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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 #585 - "The taste varies from person to person" (2022 January 03)
The year is 2022 and despite all our hopes, we enter uncertain times, which we'll underscore since this new year is the setting of the 1973 dystopian science…
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XHM #584 - "The old years continue to barge forwards" (2021 December 27)
As 2021 draws to a merciful close, we take stock of the music released this year and focus on Japanese Breakfast, who had a busy year, including the soundtrack…
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XHM #583 - "Let's jingle with Kent Kringle" (2021 December 20)
For our 14th annual holiday episode, Mr Kent of Toronto nobly volunteered to sift through hundreds of weird Christmas songs to come up with a joyful selection…
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XHM #582 - "A little night music for you milliners" (2021 December 13)
Tonight, tonight, we pay tribute to the great American musical composer Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021), tackling only some of his notable pieces in his glorious…
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XHM #581 - "One foot always in the forest" (2021 December 06)
In honour of Finnish Independence Day today, we celebrate one of my homeland's most wonderful exports: the Moomin! Tove Jansson's characters have been adapted…
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XHM #580 - "The whole livery line bow like this with the big money all crushed into these feet" (2021 November 29)
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was primarily known as a painter but he also dabbled in film & music, which intersect in Downtown 81, originally released in…
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XHM #579 - "All the number one music in heaven" (2021 November 22)
It's amazing to think that 50 years into their career, Sparks keep building up momentum. Your favourite band's favourite band are the subject of the 2020…
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XHM #578 - "Fear is the mind killer; beer is the liver killer" (2021 November 08)
gak walks without rhythm as to not attract the worm. With Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's scifi series Dune finally out in theatres (though…
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XHM #577 - "WILL HE RETURN?" (2021 November 01)
With the latest James Bond film No Time to Die finally screening in theatres after a pandemic delay, we profile Hans Zimmer's nostalgic score to 007's latest…
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XHM #576 - "Whatever happens, you need to stay calm" (2021 October 25)
With Hallowe'en this Sunday, this episode truly brings the horror as we profile David Julyan's score to the 2011 film The Cabin in the Woods. This I offer in…
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XHM #575 - "Floss that sweet tooth" (2021 October 18)
October horrors continue in the lead up to Hallowe'en as we look into the mirror and call the Candyman, both the 2021 version scored by Robert AA Lowe and the…
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XHM #574 - "Pepperoni werewolf" (2021 October 11)
For your Canadian Thanksgiving enjoyment, this perfectly tailored episode will ease with the digestion of any meals whilst reminding of you others as we…
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XHM #573 - "Puritan city limits" (2021 October 04)
As we kick off our annual Hallowe'en Horror Month for the first October episode of 2021, we profile Mark Korven's score from the 2016 film The VVitch. We also…
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XHM #572 - "Simultaenous feeds from unknown sources" (2021 September 27)
This jam-packed episode will attempt to recap the music category winners from the recent Emmy awards whilst standing by for a live announcement of the 2021…
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XHM #571 - "A wee noise" (2021 September 20)
We dip into the Ennio Morricone archives to bring you il Maestro's score to the bleak 1968 Western The Great Silence. We also pay tribute to actors Jean-Paul…
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XHM #570 - "Push button virtual assistance" (2021 September 13)
As the Lower Mainland heads back to classes, we profile Arcade Fire's adjacent score work, tied to films like Her, The Box and The Nest. We also touch upon Z…
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XHM #569 - "Samurai piece of craft" (2021 August 30)
Flying Lotus does the score to LeSean Thomas' alternate history anime Yasuke. We also pay tribute to drummer Charlie Watts, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Parris Bowens…
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XHM #568 - "Low-key return amidst high anxiety" (2021 August 23)
gak's back from a crazy long trip, helping with one move as he sorts his own. Amongst some catchup on news and road themes, we profile Natalie Holt's score…
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XHM #567 - "Pleasure night moving" (2021 July 26)
It's Pride Week again in Vancouver, so for this LGBTQ2SIA+ episode, we'll profile k.d. lang's score to the 1993 film Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. 1. The…
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XHM #566 - "You will believe a man can do live radio again" (2021 July 19)
