Halloween Special 2026

Mal Thursday conjures up two hours of horrific Halloween-type hits that missed, drawn from previous Halloween specials, now in HD audio, as well as fresh blood from previously unspun killers. Presented in Malophonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Hi-Fi Sound. Originally broadcast 29 October 2026.

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Playlist:
Larry's Rebels: Halloween
The Out Sect: Soggy (bed)
The Mal Thursday Quintet: Rotting/Pub of Fear
The Move: Night of Fear (BBC)
Last Knight: Shadow of Fear
The Deejays: Striped Dreams, Checked Fear
The Spellbinders: Castin' My Spell
The Violet Mindfield: Day Walker Vampire
Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads: Goo Goo Muck
The Cramps: What's Behind the Mask
Messer Chups: Cemetery Beach (bed)
Donovan: Season of the Witch (mono)
The Lollipop Shoppe: You Must Be a Witch
Manfred Mann: Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)
Wayne Gibson: Ding Dong The Witch is Dead

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Circus: Burn Witch Burn
The Moving Sidewalks: Crimson Witch
Roky Erickson & The Aliens: Creature with the Atom Brain/I Walked with a Zombie
Scotty McKay's Bolero Band: Theme from The Black Cat (bed)

The Yo-Yo's: The Raven
The Stems: She's a Monster
P.F. Sloan: Halloween Mary
The Shandells: Go Go Gorilla
The Invasion: The Invasion Is Coming
The Chesterfield Kings: Running Through My Nightmares
Q65: I Got Nightmares
The Del-Aires: The Zombie Stomp
The Fleshtones: I Was a Teenage Zombie/The Haunted Hipster
Los Straitjackets: Theme from Halloween (bed)
Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages: Jack the Ripper
Spinal Tap: Saucy Jack
The Bugs: Strangler in the Night/Albert, Albert
The Twelfth Night: The Grim Reaper
The Turtles: Grim Reaper of Love
The Flamin' Groovies: Werewolves of London
1313 Mockingbird Lane: Dig Her Up
Lyres: Buried Alive
The Last Word: Sleepy Hollow
Al Caiola: Experiment in Terror (bed)
Zacherle: Happy Halloween
The Fuzztones: Happy Halloween
 

At the Circus

Highlights from Mal Thursday's DJ sets at the 11th annual Angie's Rock 'n' Roll Circus in Austin at the Carousel Lounge. Stones-adjacent madness and tasty interpretations. Presented in Malophonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Hi-Fi Sound. Originally broadcast 22 October 2026.

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Playlist:
The Rolling Stones: I'm Free (mono)/2120 South Michigan Avenue (BBC)
The Valentinos: It's All Over Now
The Who: The Last Time
Painted Faces: Play with Fire
The Black Crowes: Rocks Off
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Going to a Go Go
Lyres: Stoned
Los Apson: Satisfacción
The Eyes: Radio London/I Wanna Be Your Man
The Sugarman 3: Bitch (bed)
Reigning Sound: I'd Much Rather Be with the Boys
Ramones: Out of Time
Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens: You Gotta Move
Slim Harpo: Shake Your Hips
The Dead Boys: Tell Me
The Drongos: Under My Thumb
David Bowie: Let's Spend the Night Together
The Chesterfield Kings: Street Fighting Man
The Love Supremes: Sing This All Together
Andrew Oldham Orchestra: Theme for a Rolling Stone (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Tracers: She Said Yeah
The Chaparrals: Get Off My Cloud/Satisfaction
The Laughing Kind: Empty Heart
Hickoids: Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby (Standing in the Shadow)
Johnny Winter And: Jumpin' Jack Flash
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears: Sway

Andrew Oldham Orchestra: Satisfaction (bed)
Ray Charles: I'm Movin' On
Billy Bragg: She Smiled Sweetly
Eric Hisaw Band: Heart of Stone
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings: Wild Horses
Jason & The Scorchers: 19th Nervous Breakdown
The T-Bones: Paint It Black (bed)
Marianne Faithfull: Sister Morphine 
Stevie Wonder: I Don't Know Why 
Anthony Joseph and The Spasm Band: Dead Flowers
Andrew Oldham Orchestra: The Last Time
The Rolling Stones: Memo from Turner (alt version)

Got

The Word of the Week is Got on this heavy installment of The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with Got in the title, presented in Malophonic Supersonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 15 October 2026. 

