Sunday, November 21, 2010

North Fork Sound Top 20 - November 28th 2010

Introducing...Luna

1. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Luna

2. NIck Drake: Black Eyed Dog
3. John Lydon: Dog
4. The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe
5. The Sex Patels: The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum

6. The Cramps: Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?
7. Peter Tosh: Maga Dog

8. Moondog: Bumbo
9. Rosco Gordon: No More Doggin'
10. Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban: La Luna En Tu Mirada
11. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Doggone Right

12. Marianne Nowottny: Dog Of Ivory

13. Peter C. Johnson: I'm A Dog
14. The Residents: Santa Dog

15. Luna: Bewitched
16. Bill Doggett: Honky Tonk Pt. 2
17. Shelby Lynne: Old Dog

18. Lightnin' Hopkins: Play With Your Poodle

19. Pete Townshend: Dogs
20.
Los Lobos: Luna

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

The Pretty Things: Parachute (40th Anniversary Edition)

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
Billy Bragg
Washington DC
(scanned from a lenticular 3-D print)

photo: ht

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Bernard Fowler & The Laddins: Soulfingertips
Big Jack Reynolds: I Had A Little Dog
Billy Bragg & The Blokes: England, Half English
Bonnie Raitt & Little Feat: Cold Cold Cold
Brinsley Schwarz: Don't Ever Change
Dave Mason: Only You Know And I Know
The Drive-By Truckers: Danko/Manuel
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley: Crying In The Chapel
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced?
Kid Rock w/Zac Brown: Flyin' High
Kurt Wagner & Cortney Tidwell Present Kort: Yours Forever
Mickey Newbury: How I Love Them Old Songs
The Nips
The Nips: Gabrielle
The Pretty Things: Parachute
Roland White: Head Over Heels In Love With You
Rubén Blades: Ojos De Perro Azul
The Shadows: Wonderful Land
The Star Spangles w/Dennis Thompson
Nick Price, Joey Valentine, Dennis Thompson, Tommy Volume, Ian Wilson
Detroit, MI
photo: ht
The Star Spangles: Which Of The Two Of Us Is Gonna Burn This House Down
Steve Martin: Calico Train (instr.)
Third Ear Band: Stone Circle
Tone-Loc: Wild Thing
Willie Nelson: Bloody Mary Morning

and don't forget, 'PURE w/howard thompson' is broadcast, streamed and archived on WPKN Bridgeport, CT 89.5fm and www.wpkn.org

Next show: Friday December 10th, noon - 3pm (ET)


North Fork Sound Top 20 - November 21st 2010

Beady Eye
1. Beady Eye: Bring The Light
2. James Brown: I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Pts. 1 & 2
3. The Star Spangles: Which Of The Two Of Us Is Gonna Burn This House Down
4. The Posies: She's Coming Down Again!
5. Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3: Resolution

6. Hans Rotenberry & Brad Jones: Froggy Mountain Shakedown
7. J.J. Cale: Lonesome Train

8. Dan Baird: Shine A Light
9. Mary Gauthier: Thanksgiving

10. Robert Calvert: Catch A Falling Starfighter

11. Brinsley Schwarz: Don't Ever Change

12. Dynamo Hum: Shake Marilyn Monroe

13. Matthias Hellberg & The White Moose: Why Is It So?
14. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Sugar 'n Spikes

15. Lord Sassafrass: Green Bay Incident

16. Junior Walker & The All Stars: Pucker Up Buttercup

17. The Nips: Gabrielle

18. Conway Twitty: Is A Bluebird Blue

19. The Bishops: I Want Candy

20. Ted Nugent: Free-For-All

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

Steve Martin: The Crow - New Songs For The Five-String Banjo

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month
Billy Bragg

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Alex McMurray: Outrageous Love
Andre Williams: Bait And Switch
Blind Willie Johnson: John The Revelator
Booker T: Space City
'Poison' Ivy (The Cramps)
Roseland, NYC - 11/16/97

