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The 91st Academy Awards were handed out yesterday and plenty of surprise winners this time. Along with the winning score to Black Panther and the winning song from A Star is Born, expect some Queen in light of the success of Bohemian Rhapsody. Prepare also for some Don Shirley due to the contentious Best Picture win for Green Book and some of the period Mexican music from other big winner Roma. Also buckle in as gak loses command of every language, particularly English. 1. William Shatner: Bohemian Rhapsody [w.John Wetton] (Seeking Major Tom, 2011) Cleopatra 2. Sarah Davachi: Matins (Gave in Rest, 2018) Ba Da Bing 3. Queen: Cool Cat (Hot Space, 1982) EMI/Elektra 4. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper: Shallow (A Star is Born OST, 2018) Interscope 5. Terence Blanchard: Blut und Boden [Blood and Soil] (BlacKkKlansman OST, 2018) Back Lot 6. Ludwig Göransson: Glory to Bast (Black Panther OST, 2018) Interscope 7. Nicholas Britell: Eden [Harlem] (If Beale Street Could Talk OST, 2018) Lakeshore 8. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: N

For your Family Day pleasure, our final look at the Oscar nominees leading up to next week's 91st Academy Awards focuses on Marc Shaiman's nominated music from Mary Poppins Returns. It's natural to dig up a few songs from the 1964 original in the spirit of things. We also pay tribute to voiceover artist Ken Nordine (1920-2019) and Vancouver musician Phil Western (1971-2019). 1. Richard M Sherman & Robert B Sherman: Buena Vista Fanfare (Mary Poppins OST: Special Edition, 2014) Disney 2. Family Fodder: Film Music (Film Music 7", 1981) Fresh 3. Sarah Neufeld: The Glow (The Ridge, 2015) Paper Bag 4. Ken Nordine & The Fred Katz Group: Flibberty Jib (Word Jazz, 1957) Dot 5. Ken Nordine: Green (Colours: A Sensuous Listening Experience, 1966) Philips 6. NOFVNCITY: Shelter (VNITY, 2018) WEATNU 7. Download: Glassblower [remix] (Sidewinder EP, 1996) Nettwerk 8. Kone: Movies on My House (Cirrhotic Psychotic, 2008) The Record Company 9. pLATEAU: Nocruisin (Artoffact Records, 2018) Artoffact 10. Phil Western: My Friend Di

Part 3 and 4 of our annual Academy Awards preview as we continue our listen to nominees for best original song and score. We'll dig back to the scores previously profiled: Isle of Dogs and Black Panther, the latter of which includes one of the nominated songs. We'll also have a song from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs along with non-nominated music from Dumplin', Annihilation, First Man, Eighth Grade, Summer of '84 and Dead Shack, plus your Shindig 2018 winner. 1. Charlotte Gainsbourg: Deadly Valentine (Rest, 2017) Because Music 2. Pender Street Steppers: M Flight (Openin' Up 12", 2014) Peoples Potential Unlimited 3. Yves Tumor: All the Love We Have Now (Safe in the Hands of Love, 2018) Warp 4. Girlsnails: Trains on Mars (Summer Demos, 2018) self-released 5. The Ramblin' Ambassadors: Camino Real (Vista Cruiser Country Squire, 2008) Mint 6. Scattered Clouds: Justice (2018) self-released 7. Yolks: Responsibility (Our Other Songs, 2016) self-released 8. Searmanas: Nodus Tollens (Searmanas, 2018) Cleopatra 9. Ele:

