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CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

CiTR & Discorder Magazine

Join gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes from television and any other cinematic source, along with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange old goodies that could be used in a soundtrack to be. The spotlight swings widely to encompass composers, genres and other categories, but all in the name of discovery and ironclad whimsy.

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XHM #721 - "Throwing gooey shapes" (2024 December 09)

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2024/12/10

The drawing to the close a year allows us to look back a bit to the past 12 months but also ahead to the coming new calendar. We'll juggle mostly Canadian songs amidst all this reflection with a profile on Seth A Smith's scores from The Crescent and Tin Can. 01. Freak Heat Waves: Music Has an Interesting Power (Mondo Tempo, 2023) Mood Hut 02. Stillwaves: I'm Haunted (Undiagnosed, 2023) Safe Sounds 03. Kristen Roos: Feight (Universal Synthesizer Interface: Volume III, 2024) Hotham Sound 04. Jody

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120:17

XHM #720 - "We're all chum now in the ocean" (2024...

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2024/12/03

Stepping out of our 20th century rut a bit, we profile Mark Jenkin's score to the 2019 film Bait. We also start looking at 2024 in review and preview your Shindig finalists as part of CITR's annual battle of the bands competition here in Vancouver. 01. Taylor Swift: 'tis the Damn Season (Evermore, 2020) Republic 02. Kohellus: Kalanvihreä (Anthology of Electroacoustic Music from Finland, 2023) Unexplained Sounds Group 03. Kendrick Lamar: Squabble Up (GNX, 2024) PGLang/Interscope 04. Schoolboy Q:

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122:38

XHM #719 - "Charms & schwanzstuckers a-plenty" (2024...

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2024/11/26

Actor Teri Garr (1944-2024) was a very funny person, so this episode will tread lightly amongst some of her famous film roles amidst some TV fare associated with some other recently departed folks. 01. Sade Adu: Young Lion (Transa, 2024) Red Hot 02. Christine Jensen: Here's That Rainy Day (Day Moon, 2023) Justin Time 03. James Darren: Gidget (Album N°1, 1959) Colpix 04. Jack Jones: The Love Boat Theme (TV's Greatest Hits, Volume 3: 70s & 80s, 1979) TVT 05. Charles Dumont: La Course D'Auto

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XHM #718 - "" (2024 November 18)

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2024/11/19

Quincy Jones (1933-2024) had a massive impact on pop culture in the service of music. We've been overdue on a profile on Q for ages so we'll skim across his various film scores, jazz sessions & other production work. Q0. Dream Warriors: My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style (And Now the Legacy Begins, 1991) 4th & B'way/Island/Polygram Q1. Loscil: Dusk Gale (Umbel, 2024) Frond Q2. Kathleen Edwards: Fools Ride (Total Freedom, 2020) Dualtone Q3. Nia Nadurata: Practice (Still Living with

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XHM #717 - "We must remember this" (2024 November 11)

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2024/11/12

Whether it's Remembrance Day, Armistice Day or Veterans' Day where you are, it's a time to think of wars. We're overdue on some Max Steiner and his music from the 1941 classic Casablanca as people seem to keep fleeing right wing extremists over the years. 01. Kay Starr: Holiday (Programming Aids from Capitol 7", 1964) Capitol 02. Speaker Music: African American Disillusionment with Northern Democracy Continues to Smolder in Every Negro who has Settled Up North after Knowing Life in the South

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XHM #716 - "Semi-tropical shampoos" (2024 November 04)

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2024/11/05

With Hallowe'en over, we turn to lighter though somber topics. In honour of singer/actress/dancer Mitzi Gaynor (1931-2024), we breeze across some of her musicals, mostly focusing on her songs from the Rodgers/Hammerstein 1957 film adaptation of South Pacific. 01. Caterina Valente: Ol'Man River (Sweet Beat, 1968) Decca/London 02. Gohj-ji & Simple Machines: Seen (2020) self-released 03. Barbara Dane: Insubordination (FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance, 1970) Paredon/Smithsonian Folkways 04

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XHM #715 - "Boo, 600 count terror" (2024 October 28)

