"A PURE Xmas"

“A PURE Xmas” (broadcast 12/16/22)

Jennifer Wharton and Bonegasm: Silent Night
BB King: Lonesome Christmas 
Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen: Blue Christmas Lights
Ry Cooder: Christmas Time This Year 
Help Yourself: Mommy Won't Be Home for Christmas 
Hamell on Trial: Jamie Nicole 
Alex McMurray: Santa, Let Me Call You a Cab 
Brave Combo: Winter Wonderland (Bump and Grind) 
Björk: Jólakötturinn (The Christmas Cat) 
Mary-Margaret O'Hara: Blue Christmas 
Mary Gauthier: Christmas In Paradise
Nick Lowe: Christmas At The Airport
Martin Newell: Christmas In Suburbia 
Belton Richard: Another Lonely Christmas 
Aaron Neville: Louisiana Christmas Day 
Lou Reed: Christmas Message
Lou Reed: Xmas In February (Live 1989)
Eli Paperboy Reed: Last Christmas 
The Courettes: Christmas (I Can Hardly Wait)
The Resentments: I Hate Christmas 
Darlene Love: All Alone On Christmas 
Albert Castiglia: Somebody Stole My Christmas 
Clyde Lasley & The Cadillac Baby Specials: Santa Came Home Drunk 
Duke Robillard: Santa Claus Blues (feat. Maria Muldaur) 
Doug Powell: Everyday Is Christmas 
Shelby Lynne: X'mas 
Loudon Wainwright III: I'll Be Killing You (This Christmas) 
The Prissteens: Christmas Is A Time For Giving
Joachim Cooder: Christmas In Washington
James Brown: Santa Claus, Santa Claus 
Basement Five: The Last White Christmas 
JD McPherson: Bad Kid 
The Kinks: Father Christmas 
Marvin Pontiac: Santa Claus 
MX-80: Christmas With the Devil 
The Residents: Dumbo The Clown (Who Loved Christmas) 
Captain Beefheart: There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evenin' Stage 
Terry Allen: X-Mas On The Isthmus 
Amy Allison: Drinkin' Thru Xmas 
Dr. John: Thank You Santa Claus 
The Emotions: Black Christmas 
Joey Ramone: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Cool Breezers (Al White & Band): Let Christmas Ring 
Gene Casey: Here Come The Holidays 
Wizzard: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 
The Chesterfield Kings: Hey Santa Claus 
Jimmy Butler: Trim Your Tree 
Dion: You Know It's Christmas (feat. Joe Bonamassa) 
The Sonics: Santa Claus 
Ms. Jody: It's Christmas Baby  
Graham Parker: Christmas Is For Mugs 
Lemmy, Billy F. Gibbons & Dave Grohl: Run Rudolph Run 
Slade: Merry Xmas Everybody
The Fabulous Thunderbirds: Winter Wonderland

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