Citr -- Exploding Head Movies

In a belated station anniversary angle, this episode plays with a concept I've thought of before and that's looking back at a year in time. I opted for 2007 as a sorta proto-radio free gak episode where I try to tackle the year in song and recap the Oscar nominees and winner for film score. 00. Kay Starr: Station Anniversary (Programming Aids 7", 1964) Capitol 01. Jane Birkin: Jane B (Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg, 1969) Fontana 02. Marc-E: Tides (2022) self-released 03. Alan Palomo: Nudista Mundial '89 [w.Mac DeMarco] (World of Hassle, 2023) Mom+Pop 04. L CON: Heimatort (The Isolator, 2023) Idée Fixe 05. Colin Stetson: Writhen (What We Were That What Wept for the Sea, 2023) 52Hz 06. Pantayo: Bakal Bote (Ang Pagdaloy, 2023) Telephone Explosion 07. April March: Stand in the Sun (In Cinerama, 2022) Une Vie/Ominvore 08. Daakoon: Lost (Mind Still EP, 2007) Dusted Wax Kingdom 09. Alvvays: Pomeranian Spinster (Blue Rev, 2022) Polyvinyl 10. Chromatics: Hands in the Dark (After Dark, 2007) Italians Do It

Along with a preview of the return of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, we profile Mellow's soundtrack to the 2001 film CQ and get some lighter summer fare into your ears. This episode operated at half capacity in light of channel locks but hey, campus radio rolls on. gak sits down for the 1st time in almost a decade. Da da da. 1. PJ Harvey: A Child's Question, July (I Inside the Old Year Dying, 2023) Partisan 2. Air: Modular Mix (Premiers Symptômes, 1999) Source/Virgin 3. Devours: The Widow (Homecoming Queen, 2023) Surviving the Game 4. Shabazz Palaces: New Black Wave (Lese Majesty, 2014) Sub Pop 5. Steve Dawson: Waikiki Stonewall Rag (Eyes Closed, Dreaming, 2023) Black Hen 6. Jill Barber: Hell No (Homemaker, 2023) Outside Music 7. William Prince: Tanqueray (Stand in the Joy, 2023) Six Shooter 8. Calexico: Turquoise (El Mirador, 2022) City Slang 9. Water from Your Eyes: Barley (Everyone's Crushed, 2023) Matador 10. Jam City: Wild 'n Sweet [w.Empress Of] (EFM, 2023) Mad Decent 11. Dawn Richard &

Part 12 of our all-ambient series goes under the water and through the desert with a mix of ethereal sounds to evoke the ocean and Americana amidst some tributes to Roger Payne, Manuel Göttsching & Robert Black. 1. Kilometre Club: Quiet Summer (Lake Dream, 2023) Slow Echo 2. Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti: Whales of Sirius (Music for a Cosmic Garden, 2023) WRWTFWW 3. Frank Watlington, Roger Payne & Katharine Payne: Solo Whale/Slowed-Down Solo Whale/Tower Whales/Distant Whale (Songs of the Humpback Whale, 1970) CRM/Capitol 4. Wands of the Minor Arcana: Summoning the Sky Serpent (Into the Gloaming Isle EP, 2023) self-released 5. Ashra: Ocean of Tenderness (New Age of Earth, 1976) Isadora 6. Lau Nau: Valemuisto (Själö OST with Sound Environments by Janne Laine, 2020) Fonal 7. Nils Frahm: Mussel Memory (Music for Animals, 2022) Leiter 8. Marisa Anderson & William Tyler: News about Heaven (Lost Futures, 2021) Thrill Jockey 9. Limbs of the Stars: Cloudless [thirteen] (2023) self-released 10. Chuck Jo

One sign of summer in Vancouver is the International Jazz Festival, so this dense episode will profile some of the jazzy and non-jazzy acts playing in town this week. We also preview another local event, the Khatsahlano Street Party, and profile Barry White's soundtrack to the 1974 blaxploitation film Together Brothers. 1. Jonathan Richman: SA [w.Kelly Houston] (SA!, 2018) Blue Arrow 2. Bob James: One Mint Julep (Three, 1976) CTI 3. Pink Mountaintops: Nikki Go Sudden (Peacock Pools, 2022) ATO 4. Louise Burns: I Don't Feel Like I Used To (Element, 2023) Light Organ 5. Reuben Wilson: The Sweet Life (The Sweet Life, 1972) Groove Merchant 6. Young-Holt Unlimited: Wah Wah Man (Born Again, 1971) Cotillion 7. Azymuth: Folgada (Before We Forget, 2000) Far Out 8. Blanck Mass: Greyhound (Ted K OST, 2022) Sacred Bones 9. Willolux: June (Armour, 2019) self-released 10! June the Greyhound: Two Roos (Live in Breslau, 2022) unreleased 11. Johnny_Ripper: June [w.Weirddough] (Outsider, 2013) self-released 12. aka

