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Part 2 of our 92nd Academy Awards profile looks at Thomas Newman's nominated score from 1917 along with Cynthia Erivo's nominated song from Harriet. We also pay tribute to trumpeter Jack Sheldon (1931-2019) amongst old & new tunes. 1. Holy Fuck: Luxe [w.Alexis Taylor] (Deleter, 2020) Last Gang 2. Jayda G: Stanley's Got Down [No Parking on the DF, Honey Dijon remix instrumental] (Significant Changes: Remixes 12", 2019) Ninja Tune 3. Georgia: Never Let You Go (Seeking Thrills, 2020) Domino 4. Matty: Butter (Déjàvu, 2018) self-released 5. Plains Apparition: Out of Focus (Encrypt, 2019) self-released 6. Daniel Caesar: Entropy (Case Study 01, 2019) Golden Child 7. Emma Frank: I Thought (Come Back, 2019) Justin Time 8. Project Pablo: Boingo Myth (Sofware EP, 2019) Verdicchio Music Publishing 9. Pat Lok & Party Pupils: From the Back [w.Dances with White Girls] (Corazón EP, 2019) Kitsuné 10. Electric Youth: Memory Emotion (Memory Emotion, 2019) self-released 11. Woolworm: Soon (Awe, 2019) Mint 12. Haviah Mighty: Wis

With the recent death of poet John Giorno, gak returns to 24 Hours of Radio Art with a tribute to his landmark yet accessible Dial-a-Poem service. In lieu of having a series of landlines connected to answering machines, we will parallelize the experience by having multiple poems read simultaneously as additional orders are barked via megaphone. "A circus of verse for the normal adverse!" Prepare for the transmundane or assemble the show yourself with occasional noise announcements. Channel A: A1\ Vladimir Mayakovsky: Listen (Russian Futurism, 1920) A2\ John Giorno: I Resigned Myself to Being Here (Sugar, Alcohol & Meat: The Dial-a-Poem Poets, 1980) Giorno Poetry Systems A3\ Ken Nordine: Roger (Word Jazz, 1957) Dot A4\ The New Verbal Workshop: Ben Johnston’s Visions and Spels [side 1] (Sonnets of Desolation/Visions and Spels, 1984) Composers Recordings A5\ Lydia Lunch: What It Is [w.Clint Ruin] (Better an Old Demon than a New God, 1984) Giorno Poetry Systems A6\ bpNichol: Not What the Siren Sang but What

The nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced this morning so gak celebrates his twelfth anniversary on air at CITR, Oscar season begins proper. We'll profile Alexander Desplat's nominated score to Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Little Women along with a nominated song from Rocketman. We'll also have tributes to Carroll Spinney, René Auberjonois & Neil Peart. 1. Hans Zimmer: Main Title (12 Years a Slave: Score, 2013) Columbia 2. Alan Silvestri: Trumpet Fanfare (Who Framed Roger Rabbit? OST, 2018) Intrada/Mondo 3. The Pointer Sisters: Pinball Number Count [DJ Food re-edit] (C is for Cookie 12", 2003) Ninja Tune 4. Yu Su: Tipu's Tiger (Roll with the Punches 12", 2019) Second Circle 5. Oscar the Grouch: I Love Trash (The Sesame Street Book & Record, 1970) Columbia 6. Buffy Sainte-Marie & Big Bird: Different People, Different Ways (Sesame Street, 1977) Sesame Street 7. CFCF: Re-Utopia (Liquid Colours, 2019) BGM Solutions 8. René Auberjonois: Les Poissons (The Little Mermaid OST, 1989) Walt Disney 9. Denn

For our first profile for the year 2020, we'll re-enter the Lucasfilm universe by listening to John Williams' final score for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We'll also hear cues from Ludwig Göransson's recent work from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian and pay tribute to Diahann Carroll, Neil Innes, Allee Willis, Kelly Fraser & Gershon Kingsley. MMXX begins! 1. Christophe Beck: Angel of Verdun [main titles] (Edge of Tomorrow OST, 2014) WaterTower 2. Segue: Galaxies (The Island, 2019) Silent Season 3. Faith Healer: 2020 [extended mix] (2020) self-released 4. Ross from Friends: Epiphany (Epiphany 12", 2019) Brainfeeder 5. Dialect: Waterfront Epiphany (Gowanus Drifts EP, 2015) 1080p 6. Paul Whiteman & His Ambassador Orchestra: Whispering (Whispering 10", 1920) Victor Talking Machine Company 7. Gershon Kingsley: Hey, Hey (Music to Moog By, 1969) Audio Fidelity 8. Perrey & Kingsley: Pioneers of the Stars (Kaleidoscopic Vibrations, 1967) Vanguard 9. Kelly Fraser, Marc Meriläinen & Aqqalu Berthelsen: Rebound G

