Citr -- Exploding Head Movies

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 miniseries Over the Garden Wall. We'll also touch upon the start to a lot of concerts in town, wrap up our 2023 Polaris Prize nominees profile a bit early and pay tribute to game show host Bob Barker through The Price is Right production library music. Come on down! 01. Lime: I Don't Wanna Lose You [remix] (12" Classics, 1993) Unidisc 02. Crypthios: I Saw Them as Their Fins were Splitting the Sky (Fading Coast, 2023) Cryo Chamber 03. Yu Su: Manta y Menta (I Want an Earth EP, 2023) Pinchy & Friends 04. Jungle: Back on 74 (Volcano, 2023) Caiola/AWAL 05. Hermanos Gutierrez: Pueblo Man (El Bueno y El Malo, 2022) Easy Eye Sound 06. Reggie Watts: Social Construct (Why Shit So Crazy? 2010) Comedy Central 07. DijahSB: Dance Like This (2022) self-released 08. Gohj-ji: Calm (Gohj-ji's Groove Tape Part 3, 2020) self-released 09. Kruder & Dorfmeister: Swal

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 the soundtrack from the TV series Justified. 1. Public Service Broadcasting: People Will Always Need Coal (Every Valley, 2017) PIAS Recordings 2. Sarah Davachi: 1 for Harpsichord (For Harpsichord/For Pipe Organ & String Trio, 2020) Late Music 3. MA$$ANK: Margarita (Once More, with Feeling, 2023) Fanta 4. Devon Parkin: Manic Grace (Sit with Dirt, 2023) self-released 5. Exotico: Immersion (Sport et Divertissement, 2023) self-released 6. Dani Your Darling: War with Me [demo] (Music Waste 2023 mix, 2023) Music Waste 7. Doozy: Planet Doozy [demo] (Music Waste 2023 mix, 2023) Music Waste 8. The Ironsides: Ligurian Dream (Changing Light, 2023) Colemine 9. Ace Martens: Rollercoaster (Boss, 2023) self-released 10. The Sadies: So Far for So Few (Colder Streams, 2022) Dine Alone/Yep Roc 11. Brandt Brauer Frick: Mad Rush (Multi Faith Prayer Room, 2023)

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 with his character Pee-wee Herman, then Robbie Robertson (1943-2023), guitarist/songwriter for The Band -- subject of the Martin Scorsese 1976 documentary The Last Waltz -- and occasional film scorer. 1. Les Baxter: Quiet Village (Ritual of the Savage, 1951) Capitol 2. Waivestate: Yellowknife (Sprout Sessions, 2022) self-released 3. Black Country, New Road: Track X (For the First Time, 2021) Ninja Tune 4. Le Ren: It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song (The Lagniappe Sessions, 2021) Aquarium Drunkard 5. Four Tet: Lahaina Noon (Anna Painting EP, 2019) Text 6. Tina Turner: Nutbush City Limits (Nutbush City Limits, 1973) United Artists 7. Dan Mangan: Just Know It (Being Somewhere, 2022) Arts & Crafts 8. Jerry Allen: Fuzz Duck (Fuzz Duck 7", 1966) Columbia 9. Cyndi Lauper & Mark Mothersbaugh: Pee-wee's Playhouse Theme Song (All-Time Top 100 TV

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 Cinematheque is doing its annual film noir programming, this hard-boiled episode looks back at the dark jazzy vibes of those post-WWII movies. 1. Anita Kert Ellis: Put the Blame on Mame (Gilda OST, 1999) The Soundtrack Factory 2. Alex Lefaivre Quartet: Sin City (Naufragés, 2021) Factor 3. Burial: Unknown Summer (Infirmary split single b/w Kode9, 2023) Fabric Originals 4. Ben Shemie: The Future Indefinite (Desiderata, 2022) Joyful Noise 5. Danny Elfman: Main Title/Tour de France (Pee-Wee's Big Adventure OST, 1988) Varèse Sarabande 6. The Band: Endless Highway [early studio take, 2021 mix] (Cahoots, 2021) Capitol 7. Sixto Rodriguez: Climb Up on My Music (Coming from Reality, 1971) Sussex/A&M 8. Castle If: Sittin' Chilly (Drivin' Easy EP, 2023) self-released 9. Aysanabee: Seeseepano (Watin, 2022) Ishkode 10. Ray Charles: I'll Do Anything but Work

