Exploding Head Movies

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 & Robert B Sherman: Buena Vista Fanfare (Mary Poppins OST: Special Edition, 2014) Disney
2. Family Fodder: Film Music (Film Music 7", 1981) Fresh
3. Sarah Neufeld: The Glow (The Ridge, 2015) Paper Bag
4. Ken Nordine & The Fred Katz Group: Flibberty Jib (Word Jazz, 1957) Dot
5. Ken Nordine: Green (Colours: A Sensuous Listening Experience, 1966) Philips
6. NOFVNCITY: Shelter (VNITY, 2018) WEATNU
7. Download: Glassblower [remix] (Sidewinder EP, 1996) Nettwerk
8. Kone: Movies on My House (Cirrhotic Psychotic, 2008) The Record Company
9. pLATEAU: Nocruisin (Artoffact Records, 2018) Artoffact
10. Phil Western: My Friend Died (Neuro-Plastique, 2017) self-released
11. Phil Western: The Stages of Grief (New Door Opening, 2018) self-released
12. Adult. The Cold Call (Anxiety Always, 2003) Ersatz Audio
13. Adult. Pray for Pills (Split/Split/Split 7" w.The Dirtbombs, 2004) Ersatz Audio/Cass
14. Cold Cave: The Laurels of Erotomania (Love Comes Close, 2009) Matador/Heartworm Press
15. Laurie Spiegel: Finding Voice (Unseen Worlds, 2019) Unseen Worlds
16. Sharon Van Etten: Comeback Kid (Remind Me Tomorrow, 2019) Jagjaguwar
17. Waxahatchee: Slow You Down (Great Thunder EP, 2018) Merge
18. Mole City: Bubble Inc. (Mole City, 1998) self-released
19. Men I Trust: Say Can You Hear (2019) self-released
20. Sandscape: Artificial Rush (Artificial Rush single, 2017) self-released
21. Pharoah Sanders: Naima (Africa, 1987) Timeless
22. Tennyson: Wintersleep (2019) self-released
23. Galaxie 500: Snowstorm (On Fire, 1989) Rough Trade
24. Colin Stetson: Reborn (Hereditary OST, 2018) Milan
25. Marco Beltrami: A Quiet Family (A Quiet Place OST, 2018) Milan
26. Sade: Big Unknown (Widows OST, 2018) Milan
27. Marc Shaiman: Rescuing Georgie (Mary Poppins Returns OST, 2018) Disney
28. Emily Blunt: The Place Where Lost Things Go (Mary Poppins Returns OST, 2018) Disney
29. Marc Shaiman: Race to Big Ben (Mary Poppins Returns OST, 2018) Disney
30. Marc Shaiman: Overture (Mary Poppins Returns OST, 2018) Disney
31. Marc Shaiman: Mary Poppins Arrives (Mary Poppins Returns OST, 2018) Disney
32. Thomas Newman: Travers Goff (Saving Mr Banks OST, 2013) Disney
33. Tsuneaki Tone: Chim Chim Cheree (All of Synthesizer: Volume 1, 1976) Black
34. Julie Andrews: Stay Awake (Mary Poppins OST: Special Edition, 2014) Disney
35. Richard M Sherman & Robert B Sherman: The Carousel Horses (Mary Poppins OST: Special Edition, 2014) Disney
36. Éliane Thibault & Michel Roux: Supercalifragilisticexpidélilicieux (Les Succès de Mary Poppins, 1964) London/Decca

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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 Grade, Summer of '84 and Dead Shack, plus your Shindig 2018 winner.

