"Weed"

 “Weed” (first broadcast 7/5/25)

The Fugs: Marijuana
Mungo's Hi Fi: I Need Weed (ft. Soom T)
African Head Charge: Take Heed…And Smoke Up Your Collyweed (ft. King Cry Cry)
Jah Lion: Colombia Colly
The Pretty Things: All Light Up
U-Roy: Chalice In The Palace
Shanty B: Herb Tree
Muddy Waters: Champagne & Reefer
Rico Rodriguez: Free Ganja
Jah Cure: Marijuana (ft. Damian Marley)
Michael Palmer: Smoke The Weed
Barrington Levy: Under Mi Sensi
Greg Klyma: Coffee and Weed
Peter Tosh: Legalize It (Version)
Bob Marley & the Wailers: Kaya
Dice & Cummie: Real Collie
Linval Thompson: Jamaican Colley
BBC (Dennis Bovell, Jimmy Brown and Steve Cobby): Quality Weed
Reggae Roast: Sensi Skank Reloaded (ft. Ruben Da Silva)
Mr. Sunshine: Marijuana, The Devil's Flower
Bunny & Ricky: Bushweed Corntrash
Hayes & The Heathens: Nobody Dies From Weed
The Skatalites: Collie Bud
Queen Ifrica: Burn Some Herbs
Eek-A-Mouse: Ganja Smuggling
Mighty Diamonds: Pass The Kouchie
Dillinger: Marijuana In My Brain
Aswad: Just A Little Herb
Dub Pistols: If You Ever Get A Draw
Mad Professor & Prince Fatty: Marijuana Dub (ft. Earl 16)
King Stitt & Andy Capp: Herbsman Shuffle
Mykal Rose, Subatomic Sound System, Hollie Cook: Get High
Mista Savona: 100 Pounds Of Collie
Ian Hunter: Weed
Culture: The International Herb
Jigsy King: Gi Mi Di Weed
Frankie Paul: Pass The Tu Sheng Peng
Carlton Livingston: 100 Weight Of Collie Weed
Ashley Monroe: Weed Instead of Roses
Paolo Baldini DubFiles meets Dubblestandart: Marijuana Dreams
Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace: Herb Vendor
Hopeton Lewis: Cool Collie
Capital Letters: Smoking My Ganja
The Berlin Hall Saturday Night Revue w/Jim Kweskin: Viper Mad (ft. Samoa Wilson)
Winston Blake: Return Of Herbert Spliffington
Inner Circle: Tired Fe Lick Weed In A Bush
Richie Spice: Marijuana
Eminem: Must Be the Ganja
Jah T & Augustus Pablo: Lick the Pipe Peter
Rita Marley: One Draw
Bill Kirchen: Down To Seeds And Stems Again
Neil Young: Homegrown
Josey Wales: It Have Fi Bun
Luniz: I Got 5 On It (ft. Michael Marshall)
The Fraternity of Man: Don’t Bogart Me
Tappa Zukie: A Quarter Pound of Ichens
Lee Perry & The Upsetters: Free Up The Weed
Gregory Isaacs, Trinity: Irie Collie
Ward 21: Ganja Smoke
Mungo's Hi Fi: Sensi International (ft. Shanti D)
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals: Half Ounce

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