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 Lightness of Being. 1. Grand Analog: Unbearable Lightness (Modern Thunder, 2014) Feel Up 2. The Allegorist: Whispers of the Wind [Die Wilde Jagd rework] (TEKHENU Retold, 2023) Awaken Chronicles 3. Sinéad O'Connor: I Want Your [Hands on Me] (The Lion and the Cobra, 1987) Ensign/Chrysalis 4. Massive Attack: Special Cases [w.Sinéad O'Connor] (100th Window, 2003) Virgin 5. Aleksi Perälä: FI3AC2381060 (Alithia A', 2023) AP Musik 6. The Edge & Sinéad O'Connor: Heroine [Theme from Captive] (Captive OST, 1986) Virgin 7. Sinéad O'Connor: You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart (In the Name of the Father OST, 1994) Island 8. Swansither: Tanjreem (States, 2022) Subexotic 9. Father John Misty: Chloë (Chloë and the Next 20th Century, 2022) Sub Pop/Bella Union 10. Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra: Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day (I Shouldn't Be T

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 from the 1996 Wachowskis' film Bound. 1. Janelle Monáe: Lipstick Lover (The Age of Pleasure, 2023) Atlantic 2. Patrick Cowley: Timelink (Muscle Up, 2015) Dark Entries 3. Peter Batah: Nobody's Stopping You [vocal version] (Nobody's Stopping You 12", 1981) Unidisc 4. Gino Soccio: Turn It Around [vocal version] (Turn It Around 12", 1984) Atlantic 5. Matmos: All of the Powers Lie Quiet (The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form, 2020) Thrill Jockey 6. Melleefresh: Bunny Hop (Invincible, 2020) Play 7. Regularfantasy: Call U When I'm Done [w.Big Zen] (Regularfantasy presents... Plush III, 2023) Plush 8. Tsunxmi: Transfeminine (Broken on Reflection, 2021) Give/Take 9. Skatt Brothers: Walk the Night (Strange Spirits, 1979) Casablanca 10. Supershy: Happy Music [w.Tom Misch] (Happy Music single, 2022) Beyond the Groove/AWAL 11. Coil: Algerian B

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 and 1983's Valley Girl. 1. Russell Louder: Head Over Heels (Ever New, 2020) Ever New 2. Floating Points: Vocoder (Someone Close, 2022) Ninja Tune 3. Tears for Fears: Pale Shelter (The Hurting, 1983) Mercury/Phonogram 4. Tears for Fears: The Tipping Point (The Tipping Point, 2022) Concord 5. Eldorado: Fantastic Man's Drumdown (Compilação XAMA 2022, 2021) Gop Tun 6. P:ANO: After School Special [KVOS TV 12] (The Den, 2004) Hive-Fi/Zum 7. boygenius: Anti-Curse (The Record, 2023) Interscope 8. Andrew Bird: Heaven's Boughs (Outside Problems, 2023) Loma Vista 9. Big Thief: Vampire Empire (Vampire Empire single, 2023) 4AD 10. Carolyn Mark: Not Like the Movies (The Queen of Vancouver Island, 2012) Mint 11. Pilotpriest: The Return (2023) self-released 12. Gayance: Clout Chaser's Anthem (Mascarade, 2023) Rhythm Section International 13. Autogramm: Fu

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 a sorta proto-radio free gak episode where I try to tackle the year in song and recap the Oscar nominees and winner for film score. 00. Kay Starr: Station Anniversary (Programming Aids 7", 1964) Capitol 01. Jane Birkin: Jane B (Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg, 1969) Fontana 02. Marc-E: Tides (2022) self-released 03. Alan Palomo: Nudista Mundial '89 [w.Mac DeMarco] (World of Hassle, 2023) Mom+Pop 04. L CON: Heimatort (The Isolator, 2023) Idée Fixe 05. Colin Stetson: Writhen (What We Were That What Wept for the Sea, 2023) 52Hz 06. Pantayo: Bakal Bote (Ang Pagdaloy, 2023) Telephone Explosion 07. April March: Stand in the Sun (In Cinerama, 2022) Une Vie/Ominvore 08. Daakoon: Lost (Mind Still EP, 2007) Dusted Wax Kingdom 09. Alvvays: Pomeranian Spinster (Blue Rev, 2022) Polyvinyl 10. Chromatics: Hands in the Dark (After Dark, 2007) Italians Do It

