Have a playlist!

Tal Rubinstein "Stein" - Navajo (The Lost Horse)
Aqualads - Whirling Dervish (Treasures)
El Supernaut - Trucking and Loading (Gorilla Fighter)
The Madeira - Hail, Poseidon! - Live (Center of the Surf)

Dino & The Deltones - Daydream (Walk Don't Run)
The Tommy Heck Quintet - Blue 22 (45)
Dave Myers & The Surftones - White Water (KFWB's Battle of the Surfing Bands)
The Ventures - Comin' Home Baby (In The Vaults)
Jerry Warren - Rompin' (The Roots Of The Cramps)
Sincron - Ducea Rufele La Riu (Formatia "Sincron")

The Babalooneys - Foam Breaker (Goin' For It)
The Tremolo Beer Gut - The Only Game in Town (The Only Game in Town)
The Drakillers - The Purple Cloud (Space Creepers In the Age of Aspasia)
Thee Leviathans - Enter the Spy Magician (Enter the Spy Magician)
The Ziggens - lightning bolt (well qualified to represent the L.B. sea, Vol. 1)

The Volcanics - Bingo (Bingo)
The Boss Jaguars - Rustbucket (Peel Out With)
The Deep Ones - Surfin' the Wave (Sea Curse - EP)
Burrito Wolf - Relaxo Giraffe (Relaxo Beach)
Squid Overlords - Gulf of Mexico (Yearly Sacrifice of Billionaires to Poseidon)

The Vanguards - Man of Mystery (Comanchero)
Insect Surfers - Tethys (Mojave Reef)
The Tsunami Brothers - The Code Breakers (The Seasides)
Raul Malo - Granada Boulevard (Say Less)
Ethan Luck - Salida Del Sol (The Golden West)

Peace Fortress - Puerto Escondido (Puerto Escondido)
Sababa 5 - Ça va, Ça va (Ça va Ça va)

BEACH MOONSTERS - Dirty Witch (Black Lagoon Night Surfin')
Liquid Germs - Vulcanian Telepatic Capacity (Return to Earth)
Arno De Cea And The Clockwork Wizards - L'étrangeté d'hier sera la raison de demain (Rétrofuturisme, Vol. 3)
DREBIN - 80S Robot Bromance (The Arrival)
The Irradiates - Locked in the chromatic spectrum (Broadcast all over the bay - The KFJC SESSIONS (Live at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA))
Gangrena Surf - El Espinazo (Codex Gs)
Arno De Cea And The Clockwork Wizards - Compas (Rétrofuturisme, vol. 3)

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)

YOOKA DOOKA

The Madeira - Prelude to Launch (Ancient Winds)
The Ramblin' Ambassadors - Rat Creek (Vista Cruiser Country Squire)
THE BURIAL QUARTET - The Spell (¿Por Qué Me Miras Así?)
Jonny and the Shamen - Vertigo (Anthology of Espionage)
Radio Ray - Godjira Attack (Neverland)

Doug Charles & The Boogie Kings - Bayou Beat (This Should Go On Forever / Bayou Beat - Single)
Johnny & The Hurricanes - Beanbag (Stormsville)
Aki Aleong & the Nobles - Panic (Come Surf with me)
Link Wray - Growing Guts (Some Kinda Nut - Missing Links, Vol. 3)
Tajfuny - Czas Rozmowy (Tajfuny - Z Archiwum Polskiego Radia, vol.7)
The Nu-Notes - Fury (100 Rockin’ Instrumentals - ‘50s & ‘60s)
The Four Dreamers - To Venus (To Venus)

The Atom Jacks - Bunker Party (Nth Country Experiment)
Mariachi Death Squad - Waiting for Bullwinkle (Surfentarium International)
Monster Wave - Breakbone Break (Return of Monster Wave - EP)
The Slimetones - Slime City, Pt. 2 (The Kings Of Sewer Surf)
Lucky Pepper - Mermaid Cove (Cooking Without Singing)
Mark Malibu & the Wasagas - Impact Zone (Knock Me Out)

The Angry Red Planet - Ghost Train ("Captain... The Klingons Have Surrounded Uranus!")
The Cruel Seals - Black Falcon (The Cruel Seals go west - EP)
Bamboogie Injections - And Stellar Wind Comes (Orbit Chaos)
Martin Månsson Sjöstrand Trio - Dirty Bob Roberts (Den riktiga världen)
The Royal Fingers - West Side Guitar (Wild Eleki Deluxe)