photo: O. Biddle
The Cramps: Surfin' Bird (live, The Academy, NYC, 23/11/94)
Dr. Alimantado: Best Dressed Chicken In Town
Dungen: Vara Snabb
Forest For The Trees: Dream
Gary US Bonds: From A Buick 6
Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: Swing Baby Swing
Genya Ravan: Long Distance Love
Graham Parker: Almost Thanksgiving Day
Jennie Dee & The Deelinquents
Jennie Dee & The Deelinquents: Big Ol' Heart
Kursaal Flyers: Drinking Socially
Martin Belmont: Get Rhythm
Marianne Faithfull w/Robbie Shakespeare & Sly Dunbar: Lola R For Ever
MX-80: 15 Laffs
Pearl Jam: Do The Evolution
The Pretty Things: Grass
Quickspace: Cola Loca
The Ramones: Loudmouth
The Sex Pistols: New York
Shawn Phillips: L Ballade
Sister Nancy
Sister Nancy: Bam Bam
The Soft Machine: We Did It Again
Tony Joe Wile: Did Somebody Make A Fool Out Of You
Tragic Mulatto: The Sherriff Of Weed
U-Roy: Higher Than The Mountain
The Who: Magic Bus
William S. Burroughs: Words Of Advice For Young People

and don't forget - 'PURE w/howard thompson' is broadcast on the second Friday of every month at WPKN Bridgeport, CT 89.5fm and
streamed & archived at www.wpkn.org
Next show: Friday December 10th, noon - 3pm (ET)

Sunday, November 14, 2010

North Fork Sound Top 20 - November 14th 2010

Les Paul

1. Les Paul (w/Sam Cooke & Jeff Beck): (Ain't That) Good News
2. Brian Eno: 2 Forms Of Anger
3. Marion Williams: I Pity The Poor Immigrant
4. Big Boy Myles: New Orleans

5. Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents: Big Ol' Heart
6. Steely Dan: Black Friday
7. Richard & Linda Thompson: A Man In Need

8. Hank Thompson & His Brazo Valley Boys: The Wild Side Of Life
9. Robyn Hitchcock: Luminous Rose
10. Junior Dread: A Wat Dat

11. Leon Russell & Elton John w/Neil Young: Gone To Shiloh
12. Al Kooper: I Got A Woman
13. Tinashé: Pieces Of Paper
14. Climax Asher: Rockers Arena
15. The Nick Gravenites & John Cippolina Band: Signs Of Life
16. Willie Dixon & Koko Taylor: Insane Asylum
17. Carnival Of Thieves: Bar Isole

18. George Katsakis: Crazy In Love

19. Dennis Edwards: Don't Look Any Further
20. Nick Garrie: Stephanie City

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Various Artists: How Many Roads -
Black America Sings Bob Dylan

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Billy Bragg

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Addie Brik
Addie Brik: Szelmalom
Alan Vega: Outlaw (August Darnell remix)
Bettye LaVette: It Don't Come Easy
Billy Bragg & The Blokes: NPWA
Billy Bragg: The Beach Is Free
Billy Bragg: The Boy Done Good
Bobby 'Blue' Bland: You Gotta Hurt Before You Heal