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 into your ears. This episode operated at half capacity in light of channel locks but hey, campus radio rolls on. gak sits down for the 1st time in almost a decade. Da da da. 1. PJ Harvey: A Child's Question, July (I Inside the Old Year Dying, 2023) Partisan 2. Air: Modular Mix (Premiers Symptômes, 1999) Source/Virgin 3. Devours: The Widow (Homecoming Queen, 2023) Surviving the Game 4. Shabazz Palaces: New Black Wave (Lese Majesty, 2014) Sub Pop 5. Steve Dawson: Waikiki Stonewall Rag (Eyes Closed, Dreaming, 2023) Black Hen 6. Jill Barber: Hell No (Homemaker, 2023) Outside Music 7. William Prince: Tanqueray (Stand in the Joy, 2023) Six Shooter 8. Calexico: Turquoise (El Mirador, 2022) City Slang 9. Water from Your Eyes: Barley (Everyone's Crushed, 2023) Matador 10. Jam City: Wild 'n Sweet [w.Empress Of] (EFM, 2023) Mad Decent 11. Dawn Richard &

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 tributes to Roger Payne, Manuel Göttsching & Robert Black. 1. Kilometre Club: Quiet Summer (Lake Dream, 2023) Slow Echo 2. Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti: Whales of Sirius (Music for a Cosmic Garden, 2023) WRWTFWW 3. Frank Watlington, Roger Payne & Katharine Payne: Solo Whale/Slowed-Down Solo Whale/Tower Whales/Distant Whale (Songs of the Humpback Whale, 1970) CRM/Capitol 4. Wands of the Minor Arcana: Summoning the Sky Serpent (Into the Gloaming Isle EP, 2023) self-released 5. Ashra: Ocean of Tenderness (New Age of Earth, 1976) Isadora 6. Lau Nau: Valemuisto (Själö OST with Sound Environments by Janne Laine, 2020) Fonal 7. Nils Frahm: Mussel Memory (Music for Animals, 2022) Leiter 8. Marisa Anderson & William Tyler: News about Heaven (Lost Futures, 2021) Thrill Jockey 9. Limbs of the Stars: Cloudless [thirteen] (2023) self-released 10. Chuck Jo

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 this week. We also preview another local event, the Khatsahlano Street Party, and profile Barry White's soundtrack to the 1974 blaxploitation film Together Brothers. 1. Jonathan Richman: SA [w.Kelly Houston] (SA!, 2018) Blue Arrow 2. Bob James: One Mint Julep (Three, 1976) CTI 3. Pink Mountaintops: Nikki Go Sudden (Peacock Pools, 2022) ATO 4. Louise Burns: I Don't Feel Like I Used To (Element, 2023) Light Organ 5. Reuben Wilson: The Sweet Life (The Sweet Life, 1972) Groove Merchant 6. Young-Holt Unlimited: Wah Wah Man (Born Again, 1971) Cotillion 7. Azymuth: Folgada (Before We Forget, 2000) Far Out 8. Blanck Mass: Greyhound (Ted K OST, 2022) Sacred Bones 9. Willolux: June (Armour, 2019) self-released 10! June the Greyhound: Two Roos (Live in Breslau, 2022) unreleased 11. Johnny_Ripper: June [w.Weirddough] (Outsider, 2013) self-released 12. aka