We continue on with our annual Oscar profile as we dive into Nicholas Britell's nominated score to the Barry Jenkins' film adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk. We also have the highly-tipped original song from the latest version of A Star is Born and spurned music from Quincy: A Life Beyond Measure, Vice, The Death of Stalin and Crazy Rich Asians along with a Shindig finale preview and a sports segment. 1. The Girls Red Guard Dancers: The Red Guard Dance (The Last Emperor OST, 1987) Virgin 2. Tim & Eric: Sports! (Awesome Record, Great Songs: Volume 1, 2008) Williams Street 3. The Tony Hatch Orchestra: Sportsnight [excerpt] (Hit the Road to Themeland, 1974) Pye 4. Viagra Boys: Sports (Street Worms, 2018) Year0001 5. Teodoro Anzellotti: Sports et Divertissements (Erik Satie, 1998) Winter & Winter 6. Spouse: Pigsty (2017) self-released 7. Miss Piggy & Kermit: It's Time for Our Song (The Muppets OST, 2011) Universal 8. Natural Bridge Bunch: Pig Snoots, Pt. 1 (Pig Snoots 7", 1968) Norman/ATCO 9. Roy Montgome

With the nominees for the 91st Academy Awards announced last Tuesday, it's time for our annual profile on the nominated songs and scores. Kicking things off with Spike Lee's adaptation of the unbelieveable true story BlacKkKlansman, scored by long-time collaborator Terence Blanchard. We also have a nominated song off the RBG documentary, along with some music that should've been nominated from Sorry to Bother You, Suspiria and You Were Never Really Here. 1. Rank and File: Klansman (The Slash Years, 2003) Rhino Handmade 2. Kalte: Svalbard (Glaciations, 2009) Dark Winter 3. Ólafur Arnalds: The Land of Nod (Another Happy Day OST, 2012) Erased Tapes 4. Ólafur Arnalds: Saman (Re:member, 2018) Mercury KX 5. Ólafur Arnalds: Re:member (Re:member, 2018) Mercury KX 6. Carol Channing: A Little Girl from Little Rock (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Original Broadway Cast Recording, 1949) Masterworks Broadway 7. Edwin Birdsong: Cola Bottle Baby (Edwin Birdsong, 1979) Philadelphia International 8. Edwin Birdsong: Rapper Dapper

The nominees for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced tomorrow but there's at least one winner that we're aware of already. Legendary Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin has received an honourary award for his contributions to film score, so we'll profile his music from the first two Dirty Harry films. 1. KH: Question (Question 12", 2017) Text 2. Larry Lake, Philippe Moenne-Loccoz, Bernard Donzel-Gargand, Jim Montgomery, Pete Ehrnrooth, Canadian Electronic Ensemble Sextet & David Jaeger: 3. Instrumental One (Supertrio, 2012) Centrediscs 4. Tallies: Trouble (Tallies, 2019) Kanine/Fear of Missing Out 5. Toro y Moi: Ordinary Pleasure (Outer Peace, 2019) Carpark 6. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: Maracas Bay Boogie (The Serpent's Mouth, 2018) Big Crown 7. Kaytranada: Nothin' Like U [w.Ty Dolla $ign] (Nothin' Like U/Chances EP, 2018) RCA 8. Park Hye Jin: Memoria (2018 mixtape, 2018) self-released 9. Khotin: Somehow More Sad (Beautiful You, 2018) Khotin Industries 10. Tigerwing: Every Little Part (2018) self-released

On January 17, 1963, the Fluxist Robert Filliou declared that art was born a million years hence when a man dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water. Who was that man? It doesn't matter; he is dead but art is alive. Ancient life was all silence; we are all born into noise now. For your uneasy listening pleasure, CITR celebrates art's birthday every year with 24 Hours of Radio Art. Interspliced amongst shortwave recordings made on January 12 & 15 via online shortwave transmitters in Enschede, Netherlands and Novosibirsk, Siberia are these selections: . Mårten Ajne: Hear the Otherworldly Sounds of Skating on Thin Ice (2018) National Geographic .. Kelly Moran: Autowave (Ultraviolet, 2018) Warp ... Phaeleh: Eleven (Somnus, 2014) Undertow ./ Canadian Electronic Ensemble: Arnold (Canadian Electronic Ensemble, 1977) Music Gallery Editions / Canadian Electronic Ensemble: Instrumental Deux (Supertrio, 2012) Centrediscs /. Chris Strickland: Mammoth Husbandry (Animal Expert, 2014) caduc. /.. Arthur Kreiger: Short P

