Citr -- Exploding Head Movies

From the Exploding Head Archives, this episode from 2013 celebrates the holidays in its own loopy fashion. This predates a single film theme, opting to hop around a fair bit. This includes the highly undocumented yet required December listening version of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas that aired on CBC radio some 30 years ago. Merry Crimble one and dang y'all! 01! George Slater: The Wassail Song (Peace Tower Christmas/Carillon Noël, 1979) Tapestry 02! gak: XHM #195 - Kindness to animals and your buddies (Exploding Head Movies, 2013) CITR 03! Dorothy Remsen: Variations Pastorales Sur un Vieux Noël (Harpist, 1967) Avant Extracting the true playlist will take some time since the originally filed sheets have been mangled from a prior version of the station's web server and my last draft of the script had many missing details that I likely filled in live 10 years ago. For now, roll with it and let the gift that this show is be unwrapped by your ears until I dig into the archives properly. radiofreegak@gmai

For the 5th night of Hanukkah, we pay tribute to the physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, the subject of the 2023 Christopher Nolan film about the creation of the atom bomb. The score by Ludwig Göransson is starting to receive acclaim, so amongst that profile, we'll ease into nuclear themes and recapping the year about to end. 001. Massive Attack: Angel (Mezzanine [20th Anniversary Remastered Edition], 2019) Virgin 002. Mark Shreeve: Flagg (Legion, 1985) Jive Electro 003. Yo La Tengo: Sinatra Drive Breakdown (This Stupid World, 2023) Matador 004. Haley K Turner: Intangible Things [A Hanukkah Song] (2021) self-released 005. Kilometre Club: City of Angles (Open Skies, 2023) Imaginary North 006. Kilometre Club: Enough Oil [1st movement] (A Lasting Light: An Ambient Hanukkah, 2021) Sound Meditation 007. Harry Belafonte: Hava Nagila (An Evening with Harry Belafonte, 1957) RCA Victor 008. John Oliver: Stop War (2023) self-released 009. Sofia Kourtesis: Vajkoczy (Madres, 2023) Ninja Tune 010. The Chemical Brot

This episode crams a lot in: CITR's Shindig finales happen this week; some other recent deaths & Robbie Robertson's posthumous score to Martin Scorsese's 2023 film Killers of the Flower Moon. 1. Monty Python: Henry Kissinger (Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album, 1980) Charisma/Arista 2. V Vecker Ensemble: Atonement (Acedia Phase, 2023) Hotham Sound 3. The Pogues: Whiskey You're the Devil (The Stiff Records B-Sides: 1984-1987, 2023) Warner Bros 4. Killing Joke: Change [live] (The Peel Sessions: 1979-1981, 1980) Virgin 5. Perrey & Kingsley: Swan's Splashdown (The Essential Perrey & Kingsley, 1975) Vanguard 6. The Waitresses: Square Pegs (I Could Rule the World if I Could Only Get the Parts EP, 1982) ZE/Polydor 7. Elkka: I Just Want to Love You (2022) Ninja Tune 8. Roy Budd: Hallucinations (Get Carter OST, 1971) Odeon/Cinephile/Castle 9. The Hausplants: Edge of the World (Bright, Indirect Light, 2023) self-released 10. Worrywart: Pretty [Ugly version] (2023) self-released 11. Vincent Parker

Hip hop music started in South Bronx, NYC back in August 1973 and in fifty years, it's become a dominant form in pop music. This episode brazenly tries to recap it all, though with highlights on recent acts, Vancouver performers and then multiple soundtracks, primarily from the early 1980s with films like Wild Style & Style Wars amidst others like Krush Groove & Deep Cover. This is the birthday message. 1. Isaac Hayes: Theme from Shaft [Take 2, live] (Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection, 2023) Craft/Stax 2. Badbadnotgood & MF Doom: The Chocolate Conquistadors [instrumental] (Grand Theft Auto Online: The Cayo Perico Heist 10", 2020) self-released 3. Marva Whitney: Unwind Yourself (It's My Thing, 1969) King/Polydor 4. Too Nice: Cold Facts [45 King remix] (Cold Facts remixes, 1989) Arista 5. David McCallum: House of Mirrors (Music: It's Happening Now! 1969) Capitol 6. Rascalz: Gametime (Global Warning, 1999) Vik/BMG 7. Jaykin: ETS [Take Your Time] (2015) 1995ismajor 8. Moka Only: More Doin

