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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 #664 - "Paging Dr. Cucumber" (2023 September 04)

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2023/09/05

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 and wrap up our 2023 Polaris Prize nominees profile a bit early. 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

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125:02

XHM #663 - "Why soot the sky with future diamonds"...

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2023/08/29

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

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119:14

XHM #662 - "Today's secret words are 'biker bar...

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2023/08/22

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

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122:43

XHM #661 - "Another street fight, another cigarette,...

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2023/08/15

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

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122:03

XHM #660 - "Icarus knows about flying too high" (2023...

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2023/08/08

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]

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XHM #659 - "An earring in the sink" (2023 July 31)

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2023/08/01

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)

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122:22

XHM #658 - "I serve no spoon gaggers before their...

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2023/07/25

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

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XHM #657 - "RFG #000" (2023 July 17)

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2023/07/18

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

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121:42

XHM #656 - "Calling up from special area codes" (2023...

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2023/07/11

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

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XHM #655 - "Sandy shores that stretch for centuries"...

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2023/07/04

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

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122:43

XHM #654 - "Unlimited summers in your city" (2023...

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2023/06/27

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

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XHM #653 - "Cetacean express/Ka eke au i te tohora"...

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2023/06/20

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

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121:43

XHM #651 - "Two masters enter; they both leave" (2023...

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2023/06/13

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:

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121:30

XHM #651 - "Treacherous anniversary grapes" [RFG 12 +...

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2023/06/06

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:

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120:54

XHM #160 [REDUX] - "Almost as sweet and hot as you'd...

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2023/05/30

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:

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XHM #650 - "You leave New York and you dream of hot...

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2023/05/23

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,

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XHM #649 - "Hot tears of disconnection" (2023 May 15)

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2023/05/16

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

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XHM #648 - "Supernatural marvels" (2023 May 08)

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2023/05/09

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:

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XHM #647 - "Oto to kankyo no kankei" (2023 May 01)

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2023/05/02

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

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XHM #646 - "This must be the prettiest loaf in the...

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2023/04/25

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

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