CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

With the recent death of director Franco Zeffirelli (1923-2019), we'll profile Nino Rota's score from the notorious 1968 film adaptation of Romeo & Juliet. gak's back from a week in Nelson BC and brings road tested tunes and makes as much sense as usual. Defy these stars! I. Thom Yorke: Last I Heard [He Was Circling the Drain] (Anima, 2019) XL II. Sarah Davachi: Perfumes II (Pale Bloom, 2019) W.25...

Normally, gak spends Canada Day in Thunder Bay but this year, he brings the sounds of the Lakehead to you! Profile is on Bruce Peninsula's & Chris Thornborrow's score to the 2015 film Sleeping Giant, filmed & set on Lake Superior. Let'er rip, boys. Give'r! 1. Louise Burns: Just Walk Away (2019) Light Organ 2. Pugs & Crows: The Treatment [2016 August 19] (Fishbowl Sessions: Live From CITR/Discorder...

Herbie Hancock performs at this year's Vancouver International Jazz Festival, so amongst other performers, we'll profile his score to the 1966 thriller Blow-Up. We also pay tribute to French Touch musician & producer Philippe "Zdar" Cerboneschi (1967-2019). 1. Cassius: Don't Let Me Be [w. Owlle] (Dreems, 2019) Caroline 2. Motorbass: Ezio (Pansoul, 1996) Different/PIAS France 3. Cassius: La Mouche...

With National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21st, we profile nêhiyawak's score to the 2017 documentary ôtênaw. We also have the 1st Vancouver International Jazz Festival preview and a sportsdesk update. gak's travels caught up with him planning this odd episode. 1. Rascalz: Northern Touch [w. Kardinal Offishall, Thrust, Choclair & Checkmate, A Tribe Called Red Remix w. Black Bear] (Northern Touch...

Super eclectic episode as we profile Colin Stetson's score to the Hulu series The First. Ties into recent interpretations of Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3 along with a tribute to Dr John (1941-2019). WOLFMAN GAK sneaks in and there's an update from the Exploding Sports Desk. 1. Holy Data: Everything Changes (2018) self-released 2. Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld: The Sun Roars into View (Never Wer...

As summer approaches the northern hemisphere, let's embrace the extracurricular aspect of life by listening to music from Wes Anderson's 1998 breakout film Rushmore. We also pay tribute to Roky Erickson (1947-2019) & Leon Redbone (1949-2019) and profile Vancouver's 25th Music Waste festival. gak saves Latin. 1. Chromatics: Shadow (Shadow 12", 2015) Italians Do It Better 2. Annie Lennox: Parnassius...

With a Criterion remaster out imminently, it's time to get back into the world of David Lynch and his first collaboration with composer Angelo Badalamenti for the 1986 classic Blue Velvet. 1. Yu Su: Little Birds, Moonbath [w. Michelle Helene Mackenzie] (Roll with the Punches EP, 2019) Second Circle 2. Project Pablo: Without Knowing (Low Wings EP, 2018) Verdicchio Music Publishing 3. Jon Spencer: T...

For your Victoria Day programming, we offer James Holden's electronic score to the recent documentary A Cambodian Spring -- a story about a protest against eviction and the destruction of a lake in Phnom Penh. 1. RIAA: Holiday Inn Cambodia (Sounds for the Sun-Set, 2005) self-released 2. Marja Ahti: Coastal Inversion (Vegetal Negatives, 2019) Hallow Ground 3. Death: You're a Prisoner (For the Whole...

In honour of the director John Singleton (1968-2019), the back half of this episode will go hip hop as we profile music from his two biggest films: 1991's Boyz N the Hood and 1993's Poetic Justice. The front half covers the usual mish-mash of new tunes and people playing music live in front of other people. 1. Grey Reverend & The Cinematic Orchestra: Zero One/This Fantasy (To Believe, 2019) Ninja...

To pay tribute to the actor Bruno Ganz (1941-2019), it's high time to profile a favourite film he appears in: Wim Wender's 1987 classic Wings of Desire. Score by Jürgen Knieper & music from a lot of the then-Berlin scene. gak also wails on behalf of Peter Mayhew (1944-2019). Punch it Chewie! 1. Minimal Violence: InDreams (InDreams, 2019) Technicolour/Ninja Tune 2. Sarah Davachi: Untitled [live in...

gak's back as he profiles the directory Stanley Donen (1924-2019). Primary focus will be on his 1963 film Charade, scored by the legendary Henry Mancini, but we'll have songs from musicals On the Town, Singin' in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Damn Yankees! gak also momentarily thinks he's a preacher, repeatedly. Now open up your hymnal. 1. Sound Ideas: French City Ambience with Not...

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 D...

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 (Ra...

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...

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:...

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)...

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 In...

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...

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. Al...

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 &...

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 Grad...

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 spor...

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 Sor...

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 Donze...

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...