As 2023 draws to a close in just over a month, we look a hundred years hence to 1923. Amongst indicative recordings that have survived all that time, we profile Charlie Chaplin's score to one of his silent films of that era The Pilgrim (kinda redone in the 1950s). Hoopty-doo, let's blouse! 01. Roger Whittaker: Mammy Blue (Roma OST, 2018) Sony Masterworks 02. Bell Orchestre: Open Organ (As Seen Through Windows [special edition], 2023) Erased Tapes 03. Cygnets: Everything Counts (Covers, 2022) self-released 04. Depeche Mode: Wagging Tongue [Wet Leg remix] (Wagging Tongue Remixes, 2023) Columbia 05. Autumn Fair: Three Pastorals (Autumn Fair, 2022) Recital 06. Skinny Puppy: Jackhammer (BRAP: Back & Forth - Volumes 3 & 4, 1996) Nettwerk 07. The Lonely Island & Sia: Oakland Nights (The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience OST, 2019) Netflix 08. Mychael Danna: The Streak (Moneyball OST, 2011) Columbia 09. Kellarissa: Swimming (Synthesized Lullabies, 2023) self-released 10. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Lakeland

With both the actors' & writers' strikes over, we can play catch up on newish films as we dig into Wes Anderson's latest Asteroid City. High winds have messed with a bit the radio station's tech so behind the scenes, there's chicken wire & hay to prop things up and we sound great as always despite what the weather has wrought. 1. DJ Shadow: Ozone Scraper (Action Adventure, 2023) Mass Appeal 2. Tangerine Dream: Asteroid Agenda (Ultima Thule, 1972) Purple Pyramid 3. Pulp: Acrylic Afternoons (His'n'Hers, 1994) Island 4. The Smiths: Barbarism Begins at Home [7" version] (Meat is Murder, 1985) Rough Trade 5. Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis & Shirley Walker: Harley & Ivy (Batman: The Animated Series OST - Volume 2, 2012) La-La Land 6. Siouxsie & the Banshees: Israel (Israel 7", 1980) Polydor 7. 47Soul: Border Ctrl [w.Shadia Mansour & Fedzilla] (Semitics, 2020) Cooking Vinyl 8. The Luvmenauts: Asteroid Mines of the Kuiper Belt (Extravehicular Activity EP, 2021) Do Right! Music 9. Be Your Own Pet: Drive

gak's back after some food poisoning so with Hallowe'en done, it's time to harken back to recent travels with a show that explores Glasgow, Islay & Scotland, profiling John Barry's score to the 1971 film Mary, Queen of Scots. 1. Orange Juice: Rip It Up (Rip It Up, 1983) Polydor 2. Melanie de Biasio: Alba (Il Viaggio, 2023) PIAS 3. Choir of Young Believers: Patricia's Thirst (Rhine Gold, 2012) Ghostly Int'l 4. Felt: Ballad of the Band (Ballad of the Band 12", 1986) Creation 5. Primal Scream: Get Duffy (Vanishing Point, 1997) Creation 6. Tough Age: Paradise by Another Name (Waiting Here, 2023) Mint 7. Iskwé: Sweet Tuesday [Stars mix] (The Stars EP, 2021) self-released 8. Eve Egoyan & Mauricio Pauly: Single Sport Flexing Gently (Hopeful Monster, 2023) No Hay Discos 9. Guy Davis: Palestine, Oh Palestine (Be Ready When I Call You, 2021) Smokeydoke/MC 10. Hannah Georgas: What I Don't Want (I'd Be Lying if I Said I Didn't Care, 2023) Arts & Crafts/Real Kind/Communion 11. Beatrice Deer: Accordion Song (S

