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As everyone gears up for Easter and then Avengers: Endgame, it's time to profile Pinar Toprak's score to the most recent Marvel film, Captain Marvel. gak starts out soothing before the usual mischief creeps back in like a cat. 1. The Chemical Brothers: Free Yourself (No Geography, 2019) Virgin EMI 2. Joseph Shabason: 1517 (Anne EP, 2019) Western Vinyl 3. Jayda G: Sunshine in the Valley [w.Alexa Dash] (Significant Changes, 2019) Ninja Tune 4. Kaytranada: Dysfunctional [w.VanJess] (Dysfunctional single, 2019) RCA 5. RAP: Mad Friday (Export, 2019) Jolly Discs 6. Earl Sweatshirt: Cold Summers (Some Rap Songs, 2018) Tan Cressida/Columbia 7. Men I Trust: Numb (2019) self-released 8. Mort Garson: Hair (Electronic Hair Pieces, 1969) A&M 9. Palm Oil: That Dick (Last Time, 2019) self-released 10. Jock Tears: Kits Bro (Bad Boys, 2018) Inky 11. How the Night Came: Any Place is Another Place (The House of Asterion OST, 2019) self-released 12. The New Rituals: Sweets (Sweets demo, 2017) self-released 13. Swervedriver: Yea

Looking at the numbers, our profile is on François Truffaut's 1966 film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's 1953 dystopic novel Fahrenheit 451. Keep the fires at bay! gak's back and the CITR Sports Desk comes up with breaking numbers at the end. 1. Hot Chip: Hungry Child (A Bath Full of Ecstasy, 2019) Domino 2. Majeure: Unimara (Union of Worlds, 2015) Constellation Tatsu 3. 2 Chainz: Threat 2 Society (Rap or Go to the League, 2019) Gamebread/Def Jam 4. Nipsey Hussle: Victory Lap [w.Stacy Barthe] (Victory Lap, 2018) Marathon/Paramount/Interscope 5. Phil Western: When the Heart is Breaking (No Love Lost, 2018) self-released 6. Phil Western: The Stages of Grief (New Door Opening, 2018) self-released 7. Download: Mother Sonne (Furnace, 1995) Off Beat/Sub-Conscious Communications 8. Abyss X: Amadeus (Nüshu, 2016) Infinite Machine 9. Sasami: Jealousy (Sasami, 2019) Domino 10. Nilüfer Yanya: Heat Rises (Miss Universe, 2019) ATO/PIAS 11. Thomas Bangalter: Sangria (Climax OST, 2018) Milan 12. Chai: Choose Go! (Punk, 2019) B

For your April Fools Day episode, instead of pulling the wool over your eyes, you'll just receive various manners of strange music. Tributes will be paid to singer Andre Williams (1936-2019), director Agnès Varda (1929-2019) and singer/producer Scott Walker (1943-2019). Guest host this week: GAK WOODERSON, after regular host gak said those mean things about hippies bathing last week. Not all right, all right? All right! 1. Mort Garson: I've Been Over the Rainbow (The Wozard of Iz, 1968) A&M 2. Vangelis: The Dragon (Who Killed the Dragon? 1978) Affinity 3. The Zodiac: Aries - The Fire Fighter (Cosmic Sounds, 1967) Elektra 4. Mort Garson: I Know You Aries (Signs of the Zodiac: Aries, 1969) A&M 5. Roland Douatte & the Collegium Musicum de Paris: Jean-Joseph Mouret's Fanfare-Rondeau from Suite of Symphonies for Brass, Strings & Timpani #1 [Theme from PBS' Masterpiece Theatre] (Television's Greatest Hits: Volume 5 - In Living Colour, 1996) TVT 6. Ike & Tina Turner: Shake a Tail Feather (So Fine, 1968) Pompeii 7.

Last week's profile was on Valley of the Dolls so this all psychedelic episode is its spiritual sequel as we profile music from the 1970 satire Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (director: Russ Meyer! writer: Roger Ebert!). We also pay tribute to Monkee Peter Tork (1942-2019) in this show that harkens back to another old CITR show that ran from 2007 to 2014: Stereoscopic Redoubt. 1. Keith Mansfield: Funky Fanfare (Beat Incidental, 1969) KPM 2. Black Mountain: Future Shade (Destroyer, 2019) Jagjaguwar 3. Dionne-Brégent: Campus [excerpt] (Deux, 1977) Capitol 4. Goat: Let It Burn (Let It Burn single, 2018) Rocket 5. Clinic: Rubber Bullets (Wheeltappers and Shunters, 2019) Domino 6. Walking: NSA [Non-Stop Ayahuasca] (Psychoplasmics, 2014) self-released 7. White Poppy: Who are You (Drifter's Gold, 2013) Constellation Tatsu 8. The Hoa Hoa's: Postcards (Pop/Drone/Pedals, 2009) Optical Sounds 9. Denim Reptile: Bodice Ripper (Custody, 2011) Bennifer Editions 10. Planet Creature: Hymns (Psych Pop 2, 2014) Optical Sounds

