CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies Podcast
1) XHM #762 - "Staging magical bullets" (2025 November 03)
Playwright & director Robert Wilson (1941-2025) had an enormous impact on avant-garde theatre so we'll explore music associated with his works, particularly a few with Tom Waits. We also play catchup ...Show More
2) XHM #761 - "Krampus starts early" (2025 October 27)
Our annual Hallowe'en Horror Month concludes this week with a film that confuses holidays but has become a seasonal fave: 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Themes collide as we figure out what ni...Show More
3) XHM #760 - "The latest designer diseases" (2025 October 20)
Hallowe'en Horror Month continues in earnest as we explore the human body & celebrity skin via EC Woodley's score to the 2012 film Antiviral. 01. Ace Frehley: Rip It Out (Ace Frehley, 1978) Casablan...Show More
4) XHM #759 - "Terror delivered to your door in 30 minutes or more" (2025 October 13)
For your Thanksgiving enjoyment, in contrast to past holiday episodes that aided with digestion, this one is designed to help with any harvest meal prep. However, amidst all the food-related songs, it...Show More
5) XHM #758 - "Juke joint jeopardy" (2025 October 06)
It's October so it's time for our annual Hallowe'en Horror Month! One of the big films in 2025 is Sinners, so we get bloody & bluesy with Ludwig Göransson's music from Ryan Coogler's latest. We also p...Show More
6) XHM #757 - "We are the future ancestors" (2025 September 29)
In honour of the actor Graham Greene (1952-2025) along with Canada's National Day of Truth & Reconciliation, we span indigenous themes with some soundtracks tied to Greene's films, particularly from t...Show More
7) XHM #756 - "Smash the flood lights, wonder boy" (2025 September 22)
Robert Redford (1936-2025) had a profound influence on the world, be it through acting, directing, producing & activism. As we pivot to pay tribute to him, we'll focus on baseball and Randy Newman's i...Show More
8) XHM #755 - "Display case for all my tiny wings" (2025 September 15)
As we attempt to recap the recent Emmy awards, we profile the violinist/composer Alexander Balanescu and his score to the 1995 film Angels & Insects. We also wrap up all the Polaris lead-up by listeni...Show More
9) XHM #754 - "Broadcast from the living oceans" (2025 September 08)
As gak rushed back from the ocean, we explore life underwater as we freely associate the fact that the new Wes Anderson film The Phoenician Scheme has a short score so we can dig up some 2004 gems off...Show More
10) XHM #753 - "I deal in dreams for electric sheep" (2025 September 01)
For your Labour Day enjoyment, we go mostly electronic though naturally so as we profile Lawrence Lek's 2020 AI-musical Aidol. Kneel before gak! Where do we begin? 000001. Jenny Hval: I Want to St...Show More