbye to the old GaragePunk.com, 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 garage (blame Gringo ...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #21: A Mal Thursday Christmas

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday In the tradition of such great holiday podcasts as Florida Rocks Again! #33, Rock 'n' Roll Suicide #61, Savage Kick #23, and Killed by Porn #31, it's "A Mal Thursday Christmas" with special guests Yard Trauma, the Fleshtones, the Chesterfield Kings, the Reigning Sound, and the gh...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #19: Songs the Lyres Taught Us, Vol. 3

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  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 (the) Lyres. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW! Playlist: LYRES: Tired of Wai...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #18: Songs the Lyres Taught Us, Vol. 2

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday Originally posted Spetember 10, 2009, here's another collection of vintage ’60s nuggets covered by Boston’s longest-running garage band, (The) Lyres, led by Jeff “Monoman” Conolly. Quite possibly the most rockin' episode in the history of the show. Presented in Mono, of course....

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #17: Back to the Strip!

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday This episode is a sequel to The Mal Thursday Show #16: Riot on Sunset Strip 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 Stan...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #16: Riot on Sunset Strip Revisited

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday In an episode dedicated to the memory of 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...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #15: The Ballad of Mal Thursday, Pt. 3

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday Join Mal Thursday as he 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 Livin...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #14: The Ballad of Mal Thursday, Pt. 2

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday Originally posted on Mayday of 2009, here’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, Lyres, Death in Vegas, Sons of Hercules, and many more...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #13: The Ballad of Mal Thursday, Pt. 1

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday This autobiographical installment of The Mal Thursday Show tells the tawdry tale of Mal’s many misadventures through the music of the Dictators, the Unband, Johnny Thunders, Sammy Davis Jr., and more. Produced by JM Dobies in Living Monophonic Sound. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW!...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #12: All Kindsa Girls, Pt. 2

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  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 Con...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #11: All Kindsa Girls

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  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-n...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #10: Surprise, Surprise

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday Surprise, Surprise! 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 Positive...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #9: Sons of the Stage

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday Originally posted 20 October 2008, here's my self-referential variation on THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #4: Songs The Lyres Taught Us, featuring various songs covered by my old bands: The Malarians (1984-1990), The Cheetahs (1991-2001), and The Whores (2000). Featuring music from the ...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #8: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday 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, directed by Clive Donner, from a screenplay by Hunter Davies, based upon his novel. It's all about a boy ...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #7: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  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 ...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #3: You're Too Hip, Baby!

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday Originally posted December 3, 2007, here's the third episode of award-winning rock 'n roll podcast The Mal Thursday Show. This time out, Mal features a heapin' helpin' of wild garage to assault your ears and bend your mind, including a set of fine releases from the Get Hip label...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #2: Halloween Special

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday Greetings, guys and ghouls, and get ready to shake, shudder, and shiver with GaragePunk podcaster and part-time TV horror host Mal Thursday, as he presents an expanded and remastered edition of The Mal Thursday Show Halloween Special, now with 69% new footage. It's a strange br...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #1

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Host: Mal Thursday Having just moved to Austin, Mal was going through his record collection and decided to put together a podcast. Except for a set of ‘66-era Texas garage, most of the records in this show were made in the last 15 years, in contrast to Florida Rocks Again! Click here to subscrib...

• PSYCHOTIC INFRACTIONS: Under the Covers Presented by Mal Thursday

  by Mal Thursday December 23, 2009
  Psychotic Infractions: Under the Covers Host: Mal Thursday The GaragePunk.com Forums were arguably the best place on the Web for fans of garagepunk trash rockabilly powerpop slop to come together and discuss the music we all dig so much. Brad X’s combo recorded a cover of Tonto and The Renegades ...
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• Florida Rocks Again! in the Sunday Paper in Pensacola

  by Mal Thursday November 4, 2009
  Troy Moon wrote a nice piece for the Sunday edition of the Pensacola News-Journal about the local music scene of the '60s, inspired by the most recent episode of Florida Rocks Again!, "Jeff's Panhandle Party Platter." Pictured above is the Sandpipers, backed up by Daytona Beach legends the Allman...

