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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
- CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies
XHM #642 - "Recent reflections, to wit to whom" (2023 March 27)
In light of radio station business happening at the same time as airtime, we'll have a pre-recorded episode that marks Part 10 of our all-ambient series…
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XHM #641 - "Seriously, why do birds suddenly appear, every single time" (2023 March 20)
As noted earlier, the songwriter Burt Bachrach (1928-2023) passed away, so we'll dip our toes in some of his famous songs from films such as Casino Royale…
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XHM #640 - "The conductor is flying this train off the rails" (2023 March 13)
Oscar season is over, so as we pay tribute to the big winners from the 95th Academy Awards handed out last night, we profile some of Hildur Guðnadóttir's…
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XHM #639 - "Born to be a lion" (2023 March 06)
For Week 6 of our annual Oscars profile, this pre-recorded episode focuses on the nominees for Best Original Song. We'll hear songs from the films Black…
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XHM #638 - "The only percussion comes in the form of ammunation" (2023 February 27)
Oscar season continues with the 5th and final of the best original score nominees: Volker Bertelmann's music from All Quiet on the Western Front. 1. The…
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XHM #637 - "A portrait of the artist as a young man playing with UFOs & dinosaurs" (2023 February 20)
It's Week 4 of our annual Oscars profile so for your Family Day programming, we'll hear cues from John Williams' nominated score from Steven Spielberg's…
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XHM #636 - "These talkies are the path to sin" (2023 February 13)
Our Oscars profile continue with Justin Hurwitz's nominated original score from Babylon. We also talk about earthquakes, many a live event in Vancouver this…
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XHM #635 - "Be in love with nothing but the bagel" (2023 February 06)
We press on in the multiverse of Oscar nominees for the 95th Academy Awards with a redux on Son Lux's nominated score to Everything Everywhere All at Once…
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XHM #634 - "Bread vans & miniature donkeys" (2023 January 30)
The nominees for the 95th Academy Awards were announced last week so it's the start to our annual Oscars profile! We'll kick off with Carter Burwell's…
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XHM #633 - "Kung fu kicks from Mr Trix" (2023 January 23)
The Year of the Rabbit is upon us, so amongst some bunny related songs, we'll have tributes to guitarist Jeff Beck, singer David Crosby and Hong Kong composer…
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24 Hours of Radio Art: Hours 11 & 12 - "koillinen, kaakko, lounas & luode" (2023 January 17)
gak is back for another two hours of radio art, though he had plans for eight hours, so prepare for four separate layers of sonic mayhem, mixing spoken word…
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XHM #632 - "The crystal owls are totally what they seem" (2023 January 16)
In honour of composer Angelo Badalamenti (1937-2022), we pay tribute to only a modest selection of his wide varied musical career, definitely leaning on the…
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XHM #631 - "Only feels like it's raining forever" (2023 January 09)
As we crawl into 2023 properly, we pay tribute to Seattle composer Norm Chambers (1972-2022), who recorded ambient music under various aliases. We'll focus on…
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XHM #630 - "Rogue zero" (2023 January 02)
Before closing the book completely on 2022, we'll bid adieu via our annual year-in-review episode. I'm unable to do a best of in a limited amount of time, so…
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XHM #629 - "Eight lights to hold you" (2022 December 22 & 26)
We're in the midst of Hanukkah so since we got our counter-Christmas episode taken care of last week, this one focuses on the Jewish festival of lights though…
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XHM #628 - "The carols are coming from inside the house" (2022 December 12)
As the holiday season feels like it's becoming normal, for our 15th annual counter carol episode, we'll go abnormal as we profile the 1974 Canuxploitation film…
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XHM #627 - "This is the excuse that we're making" (2022 December 05)
This episode attempts to fill the empty dancefloor with a profile on the Belgian production duo Soulwax and their soundtrack to the 2016 film Belgica. 1…
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XHM #626 - "From badges to badgers, we got it all" (2022 November 28)
Finally breaking free of all the horror, we pivot to parody performer Weird Al Yankovic. Not only do we listen to selections from his new "autobiographical"…
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XHM #625 - "Print me a pilot, architect me an atmosphere" (2022 November 21)
We're overdue on a listen to Ryuichi Sakamoto so we'll mostly focus on his score to the Netflix anime series Exception amongst other experimental/classical…
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XHM #624 - "Typewriters count as technology" (2022 November 14)
This mostly moody episode focuses on Blanck Mass' score to the 2021 film Ted K, detailing the life of the feared Unabomber. We also pay tribute to Nik Turner…
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XHM #623 - "The amusement park in the void" (2022 November 07)
Alex G's score to the 2021 horror film We're All Going to the World's Fair sorta extends our usual Hallowe'en October theme a bit but the emphasis here is more…
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XHM #622 - "Invincible in viscera" (2022 October 31)
Hallowe'en is here as we get vampiric with music by Tara Busch for the 2021 film Jakob's Wife along with music from a recent Italian tribute album to the…
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XHM #621 - "Extraterrestial influencer" (2022 October 17)
Lucrecia Dalt is a Colombian composer based in Berlin who plays with a lot of eclectic elements. It's primarily dark electronics, which is highlighted by her…
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XHM #620 - "From the back of the fridge" [RESCUED 615 + 616] (2022 October 10)
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…
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XHM #619 - "Unidentified flying horse" (2022 October 03)
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…
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XHM #618 - "Tout ce dont tu as besoin c'est d'une fille et d'un flingue" (2022 September 26)
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…
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XHM #617 - "Carrying on with the penny royalty" (2022 September 19)
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…
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XHM #616 [LOST] - "We'll go under the swamp and rescue the damn horse in our submarine" (2022 August 29)