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2024/10/29

Hallowe'en Horror Month closes with a profile of Daniel Hart's score to the 2017 film A Ghost Story. There'll also be songs about gggghosts, wolfmen, bad vampires & what originally was ggggoing to be campiness but there was a backlogggg of dark music so you're ggggetting actual spookiness. 01. Ken Nordine & the Jacksons: Can You Feel It [w.video spoken intro] (Can You Feel It, 1980) Epic/CBS 02. The Jacksons: Can You Feel It (Triumph, 1980) Epic/CBS 03. Mount Shrine: Ghostly (Lost Loops

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XHM #714 - "Porcine prom pyre" (2024 October 21)

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2024/10/22

As Hallowe'en Horror Month continues, we'll double dip with selections from Pino Donaggio's score to the 1st ever Stephen King film adaptation, 1976's Carrie, then getting more recent, 2024's Longlegs by Zilgi. Twice the creepiness! 01. Paul Zaza & Carl Zittrer: Tonight is Prom Night (Prom Night OST, 1980) RCA 02. Sarah Davachi: The Crier's Choir (The Head as Form'd in the Crier's Choir, 2024) Late Music 03. Kris Kristofferson: The Kelly's Keep Comin' (Ned Kelly OST, 1970) United Artists

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XHM #713 - "No more sales in hell so the dead have...

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2024/10/15

Zombies are the menu for Canadian Thanksgiving as we listen to selections of both European & North American soundtracks to George A Romero's 1978 satire Dawn of the Dead. 01. Pulp: Turkey Mambo Momma [1981] (The Peel Sessions, 2006) Island/Universal 02. George Thomson: Bold Turkey (Phood/Stay EP, 1998) Stickman 03. Contact Tetherball: Cold Turkey (The Real Songs were the Friends We Made Along the Way, 2023) self-released 04. Annie Anxiety: Turkey Girl (Soul Possession, 1984) Corpus

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XHM #712 - "Violent rentals in unholy homes" (2024...

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2024/10/08

October is at last here so it's time for our annual horror month in the countdown to Hallowe'en! We being with a profile on the odd prog rock soundtrack to the wonderfully bizarre 1977 Japanese film Hausu (House), originally intended for last year so amidst numerous acts performing in Vancouver this week, we start spooky season in a wild fashion. 01. Justice: One Night/All Night [w.Tame Impala] (Hyperdrama, 2024) Because Music 02. Clark: Autumn Linn (Body Double, 2022) Warp/Throttle 03. Sunset

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XHM #711 - "Hear their voices & heal their spirits"...

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2024/10/01

Every year, Canada marks a National Day of Truth & Reconciliation based on the mistreatment of indigenous peoples, particularly with their children placed into settlers' residential schools to remove their culture. This episode features artists & themes associated with Turtle Island's inhabitants, with music from the films Black Robe & Killers of the Flower Moon. 01. Snotty Nose Rez Kids: Red Future [w.Electric Fields] (Red Future, 2024) Savage Mob/Sony 02. Joseph Fire Crew: Legend of

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XHM #710 - "Hot dudes in heaps of trouble" (2024...

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2024/09/24

After one complicated yet fun trip to Los Angeles, gak profiles music associated with actor Alain Delon (1935-2024). The Vancouver International Film Festival starts on Thursday but there's a large live performance component this year so we profile musicians from film. There are other concerts happening and a swath of AOR/yacht rock/city pop here too in a very loose episode. 01. Dalida & Alain Delon: Paroles Paroles (Julien, 1973) Orlando/Sonopresse 02. Louis de Mieulle: Soundfrieze (Defense

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XHM #709 - "The finest lethal headgear" (2024...

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2024/09/17

In the wake of more recent reissues from the vast discography of new wave icon Nash the Slash, this profile mostly dips into his post-FM days. On the soundtrack front, we recap the recent Emmy winners plus pay tribute to actor James Earl Jones (1931-2024) & kora player Toumani Diabaté (1965-2024). 01/ Jeff Bennett: The Morning Report [w.Rowan Atkinson, James Earl Jones & Evan Saucedo] (The Lion King Collection [deluxe edition], 2011) Walt Disney 02/ Nash the Slash: Blind

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XHM #708 - "It's either 2nd & long, 3rd & inches or...