1. Charlotte Gainsbourg: Deadly Valentine (Rest, 2017) Because Music
2. Pender Street Steppers: M Flight (Openin' Up 12", 2014) Peoples Potential Unlimited
3. Yves Tumor: All the Love We Have Now (Safe in the Hands of Love, 2018) Warp
4. Girlsnails: Trains on Mars (Summer Demos, 2018) self-released
5. The Ramblin' Ambassadors: Camino Real (Vista Cruiser Country Squire, 2008) Mint
6. Scattered Clouds: Justice (2018) self-released
7. Yolks: Responsibility (Our Other Songs, 2016) self-released
8. Searmanas: Nodus Tollens (Searmanas, 2018) Cleopatra
9. Ele: Sweet Love [w.William Bolton] (2015) Goldswing
10. David Bowie: Sound and Vision (Low, 1977) RCA
11. Light Blending In: Different Ideas (Last Word, 2018) Downpour Spirit
12. Aldous Harding: Stop Your Tears (Aldous Harding, 2016) Flying Nun
13. Lindi Ortega: Nothing's Impossible (Liberty, 2018)
14. RAMZi: Ya Chaki (Phobiza Volume 3: Amor Fati, 2018) FATi
15. Willie Watson & Tim Blake Nelson: When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs OST, 2018) Milan
16. Dolly Parton: Girl in the Movies (Dumplin' OST, 2018) RCA
17. Connect_icut: Chess Baby (Rage Coma, 2017) CSAF
18. Alexandre Desplat: Re-election Night, Parts 1-3 (Isle of Dogs OST, 2018) ABKCO
19. Alexandre Desplat: Toshiro (Isle of Dogs OST, 2018) ABKCO
20. Alexandre Desplat: Pagoda Slide (Isle of Dogs OST, 2018) ABKCO
21. Do Make Say Think: Bound (Stubborn Persistent Illusions, 2017) Constellation
22. Ludwig Göransson: Warrior Falls (Black Panther OST, 2018) Interscope
23. Ludwig Göransson: Killmonger vs T'Challa (Black Panther OST, 2018) Interscope
24. Ludwig Göransson: The Great Mound Battle (Black Panther OST, 2018) Interscope
25. Kendrick Lamar & SZA: All the Stars (Black Panther: The Album, 2018) Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope
26. Run the Jewels: Legend Has It (RTJ3, 2017) self-released
27. Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow: End Credits [alt version] (Annihilation OST, 2018) Invada
28. Justin Hurwitz: Multi-Axis Trainer (First Man OST, 2018) Back Lot Music
29. Anna Meredith: Redbluegreen (Eighth Grade OST, 2018) Columbia
30. Le Matos: Dusty's Shirt (Summer of '84 OST, 2018) Death Waltz
31. Humans: The Dead (Dead Shack: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2018) Lakeshore
32. Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble: Ayiko Ayiko/Welcome, Welcome, My Darling (The African Beat, 1962) Blue Note
33. Ella Fitzgerald: My Funny Valentine (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book, 1956) Verve

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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 sports segment.