In honour of director Wolfgang Petersen (1941-2022), we'll profile music from two of his best known films: 1981's Das Boot and 1984's The Neverending Story. We…
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XHM #615 [LOST] - "Man må hyle med de ulve man er iblandt" (2022 August 22)
This week, we profile Robin Carolan & Sebastian Gainsborough's score to Robert Egger's Viking-inspired 2022 film The Northman. [The podcast logger had run out…
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XHM #614 - "Only lost in the sauce if it's marinara" (2022 August 15)
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…
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XHM #613 - "Open hailing frequencies" (2022 August 08)
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…
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XHM #612 - "SYNTH CRIMES" (2022 August 01)
For your civic holiday in Canada, BC Day specifically here in Vancouver, this episodes goes 80s chirpiness with selections from Harold Faltermeyer's…
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XHM #611 - "Every week, the actual horror" (2022 July 25)
Plan B is go 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…
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XHM #610 - "Ascend into the cosmos" (2022 July 18)
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…
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XHM #609 - "Metsäkylpy" (2022 June 27)
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…
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XHM #608 - "Shuffling around Turtle Island" (2022 June 20)
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…
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XHM #607 - "A pal & a prick" (2022 June 13)
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…
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XHM #606 - "Reserved complications" (2022 June 06)
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…
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XHM #605 - "All aboard the cat bus" (2022 May 30)
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…
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XHM #604 - "Pit stop at the infinite variation bureau" (2022 May 23)
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…
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XHM #603 - "From peasantry to the galaxy" (2022 May 16)
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…
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XHM #602 - "The sun's gone dim and the sky's turned black" (2022 May 09)
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…
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XHM #601 - "What's the hassle, Schmasel?" (2022 May 02)
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…
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XHM N° 600! "Lassitude à Ennui-sur-Blasé" (2022 April 25)
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…
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XHM #599 - "La leonessa romana" (2022 April 18)
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…
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XHM #598 - "If you build Iowa, heaven will come" (2022 April 11)
With the Major League Baseball season starting last week, this episode pays tribute to that pasttime with a profile on James Horner's score to the 1989 sports…
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XHM #597 - "Solitary respite" (2022 April 04)
With awards season over, it's time an overdue Part 8 of our all-ambient episodes, this time focusing on soothing sounds that came out last year. 1. Kaleema…
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XHM #596 - "Home! is where the sound is" (2022 March 28)
Our Oscar season draws to a close as the 94th Academy Awards were handed out yesterday in a wild ceremony. Along with a recap of the winners, we'll profile…
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XHM #595 - "Toutes les petites chansons" (2022 March 21)
Since we've wrapped up our profiles on the best original scores for this Sunday's Academy Awards, Part 6 of our annual Oscar episodes focuses on the nominated…
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XHM #594 - "But we love sand!" (2022 March 14)
For the 5th part of our annual Oscar profiles, we'll listen again at Hans Zimmer's score to Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune since it became nominated…
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XHM #593 - "Adjacent agencies" (2022 March 07)
Part IV of our annual Oscars profile looks at Alberto Iglesias' nominated score to Pedro Almodóvar's 2021 film Parallel Mothers. We also pay tribute to Mark…
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XHM #592 - "Maybe a merciful comet will strike us" (2022 February 28)
As Oscar season continues, we dive into Nicholas Britell's nominated score to Adam McKay's satire Don't Look Up. We also explore music associated with a…
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XHM #591 - "We still talk about Oscar, ar, ar" (2022 February 21)
Part 2 of our annual Oscar nominee profile dives into the world of Encanto, the recent Disney film with a nominated score by Germain Franco and a song by…
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XHM #590 - "The universe is barking mad, darling" (2022 February 14)
Oscar season is upon us again, so since the nominees for the 94th Academy Awards were announced last week, we bring our profiles on the nom'd scores and songs…
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XHM #589 - "Bass fight with coho" (2022 February 07)
It's Fundrive time again at CITR! This year's theme is "Plenty of Fish in the Sea...Eye Tea Arrrrr" so amongst some vague piscine themes, we'll profile music…
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XHM #588 - "Add panache and savoir faire to any social occasion" (2022 January 31)
In honour of actor/director Sidney Poitier (1927-2022), we feature some of the music associated with his long history in filmmaking, which shares some overlap…
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XHM #587 - "Reborn through waves of grief as we try to not glitch out too soon" (2022 January 24)
With The Matrix: Resurrections widely released, we listen to Johnny Klimek & Tom Tykwer's score from that film along with Don Davis' music from the original…
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2022: 24 Hours of Radio Art (Bonus Hour) - "A song from the big chair" (2022 January 17)
Prepped for this year's 24 Hours of Radio Art but missing a cutoff time, this is a superlong version of Alvin Lucier doing his seminal sound art piece I Am…
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2022: 24 Hours of Radio Art (Hours 19 + 20) - "laqad nashat fi mustanqae siriyin" (2022 January 17)
24 Hours of Radio Art lands on a Monday this year, so Exploding Head Movies morphs in honour of all the noise that mixes field recordings from parts of the…
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XHM #586 - "Drivin' to yet another rodeo" (2022 January 10)
gak marks 14 years on CITR with a long-overdue countrified episode tied to Merle Haggard (1937-2016), the western sound of Bakersfield, California and music…