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XHM #771 - "Well past eleven & way more black" (2026...

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2026/01/13

Wow, gak marks 18 years on air at CITR -- 16 with this show name -- though we'll mute any celebration for now in light of a crazy year thus far. We pay tribute to Rob Reiner (1947-2025) with music associated with his films, including 1984's mockumentary This is Spinal Tap in a chaotic episode. 01. Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner: America's Economic Plight (2000 & Thirteen, 1973) Warner Bros 02. Ween: Crappy Anniversary Jimmy (Chocolate & Cheese [deluxe edition], 2024) Elektra 03. Aphex Twin: #18

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XHM #770 - "Growing into eyeball kids" (2026 January 05)

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2026/01/06

We begin a new year with an overdue profile on music from Norman McLaren and the National Film Board of Canada. We all made it this far. 01. Ctznshp: The New Year (Lost Loves: A Collection of Rarities, 2025) self-released 02. Kara-Lis Coverdale: Curve Traces of Held Space (Changes in Air, 2025) Smalltown Supersound 03. Housecat: Falling (The Porch Orange EP, 2024) Carpet Shart 04. Girl Nobody: Paper Doll (Zed: Live off the Floor, 2003) CBC 05. Light Blending In: Rebirth (Heart Full of Flowers,

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XHM #769 - "Too much loot in the sack so Santa just...

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2025/12/23

It's our 18th annual counter-Christmas carol episode where we find holiday hymns & seasonal songs outside of what you're hear endlessly elsewhere. We'll dig into Oscar Peterson's jazzy score to the 1978 thriller The Silent Partner, resume where we left off with Danny Elfman's songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas and generate good cheer for us all. Never mind the reindeer, get back here horse! 01. Paul Shaffer: Holiday Greetings (The Best for '89 from the Entire Capitol Family, 1989) Capitol

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XHM #768 - "Time doesn't exist yet it controls us...

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2025/12/16

As folks start going into holiday mode, let's review some of the music that helped define 2025 along with one film score: Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson's film One Battle After Another. Pardon some of the audio wonkiness early on in this show; we managed to get an old mixing setup working again but a cable needed to be replaced on the fly. 01. Brandon Roberts & Nicholas Britell: Main Title Theme [from Episode 9] (Andor: Season 2 OST - Volume 3, 2025) Walt Disney 02

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XHM #766 - "Warlording over us" (2025 December 01)

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2025/12/02

Actor Tatsuya Nakadai (1932-2025) recently passed away so as he reflect on his life, we dive into perhaps his most iconic role in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 epic Ran with a score by another icon: Toru Takemitsu. 01. Masaru Satoh: Unosuke [The Gunman] (Yojimbo OST [extended], 1961) MGM 02. DJ Koze: Brushcutter (Music Can Hear Us, 2025) Pampa 03. Toru Takemitsu: Music from "Woman in the Dunes" (Film Music by Toru Takemitsu 4: Hiroshi Teshigahara's Films, 1991) JVC 04. Daphni: Clap Your Hands

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XHM #765½ - "La bellezza nella bella confusione"...

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2025/11/25

With the recent passing of actress Claudia Cardinale (1938-2025), we dig into her career, focusing on one film in particular: Federico Fellini's 1963 meta-film 8½ with a score by Nino Rota. Asa nisi masa, no half measures. 01½ Ornella Vanoni: L'appuntamento (Appuntamento con Ornella Vanoni, 1970) Ariston 02½ Luis Fernando Amaya: Beastiario Cinco [for Viola & Electronics] (Nacen en Silencio, 2025) Aurora 03½ Primal Scream: Burning Wheel [single edit] (Vanishing Point, 1997) Creation/Reprise

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XHM #760 - "The latest designer diseases" (2025...

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2025/10/21

Hallowe'en Horror Month continues in earnest as we explore the human body & celebrity skin via EC Woodley's score to the 2012 film Antiviral. 01. Ace Frehley: Rip It Out (Ace Frehley, 1978) Casablanca 02. Lea Bertucci: Warp & Weft (Resonant Field, 2019) NNA Tapes 03. D'Angelo: Unshaken (Red Dead Redemption 2 OST, 2019) Lakeshore 04. Garbage: Afterglow (I Think I'm Paranoid single, 1998) Mushroom 05. Chxmeras: Formline (Second Sight EP, 2025) Apparatus 06. Ada Lea: Somebody is Walking Into the

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XHM #756 - "Smash the flood lights, wonder boy" (2025...

