"The Clean Up" (2016)

"The Clean Up" (2016) (broadcast 1/20/17)

Nick Lowe: (What's so Funny 'bout) Peace, Love & Understanding (live) 
Joe Purdy: Kristine 
Gillian Welch: Paper Wings (Alternate Mix) 
CeCe Winans: Lowly
Kathryn Tickell: Water Of Tyne (instr.) 
Jimmy Scott: For Once In My Live (w/Dee Dee Bridgewater) 
David Bowie: No Plan 
Sandy Rogers: Good Dog 
Nouvelle Vague: Algo Familiar 
Dr. John Cooper Clarke & Hugh Cornwell: Sweeter Than You 
MX-80 Sound: So Funny 
Honeyblood: Ready For The Magic 
Jungle Fire: La Kossa 
Rebop Kwaku Baah (feat. Chris Wood): Zagapam (alt. version) 
Randy Newman: Putin 
Spanner Big Band: One On One 
Dan Montgomery: Come In Here 
Wayne Hancock: Slingin' Rhythm 
Frankie Miller: Gold Shoes (feat. Francis Rossi) 
Delbert McClinton & the Self-Made Men: Don't Do It 
The Western Sizzlers: Black Rose 
Thievery Corporation: Letter to The Editor (ft. Racquel Jones) 
Die Antwoord: Gucci Coochie 
Run The Jewels: Panther Like a Panther (Miracle mix) [ft Trina]
Julie's Haircut: Gabbro (reprise) 
The Vacant Lots: Verschwinden 
The Early Years: Fluxus 
Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation: Imagine You 
Pye Audio Corner: At the Heart of Stasis 
Flaming Lips: There Should Be Unicorns 
The Lucid Dream: Nadir 
Neu!: Hero 
Hawkwind: Silver Machine 
Iggy Pop: Gold 
Sleaford Mods: BHS 
Throttle Elevator Music: No One To Vote For (excerpt) 

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

Apart from the occasional overnighter, fill-in or fundraiser, howard now creates shows for our Podcasts page. You’ll find over 140 archived PUREs there, and new shows will be added - check the PURE and “Strictly” pages - at least once a month.

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.

Disc Jockeys like Brian Matthew (BBC Light Program), Emperor Rosko (Radio Caroline), John Peel (Radio London/BBC Radio 1), Hugh Nolan (Radio Geronimo), Charlie Gillett (BBC Radio London) and Andy Dunkley (the Marquee/Lyceum) made howard’s life worth living and he now just wants to return the favor.

howard worked in the music biz so he could get free records and meet astonishing 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, Sir Tim Smit, 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 and Wham! in the USA

howard joined WPKN in May 2010 and thanks 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