More eulogies for you as we pay tribute to the German-American composer André Previn (1929-2019) and his varied approach to music. We'll hear selections from his scores to the films Bad Day at Black Rock and Valley of the Dolls as we also mark the lives of Talk Talk's Mark Hollis, Wrecking Crew drummer Hal Blaine & surf guitarist Dick Dale. 1. André Previn: Main Title (Cause for Alarm! OST, 1951) Rhino 2. Mark Hollis: The Gift (Mark Hollis, 1998) Polydor 3. White Moustache Talk: B (White Moustache Talk, 2010) E-Tron 4. Nancy Sinatra: Drummer Man (Movin' with Nancy OST, 1968) Reprise 5. The Monkees: Mary, Mary (More of the Monkees, 1967) Colgems/RCA Victor 6. Hal Blaine & The Young Cougars: Deuces, T's, Roadsters & Drums (Deuces, T's, Roadsters & Drums, 1963) RCA Victor 7. Dick Dale & His Del-Tones: Taco Wagon (Mr. Eliminator, 1964) Capitol 8. Sunrise Social: City Beautiful (Saint Helena, 2019) self-released 9. The Huaraches: Another Day Lost to the Opium Den (Curl Up with The Huaraches, 2018) Huarecords 10.

Award season and Fundrive are over, so it's catch-up time with the recently deceased. Primary profile is on the French composer Michel Legrand (1932-2019) and his music from the epic musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and his score from the recently completed Orson Welles' film The Other Side of the Wind. We also pay tribute to actor Luke Perry, drummer Sara Romweber & regular soul singer James Ingram. 1. John E Davis: Theme from Beverly Hills 90210 (Television's Greatest Hits Volume 7: Cable Ready, 1996) TVT 2. KH: Only Human [radio edit] (Only Human single, 2019) Ministry Of Sound 3. Nils Frahm: All Melody (All Melody, 2018) Erased Tapes 4. Giant Drag: 90210 (Waking Up is Hard to Do, 2013) Full Psycho 5. Smoke: Luke's Feet (Heaven on a Popsicle Stick, 1994) Long Play 6. Ed Starink: Theme from Airwolf (Synthesizer Greatest Volume 4, 1990) Arcade 7. Let's Active: Every Word Means No (Afoot EP, 1983) IRS 8. Quincy Jones & James Ingram: One Hundred Ways (The Dude, 1981) A&M 9. Steve Dawson: Little Harpeth (Luc

CITR Fundrive 2019 is on! We're celebrating over 80 years on air and we need your help to make new milestones for our double ruby jubilee. We'll profile Michael Giacchino's scores from The Incredibles and its 2018 sequel amongst other gems. Donate today or up until March 15! http://www.citr.ca/donate 1. Theresa Andersson: Ruby (Street Parade, 2012) Basin Street 2. Haruomi Hosono: Talking (Watering a Flower, 1984) Fuyuki-sha 3. Sylvan Esso: Radio (What Now, 2017) Loma Vista 4. The B-52s: Legal Tender (Whammy!, 1983) Warner Bros 5. Toshifumi Hinata: Chaconne (Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Environmental, Ambient & New Age Music 1980-1990, 2018) Light in the Attic 6. Devours: Movie Star (Late Bloomer EP, 2016) self-released 7. Kellarissa: Mirabel (Ocean Electro, 2018) Mint 8. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: 1 Thing (The Serpent's Mouth, 2018) Big Crown 9. Cherry Glazerr: Sip O'Poison (Adult Swim Singles Program, 2015) Williams Street 10. Dirty Beaches: Lord Knows Best (Badlands, 2011) Zoo 11. Beat Market: Verona (All Goo