Marking eleven years to the day he debuted, gak lets the sunshine in with another weird little show. Along with profiles on actor/director Penny Marshall (1943-2018) and lyricist Norman Gimbel (1927-2018), we'll get all musical with selections from Broadway composer Galt MacDermot (1928-2018), particularly his famous work Hair. 1. The Chemical Brothers: MAH (MAH single, 2019) Virgin EMI/Astralwerks 2. Space Circus: The Dawn of Aquarius Age (Fantastic Arrival, 1979) RCA 3. Laura Jean: Girls on the TV (Devotion, 2018) Chapter Music 4. Cyndi Grecco: Making Our Dreams Come True [Theme from Laverne & Shirley] (Television's Greatest Hits - Volume III: 70's & 80's, 1996) TVT 5. Howard Shore: Calliope (Big OST, 2002) Varèse Sarabande 6. Ananda Shankar: Jumpin' Jack Flash (Ananda Shankar, 1970) Reprise 7. The Rockford Peaches: The All American Girls Professional Baseball League Song (A League of Their Own OST, 1992) Columbia 8. Randy Newman: Dexter's Tune (Awakenings OST, 1991) Reprise 9. Maureen McGovern: Theme fr

A new dawn awaits you, along with a new year. We touch upon some Blade Runner along with a tribute to the Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley (1955-2018). The main focus will be on David Byrne and his band Talking Heads as a complete version of the True Stories soundtrack came out before 2018 ended. We also have Byrne's Oscar-winning score with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su to 1987's The Last Emperor. 1. Vangelis: Los Angeles 2019 (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination: Definitive Edition, 1982) Tyrell 2. Tim Hecker: This Life (Konoyo, 2018) Kranky/Sunblind 3. Vangelis: Flight to Tyrell Corporation (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination: Definitive Edition, 1982) Tyrell 4. Vangelis: Deckard Enters the Bradbury (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination: Definitive Edition, 1982) Tyrell 5. Harold Faltermeyer: Main Title/Fight Escape (The Running Man OST, 1987) Varèse Sarabande/That's Entertainment 6. Pete Shelley: Telephone Operator (XL1, 1983) Genetic/Island 7. Pete Shelley: On Your Own (Heaven and the Sea, 1986) Mercury/Vertigo 8. Pete Sh

In case you’ve never heard them before, relive some old holiday episodes in lieu of new material over the holidays. Like regifting but if it’s new to you, it’ll work. Original airdate & link to playlist: December 21 2009: https://www.citr.ca/radio/radio-free-gak/episode/20091221/ December 19 2011: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20111219/ Sound FX during new segues: soundbible.com

For our final episode of 2018, it's time for the 11th annual renegade Yuletide show! Featuring all types of carols to counter what you've overheard elsewhere, plus music tied to The Grinch (old & new), the Rankin-Bass production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Emmet Otter. We'll bang on tong-tinglers, blow our foo-flounders! We'll crash on jang-jinglers and bounce on boing-bounders! 1. The Fall: [We Wish You] A Protein Christmas (A Protein Christmas EP, 2003) Action 2. Sarah Davachi: Evensong (Gave in Rest, 2018) Ba Da Bing 3. Beatles: 1968 (The Beatles' 1968 Christmas Record, 1968) Lyntone 4. Beak> [Merry Xmas] Face the Future (Face the Future single, 2017) Invada 5. Human Music: Ice Palace (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada VII, 2015) The Line of Best Fit 6. Energy Slime: It's Cold (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 9, 2017) The Line of Best Fit 7. Bored Décor: Santa Baby (A Very Merry Christmas from Bored Décor, 2017) self-released 8. Teen Daze: Song for Christmas (2017) self-released 9. Ziemba: Christmas Unlullaby (The Longest