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2025/09/23

Robert Redford (1936-2025) had a profound influence on the world, be it through acting, directing, producing & activism. As we pivot to pay tribute to him, we'll focus on baseball and Randy Newman's iconic score from 1984's The Natural. Seasons change and so do we, though the Exploding Head Sports Desk got kinda itchy here. Your starting lineup with the best that ever was: .001 Tame Impala: End of Summer (Deadbeat, 2025) Columbia .002 Milt Jackson: I'm Not So Sure (Olinga, 1974) CTI .003 Yves

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XHM #755 - "Display case for all my tiny wings" (2025...

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2025/09/16

As we attempt to recap the recent Emmy awards, we profile the violinist/composer Alexander Balanescu and his score to the 1995 film Angels & Insects. We also wrap up all the Polaris lead-up by listening to 2 of the nominated songs for the inaugural Polaris Song Prize from albums that are in the short list for Polaris Album Prize. Fly away with me and these numbers. 01. Malibu: So Sweet & Willing (Vanities, 2025) Year0001 02. The Field: Monte Veritá (The Follower, 2016) Kompakt 03. Sophia Stel:

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XHM #754 - "Broadcast from the living oceans" (2025...

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2025/09/09

As gak rushed back from the ocean, we explore life underwater as we freely associate the fact that the new Wes Anderson film The Phoenician Scheme has a short score so we can dig up some 2004 gems off The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou to dive into our main theme: music from various documentary series with Jacques Cousteau. Let me tell you about my playlist. 01. Thundercat: The Life Aquatic (Apocalypse, 2013) Brainfeeder 02. Nick Joliat: Underwater Garden of Forking Paths (Casio Music 2, 2023)

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XHM #753 - "I deal in dreams for electric sheep"...

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2025/09/02

For your Labour Day enjoyment, we go mostly electronic though naturally so as we profile Lawrence Lek's 2020 AI-musical Aidol. Kneel before gak! Where do we begin? 000001. Jenny Hval: I Want to Start at the Beginning (Iris Silver Mist, 2025) 4AD 000010. CHYPS: Soundtracks for Mutants During Labour Disruption (Soundtracks for Mutants During Labour Disruption EP, 2015) self-released 000011. Badbadnotgood: Juan's World (Mid Spiral, 2024) Innovative Leisure/XL 000100. Neil Young: Sail Away

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XHM #752 - "Reading the magazines in God's waiting...

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2025/08/26

It's been a while since we've dug into the film score work of David Holmes so we'll skip across some recent soundtracks from the Northern Irish DJ. We also talk about Slarta John, JD Twitch and Jim Lovell. 01. Kaytranada: Space Invader (Ain't No Damn Way! 2025) RCA 02. David Holmes: Gone [Kruder & Dorfmeister session] (K&D Sessions, 1998) Studio !K7 03. Slarta John & Hatiras: Spaced Invader [Olav Basoski radio edit] (The Many Moods of Slarta John, 2001) Atlantic Jaxx 04. Slarta John: So Life Go

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XHM #751 - "Heroes & thieves, hand in hand, together...

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2025/08/19

With some recent Ennio Morricone reissues, we go with a slightly older film score with a mix of the new: 1970's Compañeros. We also touch upon Tom Lehrer, Ozzy Osbourne, Eddie Palmieri & other news as we juggle Spanish themes, BIPOC country & acts playing in Vancouver before summer ends. 01. Tom Lehrer: New Math (That Was the Year That Was, 1965) Reprise/Warner Bros 02. Jazz Sabbath: Paranoid (Volume 2, 2022) Blacklake 03. Black Sabbath: The Wizard (Black Sabbath, 1970) Vertigo 04. Ozzy

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XHM #748 - "Chased by sad horns" (2025 July 21)

