PURE with Howard Thompson

“Secrets & Lies” (broadcast 9/17/21)

John Barry Orchestra: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Julie London: Little White Lies
The Beatles: Do You Want To Know A Secret  
George Jones: Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong 
Sara Hickman: Secrets of Love II 
Manfred Mann: Tired Trying, Bored Lying, Scared Dying
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Love Lies 
Willie Nile: Secret Weapon
The Mavericks: Lies 
Pink Floyd: A Saucerful Of Secrets 
Shelby Lynne: Your Lies
The Cure Secrets:
Fats Domino: Telling Lies 
Charlie Stewart: Mammoth Cave Secret 
The Knickerbockers: Lies 
Nico: Secret Side 
Fleetwood Mac: Little Lies 
Nancy Sinatra: The Last Of The Secret Agents 
Errol Dunkley: Please Stop Your Lying 
Elvis Presley: It Is no Secret (What God Can Do) 
The Castaways: Liar, Liar 
Freddie Fender: Secret Love
The Who: La-La-La Lies 
The Miracles: I Love You Secretly 
Jackie Wilson: Stop Lying
Mary Gauthier: Rock and Roll Lies 
Patsy Cline: Too Many Secrets 
Eddie & The Hot Rods: I Might Be Lying 
The Red Propellers: Military Secrets 
The Rolling Stones: Lies 
Rory Gallagher: Secret Agent
JJ Cale: Lies
Ian McLagan & the Bump Band: Your Secret 
Status Quo: Lies
Mikel Rouse: America's Secrets 
JD McPherson: Mother Of Lies 
Johnny Rivers: Secret Agent Man 
Dwight Yoakam: Liar 
The Star Spangles: Tell Lies
Queen: Liar 
Melt-Banana: Lie Lied Lies 
Fats Domino: Don't Lie to Me (faded)

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