• The Mal Thursday Show and Florida Rocks Again! Halloween Specials

  by Mal Thursday October 22, 2009
  THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #2: Halloween Special Greetings, guys and ghouls, and get ready to shake, shudder, and shiver with GaragePunk podcaster and part-time TV horror host Mal Thursday, as he presents an expanded and remastered edition of The Mal Thursday Show Halloween Special, now with 69% new foo...

• Florida Rocks Again!...and Again!!...and Again!!!

  by Mal Thursday October 13, 2009
  FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN! #41: Jeff's Panhandle Party Platter FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN! #40: Anywhere But Here FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN! #38: Jeff's Moody Monsters

• Sky Saxon's Final Interview

  by Mal Thursday July 25, 2009
  The Austin Chronicle just published Sky Saxon's final interview. It's oddly prescient, and totally Sky. To listen to The Mal Thursday Show's tribute to Sky Saxon, click HERE.
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• The Mal Thursday Show #16: Riot on Sunset Strip Revisited

  by Mal Thursday June 30, 2009
  In an episode dedicated to the memory of 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, t...
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• FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN! #38: Coverama! 3-D

  by Mal Thursday June 10, 2009
  It's another all-covers edition of Florida Rocks Again!, as the All-Time Greats from the Sunshine State are joined by special out-of-state guests the Dwarves, the Reigning Sound, the Chocolate Watchband, Eric Burdon, and Sky Saxon. If you dig this episode, dig deep into the GaragePunk Podcast Archi...

• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #15: The Ballad o' Mal, Pt. 3

  by Mal Thursday May 28, 2009
  THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #15: The Ballad of Mal Thursday, Pt. 3 Join Mal Thursday as he 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 m...

• Florida Rocks Again! in the Miami Herald

  by Mal Thursday March 23, 2009
  The Sunday edition of The Miami Herald has a feature article on the Florida Rocks Again! podcast, by Jordan Levin, who wrote that great piece about the Overtown soul scene a while back. Check it out here: http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/top-story/v-fullstory/story/959820.html#none Jeff Le...
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• FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN!: The Ones That Got Away

  by Mal Thursday November 11, 2008
  FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN!: The Ones That Got Away CLICK HERE TO LISTEN! This edition of Florida Rocks Again! is made up of songs that have never been heard in any of the previous 30 episodes of the series on the Garagepunk.com Podcast. Among these tasty leftovers are some grade A, top-quality garage,...
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• THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #7: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

  by Mal Thursday August 19, 2008
  This time around, 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 only been available in less than stella...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #6: The Girl-Getters

  by Mal Thursday July 28, 2008
  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 film concerns the misadventures of a group of rogues in a seaside resort, who set out to ...
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• The Mal Thursday Show #5

  by Mal Thursday May 5, 2008
  THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #5 Live n' Wild 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 LPs, to name but two. T...

• Florida Rocks Again!: Florida Folk Rock

  by Mal Thursday April 23, 2008
  If you've never tuned in the mainstream version of our show, check out the latest episode: Airdates: Wednesday April 23rd from 6 to 8 p.m. ET Saturday April 26th from 8 to 10 p.m. ET on WFBO 97.7 The Blizzard in Flagler Beach Listen via Live365 at TheBlizzard.US Playlist: TOM PETTY: Feel a W...

• The Mal Thursday Show #4: Songs the Lyres Taught Us

  by Mal Thursday April 18, 2008
  THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW #4: Songs the Lyres Taught Us, Volume One A collection of vintage '60s nuggets covered over the years 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 he...
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• Florida Rocks Again! #4/The Mal Thursday Show #2

  by Mal Thursday October 22, 2007
  Part One: FLORIDA ROCKS AGAIN! #4 (Redux) ROYAL GUARDSMEN: Little Red Riding Hood FRED NEIL: Candy Man COUNT STEPHEN (STEVE ALAIMO): Spooky CLASSICS IV: Spooky JACKIE MORNINGSTAR: Rockin' in the Graveyard HATE BOMBS: Ghoul Girl ROYAL GUARDSMEN: Snoopy vs. the Red Baron/The Return of the Red Baron/Sh...

• Vote Now for Most Annoying TV Ad Campaign

  by Mal Thursday October 5, 2007
  Rant about the TV ads you find most annoying at BLOG! by JM Dobies.