With 2018 winding down, it's time to review the year that is about to close. We'll look back on some of the film scores profiled in the past twelve months, so don't expect a best-of, more a recap. 1. Parquet Courts: Wide Awake! (Wide Awake! 2018) Rough Trade 2. Laurel Halo: Nahbarkeit (Raw Silk Uncut Wood, 2018) Latency 3. Rolling Blackout Coastal Fever: Mainland (Hope Downs, 2018) Sub Pop 4. Snail Mail: Speaking Terms (Lush, 2018) Matador 5. Anna Meredith: Honeyed Words (Eighth Grade OST, 2018) Columbia 6. Chris-a-riffic: I Followed You 'cuz It Made Sense When I was Twenty (Post-Season, 2018) self-released 7. Courtney Barnett: Nameless, Faceless (Tell Me How You Really Feel, 2018) Mom+Pop/Milk!/Marathon Artists 8. Bjørn Torske: Kickrock (Kickrock/Blue Call single, 2018) Smalltown Supersound 9. Munya: If I'm Gone Tomorrow [It's Because of Aliens] (Delmano EP, 2018) Luminelle 10. US Girls: Velvet 4 Sale (In a Poem Unlimited, 2018) 4AD 11. Lone: Temples (Ambivert Tools: Volume 3, 2018) R&S 12. Sink Ya Teeth: P

As 2018 enters its final month, it's time to profile one of the best film scores of the year as we listen to Radiohead's Thom Yorke and his soundtrack to the remake of Suspiria. 1. Tolpamin: Just Deserts in Your Final ffflllaaassshhh (Ringtones 1, 2016) self-released 2. Emergency Broadcast Network: Behaviour Modification/We Will Rock You [Bipartisan mix] (Behaviour Modification single, 1992) TVT 3. Concubine: Hail Eros (2018, 2018) self-released 4. Ricky Jay & Richard Greene: The Fiddler (Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys, 2006) Anti- 5. How to Dress Well: Running Back [CFCF remix w.Cadence Weapon] (2013) self-released 6. Stomu Yamash'ta: Poker Dice (The Man Who Fell to Earth OST, 2016) UMC 7. Charles Bradley: Stay Away [w.Menahan Street Band] (Black Velvet, 2018) Dunham/Daptone 8. Flying Lotus: See Thru to U [w.Erykah Badu] (Until the Quiet Comes, 2012) Brainfeeder 9. Szun Waves: Constellation (New Hymn to Freedom, 2018) The Leaf Label 10. Milk: Melty (Mattress Ranch, 2018) self-release

With the recent passing of the Marvel writer/editor/promoter Stan Lee (1922-2018), we delve into the world of superheroes, primarily tied to Spider-Man and the wild music from the 1960s animated TV series. 'Nuff said! 1. Paul Soles: Let's Get This Show on the Road Gang (Spider-Man from the KPM Vaults, 1968) Funky Frolic 2. Boba Fettucini: Radioactive Spider [w.Stan Lee, intro] (The Amazing Spider-Man: My Amazing Spidey Breaks, 2008) Mon Mothma 3. Ken Nordine: A Good Year for Spiders (A Transparent Mask, 2001) Asphodel 4. Khotin: Levi's Synth (Beautiful You, 2018) Khotin Industries 5. Neko Case: Runnin' out of Fools (Blacklisted, 2002) Anti-/Mint 6. Destroyer: Ivory Coast (Ken, 2017) Merge 7. Sarah Davachi: Gilded (Gave in Rest, 2018) Ba Da Bing! 8. Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox: No Diggity [w.Ariana Savalas] (Historical Misappropriation, 2014) self-released 9. [unknown Inuit DJ] Marijuana Humour (She Be She Strike, 1982) bootleg 10. 1five1: Voodoo (1five1, 2018) Bedroomer 11. T.Nile: Note to Self [w.Sad

