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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 #620 - "From the back of the fridge" [RESCUED 615...

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2022/10/11

For your Thanksgiving episode, you get some leftovers. gak's on the road but after August's podcast server outage, he's dug up two lost episodes (615 + 616 from August 2022) and mashed them together into an odd pre-recorded hybrid so podcast listeners can enjoy a condensed version of profiles tied to The Northman, Das Boot & The Neverending Story whilst the radio folks hear less crackle and snap but more pop. Shad: Work [w.Skratch Bastid] (TAO, 2021) Secret City Kuma: Spahn (Buy the Tools You Need

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XHM #619 - "Unidentified flying horse" (2022 October 03)

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2022/10/04

October primarily means a horror month in the lead to Hallowe'en but with the Vancouver International Film Festival bringing Michael Abels to town for a talk, we'll profile his score to Jordan Peele's latest scary film Nope. We'll also do the usual film listings, tributes to the recently deceases, acts in town and some Iranian noise in support of protestors. 1. James Devane: Sudden Oak Death (Beauty is Useless, 2022) Umeboshi 2. SUNN O))): Troubled Air (Life Metal, 2019) Southern Lord 3. Mama's

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125:23

XHM #618 - "Tout ce dont tu as besoin c'est d'une...

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2022/09/27

In tribute to French new wave director Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022), we hear an array of music from his definitive Nouvelle Vague films from the 1960s. We also mark the upcoming National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, finally hear the 2022 Polaris Prize winner and prepare for the 41st annual Vancouver International Film Festival starting later this week. 1. Pierre Kwenders: Coupé (José Louis and the Paradox of Love, 2022) Arts & Crafts 2. Sarah Davachi: Vanity of Ages (Two Sisters, 2022) Late Music

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XHM #617 - "Carrying on with the penny royalty" (2022...

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2022/09/20

With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022), we pay tribute to her as a person whilst wondering what a monarchy means in the 21st century. We'll profile Alexandre Desplat's score to the 2006 film The Queen as we juggle other queens amongst the usual round of other topics, including Polaris Prize nominee (and winner) catch-up, recent Emmy news and other things going wrong around the world in this dense episode. Giddy up, go pony! 1. Quincy Jones: Britannia & Mr Bridger, If You Please Nº2/God

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XHM #614 - "Only lost in the sauce if it's marinara"...

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2022/08/16

Wanna hear a story? As late summer soldiers forth in the northern hemisphere, we'll profile Mica Levi's beguiling score to the 2020 Twitter-based film Zola. We also pay tribute to Olivia Newton-John, Jim Seals from Seals & Crofts and play catch-up on the 2022 Polaris Prize nominees. Are there weird starts to songs and gaps in others? Why yes, sigh. Time to prepare backups to backups amongst every other technological failure with my devices. 1. Willie Hutch: Brother's Gonna Work It Out (The Mack OST,

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XHM #613 - "Open hailing frequencies" (2022 August 07)

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2022/08/09

In honour of the actress Nichelle Nichols (1932-2022), we'll deep into the first two Star Trek films and their scores by Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner. We also have various summer songs also in mind as we juggle technology and astronomy simultaneously. 1. Bob & Doug McKenzie: Black Holes (Great White North, 1981) Anthem 2. Meco: Star Trek Medley (Music from Star Trek and The Black Hole, 1980) Casablanca 3. Wallgrin: Yet Again the Wheel Turns (Yet Again the Wheel Turns/Psuedoreligion, 2022)

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XHM #612 - "SYNTH CRIMES" (2022 August 01)

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2022/08/02

For your civic holiday in Canada, BC Day specifically here in Vancouver, this episodes goes 80s chirpiness with selections from Harold Faltermeyer's soundtracks to Beverly Hills Cop, Fletch and a bit of Top Gun. Dollar days are upon us, pray tell. 01. Sally Shapiro: Holiday (Italians Do It Better, 2021) Italians Do It Better 02. Arushi Jain: Under the Lilac Sky (Under the Lilac Sky, 2021) Leaving 03. Universal Togetherness Band: More Than Enough (Saturday Night 7", 2014) Numero Group 04. Charlie

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XHM #611 - "Every week, the actual horror" (2022 July...