It's been a while since we've profiled the music of John Carpenter so as we count down to Hallowe'en, we'll listen to music from a recent compilation of reworked themes from his past films and then profile the score he did with Dave Davies for the 1995 adaptation of Village of the Damned. Sinister sons & deadly daughters abound. 01. Claudio Simonetti & Daemonia: Mater Lacrimarum [end titles w.Dani Filth] (La Terza Madre: Colonna Sonora del Film, 2007) Medusa 02. Constellation425: Carpenter Inspired (OEM Compilation I, 2020) Ottawa Experimental Music 03. Astral Projection: Kabalah (Trust in Trance, 1996) TIP 04. Infected Mushroom: Elevation (Converting Vegetarians, 2003) Statik/YoYo/BNE 05. Bergsonist: Gaza Border Violence (Middle Ouest, 2020) Optimo 06. Helena Hauff: Turn Your Sights Inward (fabric presents Helena Hauff, 2023) Fabric 07. Ellen Allien x Ash Code: Shining on You (Dance and Kill, 2023) BPitch Control 08. Natasha Barrett: Urban Melt in Park Palais Meran (Heterotopia, 2022) Persistence of

Hallowe'en Horror Month continues here as we get properly glammy and camp with Richard O'Brien's subversive music from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. 1. Castle If: Suspension (Drivin' Easy EP, 2023) self-released 2. Deek Watson & The Brown Dots: At Our Fireplace (Bow-Wow-Wow 10", 1949) Manor 3. Nadja: Funkspiel Pt I (Nalepa, 2022) Midira 4. The Black Angels: Firefly (Wilderness of Mirrors, 2022) Partisan 5. Kiefer: My Disorder (It's Ok, B U, 2023) Stones Throw 6. Kiefer: Doomed (It's Ok, B U, 2023) Stones Throw 7. Fluf: Sheela Na Gig (Sheela Na Gig 7", 1993) Goldenrod 8. Transvestimentals: Cosmic Planet Rock (Transvestimentals, 1998) self-released 9. Föllakzoid: V-II (V, 2023) Sacred Bones TEN. Asexuals: World for the Taking [live] (Brave New Waves, 2017) Artoffact 11. TJ Felix: Ticket2ride (World of Hurt, 2023) self-released 12. The Birthday Party: Mutiny in Heaven (Mutiny! EP, 1983) Mute 13. Ghost Power: Grimalkin (Ghost Power, 2022) Duophonic Super 45s 14. Witch Prophet: Energy Vampire [

Canadian Thanksgiving is upon us all, so we go with a Canadian option here for this pre-recorded episode: Tim Hecker and his score to the 2023 Brandon Cronenberg scifi horror film Infinity Pool. Hallowe'en Horror Month continues. 1. Laurel Halo: Late Night Drive (Atlas, 2023) Awe 2. Waclaw Zimpel: Infinite Grey (Train Spotter, 2023) The State51 Conspiracy 3. Loscil & Lawrence English: Black (Colours of Air, 2023) Kranky 4. Blake Hargreaves: You Can Pray Once You Co-operate 1 (Gitmo/Camp X-Ray, 2006) Maran Tape Label 5. John Brennan: Live Improvisation [excerpt, 2017 April 24] (Fishbowl Sessions: Live from CITR/Discorder, 2017) CITR 6. Big Brave: My Hope Renders Me a Fool (Nature Morte, 2023) Thrill Jockey 7. Void Stasis: First Contact [w.Atrium Carceri] (Viral Incubation, 2023) Cryo Chamber 8. Castle If: Dark Thread (Darknet, 2023) self-released 9. Bryozone: Fateful Torment (Eye of Delirious, 2023) Muscut 10. Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement: Breaching Puget Sound (Killer Whale Atmospheres, 2023)