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Playlist:
The Electric Prunes: I've Got a Way of My Own
The Yardbirds: I Ain't Got You
The Kinks: Got Love If You Want It (alt version)/She's Got Everything (mono)
Herman's Hermits: I Got a Feeling (mono)
The Sorrows: You Got What I Want
The Animals: Got to Find My Baby (BBC)
The Rolling Stones: Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin') (BBC)
The Small Faces: I Got Mine
The Zombies: You've Really Got a Hold on Me
The Beatles: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
The Yardbirds: Got to Hurry (take 4)
Davy Jones and The Lower Third: You've Got a Habit of Leaving
The Profile: Haven't They Got Better Things to Do
The Other Five: You Really Got Me
The Poor: She's Got the Time (She's Got the Changes)
The Tweeds: We Got Time
The Remains: You Got a Hard Time Coming
The US Male: You Got Yours
The Front Line: Got Love
Spirit: I Got a Line on You
Oscar Hamod & The Majestics: Got to Have Your Lovin'
The Beau Brummels: You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
The Birdwatchers: Girl, I've Got News for You
The Gentrys: I Just Got the News
The Young Tyrants: She Don't Got the Right

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Lavender Hour: I've Got a Way with Girls
The 13th Floor Elevators: (I've Got) Levitation
The Sandpipers: I Got You (I Feel Good)
The Conqueroo: I've Got Time
The Torquettes: Who's Got the Tortillas? (bed)

The Quinstrels: I Got a Girl
The Monarchs: You Got Love 
The Arkay IV: Girl, You've Got a Lot to Learn
The Good Rats: Anybody Got the Time
Them: Something You Got
The Profile: Got to Find a Way
Lyres: She's Got Eyes That Tell Lies
The Vipers: Haven't Got the Right
The Dirtbombs: Got to Give It Up
The Lamplighters: Do Ya Got Soul?
The Hollies: I've Got a Way of My Own (mono) 

So Easy

The Words of the Week are So and Easy on this boss installment of The Mal Thursday Show, featuring a stellar assortment of British R&B, American garage, and Nederbeat nuggets for your mind and body. Presented in Malophonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 1 October 2026. 

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Playlist:
The Fezmen: It's So Easy
The Byrds: So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (live 1967)
Gene Clark with The Gosdin Brothers: So You Say You Lost Your Baby (remix)
Nancy Sinatra: So Long Babe
The Avengers: I Told You So
Thee Midniters: Never Knew I Had It So Bad
The Motorcycle Abilene: (You Used to) Ride So High
The Jaggers: Feel So Good
The Thunderbolts: Heart So Cold
The Mystic: I Get So Disgusted
Jack & The Beanstalks: So Many Times
The Clefs of Lavender Hill: So I'll Try
The Beach Boys: You're So Good to Me (backing track)
The Animals: Hallelujah I Love Her So
The Olympics: So Mystifying
The Who: So Sad About Us (mono)
Cream: I'm So Glad (mono)
The Beatles: I'm So Tired (Take 14)
The Power Plant: She's So Far Out, She's In
The Guess Who: Please Don't Act So Bad
The Easybeats: She's So Fine
The Motions: I've Waited So Long
The Namelosers: But I'm So Blue
Q65: So High I Have Been, So Down I Must Fall
Nick Lowe: So It Goes
Ramones: Oh Oh I Love Her So
The Reverberations: Why You Gotta Be So Mean
The Cherry Drops: We're So High

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Buddy Holly & The Crickets: It's So Easy
The Chaparrals (Houston): Tried So Hard
The Chaparrals (Denton): So Good
Sir Douglas Quintet: Please Just Say So
The Lavender Hour: So Sophisticated
The Lost and Found: I'm So Hip to Pain
Roy Head and The Great Believers: Easy Lovin' Girl

The Disturbers: Free and Easy (bed)
The Rolling Stones: It's Not Easy
Ringo Starr: It Don't Come Easy
Gene Latter and The Detours: My Life Ain't Easy
Ron Davies: It Ain't Easy
The Animals: Take It Easy Baby
The Dirty Wurds: Mellow Down Easy
The Little Darlings: Easy to Cry
Spencer Davis Group: Let Me Down Easy
The Collectors: Make It Easy
The Ro-D-Ys: Easy Come, Easy Go
Booker T & The MGs: Kinda Easy Like (bed)
The Scoundrels: Easy

Said and Done

The Words of the Week are Said and Done on this most obscure episode of The Mal Thursday Show. Presented in Malophonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 24 September 2026. 

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Playlist:
The Rolling Stones: She Said Yeah (mono)
The Animals: She Said Yeah
The Beatles: She Said She Said (mono)
The Gestures: Things We Said Today
The Primitives: You Said
The Turtles: Your Maw Said You Cried (mono)
The Knickerbockers: She Said Goodbye
The Grass Roots: Things I Should Have Said (mono)
The Hardtimes: They Said No
The Raving Madd: I Said Oh No No
Guy Wathelet: Some People Said
Dave Clark Five: I Said I Was Sorry
Manfred Mann: Ha Ha Said the Clown (BBC)
The Ravens: Things We Said Today (bed)
The Aztex: I Said Move
The Conductors: She Said So
The Just Six: Bo Said
The Painted Ship: And She Said Yes
The Dynamics: All She Said
The Rationals: Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody
The World: Things I Could Have Said
The Liverpool Echo: Girl Said to Me
The Essex: Easier Said Than Done

