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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 #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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122:59

XHM #750 - "Mushroom clouds remain a Gen-X sigil"...

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2025/08/12

gak's back from being afar so he's jetlagged & overheated. That said, it was this month that 80 years ago, two atomic bombs were detonated over Japan during World War II so we pay tribute to the cities of Hiroshima & Nagasaki through song & film. We also talk Michael Madsen, Mark Snow and pick up where we left off with the 2025 Polaris Prize album nominees as the new song award popped up. 01. OMD: Enola Gay (Organisation, 1980) Dindisc 02. Stomu Yamash'ta: Memory of Hiroshima (The Man

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121:41

XHM #179 [REDUX] - "Since the dawn of time, man has...

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2025/08/05

Since gak's still far far away, enjoy this repeat broadcast featuring sunny themes in honour of the 2007 film Sunshine, which is a space horror. Original playsheet: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20130819/ radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire

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119:36

XHM #749 - "The cosmic recliner" (2025 July 28)

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2025/07/29

gak's on the road again, this time to bury his dad in Finland, so this will be Part 17 of our all-ambient series. 01. Emissive: Losing Control (Ontario Space, 2020) self-released 02. Ariel Kalma & Richard Tinti: Orguitar Soir (Osmose [reissue], 2006) Blur 03. Ariel Kalma & Richard Tinti: Saxo Planetariel (Osmose, 1978) SFP 04. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma: Strange Dreams (FRKWYS Volume 12: We Know Each Other Somehow, 2014) Rvng Intl. 05. Kilometre Club: Firepits (Wood

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XHM #747 - "Spruce up your goose" (2025 July 14)

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2025/07/15

This action-packed episode profiles music from Martin Scorsese's 2004 biopic about Howard Hughes, with a score by Howard Shore: The Aviator. Amongst some 1940s style music, we also cover some festivals in Vancouver, the start of the 2025 Polaris Prize nominees & other recent news. 01. Rebekah del Rio: Llorando [Crying] (Mulholland Drive OST, 2001) Milan 02. Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena: Flaming Cherries Jubilee at Antoine's (West Kensington, 2022) Three Lobed 03. The Whispers: And the

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119:31

XHM #215 [REDUX] - "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn &...

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2025/07/01

gak's on the road so he dug up a fun episode from 2014 devoted to Mort Garson, well before a great reissue campaign by Sacred Bones. Check out https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20140526/ for the track listing.

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XHM #744 - "The preppiest little brothel in the...

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2025/06/17

The dream is always the same. Long in the hopper, we finally properly profile Tangerine Dream's score to Tom Cruise's breakout film: 1983's Risky Business. We've touched upon it in the past but we do a better focus this time. (The podcast may take some time to appear based on recent upgrades made to our server, so stand by for partial excitement. If things get lost, I may reconstruct this down the road if I'm short of material or most likely, time one week. We have hundreds of ideas in the backlog

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121:38

XHM #742 - "Little depression revivals" (2025 May 26)

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2025/05/27

Charles Strouse (1928-2025) wrote music for many a project so this week's profile touches upon two disparate works: his score to 1967's gangster film Bonnie & Clyde and then his beloved musical Annie. 01. Ken Page & Burt Reynolds: Let's Make Music Together (All Dogs Go to Heaven OST, 1989) Curb 02. Anthony Tan: Sublime Subliminal Sublimate (Susurrus, 2023) Gengseng 03. No Joy: Bugland (Bugland, 2025) Hand Drawn Dracula/Sonic Cathedral 04. Guerilla Toss: Psychosis is Just a Number (2025)

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120:21

XHM #741 - "Refuse to permit, offer to thrive" (2025...

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2025/05/20

gak's back and in a soft start to eulogizing his father (1945-2025), we touch upon some Finnish themes and then Carmine Coppola's music from his son Francis Ford Coppola's gangster epic: 1972's The Godfather. Grief will be our guide. 01. Karstulan Mieslaulajat ja Savotta-orkesteri: Souvaripojat (Elämää Suomalaismetsissä, 2006) self-released 02. Kara-Lis Coverdale: Freedom (From Where You Came, 2025) Smalltown Supersound 03. The Beggar Girls: Finnish Polka (2019) Camel 04. John Stark & Aino

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121:43

XHM #739 - "Rumbo al cielo en un bote de remos" (2025...

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2025/04/22

As gak hits the road again, it's time for Part 16 of our all-ambient series for your Easter Monday meditation. 01. E Dulanowsky: Time to Go Outside (Anthology of Experimental Music from Canada, 2024) Unexplained Sound Group 02. Bell Dreams: Pallene (Moons, 2023) self-released 03. Joel Vandroogenbroeck: Group Meditation (Meditations: Volume 1, 1980) Coloursound Library 04. RL Huber: The Cracks Underneath (Hafgufa, 2025) self-released 05. Olson: Magic Show at the Four Crossroads (Diegesis, 2025)

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XHM #738 - "He was a self-realized laser" (2025 April...

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2025/04/15

In honour of the actor Val Kilmer (1959-2025), we aim for as diverse a profile as his œuvre. Although the main profile is on Bruce Broughton's score from the 1993 western Tombstone, we have bits from comedies & action films. 01. Bruce Broughton: Pit Orchestra Warmup (Tombstone OST, 2006) Intrada 02. Pulp: Spike Island (More, 2025) Rough Trade 03. Loscil & Lawrence English: Vermillion (Chroma, 2024) self-released 04. Stereolab: Aerial Troubles (Instant Holograms on Metal Film, 2025)

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122:17

XHM #737 - "That gumshoe you like is coming back in...