From a numerical perspective, we bid adieu to the 2010s with a modest selection of some of the defining songs from the decade about to pass. Though attempts were made to wedge in multiple previously unprofiled soundtracks, we'll focus mostly on one: Jonny Greenwood's score to the 2018 film You Were Never Really Here. 1. Robyn: Dancing on My Own (Body Talk Pt. 1, 2010) Konichiwa 2. Kalte: Vostok Station (Phages, 2019) self-released 3. Frank Ocean: Sweet Life (channel Orange, 2012) Island/Def Jam 4. Kendrick Lamar: Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (good kid, mAAd city, 2012) Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope 5. Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto: 0322 (Flumina, 2011) Touch 6. YG: FDT [w.Nipsey Hussle] (Still Brazy, 2016) 4Hunnid/CTE/Def Jam 7. Beyoncé: Formation (Lemonade, 2016) Parkwood/Columbia 8. Gabe Knox: The Tomorrow People (EP: B, 2017) Aumega 9. Marie Davidson: La Chambre Intérieure (Working Class Woman, 2018) Ninja Tune TEN! Tegan & Sara: Don't Believe the Things They Tell You [They Lie] (Hey, I'm Just Like You, 2019) S

This Christmas episode originally aired 2014 December 15, devoted to the then-rerelease of Ryuichi Sakamoto's score to the 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, starring David Bowie before his far-too-sudden death. Full details: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20141215/ radiofreegak@gmail.com twitter.com/hundredaire https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies

As per tradition, it's time for our annual alternative Yuletide episode! Consider this your festival prescription to escape the carols that you are being bludgeoned to senselessness elsewhere. Our counter-Christmas programming primarily focuses on John Debney & Leon Redbone's music from the 2003 modern holiday classic Elf, so now you can know Santa too. 1. Ray Conniff: Holiday Greetings 1 (Holiday Greetings Voice Tracks 7", 1966) Columbia 2. Wordburglar: My Christmas Catalogue Number (2019) Props Dept 3. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Winter Astral (Keyboard Fantasies, 2017) Invisible City/Seance Centre 4. The Beatles: The Beatles Seventh Christmas Record (1969) Lytone 5. Marvin Gaye: I Want to Come Home for Christmas (You're the Man, 2019) Motown/Universal 6. Andrew Bird: Christmas is Coming (Hark! EP, 2019) Loma Vista 7. Phoebe Bridgers: Christmas Song [w.Jackson Browne] (2018) self-released 8. Kathleen Edwards: It Must Have Been Love (2013) New Rounder 9. Joshua Van Tassel: Winter (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada: Volume 10,

With the year drawing to a close, it's time to summarize the past twelve months; in lieu of a best-of/festive playlist, consider this simply a review. Main soundtrack profile will be on Emile Mosseri's The Last Black Man in San Francisco but we also tackle unprofiled music from Motherless Brooklyn and Us amongst other recent faves. 1. Matias Aguayo: 2019 (Support Alien Invasion, 2019) Cómeme/Crammed Discs 2. Loscil: Equivalent 1 (Equivalents, 2019) Kranky 3. Minimal Violence: InDreams [Cardopusher remix] (InDreams, 2019) Technicolour/Ninja Tune 4. Powder: New Tribe (Powder in Space, 2019) Beats in Space 5. Kornél Kovács: Szombat (Stockholm Marathon, 2019) Studio Barnhus 6. Thom Yorke: Dawn Chorus (Anima, 2019) XL 7. Jacques Greene: Distance (Dawn Chorus, 2019) LuckyMe 8. Kaytranada: Dysfunctional [instrumental] (Dysfunctional single, 2019) RCA 9. Lizzo: Juice (Cuz I Love You, 2019) Nice Life/Atlantic 10. Tame Impala: Patience (Patience single, 2019) Modular 11. Plains Apparition: Decade's Trace [Cryosauna r

