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CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies
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.
Episodes
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XHM #699 - "The monster bigger than any leading lady" (2024 June 10)
Roger Corman (1926-2024) was a trailblazer in producing & occasionally directing American independent cinema, so we'll touch upon only a handful of cues from…
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XHM #698 - "No city for big hearts" (2024 June 03)
gak's back from New York so as he dug through films set in the Big Apple, he opted for a Puerto Rican flair with the 1993 film Carlito's Way. For…
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XHM #697 - "Pnévma, órama, profítis" (2024 May 27)
This pre-recorded episode goes more new age than ambient, so consider this Part 14.5 of our sorta soothing & serene sounding series, mostly in a Greek vein as…
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XHM #696 - "Immortal jones" (2024 May 20)
For your Victoria Day (or Whit Monday) enjoyment, we profile Montreal's CFCF and his score to the 2022 Canadian queer indie film You Can Live Forever. 01…
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XHM #695 - "Receive the holy serum" (2024 May 13)
Amidst a profile on some of Steve Albini's (1962-2024) recording work and tributes to other recently deceased folks, we profile an interesting collaboration…
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XHM #694 - "If we saw him, we got the message" (2024 May 06)
In honour of the character actor M. Emmet Walsh (1935-2024), we profile Carter Burwell's score from perhaps Walsh's largest role (and the Coen Brothers'…
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XHM #693 - "You may be entitled to comprehension" (2024 April 29)
gak's back after a fortnight in a swamp with a profile on the Toronto band Absolutely Free and their score to the 2016 independent film Two Cares Due None. 01…
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XHM #692 - "Lo, an alchemy of fungus & folly" (2024 April 15)
gak's back from staring at things blocking the sun so the genres shift to mostly folk as we profile Jim Williams' songs from the soundtrack to the 2013 film A…
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XHM #691 - "Floating in the moonshadow" (2024 April 08)
It's Part 14 of our all-ambient series and we circle back to some of the noteworthy releases from 2023 aside from some astronomical business. Astronomical…
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XHM #690 - "Excruciating shred mucus" (2024 April 01)
Based on recent legislation from the governments of North Karelia (Finland) & Northwestern Ontario (Canada), we've had to viciously & suddenly change formats…
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XHM #689 - "Arrakis boogaloo" (2024 March 25)
It's time to return to the spice as we listen to Hans Zimmer's score to Dune: Part Two from director Denis Villeneuve. Along with other sonic inspirations from…
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XHM #688 - "Lunar lancing" (2024 March 18)
Award season is over so we play catch up with recent news as look at the Canadian director Norman Jewison (1926-2024) and cues from his groundbreaking films…
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XHM #687 - "Dreams take flight [with crazy teeth]" (2024 March 11)
Our 7th & final part of our our annual Oscars profiles as award season draws to a close as we talk about who won! The 96th Academy Awards were handed out last…
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XHM #686 - "Downwind from the fallout of history" (2024 March 04)
Our 6th part of our annual Oscars profiles does another check-in on Ludwig Göransson's Academy Award nominated score to Oppenheimer. 01. Oppenheimer Analysis…
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XHM #685 - "Oklahoma ain't always OK" (2024 February 26)
The 1st of our two repeat profiles is in the cards for the 5th part of our annual Oscar profile as we hear different cues from the late Robbie Robertson's…
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XHM #684 - "Five generations of snakes tried to greet him" (2024 February 19)
It's Family Day in parts of Canada, so for our 4th part of our annual Oscars profile, we not only hear selections from John Williams' nominated score to…
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XHM #683 - "The word & the page" (2024 February 12)
For the 3rd part of our annual Oscars profile, we listen to selections from Laura Karpman's nominated score to American Fiction. We also touch upon the lunar…
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XHM #682 - "This radio station proposes to you" (2024 February 05)
Part II of our annual Oscars profile collides with CITR's main annual event: FUNDRIVE so we'll hop along the themes of weddings and Las Vegas as we hear from…
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XHM #681 - "A steampunk resurrection bodice ripper" (2024 January 29)
The nominees for the 96th Academy Awards were announced last week so it's that time of year: our annual Oscars profiles on the nominated original songs &…
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XHM #680 - "Quacking through straws" (2024 January 22)
gak marks 16 years at CITR 101.9FM with another profile on the film score work of Ennio Morricone: 1971's Giù la Testa (aka Duck, You Sucker!) amidst the other…
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20-24 Ho-urs of Radi-o Art: Hrs N° 13 & 14 - "shtuchna shpakivnya dlya myrnykh trutniv/an artificial aviary for peaceful drones" (2024 January 17)
gak's back with a spacious yet spacy mix that takes elements from synthesized bird noises and mixes it with drones, particular in honour of Catherine Christer…
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XHM #679 - "Take the wheel; I already could use a getaway" (2024 January 15)
We mark the calendar year properly now as we profile Michael Small's soundtrack to the 1978 film The Driver in honour of the actor Ryan O'Neal (1941-2023). We…
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XHM #678 - "Feel the glamour of pink plastic" (2024 January 08)
Before we charge into the new year properly, let's look back at the past 12 months as we try to make sense of 2023. Our soundtrack profile will be on the smash…
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XHM #677 - "Peace on earth & goodwill to more than just shareholders" (2023 December 25)
Christmas Day means the 1st true day of the 12 days of Christmas. It's also the morning when most open presents and then the afternoon of family visits. With…
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XHM #195 [REDUX] - "Kindness to animals and your buddies" (2013 December 18)
From the Exploding Head Archives, this episode from 2013 celebrates the holidays in its own loopy fashion. This predates a single film theme, opting to hop…
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XHM #676 - "Plutonium poetry battered our hearts" (2023 December 11)
For the 5th night of Hanukkah, we pay tribute to the physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, the subject of the 2023 Christopher Nolan film about the creation of the…
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XHM #675 - "Blood & oil mix way too often" (2023 December 04)