Kia ora! Though midsummer and National Indigenous Peoples Day loom in Canadians' minds, this episode extends towards the southern hemisphere as we also celebrate the Maori. Amongst music from Turtle Island to Aotearoa, we profile Lisa Gerrard's music from the 2002 film Whale Rider. 1. Yamantaka/Sonic Titan: Whalesong (Uzu, 2013) Suicide Squeeze/Paper Bag 2. Area 3: Whale (Amb, 2021) Khotin Industries 3. Mort Garson: Moon Journey (Journey to the Moon and Beyond, 2023) Sacred Bones 4. Ellen Allien x Ash Code: Dance and Kill (2023) BPitch Control 5. Morgen Wurde: Mittsommer (Pop Ambient 2021, 2020) Kompakt 6. Lido Pimienta: Ein Sof, Infinito (2023) Anti- 7. Witch Prophet: Bird's Eye View [O.B.E] (Gateway Experience, 2023) Heart Lake 8. Big Brave: My Hope Renders Me a Fool (Nature Morte, 2023) Thrill Jockey 9. Miesha & the Spanks: Necwiyéwt (Unconditional Love in Hi-Fli, 2023) Mint 10. Miesha & the Spanks: Dig Me Out (Unconditional Love in Hi-Fli, 2023) Mint 11. Whoop-Szo: Whale Songs (Pt 2: Odemin, 2

With the recent deaths of singer Tina Turner (1957-2023) & composer Bill Lee (1928-2023), we'll profile both powerhouse artists, including a focus on Lee's scores for the early films of his son Spike Lee. 1. Wallgrin: Every Fall, I Fall in Love (Yet Again the Wheel Turns, 2022) self-released 2. Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty: Living Water Assembly (Visions, 2020) Mr Bongo 3. Ike & Tina Turner: Cussin', Cryin' & Carryin' On (The Soul Anthology, 2006) Redline 4. Tina Turner: The Acid Queen (Tommy OST, 1975) Polydor 5. Ike & the Kings of Rhythm: Funky Mule (A Black Man's Soul, 1969) Pompeii 6. Tina Turner: We Don't Need Another Hero (Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome OST, 1985) Capitol 7. Corky & the Juice Pigs: Buddhists (Corky & the Juice Pigs, 1993) Denon 8. Tina Turner: Goldeneye (Goldeneye OST, 1995) Virgin 9. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: Murkit Gem (Hotline Bling 7", 2023) Big Crown 10. Tina Turner, Dechen Shak-Dagsay & Regula Curti: Purity of Mind [w.Lotus Sutra] (Beyond: Buddhist & Christian Pray

For CITR's 85th anniversary, as I have taken up 18% of your Monday early evenings over that lifespan, this episode is an awkward Venn diagram of two episodes (2008 & 2013) that attempted profiles on one of my favourite film scores -- 1973's Black Belt Jones -- as both times, you can witness that raw campus radio vibe as inexperience battles then subsequent technical flaws. One day, I will do Jones right. Advisory: any product, service or event cited has long since expired. Original episodes: https://www.citr.ca/radio/radio-free-gak/episode/20080331/ & https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20130708/ 1. Dennis Coffey & Luchi de Jesus: Love Theme (Black Belt Jones OST, 1974) Weintraub-Heller 2. gak: rfg #12 - "Become as the grape, plump and seedless" [excerpt] (radio free gak, 2008) CITR 3. George Axon: Headlines [loop] (Video-Tech 4, 1985) Parry Music Library 4. gak: XHM #174 - "Treacherous kung-fu infects the airwaves" [bloopers] (Exploding Head Movies, 2013) CITR 5. Carl Zittrer &

This encore presentation of what originally aired 2013 April 1st attempted a ruse whereby per a new mandate, no music after 1950 could be played. This fell apart quickly for most fools but the overall vibe felt apt, especially as this May marks CITR's 85th anniversary so I've become a historic moment, or belong in a museum. Maybe both or perhaps a sick ward since I have a non-Covid summer cold; 23 skidoo! Full details: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20130401/ 1. gak: XHM CLX - Almost as sweet and hot as you'd expect (Exploding Head Movies, 2013) CITR radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire

It's Victoria Day up Canada Way so we'll kinda continue with an Ennio Morricone thread but veer away from westerns and into crime, mostly focusing his Oscar-nominated score to the 1991 film Bugsy. 1. Thundercat & Tame Impala: No More Lies (2023) Brainfeeder 2. Talk West: Willow and the Dogwood (Black Coral Sprig, 2023) Scissor Tail 3. Savages: Sad Person (Adore Life, 2016) Matador 4. Dilly Dally: Colour of Joy (2023) self-released 5. Zachary Gray: Apropos (Forest City Series: Volume 5, 2022) A Person Disguised as People 6. First Aid Kit: Out of My Head (Palomino, 2022) Columbia 7. Kali Uchis: Fantasy (Red Moon in Venus, 2023) EMI/Geffen 8. Greenhouse Ensemble: Introduction (Rez-de-Chaussée, 2023) self-released 9. boygenius: $20 (the record, 2023) Interscope 10. Feist: I Took All of My Rings Off (Multitudes, 2023) Polydor 11. Ilaria Capalbo: Mare Nostrum (Karthago, 2022) Bluenord 12. claire rousay & Helena Deland: Deceiver (Looking Glass series, 2023) Mexican Summer 13. Melody's Echo Chamber: Loo

It's been a while since we've heard some Ennio Morricone, so we'll dig up selections from the score to the 1968 spaghetti western The Big Gundown. We present the settling of scores and the wisdom of faith amidst a big old heat wave, so ride on, little ponies. 1. Talking Heads: The Great Curve (Remain in Light, 1980) Sire 2. Tim Hecker: Lotus Light (No Highs, 2023) Kranky 3. Hot Chip: The Evil That Men Do [w.Cadence Weapon] (Freakout/Release, 2022) Domino 4. A Tribe Called Red: R.E.D [w.Black Bear, Narcy & Yasiin Bey] (We are the Halluci Nation, 2016) Radicalized/Pirates Blend 5. Jean-Michel Blais: Passepied (Aubades, 2022) Arts & Crafts 6. Os Mutantes: Ando Meio Desligado (A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado, 1970) Polydor 7. Rita Lee: Pistis Sophia (Red Hot + Rio 2, 2011) eOne 8. Brìghde Chaimbeul: Tha Fonn Gun Bhi Trom/I am Disposed of Mirth (Carry Them With Us, 2023) Glitterbeat 9. Procol Harum: Conquistador (Procol Harum, 1967) Regal Zonophone/Deram 10. The Curse of KK Hammond: What's the W

Nostalgia sets in for a moody episode as we pay tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023) and Harry Belafonte (1927-2023). The focus will be more on the latter as we listen to some calypso, mento and other Caribbean genres and of course, some of his songs from the 1988 comedy Beetlejuice. We also touch upon Vancouver's Verboden Festival this week along with other concerts in town when not running off to Venezuela. 1. The Guess Who: Lightfoot (Wheatfield Soul, 1969) Nimbus/RCA Victor 2. Gord Grdina: Benbow Blues (Pendulum, 2021) Attaboygirl 3. Gordon Lightfoot: For Lovin' Me (Lightfoot, 1966) United Artists 4. Gordon Lightfoot: Don Quixote [mono] (Don Quixote, 1972) Reprise 5. Guido Basso: Early Morning Rain (Love Talk, 1970) Canadian Talent Library 6. Scott Walker: Sundown (We Had It All, 1974) CBS 7. Gordon Lightfoot: E-Motion (Solo, 2020) Warner Canada 8. Patrick Holland: Channel 83 (Fog Wall EP, 2023) Verdicchio 9. Caroline Polachek: Billions (Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, 2023) Perpetual Novi

Part 11 of our all-ambient series focuses on two longform pieces by Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952-2023) from art installations. 1, Kilometre Club: Lake Dream (Lake Dream, 2023) Slow Echo 2, Marta Salogni & Tom Relleen: Internal Logic II (Music for Open Spaces, 2023) Hands in the Dark 3, Rose Bolton: Nine Kinds of Joy (Slow, Quiet Music in Search of Electric Happiness, 2022) Redshift 4, Patricia Wolf: Springtime in Croatia (See-Through, 2022) Balmat 5, Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto: Glass (Glass, 2018) Noton 6, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Plankton (Plankton: Music for an Installation by Christian Sandet & Shiro Takatani, 2016) Milan radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies

