"B-Side Bonanza"

“B-side Bonanza” (broadcast 2/15/19)

Little Beaver: Party Down Pt. 2 
Bill Haley & His Comets: Thirteen Women 
Dire Straits: Eastbound Train 
Danny Gatton: Harlem Nocturne 
The Rolling Stones: The Spider And The Fly 
Van der Gaaf Generator: W
Mott The Hoople: Rose
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains 
Ijahman: Afrodub 
Paul Young: Man In The Iron Mask 
Luna: Ride Into The Sun 
Leon Rosselson: Song of the Free Press 
Manbreak: Big Buddha 
The Soft Boys: Fatman’s Son 
Sparks: Wedding of Jacqueline Kennedy to Russell Mael
Genevieve Waite: Biting My Nails 
Marianne Faithfull: Sister Morphine 
Sonny & Cher: Hello 
The Mothers of Invention: Dog Breath
Dr. Feelgood: (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 
Mickey Jupp: Down At the Doctors 
Angel Corpus Christi: Me And My Beretta 
Aswad: Lords of the Dub
Larry Lurex: Going Back
The Georgia Satellites: Golden Light
The Cramps: She Said 
Roky Erickson & The Aliens: Bloody Hammer 
The Prissteens: Wild Man 
Them: Gloria 
James Hunter: Carina 
The Ramones: Something to Believe In
the Who: Under My Thumb 
The Pretty Things: Vivian Prince 
MX-80 Sound: Myonga Von Bontee 
The Sisters of Mercy: Adrenochrome 
Garbage: Vow (Torn Apart)
The Psychedelic Furs: Mack the Knife
Motor Boys Motor: Grow Fins
Motorhead: Tear Ya Down
Brinsley Schwarz: Ever Since You're Gone 
Nick Lowe & His Sound (Elvis Costello): (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love & Understanding 
The Velvet Underground: Here She Comes Now
The Vacant Lots: Let Me Out

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