"In Space"

"In Space" (broadcast 9/2/22)

Public Service Broadcasting: The Race For Space 
New Age Doom & Lee "Scratch" Perry: Step in Space
Hawkwind: Space Dust 
Mike Edison, the Rocket Train Delta Science Arkestra: Space Bop 
Harry Nilsson: Spaceman 
Brett Smiley: Space Ace 
Spiritualized: Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space 
Luna: Lost In Space 
Hen Ogledd: Space Golf 
Stereolab: Space Moth 
Steve Miller Band: Space Cowboy 
David Johansen: Space Monkey 
Suicide: Spaceship 
Philip Glass Ensemble: Spaceship 
The Prodigy: Out Of Space
John Coltrane: Living Space 
Butthole Surfers: Space 
The Byrds: Mr. Spaceman 
Kamasi Washington: The Space Travelers Lullaby 
Prince: Space
Leonard Nimoy: Music To Watch Space Girls By 
Billy Bragg: The Space Race Is Over 
Wreckless Eric: Space Age
David Bowie: Space Oddity 
John Cooper Clarke: I Married a Monster from Outer Space 
Robyn Hitchcock & Sheila: Spacer
The Royal Hounds: Tweakers from Outer Space 
Kate Tempest: Hot Night Cold Spaceship 
beabadoobee: Space Cadet (clean edit)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Zero From Outer Space 
The Amplifier Heads: Space Cadette
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: I'm The Urban Space Man
Johnny "Guitar" Watson: Space Guitar (partial) 

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