Time

Mal Thursday is right on time in this wild installment of The Mal Thursday Show, spinning three hours of top tunes with the word Time in the title, featuring over an hour of new material, combined with highlights from the 2018 "It's About Time" episode. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 3 April 2025. 

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Playlist:
The Livin' End: Makin' Time
The Roulettes: Bad Time
The Mindbenders: It's Getting Harder All the Time
The Mickey Finn: Time to Start to Lovin' You
The Searchers: It's Time (BBC)
The Animals: Night Time Is the Right Time
The Afex: She Got the Time
The Yardbirds: Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (BBC)
The Spencer Davis Group: High Time Baby
Paul Jones: High Time
The Sonics: High Time
The Original Sinners: Any Time You Need Me (I'll Be Home)
The Guilloteens: Crying All over My Time
The Rogues: How Many Times
The Harbinger Complex: Time to Kill
The New Breed: Wasting My Time
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy: Time Is After You
The Doors: Love Me Two Times (take 3)
The Tell-Tale Hearts: Just a Matter of Time
The Pandoras: It's About Time
The Vipers: Borrowed Time
The Grip Weeds: No Time Like the Right Time
Plan 9: Step Out of Time
The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today
Mondo Topless: Get Me to the World on Time
The Zombies: Time of the Season
The  Rovin' Flames: How Many Times
Suzi Chunk: For the Millionth Time
The Really Rottens: It's Monster Surfing Time
The Rolling Stones: The Last Time/Good Time Women
Joey Covington: I'll Do Better Next Time
The Hollywood Stars: King of the Night Time World
Muck and the Mires: Hamburg Time/It Takes Time
The Beginner's Mynd: All the Time/Time Dilation
The Monkees: No Time/Good Times
The Kinks: Time Will Tell
Hour Glass: In a Time/Three Time Loser
The Third Bardo: I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time
The Guess Who: No Time
The Woggles: No Time to Lose
The Blind Owls: Good Time
Mal Thursday Quintet with F. Alex Johnson: Good Times
The Tropics: Time/As Time's Gone
Neil Diamond: The Time Is Now
Booker T and The MGs: Time Is Tight (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Satori: Time Machine
Buddy Holly: Take Your Time
Roy Head and The Traits: One More Time
Sir Douglas Quintet: In Time
The Patterns: In My Own Time
The Golden Dawn: My Time
The Conqueroo: I've Got Time
The Five Americans: Good Times
The Clue: Bad Times
Neal Ford and The Fanatics: Night Time
Willie Nelson: Funny How Time Slips Away
The Satelliters: Lost in Time

Everybody/Somebody/Nobody

The Words of the Week are Everybody, Somebody, and Nobody on this full-tilt episode of The Mal Thursday Show. Replete with heavy doses of U.S. '60s garage, British beat and freakbeat, some records of more recent vintage, and a wild trip in Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine. Errata: I mixed up Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer in the intro. Apologies. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound: Originally broadcast 27 March 2025.

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Playlist:
Thee Midniters: Everybody Needs Some to Love
Earl Vince & The Valiants: Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite
The Spencer Davis Group: Somebody Help Me
The Searchers: Have You Ever Loved Somebody
The Electric Banana: If I Needed Somebody
The Phantoms: Someday I'm Somebody
The Deepest Blue: Somebody's Girl
The Tikis: Somebody's Son
Question Mark & The Mysterians: Need Somebody
Ed Wool and The Nomads: I Need Somebody
The Enfields: She Already Has Somebody
The Strangers: Somebody Stole My Gal (bed)
The Riders of the Mark: Gotta Find Somebody
The Young Rascals: Find Somebody
The Jefferson Airplane: Somebody to Love (live '67)
Eddie Cochran: C'mon Everybody
Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs: Everybody Knows (alt. version)
The Electric Prunes: Everybody Knows You're Not in Love
The Kinks: Everybody's Gonna Be Happy (BBC)
The Chocolate Watchband: I'm Not Like Everybody Else
The Beatles: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (2018 mix)
Steppenwolf: Everybody's Next One
The Electric Prunes: Everybody Knows You're Not in Love
King Curtis: Everybody's Talkin' (bed)
The Standells: Mr. Nobody (live '66)
The Zombies: Can't Nobody Love You (mono)
The Famen: Don't Want Nobody
The Seeds: Nobody Spoil My Fun (alt. take)
The Firebeats Inc.: Can't Find Nobody
Sounds Unlimited: Nobody But You
The Moody Blues: This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)
The Bee Gees: Like Nobody Else
Nobody's Children: Girl I Need You (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Loose Ends: He's a Nobody
Mouse & The Traps: Nobody Cares
Shapes Have Fangs: Nobody's There
The 13th Floor Elevators: Nobody to Love/Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
The Five Americans: Somebody Help Me
ZZ Top: (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree

The Sharp Turn: Everybody Knows But Me
Lyres: Nobody But Me (live '85)
Kenne Highland Klan: Everybody's a Lyre
The Barracudas: Somebody
Iggy & the Stooges: I Need Somebody

Bonus Tracks:
The Rolling Stones: Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
The Mamas and the Papas: Somebody Groovy
The Smacks: Nobody Else Is Gonna Do
Arthur Lee: Everybody's Gotta Live
The Sick Rose: Everybody Wants to Know
The Ramones: Somebody Put Something in My Drink
The Lost and Found: Everybody's Here

Night

Mal Thursday heads into the Night on this nocturnally-inspired edition of The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with Night in the title. There had been a mini-episode with this Word of the Week back in 2020, but that one has been deleted, and this one is way better. With an extra 45 minutes of bonus tracks. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 20 March 2025.

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Playlist:
The Early Americans: Night After Night
The Eyes: When the Night Falls
The Mickey Finn: Night Comes Down
The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night (BBC)
The Thoughts: All Night Stand
The Downliners Sect: All Night Worker
Them: Here Comes the Night (BBC)
Lulu: Nighttime is the Right Time
The Small Faces: One Night Stand (BBC)
The Move: Night of Fear (mono)
The Troggs: Night of the Long Grass
The Beatles: The Night Before (mono)
Georgie Fame: Last Night (bed)
Q65: Cry in the Night
The Motions: Late Last Night
The Jets: Worker in the Night
Firebeats Inc: : I Never Knew the Sun Could Shine So Brightly at Night
The Wyld: Fly by Nighter
The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) (live)
Lazy Smoke: How Was Your Day Last Night
Neil Diamond: Thank the Lord the Night Time
The Byrds: Bad Night at the Whisky
Peter Fonda: November Night
The Doors: End of the Night
The  Ventures: Night Run (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Chayns: Night Time
Larry & The Blue Notes: Night of the Sadist
John Ellington & David Ryeeme: In the Night
Willie Nelson: Night Life (live)
Roy Orbison: Nightlife
Sir Douglas Quintet: Spearfish by Night
The Five Americans: Black is White - Day Is Night
Mal Thursday with Neal Ford & The Fanatics: Every Night a New Surprise
Bobby Fuller Four: Saturday Night

The Country Gentlemen: Saturday Night
The Syndicate of Sound: Saturday Night
The Searchers: Saturday Night Out
The Marmalade: Everything's Leading Up to Saturday Night
The Easybeats: Saturday Night
Emmitt Rhodes: Saturday Night
Les Baxter: Saturday Night on Saturn (bed)
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Long Hot Summer Night
Lesley Gore: California Nights
The Daze of the Week: One Night Stand
The Sound Explosion: Every Day and Every Night
The Greenhornes: End of the Night
Jack Nitzsche: Night Walker (bed)
The Metaluners: Hockey Night in Canada

Bonus Tracks:
June Christy: Night People
The Leaders: Night People
The Rovin' Kind: Night People
The Trojans of Evol: Through the Night
A Passsing Fancy: I'm Losing Tonight
The Turtles: Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night
John's Children: A Midsummer Night's Scene
Lyres: Running Though the Night
Radio Birdman: Murder City Nights
The Routes: Day and Night
The Bugs: Strangler in the Night
Iggy Pop: Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Day

The Word of the Week is Day on this bright and shiny episode of The Mal Thursday Show. Back in 2020, Mal did a much shorter version of this Word of the Week for [redacted], but that one has been deleted. This is the definitive version, with 45 minutes of bonus content, presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 13 March 2025.