October is nigh so our annual horror month beings in honour of Hallowe'en. Amidst more Vancouver International Film Festival previews, we'll profile Tangerine Dream's score to the 1987 vampire western Near Dark. 1. The Cramps: Fever (Near Dark OST, 1987) Varèse Sarabande 2. Redshift: Nails (Down Time, 1999) Champagne Lake 3. Aysanabee: We Were Here (Watin, 2022) Ishkodé 4. Cub: Someday [live] (Live on Thunderbird Radio Hell, October 1, 1992) CITR 5. Hugo Montenegro: Illya (Original Music from The Man from U.N.C.L.E, 1965) RCA Victor 6. West Hell 5: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Final Themes from U.N.C.L.E, 2013) MA 7. David McCallum: The Edge (Music: A Bit More of Me, 1967) Capitol 8. Thought Forms: Burn Me (Clean, 2022) Lava Thief 9. Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills (The Number of the Beast, 1982) Harvest/EMI 10. Babymetal: Gimme Chocolate!! (Babymetal, 2015) earMusic 11. Kavinsky: Ghost (The French Connection, 2007) Record Makers 12. Odonis Odonis: No One Left [w.Actors] (Icon EP, 2023) Felte 13. Leat

For our 666th episode under this show name -- we're actually 764 now in our total CITR history so we're safe for a wee while -- we'll dip a bit early into our usual October horror themes with selections from Marc Wilkinson's score to the 1971 British folk horror film Blood on Satan's Claw. Doom and/or gloom will ensue. 1. Delia Derbyshire & Brian Hodgson: A5 (The Legend of the Hell House OST 7", 1973) Cheddar Brothers 2. Brian Berdan & Robert Downey Jr: Route 666 (Natural Born Killers OST, 1994) Nothing/Interscope/Atlantic 3. Islaja: Featherless (Angel Tape, 2023) Other Power 4. White Noise: The Black Mass (An Electric Storm, 1969) Island 5. Dávila 666: Sabes Que Quiero (Primero Muerta 7", 2009) Hozac 666. Dave Bixby: 666 (Ode to Quetzalcoatl, 1970) self-released 7. Michael Perkins: Murder by Phone (MR666 12", 2011) Ghost Arcade 8. Xiu Xiu: 666 Photos of Nothing (Ignore Grief, 2023) Polyvinyl 9. Backxwash: 666 in Luxaxa (I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses, 2021) Uglyhag 10. Hologram Tee

Our 13th all-ambient episode primarily profiles Brian McBride (1970-2023) and some of the music he made either solo or in Stars of the Lid. We also preview parts of the Vancouver New Music Vox Organi Festival next month. Pre-recorded for your end of summer salve. ONE. Ra/Sol: Artist's Meditation [w.EZ Naive] (2023) self-released TWO. Brian Eno: Floating on Sleep's Shore (Top Boy OST, 2023) Netflix Music THREE. IKSRE & anthéne: Lungs (Seasons Shifting, 2023) anthéne FOUR. Aidan Baker & Matt Borghi: Turning Tides (Undercurrents, 2004) Zenapolæ FIVE. Stars of the Lid: Tape Hiss Makes Me Happy (Music for Nitrous Oxide, 1995) Sedimental SIX. Stars of the Lid: Sun Drugs (The Ballasted Orchestra, 1997) Kranky SEVEN. Stars of the Lid & Jon McCafferty: Low Level Listening Pt. 2 (Per Aspera Ad Astra, 1997) Kranky EIGHT. Brian McBride: Silent Motels (When the Detail Lost Its Freedom, 2005) Kranky NINE. Stars of the Lid: Articulate Silences Pt. 2 (...and Their Refinement of the Decline, 2007) Kranky TEN. Loscil