As winter sets in the northern hemisphere, it's time to think of colder places, like space. James Gray's film Ad Astra will be profiled, scored primarily by Max Richter with some assistance from Lorne Balfe. We also try to tackle as much of the Vancouver concert scene in advance of Christmas, the end of the year and the end of the decade (for some). 1. Blue Hawaii: Prepare for Flight (Tenderness, 2017) Arbutus 2. Public Service Broadcasting: E.V.A (The Race for Space, 2015) Test Card 3. Segue: Mirage (The Island, 2019) Silent Season 4. Laurel Halo: Crush (Hyperswim, 2019) Hyperdub/Williams Street 5. Goldie: Angel (Timeless, 1995) Metalheadz/FFRR 6. K-X-P: Nimetön Tie, Pt. 3 (IV, 2019) Svart 7. KLP: Heater (Giver, 2019) Cereus 8. The Chemical Brothers: Out of Control [The Avalanches' Surrender to Love mix] (2019) Virgin 9. Vangelis: Memories of Green & Blade Runner Blues [film edit] (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination [Japanese tracks], 1982) Tyrell 10. Doomsquad: The Last Two Palm Trees in LA (Let Yourself Be

Batten down the hatches, crew! This boat lists towards Mark Korven's score to the 2019 film The Lighthouse so all hands on deck as we weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen! O and there are sports updates, cap'n. 1. Spirit of the West: Save This House (Save This House, 1990) WEA 2. Jacques Greene: Say Nothing (3024 FYE3 12", 2019) 3024 3. Sudan Archives: Iceland Moss (Athena, 2019) Stones Throw 4. Moon Duo: Eye 2 Eye (Stars are the Light, 2019) Sacred Bones 5. William Gum-Boot & Lawrence Wiffin: Psychic (Synthetic Music, 1978) Auvidis 6. Necking: Boss (Cut Your Teeth, 2019) Mint 7. Woolworm: Hold the Bow (Awe, 2019) Mint 8. Malibu: Lost at Sea (One Life 12", 2019) Joyful Noise 9. Frankiie: Compare (Forget Your Head, 2019) Paper Bag 10. Rachael Dadd: Connected to the Rock (Flux, 2019) Memphis Industries 11. Lindstrøm: As If No One is Here (On a Clear Day I Can See You Forever, 2019) Smalltown Supersound 12. Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron: Belief Pt.2 (Lost Wisdom Pt.2, 2019) P.W. Elverum & Sun 13. Leonard Cohen: It's

Cellist & composer Hildur Guðnadóttir has had a busy 2019, so we'll profile some of her recent scorework, primarily from the recent Batman film Joker and the HBO historical drama Chernobyl. 1. Ellis Drane & His Jazz Orchestra: The Live! with Murray Franklin Theme (Songs from Live! with Murray Franklin EP [from 'Joker'], 2019) WaterTower 2. Negativland: Limbo (True False, 2019) Seeland 3. LOUVER: C-A6 (Carbon-Arc EP, 2019) A Person Disguised as People 4. Don Cherry: I Walk (Disco Not Disco: Leftfield Disco Classics from the New York Underground [remastered], 2019) Strut 5. Sleater-Kinney: Love (The Centre Won't Hold, 2019) Mom + Pop 6. Patrick Cowley: Before Original Sin (Mechanical Fantasy Box, 2019) Dark Entries 7. The Cinematic Orchestra: Wait for Now [w.Tawiah] (Wait for Now single, 2019) Ninja Tune 8. TNGHT: Serpent (II, 2019) Warp/LuckyMe 9. Clams Casino: Rune (Moon Trip Radio, 2019) self-released 10. Eugene Mirman: America is Better than Abortion (God is a Twelve-Year Old Boy with Asperger's, 2009) Su

In honour of Remembrance Day, we go back to 1993 to cover the stark effects of war as we profile John Williams' score to Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Schindler's List. 1. The Avalanches: Saturday Night Inside Out [w.David Berman & Father John Misty] (Wildflower, 2016) Astralwerks 2. Devours: Avalon (Avalon EP, 2015) self-released 3. Lightning Dust: 3AM/100 Degrees (Spectre, 2019) Western Vinyl 4. Necking: Go Getter (Cut Your Teeth, 2019) Mint 5. Colleen: November (A Flame My Love, A Frequency, 2017) Thrill Jockey 6. Woolworm: Awe (Awe, 2019) Mint 7. Destroyer: Crimson Tide (Have We Met, 2020) Merge/Dead Oceans 8. Marcello Giombini: November (Synthomania, 1973) CAM 9. Blue Hawaii: Still I Miss U (Open Reduction Internal Fixation, 2019) Arbutus 10. Otha: I'm on Top (2018) self-released 11. Psychic Health: Cathedral (Psychic Health, 2015) Time No Place 12. Tigerwing: Open Air (Overflow EP, 2019) self-released 13. Algiers: Hymn for an Average Man (The Underside of Power, 2017) Matador 14. Montag: Une tête da

