PURE with Howard Thompson

"Girlfriends, N-Z" (broadcast 3/15/24)

Audience: Nancy
Will Hoge: Nikki’s A Republican Now
The Flashcubes: Natalie
John Mayer: Something Like Olivia
Scott McClatchy: Ophelia
Buddy Holly: Rock Around With Ollie Vee
Natalie Merchant: Down On Penny's Farm
Martin Newell: Queen Phyllis Of Colchester
Brave Combo: Patricia Twist
Terry Allen: Queenie’s Song
Chuck Berry: Little Queenie
PJ Harvey: 50ft Queenie
Bob Seger: Rosalie
Billy Bragg with Ian McLagan: Walk Away Renee (version) (live)
MX-80: Ruby
The Ramones: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
Elvis Presley: Susan When She Tried
Waylon Jennings: Sandy Sends Her Best
Sam  Cooke: Tammy
Ashley McBryde: Bonfire At Tina's
Luna: Tracy I Love You
Arto Lindsay: Uma
Goldfrapp: Ulla
Doris Days: To Ulrike M. (Zero 7 Mix)
Amy Winehouse: Valerie (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: Star of Venus
Ray Davies & Mando Diao: Victoria
Shocking Blue: Venus
Squeeze: Vicky Verky
Bruce Woolley: Blue Blue (Victoria)
Roxy Music: Virginia Plain
Pixies: Velouria
Devil Devil Love: In The Pocket Of Big Wendy
Alex McMurray: Winona
Tim Buckley: Wanda Lu
Skrillex & Nai Barghouti: Xena
Irakere: Xiomara
Bennett Wilson Poole: Yvonne
The Beatles: The Ballad of John and Yoko
Cannonball Adderley: Yvette
Prince: Zannalee
The Red Propellers: Oh! Zoey
Art Pepper & Bill Perkins: Zenobia
Billie Jean (faded early)

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