PURE with Howard Thompson

“More Body Parts” - overnighter (broadcast 8/26/25)

Bill Frisell: Goin’ Out of My Head
Stereolab & Nurse With Wound: Exploding Head Movie
The Screaming Blue Messiahs: Holiday Head
Angel Corpus Christi: Lou Reed's Hair
MX-80: No Brainer
Roky Erickson: Creature with the Atom Brain
Karen Verros: You Just Gotta Know My Mind
Elvis Presley: Spanish Eyes (take 2)
The Eagles: Lyin’ Eyes
The Records: Starry Eyes
Second Hand: Hangin’ On An Eyelid
Tulipomania: Boxing My Ears
Lindisfarne: Turn A Deaf Ear
The Magic Mushrooms: I’m All Ears
Cowboy Junkies: Nose Before Ear
Digital Underground: No Nose Job
The A-Bones: Button Nose
Garbage: Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) (remix)
The Go-Go’s: Our Lips Are Sealed
Dave Berry: Don’t Give Me No Lip Child
Bo Diddley: Hush Your Mouth (alt. take)
Bjork: Mouth’s Cradle
Cleo Laine: English Teeth
Andre Williams: Jaw Dropper
Prince: Face Down
Linda & The Lollipops: Theme from Deep Throat
Lowell George: Cheek to Cheek
Slim Dunlap: Taken on the Chin
Tony Joe White: Red Neck Women
Mothers of Invention: Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder
Richard & Linda Thompson: A Heart Needs A Home
A Girl Called Eddy: Two Hearts
Dennis Linde: Hello, I Am Your Heart
David Bowie: Fill Your Heart
The Rolling Stones: Heart Of Stone
Millie Jackson: Loving Arms (live)
Jerry Lee Lewis: Crazy Arms
Jet Harris: Man With The Golden Arm
Paul McCartney: Shake A Hand
Ike & Tina Turner: Finger Poppin’
Jason D. Williams: Fingernails
Wet Leg: catch these fists
Screaming Gypsy Bandits: Knuckles
Addie Brik: Belly
Devil Devil Love: Dear Appendix
Hayes Carll: Bad Liver And A Broken Heart
Boxer: Hip Kiss  
The Georgia Satellites: Shake Your Hips (live)
Chris Morris: Little Girl Balls
The Cramps: She’s Got Balls
Drive-By Truckers: Assholes
ZZ Top: Tush
Sunny Sweeney: Everybody Else Can Kiss My Ass
Deana Carter: Did I Shave My Legs For This?
Gene Vincent: Crazy Legs
Mud: Tiger Feet
American Music Club: Johnny Mathis' Feet
Randy Newman: Back On My Feet Again
Buddy Holly: I’m Gonna Set My Foot Down
Led Zeppelin: Trampled Under Foot
Tom Petty: Ankle Deep
Ronnie Dawson: Toe Up From The Flo Up
Carl Perkins: Pointed Toe Shoes
Eddi Reader: Wings On My Heels
Carly Pearce: Heels Over Head

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