PURE with Howard Thompson

“Suicide” (broadcast 3/6/15)

Suicide: Fast Money Music 
Martin Rev: Post Card 
Alan Vega: Jukebox Babe 
Paul Haig: Ghost Rider 
Suicide: Be Bop Kid 
Bruce Springsteen: Dream Baby Dream 
Martin Rev: Salve 
Alan Vega: ID 
Alan Vega: Wipeout Beat 
LCD Soundsystem: Bye Bye Bayou 
Suicide: Swearin' To The Flag 
The Flaming Lips: Ice Drummer 
Martin Rev: Mari Go Round 
Alan Vega: Video Babe 
Miriam: Miriam Linna ID 
Suicide: Sweetheart 
Katia & Marielle Labèque, David Chalmin, Raphaël Seguinier, Alexander Maillard: Ghost Rider 
Alan Vega, BenVaughn & Alex Chilton: Sister 
Martin Rev: Black 
Vue: Girl 
Suicide: Harlem 
Martin Rev: ID 
Martin Rev: Baby Oh Baby 
Peaches: Jonny 
Alan Vega: Nike Soldier 
Lola Duotronic: Cheree 
Martin Rev: Spiritus 
Suicide: Rocket USA (live, Music Machine) [censored)
Suicide: Radiation
Angel Corpus Christi: Dream Baby Dream
Suicide: Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne 
Suicide: Ghost Rider 
Suicide: Rocket USA 
Suicide: Cheree 
Suicide: Johnny 
Suicide: Girl 
Suicide: Frankie Teardrop 
Suicide: Che 
Suicide: Keep Your Dreams (mix 2) 

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