The 91st Academy Awards were handed out yesterday and plenty of surprise winners this time. Along with the winning score to Black Panther and the winning song from A Star is Born, expect some Queen in light of the success of Bohemian Rhapsody. Prepare also for some Don Shirley due to the contentious Best Picture win for Green Book and some of the period Mexican music from other big winner Roma. Also buckle in as gak loses command of every language, particularly English. 1. William Shatner: Bohemian Rhapsody [w.John Wetton] (Seeking Major Tom, 2011) Cleopatra 2. Sarah Davachi: Matins (Gave in Rest, 2018) Ba Da Bing 3. Queen: Cool Cat (Hot Space, 1982) EMI/Elektra 4. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper: Shallow (A Star is Born OST, 2018) Interscope 5. Terence Blanchard: Blut und Boden [Blood and Soil] (BlacKkKlansman OST, 2018) Back Lot 6. Ludwig Göransson: Glory to Bast (Black Panther OST, 2018) Interscope 7. Nicholas Britell: Eden [Harlem] (If Beale Street Could Talk OST, 2018) Lakeshore 8. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: N

For your Family Day pleasure, our final look at the Oscar nominees leading up to next week's 91st Academy Awards focuses on Marc Shaiman's nominated music from Mary Poppins Returns. It's natural to dig up a few songs from the 1964 original in the spirit of things. We also pay tribute to voiceover artist Ken Nordine (1920-2019) and Vancouver musician Phil Western (1971-2019). 1. Richard M Sherman & Robert B Sherman: Buena Vista Fanfare (Mary Poppins OST: Special Edition, 2014) Disney 2. Family Fodder: Film Music (Film Music 7", 1981) Fresh 3. Sarah Neufeld: The Glow (The Ridge, 2015) Paper Bag 4. Ken Nordine & The Fred Katz Group: Flibberty Jib (Word Jazz, 1957) Dot 5. Ken Nordine: Green (Colours: A Sensuous Listening Experience, 1966) Philips 6. NOFVNCITY: Shelter (VNITY, 2018) WEATNU 7. Download: Glassblower [remix] (Sidewinder EP, 1996) Nettwerk 8. Kone: Movies on My House (Cirrhotic Psychotic, 2008) The Record Company 9. pLATEAU: Nocruisin (Artoffact Records, 2018) Artoffact 10. Phil Western: My Friend Di

Part 3 and 4 of our annual Academy Awards preview as we continue our listen to nominees for best original song and score. We'll dig back to the scores previously profiled: Isle of Dogs and Black Panther, the latter of which includes one of the nominated songs. We'll also have a song from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs along with non-nominated music from Dumplin', Annihilation, First Man, Eighth Grade, Summer of '84 and Dead Shack, plus your Shindig 2018 winner. 1. Charlotte Gainsbourg: Deadly Valentine (Rest, 2017) Because Music 2. Pender Street Steppers: M Flight (Openin' Up 12", 2014) Peoples Potential Unlimited 3. Yves Tumor: All the Love We Have Now (Safe in the Hands of Love, 2018) Warp 4. Girlsnails: Trains on Mars (Summer Demos, 2018) self-released 5. The Ramblin' Ambassadors: Camino Real (Vista Cruiser Country Squire, 2008) Mint 6. Scattered Clouds: Justice (2018) self-released 7. Yolks: Responsibility (Our Other Songs, 2016) self-released 8. Searmanas: Nodus Tollens (Searmanas, 2018) Cleopatra 9. Ele:

We continue on with our annual Oscar profile as we dive into Nicholas Britell's nominated score to the Barry Jenkins' film adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk. We also have the highly-tipped original song from the latest version of A Star is Born and spurned music from Quincy: A Life Beyond Measure, Vice, The Death of Stalin and Crazy Rich Asians along with a Shindig finale preview and a sports segment. 1. The Girls Red Guard Dancers: The Red Guard Dance (The Last Emperor OST, 1987) Virgin 2. Tim & Eric: Sports! (Awesome Record, Great Songs: Volume 1, 2008) Williams Street 3. The Tony Hatch Orchestra: Sportsnight [excerpt] (Hit the Road to Themeland, 1974) Pye 4. Viagra Boys: Sports (Street Worms, 2018) Year0001 5. Teodoro Anzellotti: Sports et Divertissements (Erik Satie, 1998) Winter & Winter 6. Spouse: Pigsty (2017) self-released 7. Miss Piggy & Kermit: It's Time for Our Song (The Muppets OST, 2011) Universal 8. Natural Bridge Bunch: Pig Snoots, Pt. 1 (Pig Snoots 7", 1968) Norman/ATCO 9. Roy Montgome

