CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies Podcast
1) 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
2) XHM #752 - "Reading the magazines in God's waiting room" (2025 August 25)
It's been a while since we've dug into the film score work of David Holmes so we'll skip across some recent soundtracks from the Northern Irish DJ. We also talk about Slarta John, JD Twitch and Jim Lo...Show More
3) XHM #751 - "Heroes & thieves, hand in hand, together each week" (2025 August 18)
With some recent Ennio Morricone reissues, we go with a slightly older film score with a mix of the new: 1970's Compañeros. We also touch upon Tom Lehrer, Ozzy Osbourne, Eddie Palmieri & other news as...Show More
4) XHM #750 - "Mushroom clouds remain a Gen-X sigil" (2025 August 11)
gak's back from being afar so he's jetlagged & overheated. That said, it was this month that 80 years ago, two atomic bombs were detonated over Japan during World War II so we pay tribute to the citie...Show More
5) XHM #179 [REDUX] - "Since the dawn of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun" (2013 August
Since gak's still far far away, enjoy this repeat broadcast featuring sunny themes in honour of the 2007 film Sunshine, which is a space horror. Original playsheet: https://www.citr.ca/radio/explodi...Show More
6) XHM #749 - "The cosmic recliner" (2025 July 28)
gak's on the road again, this time to bury his dad in Finland, so this will be Part 17 of our all-ambient series. 01. Emissive: Losing Control (Ontario Space, 2020) self-released 02. Ariel Kalma & ...Show More
7) XHM #748 - "Chased by sad horns" (2025 July 21)
Though our main profile will be on the Argentine-American pianist & composer Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025) and a tribute to just some of his film & TV work, CITR also processes the death of The Jazz Show ...Show More
8) XHM #747 - "Spruce up your goose" (2025 July 14)
This action-packed episode profiles music from Martin Scorsese's 2004 biopic about Howard Hughes, with a score by Howard Shore: The Aviator. Amongst some 1940s style music, we also cover some festival...Show More
9) XHM #746 - "To the dearly departed" (2025 July 07)
This past Sunday would've been gak's dad's 80th birthday but as noted, he died back in May. Themes around fatherhood abound with odes to Finland, with selections from the playlist intended for use at ...Show More
10) XHM #215 [REDUX] - "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Garson Ltd" (2014 May 26)
gak's on the road so he dug up a fun episode from 2014 devoted to Mort Garson, well before a great reissue campaign by Sacred Bones. Check out https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode...Show More