1. The Girls Red Guard Dancers: The Red Guard Dance (The Last Emperor OST, 1987) Virgin
2. Tim & Eric: Sports! (Awesome Record, Great Songs: Volume 1, 2008) Williams Street
3. The Tony Hatch Orchestra: Sportsnight [excerpt] (Hit the Road to Themeland, 1974) Pye
4. Viagra Boys: Sports (Street Worms, 2018) Year0001
5. Teodoro Anzellotti: Sports et Divertissements (Erik Satie, 1998) Winter & Winter
6. Spouse: Pigsty (2017) self-released
7. Miss Piggy & Kermit: It's Time for Our Song (The Muppets OST, 2011) Universal
8. Natural Bridge Bunch: Pig Snoots, Pt. 1 (Pig Snoots 7", 1968) Norman/ATCO
9. Roy Montgomery: Dazed Pig Dreamhome Slide (RMHQ: Headquarters, 2016) Grapefruit
10. Sleepy Gonzales: Melting (The Joy of Painting, 2018) self-released
11. Girlsnails: Bovine Eclipse (Summer Demos, 2018) self-released
12. Wallgrin: Welter [interlude] (Bird/Alien, 2018) Heavy Lark
13. Russian Tim & Pavel Bures: The Other Song (Superhit & The Other Song EP, 2018) self-released
14. Teak Physique: Silicone Sunlight (Living. Space, 2018) self-released
15. Ray Bryant: Up Above the Rock (Up Above the Rock, 1968) Cadet
16. Buke & Gase: Houdini Crush (General Dome, 2013) Brassland
17. Pylon: Cool (Gyrate, 1980) DB/Veritgo
18. Map.ache: Seis (Vom Ende Bis Zum Anfang, 2018) Giegling
19. Ebhoni: Opps (2018) Future Classic
20. Hoon Hee Jeong: When Love Turns to Hate (Hoon Hee Jeong, 1972) ?
21. Steve Dawson: Hollow Tree Gap (Lucky Hand, 2018) Black Hen
22. Richard Thompson: Coyotes (Grizzly Man OST, 2005) Cooking Vinyl/True North
23. Lou Bond: Why Must Our Eyes Always be Turned Backwards (Lou Bond, 1974) We Produce
24. Galt MacDermot: Harlem Medley (Cotton Comes to Harlem OST, 1970) United Artists
25. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper: Shallow (A Star is Born OST, 2018) Interscope
26. Quincy Jones & Mark Ronson: Keep Reachin' [w.Chaka Khan] (Quincy: A Life Beyond Measure OST, 2018) UMe
27. Daphni: Thriller (2019) self-released
28. Nicholas Britell: Agape (If Beale Street Could Talk OST, 2018) Lakeshore
29. Nicholas Britell: Eros (If Beale Street Could Talk OST, 2018) Lakeshore
30. Nicholas Britell: Jezebel (If Beale Street Could Talk OST, 2018) Lakeshore
31. Nicholas Britell: Hypertension (If Beale Street Could Talk OST, 2018) Lakeshore
32. Nicholas Britell: Mama Gets to Puerto Rico (If Beale Street Could Talk OST, 2018) Lakeshore
33. Nicholas Britell: Ye Who Enter Here (If Beale Street Could Talk OST, 2018) Lakeshore
34. Nicholas Britell: Vice [main title piano suite] (Vice OST, 2018) Decca
35. Christopher Willis: Staging a Coup (The Death of Stalin OST, 2017) MVKA
36. Brian Tyler: Love Theme (Crazy Rich Asians OST, 2018) WaterTower
37. Lars Jansson Trio: To Have or To Be (Just This, 2018) Storyville
38. Haruomi Hosono: Sports Men (Philharmony, 1982) Yen

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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 Sorry to Bother You, Suspiria and You Were Never Really Here.

