CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

25 shy of your standard BR selection, in celebration of the subatomic particle the quark, we offer six channels in six directions so make you listen to this with a couple friends and each of your ears can focus on different elements on this the 1 000 072nd birthday of art. TOP FLAVOUR t1. Au Vol: The Garden of Forking Paths (The Garden of Forking Paths, 2022) self-released t2. Bill Nace: Les Echos...

In honour of gak's 17th anniversary on CITR 101.9FM Vancouver BC, we dive into a favourite film: 1984's The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension with a score by Michael Boddicker. 01. Mitzi Gaynor: Happy Anniversary (Happy Anniversary OST, 1959) Top Rank 02. Botany Bay: Winter Wolfpack Serenade (Thanksgiver, 2024) Submarine Broadcasting Co. 03. Abigail Lapell: Anniversary Song (A...

It is now 2025 and as we scan for fiction set in this once futuristic year, we'll profile bits from Ramin Djawadi's score to the 2013 kaiju film Pacific Rim. We also catch up on the recently deceased and some work that has now entered the public domain in some parts of the world. It was a matter of time we had to learn to fight monsters so lasso up your robots! 01. Dramatis: Oh! 2025 (For Future R...

As this confounding year draws to a close, we'll do our annual recap of the past 12 months in review. Along with some of the artists & songs that defined 2024, we'll profile Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow's score to that year's film Civil War. 01. Jessica Pratt: The Last Year (Here in the Pitch, 2024) City Slang 02. Kristen Roos: Nova (Universal Synthesizer Interface: Volume III, 2024) Hotham Sound...

For our 17th annual counter-Christmas carol episode, we plunge deep into some of Dimitri Tiomkin's score that was cut from the 1946 holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life as we mark the festive season with our usual mix of snark, candour, grief & joy. 01. Tito Jackson: Season's Greetings (Season's Greetings from Motown Records 7", 1973) Motown 02. En Attendant Ana: Close Your Mouth Because Christma...

The drawing to the close a year allows us to look back a bit to the past 12 months but also ahead to the coming new calendar. We'll juggle mostly Canadian songs amidst all this reflection with a profile on Seth A Smith's scores from The Crescent and Tin Can. Warning: levels may be hot at the start so adjust volume accordingly. Not sure what changed on the board but feedback galore. 01. Freak Heat...

Stepping out of our 20th century rut a bit, we profile Mark Jenkin's score to the 2019 film Bait. We also start looking at 2024 in review and preview your Shindig finalists as part of CITR's annual battle of the bands competition here in Vancouver. 01. Taylor Swift: 'tis the Damn Season (Evermore, 2020) Republic 02. Kohellus: Kalanvihreä (Anthology of Electroacoustic Music from Finland, 2023) Unex...

Actor Teri Garr (1944-2024) was a very funny person, so this episode will tread lightly amongst some of her famous film roles amidst some TV fare associated with some other recently departed folks. 01. Sade Adu: Young Lion (Transa, 2024) Red Hot 02. Christine Jensen: Here's That Rainy Day (Day Moon, 2023) Justin Time 03. James Darren: Gidget (Album N°1, 1959) Colpix 04. Jack Jones: The Love Boat T...

Quincy Jones (1933-2024) had a massive impact on pop culture in the service of music. We've been overdue on a profile on Q for ages so we'll skim across his various film scores, jazz sessions & other production work. Q0. Dream Warriors: My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style (And Now the Legacy Begins, 1991) 4th & B'way/Island/Polygram Q1. Loscil: Dusk Gale (Umbel, 2024) Frond Q2. Kathleen Edwar...

Whether it's Remembrance Day, Armistice Day or Veterans' Day where you are, it's a time to think of wars. We're overdue on some Max Steiner and his music from the 1941 classic Casablanca as people seem to keep fleeing right wing extremists over the years. [N.B: We had some upgrades at CITR World HQ and alas, this episode did air there but the podcast server caught something else so this episode is...

With Hallowe'en over, we turn to lighter though somber topics. In honour of singer/actress/dancer Mitzi Gaynor (1931-2024), we breeze across some of her musicals, mostly focusing on her songs from the Rodgers/Hammerstein 1957 film adaptation of South Pacific. 01. Caterina Valente: Ol'Man River (Sweet Beat, 1968) Decca/London 02. Gohj-ji & Simple Machines: Seen (2020) self-released 03. Barbara Dane...

Hallowe'en Horror Month closes with a profile of Daniel Hart's score to the 2017 film A Ghost Story. There'll also be songs about gggghosts, wolfmen, bad vampires & what originally was ggggoing to be campiness but there was a backlogggg of dark music so you're ggggetting actual spookiness. 01. Ken Nordine & the Jacksons: Can You Feel It [w.video spoken intro] (Can You Feel It, 1980) Epic/CBS 02. T...

As Hallowe'en Horror Month continues, we'll double dip with selections from Pino Donaggio's score to the 1st ever Stephen King film adaptation, 1976's Carrie, then getting more recent, 2024's Longlegs by Zilgi. Twice the creepiness! 01. Paul Zaza & Carl Zittrer: Tonight is Prom Night (Prom Night OST, 1980) RCA 02. Sarah Davachi: The Crier's Choir (The Head as Form'd in the Crier's Choir, 2024) Lat...