With the nominees for the 91st Academy Awards announced last Tuesday, it's time for our annual profile on the nominated songs and scores. Kicking things off with Spike Lee's adaptation of the unbelieveable true story BlacKkKlansman, scored by long-time collaborator Terence Blanchard. We also have a nominated song off the RBG documentary, along with some music that should've been nominated from Sorry to Bother You, Suspiria and You Were Never Really Here. 1. Rank and File: Klansman (The Slash Years, 2003) Rhino Handmade 2. Kalte: Svalbard (Glaciations, 2009) Dark Winter 3. Ólafur Arnalds: The Land of Nod (Another Happy Day OST, 2012) Erased Tapes 4. Ólafur Arnalds: Saman (Re:member, 2018) Mercury KX 5. Ólafur Arnalds: Re:member (Re:member, 2018) Mercury KX 6. Carol Channing: A Little Girl from Little Rock (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Original Broadway Cast Recording, 1949) Masterworks Broadway 7. Edwin Birdsong: Cola Bottle Baby (Edwin Birdsong, 1979) Philadelphia International 8. Edwin Birdsong: Rapper Dapper

The nominees for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced tomorrow but there's at least one winner that we're aware of already. Legendary Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin has received an honourary award for his contributions to film score, so we'll profile his music from the first two Dirty Harry films. 1. KH: Question (Question 12", 2017) Text 2. Larry Lake, Philippe Moenne-Loccoz, Bernard Donzel-Gargand, Jim Montgomery, Pete Ehrnrooth, Canadian Electronic Ensemble Sextet & David Jaeger: 3. Instrumental One (Supertrio, 2012) Centrediscs 4. Tallies: Trouble (Tallies, 2019) Kanine/Fear of Missing Out 5. Toro y Moi: Ordinary Pleasure (Outer Peace, 2019) Carpark 6. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: Maracas Bay Boogie (The Serpent's Mouth, 2018) Big Crown 7. Kaytranada: Nothin' Like U [w.Ty Dolla $ign] (Nothin' Like U/Chances EP, 2018) RCA 8. Park Hye Jin: Memoria (2018 mixtape, 2018) self-released 9. Khotin: Somehow More Sad (Beautiful You, 2018) Khotin Industries 10. Tigerwing: Every Little Part (2018) self-released

On January 17, 1963, the Fluxist Robert Filliou declared that art was born a million years hence when a man dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water. Who was that man? It doesn't matter; he is dead but art is alive. Ancient life was all silence; we are all born into noise now. For your uneasy listening pleasure, CITR celebrates art's birthday every year with 24 Hours of Radio Art. Interspliced amongst shortwave recordings made on January 12 & 15 via online shortwave transmitters in Enschede, Netherlands and Novosibirsk, Siberia are these selections: . Mårten Ajne: Hear the Otherworldly Sounds of Skating on Thin Ice (2018) National Geographic .. Kelly Moran: Autowave (Ultraviolet, 2018) Warp ... Phaeleh: Eleven (Somnus, 2014) Undertow ./ Canadian Electronic Ensemble: Arnold (Canadian Electronic Ensemble, 1977) Music Gallery Editions / Canadian Electronic Ensemble: Instrumental Deux (Supertrio, 2012) Centrediscs /. Chris Strickland: Mammoth Husbandry (Animal Expert, 2014) caduc. /.. Arthur Kreiger: Short P

Marking eleven years to the day he debuted, gak lets the sunshine in with another weird little show. Along with profiles on actor/director Penny Marshall (1943-2018) and lyricist Norman Gimbel (1927-2018), we'll get all musical with selections from Broadway composer Galt MacDermot (1928-2018), particularly his famous work Hair. 1. The Chemical Brothers: MAH (MAH single, 2019) Virgin EMI/Astralwerks 2. Space Circus: The Dawn of Aquarius Age (Fantastic Arrival, 1979) RCA 3. Laura Jean: Girls on the TV (Devotion, 2018) Chapter Music 4. Cyndi Grecco: Making Our Dreams Come True [Theme from Laverne & Shirley] (Television's Greatest Hits - Volume III: 70's & 80's, 1996) TVT 5. Howard Shore: Calliope (Big OST, 2002) Varèse Sarabande 6. Ananda Shankar: Jumpin' Jack Flash (Ananda Shankar, 1970) Reprise 7. The Rockford Peaches: The All American Girls Professional Baseball League Song (A League of Their Own OST, 1992) Columbia 8. Randy Newman: Dexter's Tune (Awakenings OST, 1991) Reprise 9. Maureen McGovern: Theme fr