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
What's Left: Girl Said No
The Sparkles: Something That You Said
The Tracers: She Said Yeah
The Feathers: When Day Is Done
The Ugly Beats: Done with Me
Sons of Hercules: What's Done Is Done

The Spats: She Done Moved
The Yardbirds: I Ain't Done Wrong
Lindy Blaskey & The Lavells: You Done Me Wrong
The Couriers: Done Me Wrong
The Innkeepers: Never Should Have Done It
The Rolling Stones: Look What You've Done
The Smokestack Lightnin': Look What You've Done
The Sonsett: Oh Look What You've Done
Wimple Winch: What's Been Done
Ray Singer & The Fenmen: What's Been Done's Been Done
The Beat Merchants: What Have I Done
Herman's Hermits: Ooh She's Done It Again 
The Innkeepers: Never Should Have Done It
The Advantes: Done It Again
The Thanes: Hey Girl (Look What You've Done)
The Sound Reasons: Done Talkin'
Hasil Adkins: She Said

Strange

It's a Strange affair this week on The Mal Thursday Show, as the Word of the Week is Strange, all songs with Strange in the tile, as well as songs with Weird, Mystery, and/or Magic in the title in the second hour. Presented in Malophonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 17 September 2026.

Playlist:
The Uniques: Strange
The Doors: People Are Strange (live 1967)/Strange Days (mono) 
The Everly Brothers: Love Is Strange
Del Shannon: Stranger in Town
The Beau Brummels: Don't Talk to Strangers
The 4th Street Exit: Strange One
The Jesters: Strange As It Seems
The Kinks: This Strange Effect (BBC)
The Attack: Strange House
Cream: Strange Brew (BBC)
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Little Miss Strange
The Byrds: Stranger in a Strange Land (bed)
Blackburn and Snow: Stranger in a Strange Land
Leon Russell & The Shelter People: Stranger in a Strange Land
Kim Fowley: Strangers from the Sky
The Action: Strange Roads
T. Rex: Baby Strange
The Stranglers: Strange Little Girl
The Reverberations: So Strange
The Outsiders: Strange Things Are Happening
Grahame Bond: Strange Times, Sad Times
Leonard Cohen: The Stranger Song

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Buddy Holly: Love Is Strange
The Ripe: Dr. Strange
The Pastels: Weird Sounds

The Wild Thing: Weird Hot Nights (Suffer Baby)
The Wee Four: Weird
Art: I Think I'm Going Weird
Iggy Pop: Some Weird Sin
New York Dolls: Who Are the Mystery Girls?
The Chesterfield Kings: Mystery Trip
The Mothers of Invention: Mystery Roach
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (mono)
The Young Ones: Man of Mystery (bed)
The McCoys: Say Those Magic Words
Steppenwolf: Magic Carpet Ride (mono single version)
The Open Mind: Magic Potion
The Flies: Magic Train
The Who: Magic Bus
The Attack: Magic in the Air
The New Fugitives: That's Queer

Where Have All the Good Times Gone?

Mal Thursday asks the musical question "Where Have All the Good Times Gone?" on this week's installment of The Mal Thursday Show. A bevy of British beat groups and American garage bands help Mal seek the answer. Presented in Living Monophonic and Malophonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 10 September 2026.

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Playlist:
The Kinks: Where Have All the Good Times Gone
The Allusions feat. Lou Martucci: Where Have All the Good Times Gone
The Shades of Blue: Where Did All the Good Times Go?
The Stumps: Think of the Good Times
The Beau Brummels: Good Time Music 
Caesar & Cleo (Sonny & Cher): Let the Good Times Roll
The Sole Survivors: Good Times - Bad Times
The Jay Bees: Good Times
The Rolling Stones: Good Times/Good Time Women
Love: Good Times
The Monkees (feat. Harry Nilsson): Good Times
The Ventures: Good Thing (bed)
The Easybeats: Good Times (Gonna Have a Good Time)
The Greenhornes: Good Times
Eric Burdon & The Animals: Good Times

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Five Americans: Good Times
Mouse & The Traps: Good Times
Nobody's Children: Good Times
Willie Nelson: Good Times
The Mystics: Didn't We Have a Good Time
The Clue: Bad Times
The Golden Dawn: My Time

Led Zeppelin: Good Times Bad Times
Fat Chance: Good Times We Had
Syd's Crowd: Times Are Good Babe
Cass Elliot: The Good Times Are Coming
The D-Coys: Bad Time
Paul Revere & The Raiders: These Are Bad Times (For Me and My Baby)
The Bojax: Hippie Times
The Nomads: The Bad Times Will Do Me Good
The Ventures: Good Lovin' (bed)
Lyres: Used to It
The Hate Bombs: Workin' Like a Dog
The Fleshtones: The World Has Changed
The Vipers: Tears (Only Dry)
The Miracle Workers: Tears
Mal Thursday Quintet: A Crumpled Five
The Cherry Drops: We're So High 
David Bowie: Where Have All the Good Times Gone