It's Labour Day so as school comes to mind, as does fall so we'll hear selections from The Blasting Company's soundtrack to the sublimely autumnal animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall. We'll also touch upon the start to a lot of concerts in town, wrap up our 2023 Polaris Prize nominees profile a bit early and pay tribute to game show host Bob Barker through The Price is Right production library music. Come on down! 01. Lime: I Don't Wanna Lose You [remix] (12" Classics, 1993) Unidisc 02. Crypthios: I Saw Them as Their Fins were Splitting the Sky (Fading Coast, 2023) Cryo Chamber 03. Yu Su: Manta y Menta (I Want an Earth EP, 2023) Pinchy & Friends 04. Jungle: Back on 74 (Volcano, 2023) Caiola/AWAL 05. Hermanos Gutierrez: Pueblo Man (El Bueno y El Malo, 2022) Easy Eye Sound 06. Reggie Watts: Social Construct (Why Shit So Crazy? 2010) Comedy Central 07. DijahSB: Dance Like This (2022) self-released 08. Gohj-ji: Calm (Gohj-ji's Groove Tape Part 3, 2020) self-released 09. Kruder & Dorfmeister: Swal

gak's back from multiple locations so this week's profile previews the 2023 edition of the Victory Square Block Party in Vancouver before nestling into some of the soundtrack from the TV series Justified. 1. Public Service Broadcasting: People Will Always Need Coal (Every Valley, 2017) PIAS Recordings 2. Sarah Davachi: 1 for Harpsichord (For Harpsichord/For Pipe Organ & String Trio, 2020) Late Music 3. MA$$ANK: Margarita (Once More, with Feeling, 2023) Fanta 4. Devon Parkin: Manic Grace (Sit with Dirt, 2023) self-released 5. Exotico: Immersion (Sport et Divertissement, 2023) self-released 6. Dani Your Darling: War with Me [demo] (Music Waste 2023 mix, 2023) Music Waste 7. Doozy: Planet Doozy [demo] (Music Waste 2023 mix, 2023) Music Waste 8. The Ironsides: Ligurian Dream (Changing Light, 2023) Colemine 9. Ace Martens: Rollercoaster (Boss, 2023) self-released 10. The Sadies: So Far for So Few (Colder Streams, 2022) Dine Alone/Yep Roc 11. Brandt Brauer Frick: Mad Rush (Multi Faith Prayer Room, 2023)

This pre-recorded episode pays tribute to two recently deceased artists: Paul Reuben (1952-2023) and the music associated with the films & TV shows associated with his character Pee-wee Herman, then Robbie Robertson (1943-2023), guitarist/songwriter for The Band -- subject of the Martin Scorsese 1976 documentary The Last Waltz -- and occasional film scorer. 1. Les Baxter: Quiet Village (Ritual of the Savage, 1951) Capitol 2. Waivestate: Yellowknife (Sprout Sessions, 2022) self-released 3. Black Country, New Road: Track X (For the First Time, 2021) Ninja Tune 4. Le Ren: It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song (The Lagniappe Sessions, 2021) Aquarium Drunkard 5. Four Tet: Lahaina Noon (Anna Painting EP, 2019) Text 6. Tina Turner: Nutbush City Limits (Nutbush City Limits, 1973) United Artists 7. Dan Mangan: Just Know It (Being Somewhere, 2022) Arts & Crafts 8. Jerry Allen: Fuzz Duck (Fuzz Duck 7", 1966) Columbia 9. Cyndi Lauper & Mark Mothersbaugh: Pee-wee's Playhouse Theme Song (All-Time Top 100 TV

It was a Monday like any other. The clock on the wall read 7:00 as PI GAK surveyed the crime blotter for his next case... Nicely timed whilst the Vancouver Cinematheque is doing its annual film noir programming, this hard-boiled episode looks back at the dark jazzy vibes of those post-WWII movies. 1. Anita Kert Ellis: Put the Blame on Mame (Gilda OST, 1999) The Soundtrack Factory 2. Alex Lefaivre Quartet: Sin City (Naufragés, 2021) Factor 3. Burial: Unknown Summer (Infirmary split single b/w Kode9, 2023) Fabric Originals 4. Ben Shemie: The Future Indefinite (Desiderata, 2022) Joyful Noise 5. Danny Elfman: Main Title/Tour de France (Pee-Wee's Big Adventure OST, 1988) Varèse Sarabande 6. The Band: Endless Highway [early studio take, 2021 mix] (Cahoots, 2021) Capitol 7. Sixto Rodriguez: Climb Up on My Music (Coming from Reality, 1971) Sussex/A&M 8. Castle If: Sittin' Chilly (Drivin' Easy EP, 2023) self-released 9. Aysanabee: Seeseepano (Watin, 2022) Ishkode 10. Ray Charles: I'll Do Anything but Work