After sixteen long months, gak returns to live radio as CITR reopens to some programmers as BC's Covid-19 situation improves. We profile the director Richard…
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XHM #565 - "Listen as if you were being told a secret" (2021 July 12)
Jon Hassell (1937-2021) was a trumpetter and composer of what he called "fourth world" music. Along with his own evocative pieces, we'll hear some of his…
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XHM #564 - "This glitchy recital" (2021 July 05)
It's July and this week, we'll profile Gazelle Twin's score to the film Nocturne, part of the Amazon series Welcome to the Blumhouse. Most of the selected…
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XHM #563 - "To all the bowling alleys and donut shoppes I've loved before" (2021 June 28)
Good day, eh? With Canada Day this week, this episode's topic is the Great White North as we profile Bob & Doug McKenzie and the soundtrack to the 1983 SCTV…
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XHM #562 - "Little moccasins to the sky" (2021 June 21)
June 21 is Indigenous Peoples' Day, along with the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, we spend a good portion of this episode honour those who lived…
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XHM #561 - "Dressed to kill in a dress that kills" (2021 June 14)
The score to the 2018 British horror In Fabric was done by Cavern of Anti-Matter and it came out last year, so we'll finally do our overdue profile on that…
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XHM #560 - "For thee the poet of beguilement sings" (2021 June 07)
The actor Dame Diana Rigg (1938-2020) was mostly known for her work in the British spy TV series The Avengers but she ruled the roost in George Lazenby's only…
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XHM #559 - "Each like is validation" (2021 May 31)
Laurel Halo scored the 2018 experimental documentary Possessed, which came out as a soundtrack last year, so this week profiles this wild electronic composer…
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XHM #558 - "Amusing regal birdsong" (2021 May 24)
For your Victoria Day transmission, we pay tribute to the Spanish composer Antón García Abril (1933-2021) with selections from his score from the film Texas…
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XHM #557 - "You only think that you can never go down the drain, but..." (2021 May 17)
gak missed 24 Hours of Radio Art earlier this year, so with a 17th landing on a Monday at long last, experience 2 hours of experimental music along with some…
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XHM #556 - "00:00:00ish" (2021 May 10)
Along with a preview of this year's Vancouver Doxa Documentary Film Festival, we pay tribute to the French director Bertrand Tavernier (1941-2021) and we…
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XHM #555 - "Fun fact: a temporary inconvenience isn't the same as oppression" (2021 May 03)
With the Oscars done, we focus on smaller films. In this mostly electropop episode, we profile Electric Youth & Pilotpriest's score to the 2020 Canadian scifi…
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XHM #554 - "We all could live in the same van down by the river" (2021 April 26)
Oscar season is over and gak gambled on the right film in the short turnaround to airtime. In honour of its Best Picture win during the 93rd Academy Awards, we…
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XHM #553 - "Who's got spirit?" (2021 April 19)
For our 5th & final Oscar nominees profile, we listen once more to Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross with their nominated score from the Pixar film…
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XHM #552 - "Building Rosebud" (2021 April 12)
Part 4 of our annual Oscar music profile for your April listening, focusing on Trent Reznor's & Atticus Ross' nominated score from Mank along with the…
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XHM #551 - "Delivering the first edition of history and the future" (2021 April 05)
Part 3 of our annual Oscar music profile for your April listening, focusing on James Newton Howard's nominated score from News of the World along with the…
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XHM #550 - "Cruise the trees for American gold" (2021 March 29)
Part two of our annual Oscar music profile is here, focusing on Terence Blanchard's nominated score from Spike Lee's latest film Da 5 Bloods along with the…
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XHM #549 - "Our Korean song in Arkansas" (2021 March 22)
The nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards were announced last monday, so over the next five weeks, we'll do our annual profile on the nominees for Best Original…
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XHM #548 - "The robots that rocked" (2021 March 15)
As Daft Punk have broken up, we pay tribute to the humans behind the masks with selections from their 28 year career, including their work from the films Tron…
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XHM #547 - "She floats, she persists" (2021 March 08)
Monday marks International Women's Day, so for our 7th installment of all-ambient episodes, the future will be all female too. 1. Emily A Sprague: Water Memory…
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XHM #546 - "Whippet good" (2021 March 01)
