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.
BLUE means Hero. GREEN means little green men.
Cannibal Mosquitos - Surfin'Heroes Party (Surfin'Heroes Party)
The Halibuts - Batman (Halibut Beach & Gnarly)
The Avengers VI - The Avenger's Stomp (Real Cool Hits)
The Charades - Green Hornet (Green Hornet)
The Tiki Creeps - Green Slime Are Coming (Invaders from Beyond the Sound of Surf)
Wjlp - Creatures from Mars (Queen of the Jungle)
Three Lives - L'animale strano (Assente Amore)
Los Vampiros Del Mar - Invasion From the Blood Planet (Songs of Blood, Death, and Romance)
The Moon-Rays - Little Green Men (The Ghouls Go West)
Blackball Bandits - Along Highway 375 (Confrontation on the Extraterrestrial Highway)
The Razorblades - Martians Stole My Girlfriend (New Songs for the Weird People)
Eugene & the Sampletones - Rock'a'Hulin' Martians (Surf Britannia)
Bande de los Apaches - Go For Broke (Rescue Mission) (Forever)
Atomic Mosquitos - Pluto's Revenge! (Bug Music for Bug People)
Urban Surf Kings - Not Of This Earth (Surf Vs The Flying Saucers)
The Del Roswells - Earth Vs the Del Roswells (Death from Above)
The Bomboras - Session At Zeros (Session At Zeros)
Les Robots - Hail Ambassador Phantom from the Planet Krankor (Exploring the Boundaries of the Multiverse)
Los Ultraman - Life On Mars (Paradigma Jurásico)
El Ray - Jack The Samurai (Tick Tick Tick)
The Bobby Fuller Four - Our Favorite Martian (Never To Be Forgotten - The Mustang Years)
Agent Octopus - Silver Surfer: Redemption (From Atlantis with Love)
Man Or Astro-Man? - Evil Plans of Planet Spectra (Experiment Zero)
The Mermers - X-Files (All Shallows Eve, Vol. 1)
SPF 1985 - My Hero (Surf on the Beach)
Satan's Pilgrims - Badge Of Honor (Plymouth Rock)
The Mummies - The Thing from Venus (Never Been Caught)
The Other Timelines - Unsafe at Any Speed (Doubleshot, Vol. 1)
The Beyonderers - Ultra-Terrestrial (Disclosure)
Mary Ann Hawkins - Daring Trappers (Mary Ann Hawkins)
Kill, Baby...Kill! - Occupation of the Body Snatchers (Corridor X)
The Taikonauts - Attack! (Mysteriis Alienis Mundi (Martian Mega-3 Headquarters))
Volcano Kings - Space Warp To Zombie Cougar Planet (Music For An Exotic Monster Beach Party in Outer Space : Volume 1)