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2022/07/26

Plan B galore as gak deals with substantial home music library problems, so we'll dig up Francis & Carmine Coppola's score to the 1979 epic war film Apocalypse Now and the unused David Shire score that was released a couple years ago. Let's all head up river with our grocery list. 1. UNKLE: UNKLE Main Title Theme (Psyence Fiction, 1998) Mo'Wax/London 2. Marc Sabat: Swing in Sweetest Summer [for Glissando Flute and Electronics] (2013) Plainsound 3. The Sadies: No One's Listening (Colder Streams,

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XHM #610 - "Ascend into the cosmos" (2022 July 18)

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2022/07/19

gak's back after a few weeks in both literal and figurative wildernesses. At long last, we pay tribute to the Greek composer Vangelis (1943-2022) and only some of his synthetic epics. 1. Kraftwerk: Home Computer [2021 single edit] (Remixes, 2022) Kling Klang/Parlophone 2. Ingram Marshall: Prelude/The Bay (Alcatraz, 1994) New Albion 3. Alexandra Spence: Blue Waves (Calliope, 2022) Hotham Sound 4. Marina Herlop: Shaolin Mantis (Pripyat, 2022) Pan 5. Deborah Martin & Jill Haley: Fountains (The Silence

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XHM #609 - "Metsäkylpy" (2022 June 27)

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2022/06/28

gak went away to Finland for a few weeks to the only pre-recorded episode made available is Part 9 of our all-ambient series, focusing on mostly Canadian artists for the then-leadup to Canada Day. He doesn't talk over Sarah Davachi for once and there are longer drone pieces in the back half. ProtoU: Somniat Praeterita (Memory Alpha, 2022) Cryo Chamber Museum of No Art: Flight on Carpet (Museum of No Art, 2020) Séance Centre Sarah Davachi: Magdalena (Antiphonals, 2021) Late Music Sarah Davachi & Sean

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124:23

XHM #608 - "Shuffling around Turtle Island" (2022...

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2022/06/21

All the holidays are upon us as Bloomsday and Juneteenth have passed, then National Indigenous Peoples Day and Midsummer approach. We'll tackle all that along with Joe Strummer's score to the 1987 film Walker plus a preview of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. 1. Fontaines DC: Bloomsday (Skinty Fia, 2022) Partisan 2. Brian John McBrearty: Second Story Tune (Blue Twenty-Three, 2017) Blue Tapes 3. Charlotte Cardin: Daddy (Phoenix, 2021) Cult Nation/Atlantic 4. Gladys "Fatso" Bentley:

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XHM #607 - "A pal & a prick" (2022 June 13)

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2022/06/14

The actor Ray Liotta (1954-2022) was a distinctive force, so amongst various highlights, we'll profile music from Martin Scorsese's 1990 epic Goodfellas and then the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. He did amuse us so. 1. Mahotella Queens: Wozani Mahipi (Next Stop...Soweto: Volume 2, 2010) Strut 2. Jamani Duo: Open Window (Timeline, 2021) self-released 3. Julee Cruise: Rockin' Back Inside My Heart (Floating into the Night, 1989) Warner Bros 4. Syl Johnson: Different Strokes (Dresses Too

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XHM #606 - "Reserved complications" (2022 June 06)

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2022/06/07

In tribute to actor William Hurt (1950-2022), we profile a wide swath of the actor's films, primarily focusing on John Barry's sultry score to the 1981 neo-noir Body Heat and selected music from 1998's sci-fi puzzler Dark City amongst other film scores. 1. Kamikaze Nurse: Aileen (Stimuloso, 2022) Mint 2. Mount Maxwell: Senescent Vivarium (Senescent Vivarium, 2022) Hotham Sound 3. Iggy Pop: The Passenger (Lust for Life, 1977) RCA 4. Depeche Mode: Any Second Now [Voices] (Speak & Spell, 1981) Mute 5

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XHM #605 - "All aboard the cat bus" (2022 May 30)

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2022/05/31

gak raced back from out east so this haphazardous episode profiles Joe Hisaishi's score from the iconic Studio Ghibli film My Neighbour Totoro whilst previewing the 2022 edition of Vancouver's Music Waste festival. You can smell the jet lag. Ichi, ni, san, yon, go!1. Otoboke Beaver: Yakitori (Super Champon, 2022) Damnably 2. ToToro: Cats Eggs (Tings in Boots 3, 2019) Push & Run 3. Joseph Shabason: So Long (The Fellowship, 2021) Western Vinyl/Telephone Explosion IV. The Gap Band: You Dropped a Bomb

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XHM #604 - "Pit stop at the infinite variation...