Zombies are the menu for Canadian Thanksgiving as we listen to selections of both European & North American soundtracks to George A Romero's 1978 satire Dawn of the Dead. 01. Pulp: Turkey Mambo Momma [1981] (The Peel Sessions, 2006) Island/Universal 02. George Thomson: Bold Turkey (Phood/Stay EP, 1998) Stickman 03. Contact Tetherball: Cold Turkey (The Real Songs Were the Friends We Made Along the...

October is at last here so it's time for our annual horror month in the countdown to Hallowe'en! We being with a profile on the odd prog rock soundtrack to the wonderfully bizarre 1977 Japanese film Hausu (House), originally intended for last year so amidst numerous acts performing in Vancouver this week, we start spooky season in a wild fashion. 01. Justice: One Night/All Night [w. Tame Impala] (...

Every year, Canada marks a National Day of Truth & Reconciliation based on the mistreatment of indigenous peoples, particularly with their children placed into settlers' residential schools to remove their culture. This episode features artists & themes associated with Turtle Island's inhabitants, with music from the films Black Robe & Killers of the Flower Moon. 01. Snotty Nose Rez Kids: Red Futu...

After one complicated yet fun trip to Los Angeles, gak profiles music associated with actor Alain Delon (1935-2024). The Vancouver International Film Festival starts on Thursday but there's a large live performance component this year so we profile musicians from film. There are other concerts happening and a swath of AOR/yacht rock/city pop here too in a very loose episode. 01. Dalida & Alain Del...

In the wake of more recent reissues from the vast discography of new wave icon Nash the Slash, this profile mostly dips into his post-FM days. On the soundtrack front, we recap the recent Emmy winners plus pay tribute to actor James Earl Jones (1931-2024) & kora player Toumani Diabaté (1965-2024). 01/ Jeff Bennett: The Morning Report [w. Rowan Atkinson, James Earl Jones & Evan Saucedo] (The Lion K...

On any given Monday, gak presents an eclectic mix of music and boy howdy, we've got a doozy for you. In honour of Richard Horowitz (1949-2024), we profile his score to the 1999 film Any Given Sunday, so we're blending 4th world music with sports themes. Are you ready for some adventure? KICKOFF 01. André Mathieu & Victor Vogel: Olympic Chimes (Games of the XXI Olympiad - Montréal, 1976) Polydor 02...

School is almost back in session so this week's lesson looks at recent music from Thom Yorke, ranging from new projects, Radiohead covers and his score to 2024's Confidenza. We waltz around other academic subjects, Polaris Prize nominees, acts playing in Vancouver this week and another CITR's host's 25th anniversary on air. Books open, pencils out, devices away, laptops charged. 01. Soulwax: Teach...

Appropriate for the end of summer, gak finally tackles a long-promised episode devoted to the 1980s Japanese genre known as city pop. The entire playlist should be considered ultrasmooth with acts clearly inspired by this resurrected & imported style. Perfect for driving away from the city and to the beach. Ichi, ni, san, yon, go! 00. BGM 01. Miki Matsubara: Mayonaka no Door/Stay with Me (Paradise...

Tying back to ancestral lands, gak's back and he found a compilation of songs from the films of the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki so you've got a dry pan, rollicking episode coming up. 01. The Chills: I Love My Leather Jacket (Kaleidoscope World, 1986) Flying Nun/Creation 02. Yoo Doo Right: SMB (A Murmur, Boundless to the East, 2022) Mothland 03. John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers: Crawling Up a Hi...

For your belated British Columbia Day enjoyment, we pay tribute to music associated with the films of Canadian actor Donald Sutherland (1935-2024) & Shelly Duvall (1949-2024) amidst other mourning material in this pre-recorded episode. 01. Harvey Keitel & Tim Roth: Let's Get a Taco (Reservoir Dogs OST, 1992) MCA 02. DVTR: Les Olympiques (2024) Lisbon Lux 03. Kilometre Club: Jasper AB (Let Us Compa...

It's Pride Week in Vancouver so amidst mostly LGBTQ+ programming, we'll profile the 1982 indie scifi film Liquid Sky. 01. Richard Simmons: Live It (Reach, 1982) Elektra 02. B Trust: I Hate My Body [extended instrumental] (2017) self-released 03. Honey Dijon: Le Femme Fantastique [w. Josh Caffe] (Black Girl Magic, 2022) Classic 04. Elkka: Right Here (Prism of Pleasure, 2024) Ninja Tune 05. Boney M:...

One of the widely consumed scores this year is Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross' industrial dance music from Challengers. Though tennis themes were thought of for this episode, amidst plenty of techno, gak's behind on some club classics from 2024 and it's time to prep the Polaris nominee profiles so we've got light summer vibes. 01. Rasputina: Saline the Salt Lake Queen (Frustration Plantation, 2004) I...