gak's back from Europe and quite jetlagged. In honour of one of the countries he visited, we profile the music from the German television series Babylon Berlin. Let the music be awesome for you as your host learns to get out of the damn way. 1. The Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra: Stars and Rockets [David Holmes mix] (Come Get It I Got It, 2002) 13 Amp 2. Kim Gordon: Air Bnb (No Home Record, 2019) Matador 3. Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan: I (New Rain Duets, 2019) Three Lobed 4. Stereolab: Italian Shoes Continuum (Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night: Expanded Edition, 2019) Duophonic 5. Charlotte Crow: Statue of David (Surrealist Bedroom, 2015) self-released 6. Vangelis: Theme from 'De Nuremberg a Nuremberg' (De Nuremberg a Nuremberg OST, 1989) Off World 7. Sleepy Gonzales: Sinking (The Joy of Painting, 2018) self-released 8. The Babe Rainbow: Supermoon (Double Rainbow, 2018) 30th Century 9. Apollo Ghosts: Hannibal's Alps (Living Memory, 2019) self-released 10. Oblomov: Carson City (Demos, 20

As a bonus to recent podcast listeners, this Hallowe'en episode from 2016, set to re-air in 2019 but didn't due to technical issues, is available. "WOLFMAN GAK guesthosts this All Hallowed Eve episode as regular host gak is asleep somewhere. All manners of spooky sounds from this raspy-voiced legend of radio as he overpowers all procedures, though he ran low on whiskey and throat lozenges." Full details: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20161031/

gak's on the road for work so this prerecorded episode features Mica Levi's eerie score to the 2019 South American film Sonos. Not horror in concept but totally in sound. Plenty of Thom Yorke here too since he plays in Vancouver the night this airs on the radio. 1. Sloan: Money City Maniacs (Navy Blues, 1998) Murderecords 2. Concubine: Decenter (2018, 2018) self-released 3. Thom Yorke: Not the News (ANIMA, 2019) XL 4. Thom Yorke: The7th7th7th7thson (Suspiria OST [unreleased material], 2019)XL 5. Thom Yorke: The Universe is Indifferent (Suspiria OST, 2018) XL 6. Jeremy Dutcher: Qonute (Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, 2018) self-released 7. Sampha: Treasure (Beautiful Boy OST, 2018) Warner Bros 8. Blank Banshee: Fluid (Metamorphosis, 2019) Hologram Bay 9. Danny Brown: Belly of the Beast [w.Obongjayar] (uknowhatimsayin¿, 2019) Warp X. XXXTentacion: Moonlight (?, 2018) Bad Vibes Forever 11. Plains Apparition: Orb Levitation (Encrypt, 2019) self-released 12. Velvet Negroni: Wine Green (Neon Brown, 2019) 4AD 13. Sink

On this Canadian Thanksgiving episode, we continue with our October horror theme by delving into some of the music tied to the teenage werewolf film series Ginger Snaps. Keep your turkeys safe outdoors; gobble gobble! 1. Stereolab: Brakhage (Dots and Loops: Expanded Edition, 2019) Duophonic 2. Yu Su: Words without Sound (Roll with the Punches 12", 2019) Second Circle 3. Little Eva: Let's Turkey Trot (Let's Turkey Trot 7", 1963) Dimension 4. The King Khan Experience: Turkey Ride (Turkey Ride, 2019) Ernest Jenning/Khannibalism 5. Angelo Badalamenti: Deer Meadow Shuffle (Twin Peaks: Limited Event Series OST, 2017) Rhino 6. Bloodstone: Natural High (Jackie Brown OST, 1997) Maverick/A Band Apart 7. Robert Forster & Tiny Lister Jr: Dialogue - "Catch a Movie" (Jackie Brown, 1997) A Band Apart 8. Graham Bond Organization: Harmonica (There's a Bond Between Us, 1965) Columbia 9. Graham Bond Organization: Camels & Elephants (There's a Bond Between Us, 1965) Columbia 10. Gladys Knight & The Pips: Mr Welfare Man (Claudin