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2025/04/08

25 years ago this week, Twin Peaks debuted on television and a cult phenomenon was born. In our 2nd tribute to David Lynch (1946-2025) this year, we combine past profiles around the world of Laura Palmer & Agent Dale Cooper, ranging from the original show, the 1992 prequel and the 2017 sequel series. Dream big, boy scouts & girl guides. Your coffee & doughnut menu: 01. Kraftwerk: The Model (The Man Machine, 1978) Kling Klang/EMI 02. Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz: Stöltzle

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119:46

XHM #734 - "Níor chóir go mbeadh aon duine ag ól...

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2025/03/18

Happy St Patrick's Day! For this rare occasion, we dabble across multiple films dear to the Irish heart, including Michael Collins, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Brooklyn, The Secret of Kells and many more. Faith and begorrah! Here's the craic: 01. House of Pain: Danny Boy, Danny Boy (House of Pain, 1992) Tommy Boy 02. Formula Vee: I Could Drift (Dispersal, 2020) Mule 03. Lenny Randle & the Ballplayers: Kingdome [w.Rashawna] (Wheedle's Groove: Seattle Funk, Modern Soul & Boogie,

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XHM #733 - "The absurd worlds we should build" (2025...

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2025/03/11

This will be Part I of our look at the music associated with the works of David Lynch (1946-2025). We'll first listen to some of the music tied & inspired by his films; we'll hold on Twin Peaks until next month when things line up for the 25th anniversary of its TV debut. There may be a Part III but we'll see what we stuff into April's ambitions. 01. Roy Ayers Ubiquity: Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Everybody Loves the Sunshine, 1976) Polydor 02. Space Ghost: Time Station (Private Paradise,

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XHM #732 - "A perfect waste of a few hours" (2025...

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2025/03/04

The 97th Academy Awards were handed out on Sunday so gak rushes to recap the winners and sort through all the latest news as a lot of folks have passed away recently. 01. Electropoint: Razor Blades (2024) self-released 02. Daniel Blumberg: Intermission (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 03. Daniel Blumberg: Overture [Bus] (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 04. Daniel Blumberg: Construction (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 05. Daniel Blumberg: Monologue [w.Adrien Brody] (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan

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XHM #729 - "Magazines on fire!" (2025 February 10)

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2025/02/11

Along with it being week 2 of our annual Oscars profile, it's Fundrive time again! Discorder Magazine, the print cousin of CITR 101.9FM, is reaching out in new ways and with whatever donation you can provide, you can help expand our physical archives & distribution throughout the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. It'll be a disco inferno, hence why amidst two of the best original song nominees and two surprise snubs, we have lots of fiery disco songs. 01. [trailer] Disco 9000 (Super Bad,

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XHM #727 - "Memories from a gaijin" (2025 January 27)

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2025/01/28

gak remains on the road and he lacks the future vision to anticipate what, let alone when, the Oscar nominations will be, so you're getting an outsider Japan experience via John Williams' score to 2005's Memoirs of a Geisha amidst some older gems that never it to air despite years in waiting. For those unfamiliar with geisha, these are Japanese women trained in performing arts to entertain people with music, conversation & other skills. There's a misinterpretation that they also tackle less

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XHM #726 - "The past is moonlit & the future is...

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2025/01/21

gak's on the road or in the air again so for the 15th episode in our all-ambient series, he recaps some of the music that fits under the ambiguous genre banner. 01. Voice of Hearing: Breathespace (Breathespace, 2024) self-released 02. Tsrono: Shift 01 (Shift, 2024) Not Yet Remembered 03. Deborah Martin & Erik Wøllo: Voices of Nature (Kinishba, 2024) Spotted Peccary 04. Fhae: 2001 (2024) self-released 05. Adam Wiltzie: Tissue of Lies (Eleven Fugues for Sodium Pentothal, 2024) Kranky 06

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120:01

2025: 24 Hours of Radio Art [Hours 16 & 17 + 28 & 29]...

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2025/01/17

25 shy of your standard BR selection, in celebration of the subatomic particle the quark, we offer six channels in six directions so make you listen to this with a couple friends and each of your ears can focus on different elements on this the 1 000 072nd birthday of art. TOP FLAVOUR t1. Au Vol: The Garden of Forking Paths (The Garden of Forking Paths, 2022) self-released t2. Bill Nace: Les Echos [Piece for Tuba] (Through a Room, 2022) Drag City t3. Body/Dilloway/Head: Body/Erase

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XHM #725 - "No matter where I go, there I am" (2025...

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2025/01/14

In honour of gak's 17th anniversary on CITR 101.9FM Vancouver BC, we dive into a favourite film: 1984's The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension with a score by Michael Boddicker. 01. Mitzi Gaynor: Happy Anniversary (Happy Anniversary OST, 1959) Top Rank 02. Botany Bay: Winter Wolfpack Serenade (Thanksgiver, 2024) Submarine Broadcasting Co. 03. Abigail Lapell: Anniversary Song (Anniversary, 2024) Outside Music 04. Elephant Stone: The Spark (Back into the Dream, 2024) Fuzz

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