We had been awaiting the sad inevitability of the death of Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952-2023), so though the way was prepared, it took some time to prepare a profile the long career of the legendary Japanese composer. From Yellow Magic Orchestra to many a score to other side projects, we do our best in his honour. 1. All Hands Make Light: Waiting for the Light to Quit (Darling the Dawn, 2023) Constellation 2. Nils Frahm: Right Right Right (Music for Animals, 2022) Leiter/BMG 3. Everything But the Girl: Nothing Left to Lose (Fuse, 2023) Buzzin' Fly 4. Jessy Lanza: Don't Leave Me Now (2023) Hyperdub 5. Tim Hecker: Glissalia (No Highs, 2023) Kranky 6. Ormiston: Distortion of Reality (2023) Lisbon Lux 7. Yaeji: I'll Remember for Me, I'll Remember for You (With a Hammer, 2023) XL 8. Mark Korven: Main Title (The Peripheral: Music from the Original Series on Prime Video, 2022) Lakeshore 9. You Can Can: Lustrous Swarm (You Can Can, 2023) Séance Centre 10. Bodywash: In as Far (I Held the Shape While I Could, 2023

Composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter (1933-2023) led a long life in jazz but he touched at least upon one film score: 1992's Glengarry Glen Ross. Amidst some sax, we run amok across various genres, like we normally do. 1. Funkadelic: I Wanna Know if It's Good to You? (Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow, 1970) Westbound 2. Booker T & the MGs: Melting Pot (Melting Pot, 1971) Stax 3. The Ex-Boyfriends: Pushing the Darkness (Painless Bleeding, 2003) Catch & Release 4. The Saints: Know Your Product (Eternally Yours, 1978) Harvest/Sire 5. Earl Hooker: Two Bugs in a Rug (The Genius of Earl Hooker, 1967) Cuca 6. Tennis: Let's Make a Mistake Tonight (Pollen, 2023) Mututall Detrimental 7. Tei Shi: Grip (Bad Premonition EP, 2022) The Orchard 8. John Schroeder: Theme from Rififi (Gangster Movie Vibrations, 1972) Polydor 9. They Might be Giants: If Day for Winnipeg (Book, 2021) Idlewild 10. Dawn Pemberton: Don't Waste Your Time (Say Somethin', 2014) Do Right! Music 11. Walter Wanderley: Kee-Ka-Roo

Composer Gerald Fried (1928-2023) had a long, diverse career in music; tackling both film & television. In his honour, we'll tackle as much as we can with a focus mostly on his soundtrack to the 1977 miniseries Roots. Beware the Pon Farr. 1. Operating Theatre: Spring is Coming with a Strawberry in the Mouth (Spring is Coming with a Strawberry in the Mouth/Rapid Eye Movements, 2023) Allchival 2. Squid in Chains: Spring Will Come (Sirens of Kyiv [remastered], 2022) Earsay 3. Braxe & Falcon: Step by Step [w.Panda Bear] (Step by Step EP, 2022) Smugglers Way 4. Gorillaz: New Gold [w.Tame Impala & Booty Brown] (Cracker Island, 2023) Parlophone 5. rRoxymore: Fragmented Dreams (Perpetual Now, 2022) Smalltown Supersound 6. The Chemical Brothers: No Reason (2023) EMI/Virgin 7. Second Layer: Courts or Wars (Flesh as Property EP, 1979) Tortch 8. Mi'ens: Nu11 Set (Future Child, 2020) Kill Rock Stars 9. Die Mannequin: Orson Wells + 2012 (Hard Core Logo II OST, 2011) Warner 10. [dialogue] Shotgun a Few Beers (FU

Spring in North America means baseball! As the major league season starts and the minor leagues do so later this week, we'll look at music from the various adaptations of A League of Our Own: the 1992 film and the 2022 series. The Exploding Head Sports Desk interrupted a few times amidst other sports talk. 1. Yellow Magic Orchestra: Taiso (Technodelic, 2019) Alfa 2. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Participation Mystique (B-2 Unit, 1980) Alfa 3. Musica Intima, Ariel Barnes & Owen Underhill: Jocelyn Morlock's Exaudi (Into Light, 2010) ATMA Classique 4 . Gabor Szabo: Serena (Femme Fatale, 1981) Hungaroton/Mambo 5. 100 gecs: 757 (10 000 Gecs, 2023) Atlantic/Big Beat 6. Fucked Up: Broken Little Boys (One Day, 2023) Merge/One Day 7. Vince Guaraldi: At the Store (It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! 1974) High Top 8. Poolblood: Twinkie (Mole, 2023) Next Door 9. Co-op: Notional Joyride (Reward System, 2023) self-released 10. Plains Apparition: Shelving the Doubt (Late to the Afterthoughts, 2023) Dorveille 11. Comment