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2025/07/22

Though our main profile will be on the Argentine-American pianist & composer Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025) and a tribute to just some of his film & TV work, CITR also processes the death of The Jazz Show host Gavin Walker amongst other themes as the shock persists. 01. Nine Inch Nails: As Alive as You Need Me to Be (Tron: Ares OST, 2025) Interscope 02. Bennie Green: Soul Stirrin' [mono take] (Soul Stirrin', 1958) Blue Note 03. Connie Francis: It's Gonna Take Me Some Time (Vacation 7", 1962) MGM

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XHM #746 - "To the dearly departed" (2025 July 07)

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2025/07/08

This past Sunday would've been gak's dad's 80th birthday but as noted, he died back in May. Themes around fatherhood abound with odes to Finland, with selections from the playlist intended for use at his memorial celebration. 01. Gregory Mann: Ciao Papa (Guillermo del Toro's Pinochhio OST, 2022) Columbia 02. Sarah Pagé: Relucesco I (2025) Backward Music 03. Taina Elg: Nine (Nine: Original Broadway Soundtrack, 1982) CBS Masterworks 04. Taina Elg: Ça, C'est L'amour (Les Girls OST, 1957) MGM 05

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XHM #745 - "The struggles of being too smart in the...

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2025/06/24

Two icons of American music from the 1960s left us this month: Sly Stone of the Family Stone (1943-2025) & Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys (1942-2025). We pay tribute to them via recent films. We also touch upon the 2025 Vancouver International Jazz Festival that's underway. 01. Lynn Ahrens: No More Kings (Schoolhouse Rock! America Rock, 1975) ABC 02. Anthéne & Simon McCorry: Summer's Glow (Wellspring, 2025) Home Normal 03. Alf Clausen & Dan Castellaneta: Cool (Songs in the Key of Springfield,

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XHM #743 - "Creativity, contemplation & cups of...

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2025/06/10

gak's back from recent business so as he catches up, consider this Part 3 of our tribute to David Lynch, focusing on his own music mostly separate from film & TV. 01. Jerry Goldsmith: Logo (Tombstone OST, 2006) Intrada 02. Marty Robbins: The Red Hills of Utah (Return of the Gunfighter, 1963) Columbia 03. Loscil: Ash Clouds (Lake Fire, 2025) Kranky 04. Ramen Fog: Head in the Clouds [Fromage] (Ramen Bog EP, 2025) self-released 05. Badbadnotgood & VCR: Found a Light [Beale Street] (2025) XL 06

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XHM #740 - "Toutes les émotions d'aujourd'hui" (2025...

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2025/04/29

gak's back, harkening to prior travels where a Sapporo hotel kept looping Yann Tiersen's score to the 2001 film Amélie so this episode goes a bit French, though there's plenty of sad news in the world, including Vancouver, to touch upon. 01. Fred Ho, Kulintang Arts & the Asian American Art Ensemble: Lapu Lapu's Battle Preparation/Jihad (Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan & Gong Music of the Philippine Diaspora, 2021) Smithsonian Folkways 02. Danongan Kalanduyan, Hafez Modirzadeh, Conrad

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XHM #736 - "Put the pimpmobile in neutral" (2025...

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2025/04/01

We're behind on doing some funk so let's dig up some James Brown and his work for the 1973 blaxploitation film Slaughter's Big Rip-Off. As a bonus, you'll get some rare Mort Garson with music from the 1974 film Black Eye as gak becomes the 2nd hardest working man in the radio business. Star time! 01. Radio Trailer: Slaughter (Super Bad, Super Black: Radio Spots from Blaxploitation, 1972) Waste Management 02. Billy Preston: Slaughter (Slaughter OST, 1972) unreleased 03. Quincy Jones: Manteca

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XHM #735 - "The muddled middle fields" (2025 March 24)

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2025/03/25

With Ramadan partly in mind, we primarily dig into sounds from the Middle East, focusing on Syria, a country that after over a decade of civil war, entered a period of relief. Alexandre Desplat's score to the 2005 film Syriana gives some Western context but we also hear some film music from Lebanon amongst other inspirations. 01. Radio Damascus: 7 Oct 2010 [2133UTC] 9330 kHz (ShortWaveMusic 2011: United Arab Emirates, 2010) Myke Weiskopf 02. Benjamin Clementine: Phantom of Aleppoville (I Tell a

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