"Catch A Wave" fundraiser (Music Only)

“Catch A Wave” fundraiser (broadcast 6/19/26) - MUSIC ONLY

all the artists (in bold) played on this episode of PURE have shows in the area. We gave tickets away for donations. A handful (at face value) are still left - call 203) 331 9756 if interested.

The Cars (Greg Hawkes w/Eddie Japan): Drive - 6/19 Fairfield CT
The Cars (Greg Hawkes w/Eddie Japan): Tonight She Comes - 6/19 Fairfield, CT
The Courettes: SHAKE (Japanese Version) - 10/17 Norwalk CT
Flamin' Groovies: Feel A Whole Lot Better - 10/17 Norwalk CT
The Damned: New Rose - 10/17 Norwalk CT
The Courettes: Only Happy When You're Gone - 10/17 Norwalk CT
Flamin' Groovies: Yeah My Baby - 10/17 Norwalk CT
The Damned: Neat Neat Neat - 10/17 Norwalk CT
Dion: Your Own Back Yard - 9/17 Portchester NY
Dion: Summertime Blues - 9/17 Portchester NY
Hayes Carll: Another Like You - 7/22 New Haven CT
Hayes Carll: Bad Liver And A Broken Heart - 7/22 New Haven CT
LCD Soundsystem: North American Scum - 9/11 New Haven CT
Reverend Horton Heat: Ace of Spades - 9/4 Old Saybrook, CT
James Hunter: Carina - 8/9 Old Saybrook, CT
James Hunter: No Smoke Without Fire - 8/9 Old Saybrook, CT
Southern Culture On The Skids: Daddy Was A Preacher But Mama Was A Go-Go Girl - 10/2 New Haven
Southern Culture On The Skids: Liquored Up And Lacquered Down - 10/2 New Haven CT
Southern Culture On The Skids: Soul City - 10/2 New Haven CT
Southern Culture On The Skids: Muswell Hillbilly - 10/2 New Haven CT
Adam & The Ants: Antmusic - 8/25 New Haven CT
Adam & the Ants: Dog Eat Dog - 8/25 New Haven CT
Squeeze: Tempted - 8/25 New Haven CT
Squeeze: Black Coffee In Bed - 8/25 New Haven CT
Trombone Shorty: Nervis (ft. Cyril Neville) - Cyril Neville Plays the Dead 9/10/26 Fairfield CT
Terrance Simien: Turn on Your Love Light - Falcon Ridge Folk Festival 7/24-26 Goshen CT
Jack White: I’m Shakin’ - 7/18 New Haven CT
Reverend Horton Heat: Twenty Flight Rock - 9/4 Old Saybrook, CT
Flamin' Groovies: Shake Some Action - 10/17 Norwalk CT

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

Apart from the occasional overnighter, fill-in or fundraiser, howard now creates shows for our Podcasts page. You’ll find over 140 archived PUREs there, and new shows will be added - check the PURE and “Strictly” pages - at least once a month.

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.

Disc Jockeys like Brian Matthew (BBC Light Program), Emperor Rosko (Radio Caroline), John Peel (Radio London/BBC Radio 1), Hugh Nolan (Radio Geronimo), Charlie Gillett (BBC Radio London) and Andy Dunkley (the Marquee/Lyceum) made howard’s life worth living and he now just wants to return the favor.

howard worked in the music biz so he could get free records and meet astonishing 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, Sir Tim Smit, 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 and Wham! in the USA

howard joined WPKN in May 2010 and thanks 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