For our 2026 Marathon we did another showdown where listeners choose the playlist when they donate. Last year HEROES defeated FOOLS.

But this year we asked... are the heroes really doing the trick? Are they who we thought they are? MAYBE we're still waiting for a hero to save us from the mess that we're all in.

OR

MAYBE and alien invasion will set things straight. Either by banding humanity together under a common purpose, or maybe humans just need to be eliminated! Wipe the slate clean!

(also there were other interpretations that I was open to but wasn't explicitly saying, but suffice it to say, I've met many aliens that I love)

Each time somebody donated they called in and said whether their donation contributed towards heroes or aliens, and each time they did the playlist shifted from sci-fi to heroic themes and back.

It was a heck of a battle, going back and forth. We raised over $1500 for WTUL. And ALIENS beat out HEROES by TEN DOLLARS!!

We welcome our alien overlords. Thank you everybody that participated, it really means a lot. Playlist below. Listen to it here.

EDIT: Donation link likely won't go up today. So make your request for free!!!!

It's time for MARATHON: Our (only) yearly fundraiser. It's a two-week thing, and while next week will feature a SHOWDOWN like other years, this week we're doing covers. Which I've done before, but this time we're making it interactive too!

I have a big ol' list of surf covers here.

Every pledge drive we pit listeners against listeners. When people donated to the show, they chose a side. The story so far: Good was defeated by Evil. Evil was defeated by Science. Science was defeated by Nature. Nature was defeated by NITRO. This year NITRO was taken down by INCOGNITO. That meant SPY and PRIVATE EYE music was taken down by DRAG RACING music.

AGGRESSIVELY ARMED with fresh material today from the likes of Amphibian Man, Les Tigres du Futur, Genki Genki Panic, Los Tiros, Thee Sturgeons, Matt Foy, The Delstroyers, The Hang-Ten Hangmen AND more new-to-the-show 45s than I'll likely end up playing. GONNA BE GOOD!