1. Rank and File: Klansman (The Slash Years, 2003) Rhino Handmade
2. Kalte: Svalbard (Glaciations, 2009) Dark Winter
3. Ólafur Arnalds: The Land of Nod (Another Happy Day OST, 2012) Erased Tapes
4. Ólafur Arnalds: Saman (Re:member, 2018) Mercury KX
5. Ólafur Arnalds: Re:member (Re:member, 2018) Mercury KX
6. Carol Channing: A Little Girl from Little Rock (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Original Broadway Cast Recording, 1949) Masterworks Broadway
7. Edwin Birdsong: Cola Bottle Baby (Edwin Birdsong, 1979) Philadelphia International
8. Edwin Birdsong: Rapper Dapper Snapper (Funtaztik, 1981) Salsoul
9. Laverne: Evil Thoughts (Yarrow, 2018) self-released
10. Apollo Ghosts: Nightwitch (Nightwitch 7", 2012) Kingfisher Bluez
11. Mychael Danna: No Lights After Eleven (Vanity Fair OST, 2004) Decca
12. Dumb: Romeo (Seeing Green, 2018) Mint
13. Scattered Clouds: Paragone (EP, 2010) self-released
14. Michel Legrand: The Windmills of Your Mind (The Thomas Crown Affair OST, 1968) United Artists
15. Suuns: Control (Felt, 2018) Secretly Canadian
16. Evy Jane: Nothing So Great (2014) self-released
17. Lena Willikens: Neue Obakel (Dekmantel Best of 2018, 2018) Dekmantel
18. The Shacks: My Name is... (Haze, 2018) Big Crown
19. 79.5: ooo (Boogie 12", 2012) Jenkytime
20. Gazelle Twin: Still Life [Blanck Mass remix] (Fleshed Out, 2016) Anti-Ghost Moon Ray
21. Thus Owls: My Blood (The Mountain That We Live Upon, 2018) For the Living and the Dead
22. We are Enfant Terrible: Eagles Don't Sparkle (Thanks for the Fish EP, 2009) Pil
23. Minimal Violence: HMV 94 (Acid Lakes 12", 2017) Lobster Theremin
24. Jennifer Hudson: I'll Fight (I'll Fight single, 2018) Epic
25. The Coup: OYAHYTT [w.Lakeith Stanfield] (Sorry to Bother You OST, 2018) Interscope
26. Terence Blanchard: Photo Opps (BlacKkKlansman OST, 2018) Back Lot
27. Terence Blanchard: Ron's Theme (BlacKkKlansman OST, 2018) Back Lot
28. Terence Blanchard: Connie and the Bomb (BlacKkKlansman OST, 2018) Back Lot
29. Terence Blanchard: Tale of Two Powers 1 (BlacKkKlansman OST, 2018) Back Lot
30. Terence Blanchard: Ron's Search (BlacKkKlansman OST, 2018) Back Lot
31. Terence Blanchard: Patrice Followed (BlacKkKlansman OST, 2018) Back Lot
32. Thom Yorke: The Hooks (Suspiria OST, 2018) XL
33. Thom Yorke: Has Ended (Suspiria OST, 2018) XL
34. Jonny Greenwood: Tree Synthesizers (You Were Never Really Here OST, 2018) Lakeshore
35. Prince: Mary Don't You Weep (Piano and a Microphone 1983, 2018) NPG/Warner Bros

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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 Donzel-Gargand, Jim Montgomery, Pete Ehrnrooth, Canadian Electronic Ensemble Sextet & David Jaeger: 3. Instrumental One (Supertrio, 2012) Centrediscs
4. Tallies: Trouble (Tallies, 2019) Kanine/Fear of Missing Out
5. Toro y Moi: Ordinary Pleasure (Outer Peace, 2019) Carpark
6. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band: Maracas Bay Boogie (The Serpent's Mouth, 2018) Big Crown
7. Kaytranada: Nothin' Like U [w.Ty Dolla $ign] (Nothin' Like U/Chances EP, 2018) RCA
8. Park Hye Jin: Memoria (2018 mixtape, 2018) self-released
9. Khotin: Somehow More Sad (Beautiful You, 2018) Khotin Industries
10. Tigerwing: Every Little Part (2018) self-released
11. Anemone: Bout de Toi (Baby Only You & I, 2018) Luminelle
12. Georges Raudi & His Orchestra: Stercok (L'Arsène split 7" w.Jacques Dutronc, 1970) Disques Vogue
13. James Blake: Barefoot in the Park [w.Rosalía] (Assume Form, 2019) Polydor
14. Marie Davidson: So Right (Working Class Woman, 2018) Ninja Tune
15. Teddy Lasry: Cortina (Racing, 1976) Patchwork
16. Germs: Lexicon Devil (GI, 1979) Slash
17. Red Aunts: Detroit Valentine (#1 Chicken, 1995) Epitaph
18. Alessandro Alessandroni: Reparto Presse (Industriale, 1976) Octopus
19. La Force: Lucky One (La Force, 2018) Arts & Crafts
20. Lennon Stella: Breakaway (Breakaway EP, 2018) Records LLC/Columbia
21. Laurie Johnson: Soho (Two Cities Suite, 1966) Pye
22. Ursula K Le Guin & Todd Barton: Sundance Poem (Music & Poetry of the Kesh, 2018) Freedom to Spend
23. Tumasi Quissa: Irngutapiga Qiyuapeomat (Better Times/De Meilleurs Jours, 1981) Boot/Gold
24. Lalo Schifrin: Blues a-Go-Go (Cincinnati Kid: The Lalo Schifrin Film Scores, Volume 1 1964-1968, 2010)
25. Butter 08: Dick Serious (Butter 08, 1996) Grand Royal
26. Gorillaz: Dirty Harry [w.Booty Brown & The San Fernandez Youth Chorus] (Demon Days, 2005) Parlophone
27. Lalo Schifrin: Troubadour (The Dissection and Reconstruction of Music from the Past as Performed by The Inmates of Lalo Schifrin's Demented Ensemble as a Tribute to the Memory of The Marquis de Sade, 1966) Verve
28. Lalo Schifrin: Main Title (Dirty Harry: The Original Score, 2004) Aleph
29. Lalo Schifrin: Scorpio's View (Dirty Harry: The Original Score, 2004) Aleph
30. Lalo Schifrin: The School Bus (Dirty Harry: The Original Score, 2004) Aleph
31. Lalo Schifrin: Last Dance in Sausalito (Magnum Force: The Original Score, 2005) Aleph
32. Lalo Schifrin: Main Title (Magnum Force: The Original Score, 2005) Aleph
33. Lalo Schifrin: The Crooks (Magnum Force: The Original Score, 2005) Aleph
34. Do Make Say Think: A Murder of Thoughts (Stubborn Persistent Illusions, 2017) Constellation
35. Bobby Powell: Question (Just a Matter of Time 7", 1967) Whit

