PURE with Howard Thompson

PURE Presents Rich (MX-80) Stim - “Siblings” (broadcast 12/20/24)

Brothers & Sisters

Billie Eilish: I Don’t Wanna Be You Anymore
 Nino Tempo & April Stevens: Deep Purple 
The Honeycombs: Have I The Right? 
The Collins Kids: Go Away Don’t Bother Me 
The Ramrods: Ghost Riders In The Sky 
Naziah & Zoheb Hassan: Aag 
The Carpenters: (They Long To Be) Close to You
 Len: Beautiful Day (feat. Biz Markie) 
The Magic Numbers: Shotgun Wedding 
The White Stripes: Seven Nation Army 
The Corrs: I Never Really Loved You Anyway 
Wild Belle: Love Like This 
 Sly & The Family Stone: Family Affair

Sisters

HAIM: Summer Girl 
Patience & Prudence: Tonight You Belong To Me 
Ibeyi: Sister 2 Sister 
The Pointer Sisters: Fire 
The Shangri-Las: Leader of The Pack 
The Roches: Mr. Sellack 
Midi, Maxi & Efti: Ragga Steady 
The Breeders: Cannonball 
Heart: What About Love 
The Forester Sisters: Men
 The Pleasure Seekers: What A Way To Die 
Sister Sledge: We Are Family 
Soho: Hippychick 
Larkin Poe: Bad Spell
 The Ronettes: Be My Baby

Brothers

The Beach Boys: Warmth Of The Sun 
The Brothers Johnson: Come Together 
The Everly Brothers: When Will I Be Loved 
The Kinks: Tired Of Waiting 
Oasis: Supersonic
 Cannonball Adderley: Cannonball’s Theme 
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.: Chillin’ On The Westside 
The Isley Brothers: It’s Your Thing 
The Psychedelic Furs: Sister Europe 
The Allman Brothers: One More Ride (outtake) 
The Black Crowes: Hard To Handle
 Devo: (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Run Through The Jungle 
Gojira: Mea Culpa (Ah! Ca ira!) 
The Bee Gees: Staying Alive (Teddybears 2007 remix) 
Happy Mondays: Step On

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