It's a Canadian holiday today. In honour of the Czech author Milan Kundera (1929-2023), we'll profile music from the 1988 film adaptation of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. 1. Grand Analog: Unbearable Lightness (Modern Thunder, 2014) Feel Up 2. The Allegorist: Whispers of the Wind [Die Wilde Jagd rework] (TEKHENU Retold, 2023) Awaken Chronicles 3. Sinéad O'Connor: I Want Your [Hands on Me] (The Lion and the Cobra, 1987) Ensign/Chrysalis 4. Massive Attack: Special Cases [w.Sinéad O'Connor] (100th Window, 2003) Virgin 5. Aleksi Perälä: FI3AC2381060 (Alithia A', 2023) AP Musik 6. The Edge & Sinéad O'Connor: Heroine [Theme from Captive] (Captive OST, 1986) Virgin 7. Sinéad O'Connor: You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart (In the Name of the Father OST, 1994) Island 8. Swansither: Tanjreem (States, 2022) Subexotic 9. Father John Misty: Chloë (Chloë and the Next 20th Century, 2022) Sub Pop/Bella Union 10. Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra: Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day (I Shouldn't Be T

Vancouver's Pride week is upon us, so in honour of the Lower Mainland LGBTQ+ community, this pre-recorded episode dances around and profiles Don Davis' score from the 1996 Wachowskis' film Bound. 1. Janelle Monáe: Lipstick Lover (The Age of Pleasure, 2023) Atlantic 2. Patrick Cowley: Timelink (Muscle Up, 2015) Dark Entries 3. Peter Batah: Nobody's Stopping You [vocal version] (Nobody's Stopping You 12", 1981) Unidisc 4. Gino Soccio: Turn It Around [vocal version] (Turn It Around 12", 1984) Atlantic 5. Matmos: All of the Powers Lie Quiet (The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form, 2020) Thrill Jockey 6. Melleefresh: Bunny Hop (Invincible, 2020) Play 7. Regularfantasy: Call U When I'm Done [w.Big Zen] (Regularfantasy presents... Plush III, 2023) Plush 8. Tsunxmi: Transfeminine (Broken on Reflection, 2021) Give/Take 9. Skatt Brothers: Walk the Night (Strange Spirits, 1979) Casablanca 10. Supershy: Happy Music [w.Tom Misch] (Happy Music single, 2022) Beyond the Groove/AWAL 11. Coil: Algerian B

Unlike last episode, we won't fully throwback to the early eighties but we have two teen comedies on the docket this week: 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High and 1983's Valley Girl. 1. Russell Louder: Head Over Heels (Ever New, 2020) Ever New 2. Floating Points: Vocoder (Someone Close, 2022) Ninja Tune 3. Tears for Fears: Pale Shelter (The Hurting, 1983) Mercury/Phonogram 4. Tears for Fears: The Tipping Point (The Tipping Point, 2022) Concord 5. Eldorado: Fantastic Man's Drumdown (Compilação XAMA 2022, 2021) Gop Tun 6. P:ANO: After School Special [KVOS TV 12] (The Den, 2004) Hive-Fi/Zum 7. boygenius: Anti-Curse (The Record, 2023) Interscope 8. Andrew Bird: Heaven's Boughs (Outside Problems, 2023) Loma Vista 9. Big Thief: Vampire Empire (Vampire Empire single, 2023) 4AD 10. Carolyn Mark: Not Like the Movies (The Queen of Vancouver Island, 2012) Mint 11. Pilotpriest: The Return (2023) self-released 12. Gayance: Clout Chaser's Anthem (Mascarade, 2023) Rhythm Section International 13. Autogramm: Fu