Two film composers died recently, so we'll pay tribute to some of their music: Italy's Stelvio Cipriani (1937-2018) & France's Francis Lai (1932-2018). We'll also honour the work of legendary author/screenwriter William Goldman (1931-2018) along with processing all manners of recent news. gak shoots for the stars and misses by a wide mark. 1. Beth Orton & The Chemical Brothers: I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain (I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain single, 2018) Lost Leaves 2. Bézier: d. Quelle (Cosmologist 12", 2016) Hnytrx 3. Low Leaf: DNA Feelz (PRiMiTiVA EP, 2018) Fresh Selects 4. Low: Fly (Double Negative, 2018) Sub Pop 5. Matthew Bridgham & Augustine Mayuga Gonzales: Fall [The Smell of Mushroom] (Stardew Valley Piano Collections, 2018) Materia Collective 6. Pistol Annies: Got My Name Changed Back (Interstate Gospel, 2018) RCA Nashville 7. DeNova: Gimme (Paper Thin EP, 2015) self-released 8. Roy Clark: Texas Twist (Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark, 1963) Capitol 9. Neil Young: Homefires [CSNY Doom tour] (Sad

In honour of Remembrance Day, marking the 100th anniversary of the Armistice Treaty that ended World War I, we'll go back 20 years to John Williams' score to Saving Private Ryan. 1. The Conet Project: Bugle (Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations, 1997) Irdial 2. Museum of Love: Marching Orders (Marching Orders single, 2018) self-released 3. NOFVNCITY: The Antidote (VNITY, 2018) WEATNU 4. Young Fathers: Nest (White Men are Black Men Too, 2015) Big Dada 5. Clan of Xymox: Masquerade (The Guest: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2014) J-2 6. Ben Frost: A Sharp Blow in Passing (The Centre Cannot Hold, 2017) Mute 7. Nervous Operator: Culebra (Yield to the Night, 2014) MLX 8. The Besnard Lakes: You Make Loving Fun (Rumours Revisited: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’s Classic 1977 Album, 2013) Mojo 9. Martti Pokela: Marraskuu/November (The Tradition of Kantele: Volume 2, 1969) Finlandia 10. Regina: Unessa (Soita Mulle, 2011) Friendly Fire 11. Creaks: Daydream (Daydream single, 2014) Value 12. Fatima al Qadiri: Blow

gak finally remembers, remembers the 5th of November as we profile Dario Marianelli's score to the 2005 film adaptation of Alan Moore's V for Vendetta. 1. November Group: Volker (Work That Dream 12", 1985) A&M 2. Iceage: The Day the Music Dies (Beyondless, 2018) Escho 3. Daniel Avery: Diminuendo (Song for Alpha, 2018) Phantasy Sound 4. Odonis Odonis: Vision (No Pop, 2017) Telephone Explosion V. J Mascis: See You at the Movies (Elastic Days, 2018) Sub Pop 6. Unsung: Novembered (Touched by an Angle, 2014) Crash Symbols 7. Midge: November (Still Receiver, 2018) UUR Audiovisual 8. Julia Holter: Whether (Aviary, 2018) Domino 9. Matthew Bridgham & Augustine Mayuga Gonzales: Fall [Raven's Descent] (Stardew Valley Piano Collections, 2018) Materia Collective 10. Grizzly Bear: Neighbours (Painted Ruins, 2017) RCA 11. The Ramblin' Ambassadors: Rat Creek (Vista Cruiser Country Squire, 2008) Mint 12. Huevos Rancheros: El Toro Muerto Con Queso (Muerte del Toro, 2000) Mint 13. Anybodys: Nevertheless (Necessity of Contrast,