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2022/05/24

It's Victoria Day up Canada way and as gak jets off in multiple directions, this prerecorded episode promises to go Everything Everywhere All at Once (score by Son Lux). 1. Folklore Ensemble of the Village of Stena, Tomashpol District, Vinnitsa Region, Podolie: We're Starting a Curved Dance [Springtime Round Dance] (Ukrainian Music: Anthology of Folk Music, 2011) Melodiya 2. Richard Reed Parry: New Descent (The Nest OST, 2021) Music on Vinyl 3. Young Thug: Big Tipper [w.Lil Keed] (So Much Fun, 2019)

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XHM #603 - "From peasantry to the galaxy" (2022 May 16)

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2022/05/17

May is Asian Heritage Month so we'll tackle a classic by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa that inspired part of Star Wars: 1958's The Hidden Fortress as scored by Masaru Satoh. We also pay tribute to a lot of fallen drummers as of late amongst talking concerts in the Lower Mainland this week. As with CITR's web server, podcasts are working again. 1. Jacques Greene: Taurus (Fantasy EP, 2022) LuckyMe 2. Moe Koffman: Taurus Rising (Live at George's, 1975) GRT 3. Kalush Orchestra: Stefania (Eurovision

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XHM #602 - "The sun's gone dim and the sky's turned...

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2022/05/10

Iceland is on the mind as we profile a few recent posthumous releases by composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, including 2 film scores from Chinese films that are now streaming in North America: Blind Massage & The Shadow Play. We also talk about concerts in Vancouver this week as we play catchup from the CITR web server outage, including the Verboden Festival. Jónsi: Salt Licorice [w.Robyn] (Shiver, 2020) Krúnk Sigur Rós: Rembihnútur [Liminal re-work by Paul Corley] (@0, 2021) Ahead of our Time Fontaines DC:

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XHM #601 - "What's the hassle, Schmasel?" (2022 May 02)

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2022/05/03

Long desired & finally aired, this episode tried to avoid the feeling of devouring six bowls of colourful cereal on a Saturday morning by keeping the cartoony side towards the back third. Still, there's plenty of Carl Stalling's music from the original Warner Brothers' cartoons amongst other frantic music from films & TV both old & new amongst the usual frim fram. 1. Alabaster dePlume: The Sound of My Feet on This Earth is a Song to Your Spirit (Gold: Go Forward in the Courage of Your Love, 2022)

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XHM N° 600! "Lassitude à Ennui-sur-Blasé" (2022 April...

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2022/04/26

For our 600th episode as Exploding Head Movies (DC for the Romans, 698 for long-time radio free gak listeners), we go mostly Gallic with music from Wes Anderson's 2021 film The French Dispatch. The podcast gods were amenable since I couldn't record this episode from home so we are successfully relying on the rebuilt server talking to the station logger properly to present what I feared would be a lost episode. Allons-y! 1. Sault: Reality (Air, 2022) Forever Living Originals 2. King Cobb Steelie:

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XHM #599 - "La leonessa romana" (2022 April 18)

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2022/04/19

With the passing of the actress Monica Vitti (1933-2022), we listen to a wide range of music associated with her films, ranging from comedies to Michaelangelo Antonioni's moody new wave films. There were also a lot of concerts happening in Vancouver that week -- for podcast listeners, it's not so relevant anymore -- but it's a full raft of the usual mayhem. 1. Le Rose: Monica Vitti (Le Rose, 2010) Pippola 2. Johnny Hammond: Big Sur Suite (Higher Ground, 1974) Kudu 3. The Magnetic Fields: I've Got a

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