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Playlist:
Sir Raleigh & The Coupons: Tomorrows Gonna Be Another Day
The Kinks: Til the End of the Day (mono)/Days (BBC)
Shel Naylor: One Fine Day
The Drag Set: Day and Night
The Knack: It's Love, Baby (24 Hours A Day)
The Mark Four: Work All Day (Sleep All Night)
The Classmates: Pay Day
The Rolling Stones: Sad Day (mono)
The Beatles: Day Tripper (mono)
Sandy Nelson: Day Tripper (bed)
The Hollies: Very Last Day
The Dave Clark Five: Best Days Work
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound: Day Time, Night Time
Manfred Mann: Oh What a Day (BBC)
David Bowie: The Gospel According to Tony Day
The Action: Day by Day
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs: Blue Day
The Last Straws: One Fine Day
The Wright Group: Better Every Day
The Lords: Day After Day
The Golden Earrings: Sound of the Screaming Day
The Jay Jays: To-day I'm Gay
The Byrds: The Day Walk (Never Before)
The Roosters: One of These Days
Sandy Nelson: A Hard Day's Night (bed)
The International Submarine Band: One Day Week
Flying Burrito Brothers: Six Days on the Road/Lazy Days
The Left Banke: Lazy Day
The Echoes: Every Second of The Day
The Cavaliers: Seven Days of Cryin'
Thee Sixpence: Long Days Care
The Electric Prunes: Long Day's Flight (Til Tomorrow) (live)
The Northwest Company: Eight Hour Day
Billy Preston: Eight Days a Week (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Kenny & The Kasuals: All Day and All of the Night (live)
The Cellar Dwellers: Bad Day
The Headstones: Bad Day Blues
The Avengers: Some Day
Willie Nelson: Three Days
The Wig: Forever and a Day
Larry Mack: Last Day of the Dragon
The Esquires: Judgement Day
Bubble Puppy: Days of Our Time
Kenny Wayne & The Kamotions: A Better Day's a Comin'
The Ugly Beats: Brand New Day
The Mullens: Future Days

Nico: These Days

Bonus Tracks:
Dionne Warwick: A Hard Day's Night
Otis Redding: Day Tripper
Lulu: Good Day Sunshine
Eric Burdon & War: A Day in the Life
We The People: The Day She Dies
The Ohio Express: It's a Sad Day (It's A Sad Time)
The Crystal Sect: Days and Weeks
Trafalgar Square: Til the End of the Day
The Heartbreakers: Seven Day Weekend (live)

Bad Times

In a summit of Austin-based rock n' roll radio hosts, Mal Thursday is joined by Scott Gardner, the mastermind behind the long-running Stronger Than Dirt radio program on 91.7 KOOP-FM in Austin, 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 Stereophonic Sound. 

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Playlist:
The D-Coys: Bad Times
Paul Revere & The Raiders: These are Bad Times (For Me and My Baby)
The Who: The Good's Gone
The Jam: So Sad About Us
The Underdogs: Love's Gone Bad
The Aqualads: Runaway
The Rolling Stones: Good Times, Bad Times
The Yardbirds: I Ain't Done Wrong
Lyres: What's Wrong with You   
The Lovejoys: Payin' (for the Wrong I've Done)
Sam & Dave: Rich Kind of Poverty
Booker T & The MGs: Born Under a Bad Sign

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine with Guest DJ Scott Gardner:
Oedipus & The Mothers: (I Remember) How It Used to Be
The Bards: Alibis
Electric Love: This Seat Is Saved
The Brentwoods: Yeah Yeah, No No
The Bad Seeds: Sick & Tired
The Six Deep: Girl It's Over

Buddy Holly: Peggy Sue Got Married
The Gentlemen: It's a Cry'n Shame
The Iguana: Leaving You Baby
The Bad Roads: Too Bad
The Hard Times: Goodbye
The Roadrunners: Goodbye
The Blind Owls: Goodbye
The Greenhornes: Saying Goodbye
The Loons: A Last Goodbye
Plan 9: I Can't Stand This Love, Goodbye
The Flight Reaction: I Don't Wanna Say Goodbye
Gerry Bright & The Stokers: Heavy Trip
Palmyra Delran & The Doppel Gang: Come Spy with Me
The Embrooks: Going But Not Gone
Groovy Uncle: Howard Eno
RunHideFight: He's a Jerk
The Invisible Surfers: The Devil Herself
Dee Rangers: No One to Love
The Routes: Driving Round in Circles
The Malarians: A Taste of Five
The Clue: Bad Times

Keep

The Word of the Week is Keep on the latest episode of The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with Keep in the title. British beat, American garage and soul, plus a groovy trip in Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 27 February 2025.