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2024/09/10

On any given Monday, gak presents an eclectic mix of music and boy howdy, we've got a doozy for you. In honour of Richard Horowitz (1949-2024), we profile his score to the 1999 film Any Given Sunday, so we're blending 4th world music with sports themes. Are you ready for some adventure? 01. André Mathieu & Victor Vogel: Olympic Chimes (Games of the XXI Olympiad - Montréal, 1976) Polydor 02. Sam Spence & John Facenda: Get the Man (The Power & The Glory: Original Music & Voices of

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XHM #707 - "Get confident, stupid" (2024 September 02)

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2024/09/03

School is almost back in session so this week's lesson looks at recent music from Thom Yorke, ranging from new projects, Radiohead covers and his score to 2024's Confidenza. We waltz around other academic subjects, Polaris Prize nominees, acts playing in Vancouver this week and another CITR's host's 25th anniversary on air. Books open, pencils out, devices away, laptops charged. 01. Soulwax: Teachers (Nite Versions, 2005) PIAS 02. Yu Su: Avanvera (2024) Music from Memory 03. Maurice Williams

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XHM #705 - "Kun kaikki toivo on mennyt" (2024 August 19)

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2024/08/20

Tying back to ancestral lands, gak's back and he found a compilation of songs from the films of the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki so you've got a dry pan, rollicking episode coming up. 01. The Chills: I Love My Leather Jacket (Kaleidoscope World, 1986) Flying Nun/Creation 02. Yoo Doo Right: SMB (A Murmur, Boundless to the East, 2022) Mothland 03. John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers: Crawling Up a Hill (1964) Decca 04. Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys: Asshole from El Paso [live] (Old

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XHM #704 - "The life and times in which we all burn"...

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2024/08/13

For your belated British Columbia Day enjoyment, we pay tribute to music associated with the films of Canadian actor Donald Sutherland (1935-2024) & Shelly Duvall (1949-2024) amidst other mourning material in this pre-recorded episode. 01. Harvey Keitel & Tim Roth: Let's Get a Taco (Reservoir Dogs OST, 1992) MCA 02. DVTR: Les Olympiques (2024) Lisbon Lux 03. Kilometre Club: Jasper AB (Let Us Compare Geographies, 2024) Élan Vital 04. Louise Burns: Jasper (The Midnight Mass, 2009) Light

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XHM #702 - "40-30-15-love-love-love" (2024 July 22)

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2024/07/23

One of the widely consume scores this year is Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross' industrial dance music from Challengers. Though tennis themes were thought of for this episode, amidst plenty of techno, gak's behind on some club classics from 2024 and it's time to prep the Polaris nominee profiles so we've got light summer vibes. 01. Rasputina: Saline the Salt Lake Queen (Frustration Plantation, 2004) Instinct 02. John Noseda: Our Time Will Come Again [Cinematic Sunset Trip] (Late Summer Compilation

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XHM #701 - "Pastels for a new plane of being" (2024...

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2024/07/16

Ryan Faulconer (1976-2024) was a key friend all these years. We lost him too soon in January so in a celebration of his life, we feature some of his favourite songs and then Jeff Beal's score to 2001's Pollock, a film that spoke dearly to him. 01. Hayden: Trees Lounge (Trees Lounge OST, 1996) MCA 02. Phill Niblock: Two Lips 1 (Touch Five, 2013) Touch 03. Jonathan Richman: Government Centre (Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, 1976) Beserkley 04. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins: Melt

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XHM #217 [REDUX] - “A loquacious stranger came to our...

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2024/06/25

gak's in Utah for work & fun so this episode way off the active podcast feed from 10 years ago dives into spoken word with a spotlight on Ken Nordine (1920-2019) back when he was alive and still doing radio beat poetry. 00. gak & Gregory Gan yak it up 01. Potatohead People: Pete Sakes (Mellowtunes EP, 2012) Jellyfish 02. Calamalka: Auterzonik (Shredders Dub, 2006) Plug Research 03. Tom Waits: What's He Building in There? (Mule Variations, 1999) Anti- 04. E-men: In the Movie Now

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