The return of October means the month long dive into horror film scores! We kick things off with some vintage spooky sounds via Hans Erdmann's partially recovered music from FW Murnau's 1922 classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror paired with a metafictional account of that film shoot from Dan Jones' score to 2001's Shadow of the Vampire. We conclude our Vancouver International Film Festival profile and offer our usual mix of live music in town, new releases & eulogies as gak fights off the flu. 1. Public Enemy: Fight the Power [radio edit] (Do the Right Thing OST, 1989) Motown 2. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: Outside (Bird Box: Original Score [abridged web edition], 2018) self-released 3. Ride: R.I.D.E. (This is Not a Safe Place, 2019) Wichita/PIAS 4. PUP: Full Blown Meltdown (Morbid Stuff, 2019) Little Dipper/Rise 5. Apollo Ghosts: Western Red Cedar (Living Memory, 2019) self-released 6. Oh Sees: The Daily Heavy (Face Stabber, 2019) Castle Face 7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Fireflies (Ghosteen, 2019) Bad Se

Change of plans as we dive into the meta-radio found on Quentin Tarantino's 9th film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, harkening back to when the hippie dream ended. We also continue with our Vancouver International Film Festival synopses and other autumn goings-on. 1. Syd Dale: Ready for Action [The Illustrated Man advert] (Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood OST, 2019) Sony/Columbia 2. Lana Del Rey: The Greatest (Norman Fucking Rockwell! 2019) Polydor/Interscope 3. Olivier Latry: JS Bach's Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079 - Ricercare a 6 (Bach to the Future, 2019) La Dolce Volta 4. Serge Gainsbourg: Scenic Railway (Gainsbourg Confidentiel, 1963) Philips 5. Maukku: Meeting gak (2013) self-released 6. The Soul Investigators: Rag Doll Pt. 1 [w.Nicole Willis] (Fat Slice o'Funk, 2006) Invada 7. Robotalco: Bubble Rhodes (Callisto, 2019) 100% Silk 8. Danny Brown: Dirty Laundry (uknowhatimsayin¿, 2019) Warp 9. Ice Cube: My Summer Vacation (Death Certificate, 1991) Lench Mob/Priority 10. Quantic: September

Autumn's picking up steam as the Vancouver International Film Festival starts this week, New Forms Festival happens over the weekend and so many acts in town. Main profile will be on PJ Harvey's recent soundtrack work for All About Eve & The Virtues. 1. Haviah Mighty: Bag Up (13th Floor, 2019) self-released 2. Watering: Tall Basser (Songs, 2015) self-released 3. Nitzer Ebb: Let Your Body Learn (That Total Age, 1987) Mute/Geffen/Warner Bros 4. Minimal Violence: June Anthem (InDreams, 2019) Technicolour 5. Jade Statues: in ur eyes i see so much more (2014) self-released 6. Aurora Halal: Fattal 22 (Liquiddity, 2019) Mutual Dreaming 7. D. Tiffany: Tiffany Sway (D. Tiffany, 2014) 1080p 8. Phil Western: Shallow Breathing (No Love Lost, 2018) self-released 9. Nilüfer Yanya: Baby Blu (Miss Universe, 2019) ATO/PIAS 10. Vampire Weekend: Harmony Hall (Father of the Bride, 2019) Columbia 11. Blaine L Reininger: Autumn Shore (The Godfather of Odd: A Hardy Fox Tribute, 2019) Klanggalerie 12. Cigarettes After Sex: Heavenly

It's been a while since we've had a profile on the seminal film scorer Ennio Morricone. Let's go back fifty years to Sergio Leone's genre-definite Western, 1969's Once Upon a Time in the West. We also pay tribute to Austin's Daniel Johnston (1961-2019) and preview some of the bands playing on UBC campus for free & live on CITR this week. gak thinks you have two horses too many for this show (bang bang). What is real? 1. Hot Chip: Melody of Love (A Bath Full of Ecstasy, 2019) Domino 2. Sarah Davachi & Ariel Kalma: Le Temps Spiral (Intemporel, 2019) Black Sweat 3. Daniel Johnston: Walking the Cow (Hi, How Are You, 1983) self-released/Stress/Homestead 4. Daniel Johnston: True Love Will Find You in the End (Retired Boxer, 1984) Stress 5. Flying Lotus: Takashi (Spontaneous/Takashi 12", 2019) Warp 6. Men I Trust: Days Go By (Oncle Jazz, 2019) self-released 7. Sigh: Magpie (Images, 2019) self-released 8. The Ramblin' Ambassadors: Sixty Seconds to What? (Avanti, 2003) Mint 9. Harley Small: Apartments (2019) self-re