PURE with Howard Thompson

“1980” (broadcast 11/4/16)

The Korgis: Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime 
Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Riot Act       
Siouxsie & The Banshees: Christine 
Terry Allen: Red Bird 
Davitt Sigerson: I Never Fall in Love 
Prince: When You Were Mine
George Jones: He Stopped Loving Her Today 
Social Climbers: Taipei 
Sheila: Spacer 
Talking Heads: Once In a Lifetime 
impLOG: Breakfast 
Wild Willy Barrett & John Otway: Body Talk 
Robert Palmer: Johnny & Mary 
The B-52's: Give Me Back My Man 
Cristina: La Poupee Qui Fait Non 
The Mighty Sparrow: Wanted Dead or Alive 
Adam & The Ants: Dog Eat Dog 
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Run Paint Run Run 
The Psychedelic Furs: Fall 
The Clash: Lose This Skin 
Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart 
Gang Of Four: Armalite Rifle
Jean Adebambo: Paradise 
Graham Parker: Devil's Sidewalk
The Cramps: Garbageman 
The Rolling Stones: Let Me Go 
Blondie: Atomic 
The Jim Carroll Band: It's Too Late 
Peter C. Johnson: Pale Blue Eyes 
Bush Tetras: Too Many Creeps
The Ramones: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
Suicide: Harlem 
MX-80 Sound: Someday You'll Be King 
Motorhead: Ace Of Spades 
John Lennon: I'm Losing You 

PSAs

The Pretenders: The Wait

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

Airing twice a month on WPKN 89.5FM Bridgeport!

howard loves all kinds of music and has collected records ever since his uncle gave him Rock Around The Clock as a 6th birthday present

howard worked in the music biz so he could get more free records and meet wondrous people

howard made records with Adam & the Ants, Alan Vega, Angel Corpus Christi, Aswad, Barb Jungr, Billy Bragg, Danny Gatton, Eddie & the Hot Rods, the Georgia Satellites, Hamell On Trial, Herb Alpert, Ian Hunter, John Campbell, Judy Tenuta, ManBreak, Motörhead, Peter C Johnson, the Prissteens, the Psychedelic Furs, Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Roky Erickson & the Aliens, Rubén Blades, Sally Oldfield, Sara Hickman, Scatterbrain, the Screaming Blue Messiahs, the Slits, the Star Spangles, the Sugarcubes, Susan Fassbender, Tulipomania, Victor DeLorenzo, Yellowman and 10,000 Maniacs to name a few. He was the first to release records by MX-80 Sound, the Real Kids and Suicide in Europe and th’ Faith Healers, the Gipsy Kings, Happy Mondays, Paul Young, the Sisters Of Mercy, and Wham! in the USA

howard joined WPKN in May 2010 and is grateful to Steve di Costanzo and Peter Bochan for letting him in. Terry Hopper too, for giving up an hour of The Quest to see if it could work

howard thinks Bob Dylan should be President, and ‘Poison’ Ivy Rorschach should be Vice-President