PURE with Howard Thompson

"Saturday Afternoon Delight" (broadcast 3/23/24 )

Shadows Of Knight: Oh Yeah
Roy Orbison: In Dreams
Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Green Shirt
Ruben Blades y Seis Del Solar: Muevete
Loudon Wainwright III: Down Drinking At The Bar
Bob Dylan: Everything Is Broken
Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: Bad Baby
MC5: Shakin’ Street
Alice Cooper: Lost In America
Dr. Feelgood: All Through The City
Brinsley Schwarz: Surrender to the Rhythm
ABBA: The Visitors
Them: (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
Johnny Rivers: Willie And The Hand Jive
The Screaming Blue Messiahs: I Wanna Be a Flintstone
Felt: Primitive Painters
Blondie: Atomic
Family: It’s Only a Movie
Roxy Music: Love Is The Drug
Public Image Ltd.: Cruel
Josefin Öhrn & the Liberation: Take Me Beyond
? & The Mysterians: 96 Tears
T. Rex: Metal Guru          
The Rubettes: Sugar Baby Love
Ace Frehley: New York Groove
Mud: Tiger Feet
Gay Dad: To Earth With Love
Mott The Hoople: Honaloochie Boogie
David Bowie: Queen Bitch
The Motors: Love And Loneliness
Garbage: Betcha
Bjork: Big Time Sensuality
Ariana Grande & Mariah Carey: yes, and?
Lou Reed: Dirty Blvd
Beyoncé: Texas Hold ‘Em
John Kongos: He’s Gonna Step On You Again
Burundi Stevenson Black: Burundi Black (2E Partie)
Adam & The Ants: Antmusic
Faye Webster: Thinking About You
In These Trees & Tartie: The Orchard
Odetta & Dr. John (w/John Campbell): Brother Can You Spare A Dime

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