Ringo the greyhound recently crossed the rainbow bridge so in that good boy's honour, we have Ennio Morricone's scores from the 1965 spaghetti westerns A…
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XHM #545 - "All the world was his stage" (2021 February 22)
In honour of the Canadian actor Christopher Plummer (1929-2021), we feature music from some of his films, including The Sound of Music, The Silent Partner, The…
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XHM #544 - "The lives of our days" (2021 February 15)
It's Family Day here in BC so this hodge-podge of an episode is mostly in honour of director Michael Apted (1941-2021) and music from his films Coal Miner's…
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XHM #543 - "A fistful of the good, the fun & the drive" (2021 February 08)
Fundrive 2021! CITR's annual fundraiser needs your help to keep the airwaves and devices humming with unique programming -- https://citr.ca/donate This episode…
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XHM #542 - "Mild metamorphosis" (2021 February 01)
In honour of Black History Month and all sorts of other political pageantry, this mostly jazzy episode profiles Kamasi Washington's score to the 2020 Netflix…
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XHM #541 - "L'esprit gallique" (2021 January 25)
As a new dawn rises, we pay tribute to the French composer Claude Bolling (1930-2020) and listen to selections from his scores to Borsalino, California Suite &…
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XHM #540 - "Unbeaten bishops to the bakery" (2021 January 18)
On this Dr Martin Luther King Jr day, we zigzag over to Iceland with Frank Hall's score to the 2017 film I Remember You based on the recent release of that…
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XHM #539 - "You won't be lost if you just build a home here" (2021 January 11)
gak marks his 13th anniversary at CITR with one wary eye from last week's autogolpe at the US Capitol. Our profile: Jon Batiste's jazzy songs and Trent Reznor…
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XHM #538 - "Once upon a time in the midwest" (2021 January 04)
We've made it into 2021! gak digs up old plans from an episode devoted to Carter Burwell's score to the Coen Brothers' 1996 classic Fargo and its weird…
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XHM #537 - "Please scream inside your heart" (2020 December 28)
With 2020 almost in hindsight, we review the year with songs that represent this difficult time along with a profile on Ludwig Göransson's score to the…
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XHM #536 - "Don we now our plague apparel" (2020 December 21)
Our annual tradition regarding Yuletide numbers that you won't hear anywhere else continues -- it's our counter-Christmas carol episode! That said, with a…
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XHM #535 - "Specific sound world" (2020 December 14)
Composer Harold Budd (1936-2020) created super minimal music, so in his tribute, we return again to our all-ambient well with plenty of his music, including…
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XHM #534 - "Half dad, half risked" (2020 December 07)
As we enter the final month in a bizarre year, we profile Mychael & Jeff Danna's score to the recent Pixar film Onward. 1. Pharoah Overlord: Tomorrow's Sun (6…
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XHM #533 - "Wild is the man" (2020 November 30)
Kinnie Starr's soundtrack to the 2018 Haida Gwaii supernatural film Edge of the Knife is finally available, so that'll be our profile along with a wide array…
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XHM #532 - "Celebrities in jeopardy" (2020 November 23)
Actor Sean Connery (1930-2020) and game show host Alex Trebek (1940-2020) leaving our plane of existence so close apart feels cruel, particularly in this…
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XHM #531 - "Now you've got a friend in the anxiety business" (2020 November 16)
Long promised but finally up for inspection: Daniel Lopatin's score to the Safdie Brothers' tense 2019 film Uncut Gems, along with new music from his Oneohtrix…
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XHM #530 - "Floating in our present limbo" (2020 November 09)
This will be Part V of our all-ambient series, designed to put pause to frantic stress and allow for deeper reflection. We pay tribute to minimalist composer &…
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XHM #529 - "Unmerciful but entertaining" (2020 November 02)
Gladiator screened in theatres in 2020 and in honour of its 20th anniversary, we'll profile Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard's score from that sword & sandals…
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XHM #528 - "Zuul not here, only g-g-g-gak" (2020 October 26)
If there's something strange this All Hallow's Eve, who you gonna call? Elmer Bernstein and his score to the original 1984 Ghostbusters highlights the final…
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XHM #527 - "Caught with the tapes in our hands" (2020 October 19)
As our annual horror month continues, we'll profile two film scores from independent films that came out in 2020: Carla Patullo's Porno and Jim Williams'…
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XHM #526 - "We are who we eat" (2020 October 12)
For Canadian Thanksgiving, have dinner with your neighbour as we profile Damon Albarn & Michael Nyman's score to the 1999 cannibal western Ravenous. We also…