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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 amongst shortwave recordings made on January 12 & 15 via online shortwave transmitters in Enschede, Netherlands and Novosibirsk, Siberia are these selections:

. Mårten Ajne: Hear the Otherworldly Sounds of Skating on Thin Ice (2018) National Geographic
.. Kelly Moran: Autowave (Ultraviolet, 2018) Warp
... Phaeleh: Eleven (Somnus, 2014) Undertow
./ Canadian Electronic Ensemble: Arnold (Canadian Electronic Ensemble, 1977) Music Gallery Editions
/ Canadian Electronic Ensemble: Instrumental Deux (Supertrio, 2012) Centrediscs
/. Chris Strickland: Mammoth Husbandry (Animal Expert, 2014) caduc.
/.. Arthur Kreiger: Short Piece (Electronic Music Winners, 1976) Columbia
/... Sarah Davachi: Soi-Même Comme la Matin (Dominions, 2016) Jaz
.| Pete Shelley: Sky Yen, Pt. 1 (Sky Yen, 1980) Groovy
| Luigi Russolo: Risveglio Di Una Città (Die Kunst Der Geräusche, 1913) WEGO
|. Romolo Grano: Mark (Musica Elettronica, 1973) Joker/Creel Pone
|.. Bernard Parmegiani: Pleins et Déliés (De Natura Sonorum, 1975) INA-GRM
|... Bernard Parmegiani: La Guerre Des Insectes 1/Je Tu Elles/Abel-Abeth (Mémoire Magnetique: Vol. 1 [Compilation De Bandes Magnétiques Inédites 1966-1990], 2018) Transversales Disques
|./ Bernard Parmegiani: Soleils #01 & #24 (Les Soleils de l'Île de Pâques/La Brûlure de Mille Soleils: Bande Originale du Film, 2018) WRWTFWW
|/ The Radiophonic Workshop: Things Buried in Water (Burials in Several Earths, 2017) Room 13
|/. The Radiophonic Workshop: Verse 1 & Main Titles/Forest 2 & Bag Opening/Marshland 2/Verse 3 & Nightmare 1/Bedfellows/Pursuit (Possum OST, 2018) Room 13

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Marking eleven years to the day he debuted, gak lets the sunshine in with another weird little show. Along with profiles on actor/director Penny Marshall (1943-2018) and lyricist Norman Gimbel (1927-2018), we'll get all musical with selections from Broadway composer Galt MacDermot (1928-2018), particularly his famous work Hair.

