PURE with Howard Thompson

“New Releases” (broadcast 2/1/13)

Danny Gatton: Funky Mama 4:37
Hundred Waters: Are/Or 4:02
Soft Hearted Scientists: Road to Rhayader5:23
Kathy Randels / ArtSpot Productions: Anthem/Psalm 23 4:58
The Lake Poets: Edinburgh 4:34
Brett Dennen: Hard Times Come Again No More 2:10
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit: Tour Of Duty (live) 3:35
Mary Gauthier: Last of the Hobo Kings (live) 6:23
Kris Kristofferson: Stairway To The Bottom 3:36
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison: Border Radio 2:50
Amanda Cevallos: He Won't Stop Leavin' Me Alone 3:17
Dale Watson & His Lone Stars: Cowboy Boots 3:14
The Mavericks: Come Unto Me 4:29
Richard Thompson: Good Things Happen To Bad People 4:36
Robben Ford: Oh, Virginia 4:20
Villagers: Judgement Call 3:23
Nataly Dawn: Even Steven 3:23
Jenny O: Good Love 3:59
Melody's Echo Chamber: I Follow You 3:32
The Noisettes: Star 4:07
The Strokes: One Way Trigger 3:56
The Delta Saints: Boogie 4:06
The Strypes: You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover 2:46
Thorcraft Cobra: Party Clock (Radio Edit) 3:29
Red Baraat: Shruggy Ji 6:26
Michael Prophet: Your Love (Mungo’s HiFi remix, feat. Ricky Tuffy) 3:42
Divine Fits: Like Ice Cream 3:39
Ducktails: Assistant Director 3:54
Toro Y Moi: Grown Up Calls 3:30
King Penguin: Dear Eloise 4:59
Jake Bugg: Taste It 2:25
Johnny Marr: The Right Thing Right 3:39 
Flaming Lips: The Sun Blows Up 3:05
Eric Burdon: Bo Diddley Special 5:29
Annette And Chenley Duffus: Million Dollar Baby 2:39
Alton Ellis & The Flames: Something You've Got 2:41
Robyn Hitchcock: Be Still 3:57
Robyn Hitchcock: End Of Time 6:25

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