In this, the final weekend of Sober January, we're up against the 49ers playoff game. So there's some chat about that, as well as new music from Trailer Trash Tracys, the Rope, and many others, as well as tracks from Etta James and Jimmy Castor.

To make things more challenging for ourselves, we arbitrarily decided to do a show where we only play vinyl records for the week. This led to various fruitless record-buying forays in the East Bay, which are detailed on the program. This week's show has fewer new releases than normal, and a lot more stuff you probably already know and like. (Oh, there is no embedded playlist this week, as the studio laptop died.)

Malderor and Dr Junk are both taking January off "the sauce", as December was packed to the gills with excessive celebrations. As such the show is a lot less argumentative, and technically better produced. However, some fool monkeyed with the settings on our broadcast computer, so the first 10 minutes are over-driven while we figured out the levels. As is common with pirate radio. Otherwise, a solid show with lots of music released in the past week or so, including The Shakes, Sloppy Folk, and Tribes.

With the expected levels of hangover, this show actually came together better than most. Malderor played a selection of tracks that were all released in 2011, and Dr Junk got all obsessive about Tone Loc. But somehow it gelled into one of our better episodes. Features new music from The Naked and Famous, The Joy Formidable, Viva City, Les Butcherettes, and, um, Duran Duran. Running time is 2:12, as we wander a little overtime with new DJ McShormac.

Our Village at the Big Dumb Camping Trip normally has a holiday party upstairs at Bootie at the DNA Lounge but, for various reasons, the scheduling didn't work out for that this year. So Billfrog had the bright idea to schedule an afternoon party during our radio show on Radio Valencia. So we played a few tracks while people mingled over cocktails. Since we did the show from the main stage in the warehouse, we had some technical hurdles to overcome. The first 10 minutes of the podcast might sound a little over-driven, but we soon worked all that out. Dr. Junk ran away when it looked like there might be cleanup work to do, so Cameron Jones stepped in to fill his shoes. There were also some incredibly drunken dudes from KFJC randomly joining us at the end.

Since Dung is taking a few weeks off to recharge, the Malderor & Dr Junk show ran overtime, with help and assistance from Skippy and Billfrog. Lots of good tunes this week, in a four-hour marathon set of free-form radio right up until Cheap Hooch came on.

Malderor had other business to attend to, so Dr Junk took the reins himself for a show critics everywhere described as "okay". Malderor did phone in to check on his sidekick, but the show was marked, for once, with some musical consistency.

This was a standard-issue episode, with us only mildly hungover/drunk. Dr Junk did take us on an odyssey of forgotten 90's dance music, but Malderor kept it listenable. And the chatboard was lively, as always.

This is one of those post-Bootie hangover/drunk episodes. Malderor probably owes somebody an apology.

Dr Junk was on some kind of mission to sabotage what little listener goodwill we've built up, playing a selection of songs that were either of questionable taste or just plain awful. Malderor had some great new tracks sandwiched in here from artists like Symphonic and A Place To Bury Strangers, but you have to suffer through Dr. Junk's stuff to get there. For once, I recommend judicial use of the fast-forward button.

This was an "Odds and Sods" episode of the Malderor & Dr Junk show, as we played a lot of off-cuts and leftover tracks from the last few months' worth of vaguely "themed" programmes. The discussion on the chat board was lively indeed, and we played new tracks by The Matinees, Larry and His Flask, The Old Firm Casuals, the Black Keys, and many more.

Natasha and Sam, from local post-punk, psych-rock trio VIR, drop by the studio to play some new cuts and old tracks to promote their show this coming Wednesday at the Bottom Of The Hill. Malderor has a cold and therefore has all sorts of trouble with the new board. Mr. Jason visits from Portland to mock Malderor and Dr. Junk's shoddy boardwork. There is some drinking.

We're both pretty hungover ths week, and Dr Junk was whinier than normal. Malderor tried to match his mellow wavelength by playing songs about heroin addicts. Includes the Jesus & Mary Chain covering the Beatles, the Pixies and Primal Scream covering the Jesus & Mary Chain, and much much more. Also, ranting.

We've been off for a couple weeks, and we're a little out of sorts. As such this is a somewhat low-key episode. Oh, wait, we had to learn the new board, and Dr. Junk wanted to watch football, so we were SOBER to start things off. That explains much. Anyway, we play Springwell, VIR, Black Balloon, and a lot of other good stuff. Also, a longtime listener drops by with some beer.

Malderor does his best to play new and interesting music. Dr Junk phones it in.

Dr Junk and Malderor were hungover from Bootie, which always makes for the sloppiest shows. They also violated the "no martinis before the program" rule at The Attic. So...this one goes down as one of the most argumentative, grumpy, and overall drunken radio programs of all time. Music includes Armistice, and Black Balloon, (this week's featured artist, as they have a gig at the Bottom of the Hill on Tuesday), and a very contentious nine minute Iron Maiden song.

Malderor & Dr. Junk are back from Burning Man, and it's safe to say both of them are seriously OVER it. Malderor spends a lot of time grousing about how he just had to unpack a trailer, and Dr Junk plays songs about places he'd rather be than Burning Man next year.

This is actually a re-run of the episode where Emily Zuzik and Billfrog visit the studio, because we are off at the Black Rock Arts and Entertainment Festival in Nevada. If you've already downloaded the other episode, this one if only worth hearing for the first 60 seconds of us doing a "live remote" from the desert.

Given the recent upheavals in London, (as well as the imminent BART protest), Malderor plays several sets of music about and/or inspired by rioting. Dr. Junk does his regular Dr. Junk thing. Includes tracks by Ice Cube, the Clash, Devo, Discharge, GBH, and many many more. (Also, Billfrog drops by mid-show and goes on a beer run.)

(We drifted over time again, as is our habit.)

Given the recent upheavals in London, (as well as the imminent BART protest), Malderor plays several sets of music about and/or inspired by rioting. Dr. Junk does his regular Dr. Junk thing. Includes tracks by Ice Cube, the Clash, Devo, Discharge, GBH, and many many more. (Also, Billfrog drops by mid-show and goes on a beer run.)