1. The Chemical Brothers: MAH (MAH single, 2019) Virgin EMI/Astralwerks
2. Space Circus: The Dawn of Aquarius Age (Fantastic Arrival, 1979) RCA
3. Laura Jean: Girls on the TV (Devotion, 2018) Chapter Music
4. Cyndi Grecco: Making Our Dreams Come True [Theme from Laverne & Shirley] (Television's Greatest Hits - Volume III: 70's & 80's, 1996) TVT
5. Howard Shore: Calliope (Big OST, 2002) Varèse Sarabande
6. Ananda Shankar: Jumpin' Jack Flash (Ananda Shankar, 1970) Reprise
7. The Rockford Peaches: The All American Girls Professional Baseball League Song (A League of Their Own OST, 1992) Columbia
8. Randy Newman: Dexter's Tune (Awakenings OST, 1991) Reprise
9. Maureen McGovern: Theme from Angie (Television's Greatest Hits - Volume 6: Remote Control, 1996) TVT
10. Glen Campbell: It Goes Like It Goes (Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like, 1980) Capitol
ELEVEN! Floyd Cramer: Canadian Sunset (Swing Along with Floyd Cramer, 1963) RCA Victor
12. The Dragons: Food for My Soul (BFI, 2007) Ninja Tune
13. Captain & Tennille: The Way I Want to Touch You (Love Will Keep Us Together, 1975) A&M
14. CEP: You are Here (Drawing the Target Around the Arrow, 2017) Pannonica
15. Adrianne Lenker: Symbol (Abysskiss, 2018) Saddle Creek
16. Kacey Musgraves: High Horse (Golden Hour, 2018) MCA Nashville
17. Aurora Halal: Shapeshifter (Shapeshifter 12", 2015) Mutual Dreaming
18. Haley Heynderickx: Show You a Body (I Need to Start a Garden, 2018) Mama Bird
19. Boygenius: Me & My Dog (Boygenius, 2018) Matador
20. Mica Levi: Interlude 1 (Delete Beach EP, 2017) DDS
21. Wye Oak: Lifer (The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs, 2018) Merge
22. Stereolab: French Disko (Refried Ectoplasm: Switched On Volume 2, 2018) Duophonic
23. Galt MacDermot: Lady, You Look Good to Me (Shapes of Rhythm, 1966) Kilmarnock
24. Galt MacDermot: Coffee Cold (Shapes of Rhythm, 1966) Kilmarnock
25. Galt MacDermot: Space (Woman is Sweeter OST, 1969) Kilmarnock
26. Cannonball Adderley & His Orchestra: African Waltz (African Waltz, 1961) Riverside
27. Galt MacDermot: Cotton Comes to Harlem [w.George Tipton] (Cotton Comes to Harlem OST, 1970) United Artists
28. Don Kehr & Ensemble: Long Past Sunset (The Human Comedy: Original Broadway Cast Recording, 1984) Kilmarnock
29. Galt MacDermot: Exit Music/Where's North? (Two Gentlemen of Verona: A Grand New Musical [Original Broadway Cast Recording], 1971) ABC
30. Lynn Kellogg: Easy to be Hard (Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical [Original Broadway Cast Recording], 1968) RCA Victor
31. James Rado, Lynn Kellogg & Melba Moore: The Flesh Failures/Let the Sunshine In (Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical [Original Broadway Cast Recording], 1968) RCA Victor
32. Galt MacDermot: Party Music (Hair OST, 1979) RCA Victor
33. Don Dacus: Sodomy (Hair OST, 1979) RCA Victor
34. Nell Carter, Don Dacus, Dorsey Wright & Treat Williams: I'm Black/Ain't Got No (Hair OST, 1979) RCA Victor
35. Chico Arnez: Aquarius (The New Sounds of Chico Arnez, 1972) Contour
36. Mary-Catherine Pazzano: How Insensitive (You're Gonna Hear From Me, 2017) self-released

And yes, it's still Capricorn time. Maybe I'll bring back the weird Zodiac songs once it's spring.