Los Straitjackets - High Wire Act (High Wire Act)
The Boss Jaguars - Covert Twist (Go Undercover With)
The Fuzziyama Surfers - Kita-Kaze (CD-EP)
The Deaf Surfers - The First Wave (Mono) [1964] (Back In Time!)
Paul Johnson and The Packards - Tally Ho (Live) (The Legends of Surf Guitar)
Preston Pfanz & The Seaton Sands - One O'Clock Gun (Return To Burnt Island)
I. Jeziak and The Surfers - Surfers' Stomp (I. Jeziak and The Surfers)
I. Jeziak and The Surfers - Voyager (I. Jeziak and The Surfers)
The Babalooneys - Tomatillo (Late To the Party!)

The KBK - Giallo Rosso Blu (Human Sounds Vol. 2)
Os Brutus - Übersurf - Ao Vivo (Ao Vivo Hangar 110)
The Blue Demons - East Bay (Mad Fabricators Vol. Two)
The Surfin Gorillas - The Surfin`gorilla (The New Adventures Of)
The Wangs - No Brain (On Target!)
The Men With The Golden Gonads - The Men With The Golden Gonads (Play The Men With The Golden Gonads And Other Misses...)
Hawaii Samurai - Ali Baba (The Octopus Incident? (This Was the Day That Engulfed the Space in Terror))
The Apemen - Toronado (7+ Inches of Love)
Zako - Black Mamba (Zako II: From the Deep Abyss)

BUMP BUMP

The Hang-Ten Hangmen - Surf Party (After the Storm)
The El Caminos - Hornet's Nest (Reverb Explosion)
Les Agamemnonz - Salma VI (De A à Z)
The Flying Faders - Peeping John (No Sweat)
Mike Brookfield - Wave Shaped Moon (Hey Kiddo!)

The Trashmen - Malaguena (The Trashmen: Surfin' Bird)
The Ready Men - Disintegration (Get Ready!!)
The Vaqueros - Vagabond Fever (Waikiki Surf Battle)
The Chancellors - Surf Beat (Surfin' The Great Lakes: Kay Bank Studio Surf Sides Of The 1960s)
The Chessmen - Misty Knight (Surfin' in the Midwest)
The Belairs - Mr. Moto (Volcanic Action!)

The Von Dwells - Last Ride of the Damned (The Von Dwells)
Mark Malibu and The Wasagas - Reef Break (Knock Me Out!)
Vern Jules & the Aquanauts - Holding On (Blue Lotus)
White Sands - Kon-Tiki (The Girl from Cluster B)
Lucky Pepper - Supernova (Cooking Without Singing)

The Volcanics - Detonation (In 3-D)
Magnatech - Taiga Twist (The Red Boudoir)
Black Widows - Satan's Swamphouse (Satan's Swamphouse)
The Krontjong Devils - Zorongo Gitano (Los Krontjong Devils Tocan Surf Super Seco)
Beach Combers - Rockstar da Lapa (Beach Attack)

The Head Henchmen - Wem Wam Wow! (Oh No! It's The Head Henchmen)
Rat Holic - Fat Rat Surfer (Wipe Out With Rat Holic)
Els A-Phonics - Bull Skull (Els A-Phonics & Friends)
Trio Koko - Gildo (Gildo)
The Mystery Men? - Blood At Dawn (Session Obscura)

The Swongos - Crawling Through a Culvert (Swizzle)
BRUUT! - Baha (Go Surfing)
Tsunami Experiment - Planes to Spain (Lost in the Circuit)

The Abominable Showmen - Rob the Ripper (The Abominable Showmen)
The Nebulas - Convective Activity (Surf Rally For Cali - Fire Relief, Pt. 1)
Los Cataclismos - Piel de Tiburon (El Vertigo de las Olas)
Zvezda - Faster Than Light (Cosmos)
Las Animas - Black Lagoon (Cult Of The Black Wave)
MAJESTIC-12 - Beelzebufo (Majic Eyes Only)
El Supernaut - Let's Lynch the Landlord (Plays Half Dead)
Del-Toros - 50 Knots - Live (Live In Hollywood)
The Evil Eyes - Evil Eyes (The Evil Eyes)
Jon & The Nightriders - Moon Cricket - Live (Rumble at Waikiki – The John Blair Anthology)
The KBK - Turn Your Insides Out