A new dawn awaits you, along with a new year. We touch upon some Blade Runner along with a tribute to the Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley (1955-2018). The main focus will be on David Byrne and his band Talking Heads as a complete version of the True Stories soundtrack came out before 2018 ended. We also have Byrne's Oscar-winning score with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su to 1987's The Last Emperor. 1. Vangelis: Los Angeles 2019 (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination: Definitive Edition, 1982) Tyrell 2. Tim Hecker: This Life (Konoyo, 2018) Kranky/Sunblind 3. Vangelis: Flight to Tyrell Corporation (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination: Definitive Edition, 1982) Tyrell 4. Vangelis: Deckard Enters the Bradbury (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination: Definitive Edition, 1982) Tyrell 5. Harold Faltermeyer: Main Title/Fight Escape (The Running Man OST, 1987) Varèse Sarabande/That's Entertainment 6. Pete Shelley: Telephone Operator (XL1, 1983) Genetic/Island 7. Pete Shelley: On Your Own (Heaven and the Sea, 1986) Mercury/Vertigo 8. Pete Sh

In case you’ve never heard them before, relive some old holiday episodes in lieu of new material over the holidays. Like regifting but if it’s new to you, it’ll work. Original airdate & link to playlist: December 21 2009: https://www.citr.ca/radio/radio-free-gak/episode/20091221/ December 19 2011: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20111219/ Sound FX during new segues: soundbible.com

For our final episode of 2018, it's time for the 11th annual renegade Yuletide show! Featuring all types of carols to counter what you've overheard elsewhere, plus music tied to The Grinch (old & new), the Rankin-Bass production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Emmet Otter. We'll bang on tong-tinglers, blow our foo-flounders! We'll crash on jang-jinglers and bounce on boing-bounders! 1. The Fall: [We Wish You] A Protein Christmas (A Protein Christmas EP, 2003) Action 2. Sarah Davachi: Evensong (Gave in Rest, 2018) Ba Da Bing 3. Beatles: 1968 (The Beatles' 1968 Christmas Record, 1968) Lyntone 4. Beak> [Merry Xmas] Face the Future (Face the Future single, 2017) Invada 5. Human Music: Ice Palace (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada VII, 2015) The Line of Best Fit 6. Energy Slime: It's Cold (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 9, 2017) The Line of Best Fit 7. Bored Décor: Santa Baby (A Very Merry Christmas from Bored Décor, 2017) self-released 8. Teen Daze: Song for Christmas (2017) self-released 9. Ziemba: Christmas Unlullaby (The Longest

With 2018 winding down, it's time to review the year that is about to close. We'll look back on some of the film scores profiled in the past twelve months, so don't expect a best-of, more a recap. 1. Parquet Courts: Wide Awake! (Wide Awake! 2018) Rough Trade 2. Laurel Halo: Nahbarkeit (Raw Silk Uncut Wood, 2018) Latency 3. Rolling Blackout Coastal Fever: Mainland (Hope Downs, 2018) Sub Pop 4. Snail Mail: Speaking Terms (Lush, 2018) Matador 5. Anna Meredith: Honeyed Words (Eighth Grade OST, 2018) Columbia 6. Chris-a-riffic: I Followed You 'cuz It Made Sense When I was Twenty (Post-Season, 2018) self-released 7. Courtney Barnett: Nameless, Faceless (Tell Me How You Really Feel, 2018) Mom+Pop/Milk!/Marathon Artists 8. Bjørn Torske: Kickrock (Kickrock/Blue Call single, 2018) Smalltown Supersound 9. Munya: If I'm Gone Tomorrow [It's Because of Aliens] (Delmano EP, 2018) Luminelle 10. US Girls: Velvet 4 Sale (In a Poem Unlimited, 2018) 4AD 11. Lone: Temples (Ambivert Tools: Volume 3, 2018) R&S 12. Sink Ya Teeth: P

As 2018 enters its final month, it's time to profile one of the best film scores of the year as we listen to Radiohead's Thom Yorke and his soundtrack to the remake of Suspiria. 1. Tolpamin: Just Deserts in Your Final ffflllaaassshhh (Ringtones 1, 2016) self-released 2. Emergency Broadcast Network: Behaviour Modification/We Will Rock You [Bipartisan mix] (Behaviour Modification single, 1992) TVT 3. Concubine: Hail Eros (2018, 2018) self-released 4. Ricky Jay & Richard Greene: The Fiddler (Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys, 2006) Anti- 5. How to Dress Well: Running Back [CFCF remix w.Cadence Weapon] (2013) self-released 6. Stomu Yamash'ta: Poker Dice (The Man Who Fell to Earth OST, 2016) UMC 7. Charles Bradley: Stay Away [w.Menahan Street Band] (Black Velvet, 2018) Dunham/Daptone 8. Flying Lotus: See Thru to U [w.Erykah Badu] (Until the Quiet Comes, 2012) Brainfeeder 9. Szun Waves: Constellation (New Hymn to Freedom, 2018) The Leaf Label 10. Milk: Melty (Mattress Ranch, 2018) self-release