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Playlist:
The Gentrys: Keep on Dancing
The Action: I'll Keep Holding on
Spencer Davis Group: Keep on Running (BBC)
The Slots: Keep Hold of What You Got Baby
The Kinks: The World Keeps Going 'Round (mono)
The Artwoods: Keep Lookin'
Jimmy Page: Keep Movin'
The Game: Gotta Keep On Moving Baby
The Frays: Keep Me Covered
The Swinging Blue Jeans: Keep Me Warm (Til the Sun Shines)
Francis Lai/Mike Leander: Keep It Cool
The Ventures: Keep Searchin' (bed)
The Ugly Ducklings: Hey Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut
The Outsiders: Keep on Trying
The Jay Jays: I Keep Tryin'
The Dearly Beloved: Keep It Moving
The Ides of March: I'll Keep Searching
The Canadian Rogues: Keep in Touch
The Jagged Edge: You Can't Keep a Good Man Down
The Blues Project: I Can't Keep from Cryin'
The Trodden Path: Keep Me Hangin' on
The Grifs: Keep Dreaming
The Marvelettes: I'll Keep Holding on
Dave Prater: Keep My Fingers Crossed
Nancy: Trying to Keep from Crying
Johnnie Taylor: Cheaper to Keep Her
The Vibrations: Keep on Keeping on
The Miracles: Gotta Dance to Keep form Crying
The Ventures: Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Mack Tubb & the Shades: You Keep Me Going
The Word D: Keep on Walking
The Briks: Keep It Down
The Sounds Unlimited: Keep Your Hands Off of It
Joe Tex: Keep the One You Got
The Sights and Sounds: You Keep Me Hanging on
Bubble Puppy: Keep Your Mouth Shut Once in a While

Mott the Hoople: Keep a Knockin'
Dr. Feelgood: Keep It Out of Sight (mono)
The Embrooks: Keep It Quiet
The Len Price 3: Keep Your Eye on Me
Mickey & The Salty Sea Dogs: I Keep on Wanting
The Love Me Nots: Keep Talking
Plan 9: Keep on Pushin'/Keep Your Cool (bed)
The Resonars: I'll Keep It With Mine

 

Alright!

Mal Thursday presents an expanded and remastered edition of The Mal Thursday Show: Alright!, with 45 minutes of new material, including exclusive bonus tracks. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally transmitted in July of 2020, first broadcast 20 February 2025.

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Playlist:
The Rattles: Say All Right
The Groop: Alright!
The Jaguars: It's Gonna Be Alright
The Stumblin' Blox: It's Alright
The Sonics: It's Alright
G66: I Feel Alright
The Badd Lads: I Feel Alright
The Counts: Feel Alright (bed)
The Beau Brummels: That's Alright
The Zombies: It's Alright with Me
The Quakers: She's Alright
Lyons & Malone: She's Alright
Herman's Hermits: It's Alright Now
The Vikings: Everything Is All Right   
The Mar-Keys: Alright, OK, You Win (bed)
The Out of Order: It's Alright
The Implicits: She's Alright
Tony & The Bandits: It's a Bit of Alright
The Centuries: Yeh, It's Alright
Merrilee & The Turnabouts: It's Alright
Jefferson Airplane: It's Alright
Christopher & The Chaps: It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding
The T-Bones: Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Etta James: It's Alright
Sam & Dave: She's Alright
J.J. Jackson: But It's Alright
The Supremes: Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Diana Ross & The Supremes/The Temptations:
Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Billy Preston: Uptight (Everything's Alright)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Kenny & The Kasuals: It's Alright
The Coastliners: Alright
The Gnats: That's Alright
Buddy Holly & The Crickets: Well...Alright

The Liverpool Five: Everything's Alright
The E-Types: The Kids Are Alright
The Rockin' Vickers: It's Alright
The Easybeats: Women (Make You Feel Alright)
The Spades: I'm Alright
The Moonrakers: I'm Alright
The Outsiders: Do You Feel Alright
The Greenhornes: My Baby's Alright
The Hate Bombs: She's All Right
The Chesterfield Kings: It's Alright
The Star & Key Of The Indian Ocean: It's Alright
The Original Sins: It's Not Gonna Be All Right
The Stooges: I Feel Alright (1970)

Bonus tracks:
Robert Walker & The Night Riders: Everything's All Right
David Bowie: Everything's Alright
Slade: It's Alright, Ma, It's Only Witchcraft
Eddie & The Hot Rods: The Kids Are Alright (live)
The Fugs: Doin' Alright