This episode crams a lot in: CITR's Shindig finales happen this week; some other recent deaths & Robbie Robertson's posthumous score to Martin Scorsese's 2023…
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XHM #674 - "Styling highly (yes) with the total forgive action" (2023 November 27)
Hip hop music started in South Bronx, NYC back in August 1973 and in fifty years, it's become a dominant form in pop music. This episode brazenly tries to…
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XHM #673 - "Foreheads through the century & hitting on all sixes" (2023 November 20)
As 2023 draws to a close in just over a month, we look a hundred years hence to 1923. Amongst indicative recordings that have survived all that time, we…
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XHM #672 - "French Arizona from space" (2023 November 13)
With both the actors' & writers' strikes over, we can play catch up on newish films as we dig into Wes Anderson's latest Asteroid City. High winds have messed…
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XHM #671 - "People make you reign" (2023 November 06)
gak's back after some food poisoning so with Hallowe'en done, it's time to harken back to recent travels with a show that explores Glasgow, Islay & Scotland…
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XHM #670 - "The kids are all white, not all right at all" (2023 October 23)
It's been a while since we've profiled the music of John Carpenter so as we count down to Hallowe'en, we'll listen to music from a recent compilation of…
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XHM #669 - "Nothing in abundance but absolute pleasure" (2023 October 16)
Hallowe'en Horror Month continues here as we get properly glammy and camp with Richard O'Brien's subversive music from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. 1. Castle…
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XHM #668 - "Always in the eternal deep end" (2023 October 09)
Canadian Thanksgiving is upon us all, so we go with a Canadian option here for this pre-recorded episode: Tim Hecker and his score to the 2023 Brandon…
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XHM #667 - "Listen to the deafening night" (2023 October 02)
October is nigh so our annual horror month beings in honour of Hallowe'en. Amidst more Vancouver International Film Festival previews, we'll profile Tangerine…
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XHM #666 - "They're just numbers written on your appendage" (2023 September 25)
For our 666th episode under this show name -- we're actually 764 now in our total CITR history so we're safe for a wee while -- we'll dip a bit early into our…
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XHM #665 - "The constellations within you" (2023 September 11)
Our 13th all-ambient episode primarily profiles Brian McBride (1970-2023) and some of the music he made either solo or in Stars of the Lid. We also preview…
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XHM #664 - "Paging Dr. Cucumber" (2023 September 04)
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…
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XHM #663 - "Why soot the sky with future diamonds" (2023 August 28)
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…
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XHM #662 - "Today's secret words are 'biker bar blitz'" (2023 August 21)
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…
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XHM #661 - "Another street fight, another cigarette, another killer blonde, another man dead" (2023 August 14)
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…
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XHM #660 - "Icarus knows about flying too high" (2023 August 07)
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…
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XHM #659 - "An earring in the sink" (2023 July 31)
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…
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XHM #658 - "I serve no spoon gaggers before their time" (2023 July 24)
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…
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XHM #657 - "RFG #000" (2023 July 17)
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…
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XHM #656 - "Calling up from special area codes" (2023 July 10)
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…
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XHM #655 - "Sandy shores that stretch for centuries" (2023 July 03)
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…
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XHM #654 - "Unlimited summers in your city" (2023 June 26)
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…
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XHM #653 - "Cetacean express/Ka eke au i te tohora" (2023 June 19)
Kia ora! Though midsummer and National Indigenous Peoples Day loom in Canadians' minds, this episode extends towards the southern hemisphere as we also…
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XHM #652 - "Two masters enter; they both leave" (2023 June 12)
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…
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XHM #651 - "Treacherous anniversary grapes" [RFG 12 + XHM 174] (2023 June 05)
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…
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XHM #160 [REDUX] - "Almost as sweet & hot as you'd expect" (2013 April 01)
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…
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XHM #650 - "You leave New York and you dream of hot dogs in the desert" (2023 May 22)
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…
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XHM #649 - "Hot tears of disconnection" (2023 May 15)
It's been a while since we've heard some Ennio Morricone, so we'll dig up selections from the score to the 1966 spaghetti western The Big Gundown. We present…
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XHM #648 - "Supernatural marvels" (2023 May 08)
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…
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XHM #647 - "Oto to kankyo no kankei" (2023 May 01)
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…
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XHM #646 - "This must be the prettiest loaf in the bread aisle" (2023 April 24)
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…
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XHM #645 - "We got the good leads here'" (2023 April 17)
Composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter (1933-2023) led a long life in jazz but he touched at least upon one film score: 1992's Glengarry Glen Ross. Amidst some…
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XHM #644 - "400 quatloos on the outgoer" (2023 April 10)
Composer Gerald Fried (1928-2023) had a long, diverse career in music; tackling both film & television. In his honour, we'll tackle as much as we can with a…
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XHM #643 - "She swings, she hits" (2023 April 03)
Spring in North America means baseball! As the major league season starts and the minor leagues do so later this week, we'll look at music from the various…