Booker T: Space City
Brent Dowe: Down Here In Babylon
The Charms: Dragonfly
Claudia Bettinaglio: Saving All My Love For You
The Crusaders: Put It Where You Want It
Dirk Hamilton
Dirk Hamilton: New Earth Suit
Dolly Parton: Jolene
Drugstore: Say Hello
Ducks DeLuxe: Twist Of Fate
Frederick Knight: I've Been Lonely For So Long
Gang Of Four: Armalite Rifle
Gary Lucas: Where Is My Home
Gypsy: Let's Roll
Gypsy: Changes Comin'
Honey Cone: Stick-Up
Howard Roberts: Girl Talk
Ian Gomm: 24 Hour Service
Ian McLagan & The Bump Band: Hello Old Friend
Imelda May: Rollin' And Tumblin'
Issa Bagayogo: Kalan Nege
Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon: When You Walk In The Room
Jimmie Vaughan: Two Wings
Lou Reed: New Sensations
Loudon Wainwright III: Saw Your Name In The Paper
Mark Bingham: Ernie K-Doe Takes A Meeting With Anais Nin
Mott The Hoople: Honaloochie Boogie
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Cinnamon Girl (live)
New York Dolls: Runnin' Around
Patto: Singing The Blues On Reds
Pookie Hudson & The Spaniels: Sloppy Drunk
Richard Butler
The Psychedelic Furs: Heartbreak Beat
Robert Parker: Barefootin'
Robyn
Robyn: Criminal Intent
The Rolling Stones: How Can I Stop
The Searchers: Needles And Pins
The Syndicate Of Sound: Little Girl
The Two Dollar Question: Aunt Matilda's Double Yummy Blow Your Mind Out Brownies
Vanity 6: Nasty Girl
Waylon Jennings: Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)
The Vaughan Brothers: Two Wings
ZZ Hill: Shade Tree Mechanic

and don't forget, 'PURE w/howard thompson' is broadcast - and streamed - 'live' every second Friday of the month on WPKN Bridgeport, CT 89.5fm and www.wpkn.org
Next show: Friday December 10th, noon - 3pm (ET)

Sunday, November 7, 2010

North Fork Sound Top 20 - November 7th 2010

The Last Poets
l-r: Umar Bin Hassan, Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, Abiodun Oyewole

1. The Last Poets: When The Revolution Comes
2. Die Antwoord: Liewe Maatjies
3. Mark Bingham: Ernie K-Doe Takes A Meeting With Anais Nin
4.
Freddy Fender: Wasted Days And Wasted Night
5. Susan Cadogan: Do It Baby (Nice & Easy)
6. Love Affair: Everlasting Love
7.
Dolly Parton: Jolene
8. Lazy Lester: You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby
9. Mike Badger & The Shedy Trio: What You Done To Me
10. Bryan Ferry: You Can Dance

11. Michael Chapman: It Didn't Work Out
12. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson: The Bottle

13. Harper Blynn: All The Noise
14. The Royaltones: The Yea Yea Song
15. Gogol Bordello: We're Coming Rougher (Immigraniada)
16. Dobie Gray: The "In" Crowd
17. Björk: Amphibian (Mark Bell mix)

18. Gang Of Four: Armalite Rifle

19. Carl Malcolm: Fattie Bum Bum
20. Bob Doss: Don't Be Gone Long

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Friends: Sipple Out Deh
The Black Ark Years
- The Jamaican 7"s

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Billy Bragg
photo: ht

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Al Green: Take Me To The River
Alejandro Escovedo: Castanets
Angel Corpus Christi
St. Marks' Place, NYC - 7/28/84
photo:ht

Angel Corpus Christi: Candy
Ann Peebles: Part Time Love

Bob Dylan: It Takes A Lot To Laugh (It Takes A Train To Cry), alt. version

Booker T Jones: Knocking On Heaven's Door
Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez w/Dion DiMucci: Cry Baby Cry
Dungen: Skit I Allt

Dwight Twilley: Ten Times
Gary 'US' Bonds: From A Buick 6
J Roddy Walston & The Business: I Don't Wanna Hear It
Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin: Leur Plaisir Sans Moi
Jerry Lee Lewis: Real Wild Child
Little Feat: Cat Fever
Robyn: U Should Know Better
Roland White: Marathon

The Rolling Stones: Shine A Light
Stereolab: Young Lungs
Iggy Pop
The Stooges: I Wanna Be Your Dog
Tilly & The Wall: Night Of The Living Dead

Tom Jones: Strange Things


'PURE w/howard thompson' is broadcast/streamed 'live' every second Friday of the month on WPKN in Bridgeport, CT 89.5fm and www.wpkn.org
Next show: Friday November 12th, noon - 3pm (ET)