Kia ora! Though midsummer and National Indigenous Peoples Day loom in Canadians' minds, this episode extends towards the southern hemisphere as we also celebrate the Maori. Amongst music from Turtle Island to Aotearoa, we profile Lisa Gerrard's music from the 2002 film Whale Rider. 1. Yamantaka/Sonic Titan: Whalesong (Uzu, 2013) Suicide Squeeze/Paper Bag 2. Area 3: Whale (Amb, 2021) Khotin Industries 3. Mort Garson: Moon Journey (Journey to the Moon and Beyond, 2023) Sacred Bones 4. Ellen Allien x Ash Code: Dance and Kill (2023) BPitch Control 5. Morgen Wurde: Mittsommer (Pop Ambient 2021, 2020) Kompakt 6. Lido Pimienta: Ein Sof, Infinito (2023) Anti- 7. Witch Prophet: Bird's Eye View [O.B.E] (Gateway Experience, 2023) Heart Lake 8. Big Brave: My Hope Renders Me a Fool (Nature Morte, 2023) Thrill Jockey 9. Miesha & the Spanks: Necwiyéwt (Unconditional Love in Hi-Fli, 2023) Mint 10. Miesha & the Spanks: Dig Me Out (Unconditional Love in Hi-Fli, 2023) Mint 11. Whoop-Szo: Whale Songs (Pt 2: Odemin, 2

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 scores for the early films of his son Spike Lee. 1. Wallgrin: Every Fall, I Fall in Love (Yet Again the Wheel Turns, 2022) self-released 2. Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty: Living Water Assembly (Visions, 2020) Mr Bongo 3. Ike & Tina Turner: Cussin', Cryin' & Carryin' On (The Soul Anthology, 2006) Redline 4. Tina Turner: The Acid Queen (Tommy OST, 1975) Polydor 5. Ike & the Kings of Rhythm: Funky Mule (A Black Man's Soul, 1969) Pompeii 6. Tina Turner: We Don't Need Another Hero (Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome OST, 1985) Capitol 7. Corky & the Juice Pigs: Buddhists (Corky & the Juice Pigs, 1993) Denon 8. Tina Turner: Goldeneye (Goldeneye OST, 1995) Virgin 9. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: Murkit Gem (Hotline Bling 7", 2023) Big Crown 10. Tina Turner, Dechen Shak-Dagsay & Regula Curti: Purity of Mind [w.Lotus Sutra] (Beyond: Buddhist & Christian Pray

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 (2008 & 2013) that attempted profiles on one of my favourite film scores -- 1973's Black Belt Jones -- as both times, you can witness that raw campus radio vibe as inexperience battles then subsequent technical flaws. One day, I will do Jones right. Advisory: any product, service or event cited has long since expired. Original episodes: https://www.citr.ca/radio/radio-free-gak/episode/20080331/ & https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20130708/ 1. Dennis Coffey & Luchi de Jesus: Love Theme (Black Belt Jones OST, 1974) Weintraub-Heller 2. gak: rfg #12 - "Become as the grape, plump and seedless" [excerpt] (radio free gak, 2008) CITR 3. George Axon: Headlines [loop] (Video-Tech 4, 1985) Parry Music Library 4. gak: XHM #174 - "Treacherous kung-fu infects the airwaves" [bloopers] (Exploding Head Movies, 2013) CITR 5. Carl Zittrer &

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 apart quickly for most fools but the overall vibe felt apt, especially as this May marks CITR's 85th anniversary so I've become a historic moment, or belong in a museum. Maybe both or perhaps a sick ward since I have a non-Covid summer cold; 23 skidoo! Full details: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20130401/ 1. gak: XHM CLX - Almost as sweet and hot as you'd expect (Exploding Head Movies, 2013) CITR radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire

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 Oscar-nominated score to the 1991 film Bugsy. 1. Thundercat & Tame Impala: No More Lies (2023) Brainfeeder 2. Talk West: Willow and the Dogwood (Black Coral Sprig, 2023) Scissor Tail 3. Savages: Sad Person (Adore Life, 2016) Matador 4. Dilly Dally: Colour of Joy (2023) self-released 5. Zachary Gray: Apropos (Forest City Series: Volume 5, 2022) A Person Disguised as People 6. First Aid Kit: Out of My Head (Palomino, 2022) Columbia 7. Kali Uchis: Fantasy (Red Moon in Venus, 2023) EMI/Geffen 8. Greenhouse Ensemble: Introduction (Rez-de-Chaussée, 2023) self-released 9. boygenius: $20 (the record, 2023) Interscope 10. Feist: I Took All of My Rings Off (Multitudes, 2023) Polydor 11. Ilaria Capalbo: Mare Nostrum (Karthago, 2022) Bluenord 12. claire rousay & Helena Deland: Deceiver (Looking Glass series, 2023) Mexican Summer 13. Melody's Echo Chamber: Loo

