PURE with Howard Thompson

“Andrew Lauder, A&R” (broadcast 11/1/24) The Idle Race: The Skeleton and the Roundabout Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Ah Feel Like Ahcid Help Yourself: Heaven Row Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Canyons Of Your Mind Roger Ruskin Spear: All By Yourself In The Moonlight Neil Innes: How Sweet To Be An Idiot The Groundhogs: Split, Pt. 2 Brinsley Schwarz: Ever Since You're Gone Eddie Cochran: Mon...

“'Avin’ It Large” (broadcast 3/7/25) Charlatans: Nine Acre Dust (Chemical Brothers remix) Yello: Vicious Games Stereo MC’s: Step It Up Cornershop: Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook remix) The Shamen Ebeneezer Goode (Beatmasters mix) Inspiral Carpets: Commercial Reign Sleaford Mods: West End Girls Alabama 3: Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness Moloko: Fun For Me  Flowered Up: It’s On (Sonia) Electronic: Ge...

"PURE presents Luna's Dean & Britta" (broadcast 2/21/25) James Last: Ballad Of The Easy Rider Dean Wareham: That’s The Price of Loving Me  Kramer: America Holy Matter: Eve’s Hollywood En Attendant Ana: I’m A Man You Don’t Meet Everyday Norma Tanega: Jubilation The Tyde: Let Me Hear the Music Simon & Garfunkel: The Only Living Boy In New York (a cappella) Dean & Britta: The Singer Not T...

WPKN 1/26/22 “Pure Prog" Aubrey Small: Country Road 4:19 Barclay James Harvest: Mocking Bird 6:35 Traffic: Hole In My Shoe 3:01 Roy Harper: When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease 7:11 Procol Harum: A Salty Dog 4:36 Genesis: The Musical Box 10:23 Hawkwind: Hall of the Mountain Grill 2:23 The Pretty Things: Trust 2:44 David Bowie: The Man Who Sold The World 4:04 Love Sculpture: Why? (How-Now) 7:41...

Fish & Chips actual The Zambonis: Let's Skate  Slade: When The Chips Are Down  Samantha Fish: I'll Come Running Over Dr. John, the Night Tripper: Chippy, Chippy  Chris Rea: Gone Fishing David Porter: When The Chips Are Down  Neneh Cherry: Trout (feat. Michael Stipe)  Jack Clement: Let the Chips Fall  The Marvelettes: Too Many Fish In The Sea  Chuck Berry: Fish & Chips Angelfish: Suffocate...

Chicken v Monkey Part 7 LSD Sound-Out Club: Monkey Love 5:29 Charles Mingus: Eat That Chicken 4:37 The Kingsmen: Monkey Walk (Part 1) 2:43 MFC Chicken: Chicken 'bout You 2:03 Chuck Prophet: Monkey in the Middle 5:07 Armand Van Helden & KOMES: Fried Chicken 2:39 Lisa Anders & The Victory Five: Space Monkey 2:19 Little Jimmy Dickens: Walk Chicken, Walk ('Cause You're Too Fat To Fly) 2:21 Oti...

Chicken v Monkey Pt. 6  Webstar & Young B (ft the Voice of Harlem): Chicken Noodle Soup Ten Years After: Hard Monkeys The Curios: Chicken Back Pt. 1 The Flares: The Monkey Walk  8 Ball Aitken: 7 Bucks an Hour in a Chicken Suit The Specials: Monkey Man (live) Frank Bey ID Frank Bey w/the Anthony Paule Band: Don't Mess With the Monkey  Canned Heat: Chicken Shack Boogie  Lil Buck & The Top Ca...

Chicken v Monkey Pt. 4 Los Straitjackets: Itchy Chicken Roy Hall: One Monkey Can't Stop The Show  Hasil Adkins: Chicken on the Bone  Pere Ubu: Monkey Bizness  Truitt Forse: Chicken Bop  The A-Bones: Monkey Man The Steampacket: Back At The Chicken Shack  Derrick Harriott: Monkey Ska  Alison Brown Quartet: Chicken Road  The Pink Fairies: Monkey Chatter  Mel Brown: Chicken Fat  David Allan Coe: Monke...

Chicken v Monkey Pt. 3 The Fame Gang: Turn My Chicken Loose Guy Warren: Monkeys And Butterflies  Big River Cree: Chicken Dance Tragic Mulatto: Monkey Boy  Adrian Belew: Return of the Chicken  Silver Apples: Concerto For Monkey And Oscillator  Kate Tempest: Chicken  Pauline Oliveros: Monkey  Von Südenfed: Chicken Yiamas  Monkey: Monkey Bee  Alex McMurray: Ninth Ward Chickens  Harvey Mandel: Space M...

Chicken v Monkey Part 2 Roy Clark: Chicken Wire  Richard Cheese: Brass Monkey  Jimmie Ballard: Chicken Plucker  The Apes: Tarzan's Monkey  Big Joe Turner: The Chicken And The Hawk Saxie Russel: El Monkey  James Brown: The Chicken  Jools Holland & his R&B Orchestra: Monkey Man  Don & Juan: Chicken Necks  Firewater: The Monkey Song  Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom: Chicken Fried Snake Big Three...

 “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: Smo...

“The Women, Pt. 1” (broadcast 10/17/25) Ketty Lester: Love Letters Maureen Evans: Like I Do Susan Maughan: Bobby’s Girl Little Eva: Keep Your Hands Off My Baby The Caravelles: You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry Billie Davis: Tell Him Inez & Charlie Foxx: Mockingbird Jackie De Shannon: When You Walk In The Room Beryl Marsden: I Know Twinkle: Terry Sandie Shaw: Always Something There To Remind M...

“More Body Parts” - overnighter (broadcast 8/26/25) Bill Frisell: Goin’ Out of My Head Stereolab & Nurse With Wound: Exploding Head Movie The Screaming Blue Messiahs: Holiday Head Angel Corpus Christi: Lou Reed's Hair MX-80: No Brainer Roky Erickson: Creature with the Atom Brain Karen Verros: You Just Gotta Know My Mind Elvis Presley: Spanish Eyes (take 2) The Eagles: Lyin’ Eyes The Records: S...

PT art: Paul King “The Songs Of Pete Townshend” (broadcast 10/3/25) Pete Townshend: Love Reign O'er Me David Bowie: Pictures Of Lily Marcus AK: Don’t Let Go The Coat  Natalie Imbruglia: Let My Love Open the Door The Fleur De Lys: Circles Joe Brown: Pinball Wizard  Ali Campbell: Squeeze Box  Sex Pistols: Substitute Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby: Endless Wire  Petra Haden: Our Love Was Magic Christ...

" Body Parts" (broadcast 6/4/20) Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band: My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains Spacemen 3: Feelin' Just Fine (Head Full of Shit) Loretta Lynn: Out Of My Head And Back In My Bed Syd Barrett: Golden Hair Robyn Hitchcock: August Hair Willie Dixon: Weak Brain, Narrow Mind The Star Spangles: Bash Your Brains Out Peter C Johnson: Pale Blue Eyes Dirk Hamilton: In the Ey...