In light of radio station business happening at the same time as airtime, we'll have a pre-recorded episode that marks Part 10 of our all-ambient series, featuring recent ambient works and rereleases. 1. Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau: Dusk Bells (Valo Siroutuu, 2022) Beacon Sound 2. Roman Angelos: Foghorns (Music for Underwater Supermarkets, 2022) Happy Robot/Cargo 3. Bryozone: Ambiency (Eye of Delirious, 2023) Muscut 4. Nico Georis: A Rainbow in Curved Air (A Rainbow in Curved Air, 2022) Spiritual Pajamas 5. prOphecy Sun: Sanctuary Lullaby (Calliope, 2022) Hotham Sound 6. Michael Red: Respect [Buffalo] (Gateways, 2022) Hotham Sound 7. Kuma: This is What Happens at the End of Time (Buy the Tools You Need with Time, 2022) self-released 8. Afternoon Bike Ride: Musubi (Glossover, 2023) Friends of Friends 9. Anthony Tan: Endlessnessnessness (Susurrus, 2023) Gengseng 10. Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti: A Calm & Elegant Utopia (Music for a Cosmic Garden, 2023) WRWTFWW 11. PJS: Pyramids [Labyrinths] (Time? 20

As noted earlier, the songwriter Burt Bachrach (1928-2023) passed away, so we'll dip our toes in some of his famous songs from films such as Casino Royale, Arthur and others, ranging from covers to Broadway bits. This show becomes more easy listening as it goes; this is not by design. 01. Chaim Topol & John Williams: If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof OST: 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition, 2021) La-La Land 02. Sarah Davachi: Hall of Mirrors (Two Sisters, 2022) Late Music 03. Napoleon XIV: They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa! (They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!, 1966) Warner Bros 04. Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns: Don't You Just Know It [glitchy] (Rocking Pneumonia, 1957) Grand Prix 05. Park Jiha: Nightfall Dancer (The Gleam, 2022) Tak:til/Glitterbeat 06. Bobby Caldwell: Never Give Up (Night of the Comet OST, 1984) Macola 07. Pointer Sisters: Slow Hand (Black & White, 1981) Planet/RCA 08. Richard "Groove" Holmes: Red Onion (New Groove, 1974) Groove Merchant 09. Weyes Blood: God Tu

Oscar season is over, so as we pay tribute to the big winners from the 95th Academy Awards handed out last night, we profile some of Hildur Guðnadóttir's ineligible yet impressive music from the 2022 film Tár. Here are the winners for Best Original Playlist: 1. John Williams: Timpani Fanfare (Fiddler on the Roof OST: 50th Anniversary Remastered Edition, 2021) La-La Land 2. Rahul Sipligunj & Kaala Bhairava: Naatu Naatu [w.MM Keeravani] (RRR OST, 2022) Super Cassette Industries/Lahari 3. Laraaji & Badbadnotgood: Unfolding [Momentum 73, Ron Trent remix] (2022) XL/Innovative Leisure 4. Son Lux: Evelyn All at Once (Everything Everywhere All at Once OST, 2022) A24 5. Volker Bertelmann: Last Combat (All Quiet on the Western Front OST, 2022) Netflix 6. Volker Bertelmann: All Quiet on the Western Front (All Quiet on the Western Front OST, 2022) Netflix 7. Devo: Supercop (Supercop OST, 1996) Interscope 8. Kiefer & Braxton Cook: U Already Know (U Already Know EP, 2022) Stones Throw 9. Angelo Badalamenti: The

For Week 6 of our annual Oscars profile, this pre-recorded episode focuses on the nominees for Best Original Song. We'll hear songs from the films Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Tell It Like a Woman, Top Gun: Maverick, RRR and Everything Everywhere All at Once. We'll also hear some songs that missed the cut whilst gak celebrates some birthday or other from far away. 1. Cristobal Tapia de Veer: Happy Birthday (Smile OST, 2022) Paramount 2. Neil Young: Old Man [live] (Harvest: 50th Anniversary Edition, 1972) Reprise 3. Josefin Runsteen: Banyan, Scene V - Air (Hana: Three Bodies OST, 2021) Pacaya 4. tomandandy: Opening (47 Metres Down OST, 2017) Lakeshore 5. Marco Beltrami: 47 Comes a Knocking (Hitman: Agent 47 OST, 2015) La-La Land 6. Ilan Eshkeri: 47 Ronin (47 Ronin OST, 2013) Varèse Sarabande 7. Akira Ifukube: Main Title (47 Ronin OST, 1962) Toho 8. Joe Hahn & Alec Puro: Blade Prophecy (Blade of the 47 Ronin OST, 2022) Back Lot Music 9. Maarja Nuut & Ruum: We Get Older (World Inverted, 2020) Õunav