It's been a while since we've heard some Ennio Morricone, so we'll dig up selections from the score to the 1968 spaghetti western The Big Gundown. We present the settling of scores and the wisdom of faith amidst a big old heat wave, so ride on, little ponies. 1. Talking Heads: The Great Curve (Remain in Light, 1980) Sire 2. Tim Hecker: Lotus Light (No Highs, 2023) Kranky 3. Hot Chip: The Evil That Men Do [w.Cadence Weapon] (Freakout/Release, 2022) Domino 4. A Tribe Called Red: R.E.D [w.Black Bear, Narcy & Yasiin Bey] (We are the Halluci Nation, 2016) Radicalized/Pirates Blend 5. Jean-Michel Blais: Passepied (Aubades, 2022) Arts & Crafts 6. Os Mutantes: Ando Meio Desligado (A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado, 1970) Polydor 7. Rita Lee: Pistis Sophia (Red Hot + Rio 2, 2011) eOne 8. Brìghde Chaimbeul: Tha Fonn Gun Bhi Trom/I am Disposed of Mirth (Carry Them With Us, 2023) Glitterbeat 9. Procol Harum: Conquistador (Procol Harum, 1967) Regal Zonophone/Deram 10. The Curse of KK Hammond: What's the W

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 as we listen to some calypso, mento and other Caribbean genres and of course, some of his songs from the 1988 comedy Beetlejuice. We also touch upon Vancouver's Verboden Festival this week along with other concerts in town when not running off to Venezuela. 1. The Guess Who: Lightfoot (Wheatfield Soul, 1969) Nimbus/RCA Victor 2. Gord Grdina: Benbow Blues (Pendulum, 2021) Attaboygirl 3. Gordon Lightfoot: For Lovin' Me (Lightfoot, 1966) United Artists 4. Gordon Lightfoot: Don Quixote [mono] (Don Quixote, 1972) Reprise 5. Guido Basso: Early Morning Rain (Love Talk, 1970) Canadian Talent Library 6. Scott Walker: Sundown (We Had It All, 1974) CBS 7. Gordon Lightfoot: E-Motion (Solo, 2020) Warner Canada 8. Patrick Holland: Channel 83 (Fog Wall EP, 2023) Verdicchio 9. Caroline Polachek: Billions (Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, 2023) Perpetual Novi

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 Dream, 2023) Slow Echo 2, Marta Salogni & Tom Relleen: Internal Logic II (Music for Open Spaces, 2023) Hands in the Dark 3, Rose Bolton: Nine Kinds of Joy (Slow, Quiet Music in Search of Electric Happiness, 2022) Redshift 4, Patricia Wolf: Springtime in Croatia (See-Through, 2022) Balmat 5, Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto: Glass (Glass, 2018) Noton 6, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Plankton (Plankton: Music for an Installation by Christian Sandet & Shiro Takatani, 2016) Milan radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies

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 the long career of the legendary Japanese composer. From Yellow Magic Orchestra to many a score to other side projects, we do our best in his honour. 1. All Hands Make Light: Waiting for the Light to Quit (Darling the Dawn, 2023) Constellation 2. Nils Frahm: Right Right Right (Music for Animals, 2022) Leiter/BMG 3. Everything But the Girl: Nothing Left to Lose (Fuse, 2023) Buzzin' Fly 4. Jessy Lanza: Don't Leave Me Now (2023) Hyperdub 5. Tim Hecker: Glissalia (No Highs, 2023) Kranky 6. Ormiston: Distortion of Reality (2023) Lisbon Lux 7. Yaeji: I'll Remember for Me, I'll Remember for You (With a Hammer, 2023) XL 8. Mark Korven: Main Title (The Peripheral: Music from the Original Series on Prime Video, 2022) Lakeshore 9. You Can Can: Lustrous Swarm (You Can Can, 2023) Séance Centre 10. Bodywash: In as Far (I Held the Shape While I Could, 2023