Hallowe'en Horror Month concludes as we profile Jóhann Jóhannsson's final score: the gloriously insane Panos Cosmatos 2018 film Mandy. A certain man of the wolf breed interrupts the proceedings; throat lozenges are dispensed. 1. Soulwax: Essential One (Essential, 2018) Deewee/PIAS 2. Souns: Tree Falls [w.Hawah] (Smoke single, 2014) Panospria 3. Fred Schneider & The Shake Society: Monster (Fred Schneider & The Shake Society, 1984) Warner Bros 4. Iggy Pop: Monster Men (Space Goofs OST, 1997) Virgin 5. John Carpenter: Bela Lugosi (Lost Themes II, 2016) Sacred Bones 6. John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies: Halloween Theme (Halloween OST, 2018) Sacred Bones 7. Lindstrøm & Jenny Hval: Bungl [Like a Ghost] (It's Alright Between Us As It Is, 2017) Smalltown Supersound 8. Luke Vibert: Halloween [original mix] (Halloween 12", 2014) Hypercolour 9. The Method Actors: Hallowe'en (This is Still It, 2010) Acute 10. Lindi Ortega: Afraid of the Dark (Liberty, 2018) Shadowbox 11. Kensington Gore: Hyborian Witch (Ken

Le Matos score the 2018 horror mystery Summer of '84 for a prerecorded horror as Hallowe'en month continues. This episode was recorded at Exploding Global Headquarters, powered by the wonder that is gin. 1. Cherushii: Manic [w.Kara Marie, deep version] (Manic EP, 2016) self-released 2. Magic Touch: Strongbow & Spliffs [w.Roche] (2014) XLR8R 3. Wallgrin: O Harpy (Bird/Alien, 2018) Heavy Lark 4. Cœur de Pirate: Malade (En Cas De Tempête, Ce Jardin Sera Fermé, 2018) Dare To Care 5. Marie Davidson: Lara (Working Class Woman, 2018) Ninja Tune 6. LCD Soundsystem: Oh Baby (American Dream, 2017) DFA/Columbia 7. The Present Moment: A New Day (Loyal to a Fault, 2012) Chondritic/Desire/Mannequin 8. RAMZi: Oxum (Phobiza Volume 3: Amor Fati, 2018) FATi 9. Jarboe: Lavender Girl (Sacrificial Cake, 1995) Young God/Alternative Tentacles 10. Crocodiles: All My Hate and My Hexes are for You (Sleep Forever, 2010) Fat Possum 11. Es.tereo & Hatti Vatti: Kolours (Maps, 2016) Absys 12. Actress: Birdcage (Ghettoville, 2014) Werk Dis

Hallowe'en horror month continues as we profile the highly eclectic soundtrack to the 1994 dark satire Natural Born Killers. Industrial symphonies abound. 1. Actors: Crosses (It Will Come to You, 2018) Artoffact 2. Kalte: Chemotrophs (Glaciations, 2009) Dark Winter 3. The Pack AD: Thomas Hardy (Dollhouse, 2017) Cadence 4. Lindi Ortega: Pablo (Liberty, 2018) Shadowbox/Soundly 5. Donato Dozzy: For Arnaud (The Loud Silence, 2015) Further 6. The Shacks: Texas (Haze, 2018) Big Crown/Orchard Music/Rough Trade 7. The Black Angels: I'd Kill for Her (Death Song, 2017) Partisan 8. Mondkopf: Locked (The Last Tales, 2016) In Paradisum 9. Mushy: I Don't Care (Breathless, 2012) Mannequin 10. FET.NAT: Trust Cops (Gaoler EP, 2017) Boiled 11. Classic UFO Hunter: Coming to Get Us (Earth Evasion, 2015) Mutefakemusic 12. Mourning Coup: Inner Eye (Light House, 2009) self-released 13. Vandal Moon: Baby Sounds (Wild Insane, 2018) Starfield 14. Olekranon: Dynel (Aphelion, 2014) Inam 15. Odonis Odonis: Nasty Boy (No Pop, 2017) Telep