PURE with Howard Thompson

“Gary Lucas” (broadcast 10/21/22)

Wild Rumpus: Kazan 
Gary Lucas: Fool's Cap 
Gary Lucas & Gods And Monsters: Follow 
Skip James: I'm So Glad 
Fleetwood Mac: Love That Burns 
Gary Lucas' Gods And Monsters: Whirlygig 
Gary Lucas: One Man's Meat (ft. David Johansen) 
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Electricity 
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Ice Cream For Crow 
Gary Lucas: Flavor Bud Living
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Evening Bell 
Gary Lucas: Sho ‘nuff ‘n Yes I Do (live, in studio) 
John Fahey: Desperate Man Blues 
Nona Hendryx and Gary Lucas: I'm Glad 
Gary Lucas: Autobahn 
Pink Floyd: Astronomy Domine 
Gary Lucas: Ah Feel Like Ah Syd 
Howlin' Wolf: Hidden Charms
Jeff Buckley: Mojo Pin 
Jeff Buckley: Grace 
The Rolling Stones: The Last Time
Gary Lucas: The Stumble 
Suicide: Ghost Rider 
Gary Lucas: Life Kills (ft. Alan Vega)
Gary Lucas/Gods & Monsters: Jack Johnson/Ghost Rider (live)
Gary Lucas/Peter Hammill: Of Kith & Kin 
Gary Lucas/Gods And Monsters: Peep Show Bible 
The Beatles: I Feel Fine 
The Yardbirds: I’m a Man                                 
Wild Rumpus: Tikkety-Boo (feat. Kurt Wagner)   
Gary Lucas: Please Allow…                                 
Gary Lucas: The Broken Record                        
Najma Akthar, Gary Lucas: Rishte                        
Gary Lucas: Level The Playing Field                  
Le Beast Concrète: Once Upon A Time (partial)            

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