PURE with Howard Thompson

"PURE Presents Bill Flanagan" (broadcast 11/15/24)

The Band: STRAWBERRY WINE
Johnny Cash: BIG RIVER
Snoop Dogg: MY MEDICINE
Charlie Haden & Hank Jones: WADE IN THE WATER
Joni Mitchell:DREAMLAND
Miles Davis: BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
Bruce Springsteen: MY RIDE’S HERE
Old 97s: CHAMPAGNE, ILLINOIS
The Blasters: BORDER RADIO
Jack White: I’M SHAKIN’
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: THRASHER
Rod Stewart: EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY
Ronnie Lane: KUSCHTY RYE
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians: MADONNA OF THE WASPS
World Party: WAY DOWN NOW
Neko Case: MAN
Pete Townshend: NORTH COUNTRY GIRL
Beth Orton: PASS IN TIME
Rolling Stones: CHILD OF THE MOON
Nina Simone: BLACKBIRD
Dionne Farris: BLACKBIRD
Jenny Lewis: RISE UP WITH FISTS
Ryan Adams: SHAKEDOWN ON 9th STREET
Lucinda Williams: REAL LIVE BLEEDING FINGERS
PJ Harvey: GOOD FORTUNE
Radiohead: SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK ALIEN
St. Vincent: SO MANY PLANETS
David Bowie: WHERE ARE WE NOW
Béyonce: TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
Elvis Presley: MYSTERY TRAIN
Bob Dylan: FROM A BUICK 6
The Clash: THE SOUND OF SINNERS
Gil Scott-Heron: B MOVIE (Intro, poem, song)
Gary Clark Jr.: MAKTUB
Baaba Maal: DAKAR MOON
Sinead O’Connor: MANDINKA
Van Morrison: PURPLE HEATHER
The Monkees: PORPOISE SONG

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