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A new dawn awaits you, along with a new year. We touch upon some Blade Runner along with a tribute to the Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley (1955-2018). The main focus will be on David Byrne and his band Talking Heads as a complete version of the True Stories soundtrack came out before 2018 ended. We also have Byrne's Oscar-winning score with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su to 1987's The Last Emperor.

1. Vangelis: Los Angeles 2019 (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination: Definitive Edition, 1982) Tyrell
2. Tim Hecker: This Life (Konoyo, 2018) Kranky/Sunblind
3. Vangelis: Flight to Tyrell Corporation (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination: Definitive Edition, 1982) Tyrell
4. Vangelis: Deckard Enters the Bradbury (Blade Runner - EMS Recombination: Definitive Edition, 1982) Tyrell
5. Harold Faltermeyer: Main Title/Fight Escape (The Running Man OST, 1987) Varèse Sarabande/That's Entertainment
6. Pete Shelley: Telephone Operator (XL1, 1983) Genetic/Island
7. Pete Shelley: On Your Own (Heaven and the Sea, 1986) Mercury/Vertigo
8. Pete Shelley: Tour de France Theme (1987) Channel 4
9. Teen Daze: This Feeling (2018) self-released
10. Tennyson: Stream 2-Chome (2018) self-released
11. Bruxas: Hermes (Sirocco 12", 2018) Dekmantel
12. Rosalía: Pienso en tu mirá (El mal querer, 2018) Sony
13. Young Galaxy: Seeing Eye Dog (Down Time, 2018) self-released
14. Joseph Shabason: I Thought That I Could Get Away with It (Anne, 2018) Western Vinyl
15. Nicholas Krgovich: Spa ("Ouch", 2018) Tin Angel
16. Charlotte Day Wilson: Falling Apart (Stone Woman EP, 2018) self-released
17. Ian William Craig: The Last Wesbrook Lament (Thresholder, 2018) 130701
18. Neko Case: Gumball Blue (Hell-On, 2018) Anti-
19! Mitski: Geyser (Be the Cowboy, 2018) Dead Oceans
20! Justin Hurwitz: The Armstrongs (First Man OST, 2018) Back Lot Music
21. Sandro Perri: In Another Life [edit] (In Another Life, 2018) Constellation
22. David Byrne: The Red House (The Catherine Wheel OST, 1981) Sire
23. The Balanescu Quartet: Hanging Upside Down (Possessed, 1992) Mute
24. Tom Tom Club: On the Line Again (Close to the Bone, 1983) Sire/Warner Bros
25. Talking Heads: Girlfriend is Better [live] (Stop Making Sense, 1984) Sire/Warner Bros
26. David Byrne & Meredith Monk: Road Song (True Stories: The Complete Soundtrack, 2018)
27. Talking Heads: Dream Operator [w.Annie McEnroe] (True Stories: The Complete Soundtrack, 2018) Nonesuch
28. Talking Heads: People Like Us [w.John Goodman] (True Stories: The Complete Soundtrack, 2018) Nonesuch
29. David Byrne & Kronos Quartet: Dinner Music (True Stories: The Complete Soundtrack, 2018) Nonesuch
30. David Byrne: Main Title Theme (The Last Emperor OST, 1987) Virgin
31. David Byrne: Paper Emperor (The Last Emperor OST, 1987) Virgin
32. David Byrne: Bed (The Last Emperor OST, 1987) Virgin
33. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Where is Armo? (The Last Emperor OST, 1987) Virgin
34. Cong Su: Lunch (The Last Emperor OST, 1987) Virgin
35. MORI: Los Angeles 2019 (EP1, 2014) self-released

The man in the big suit welcomes 2019 in.

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In case you’ve never heard them before, relive some old holiday episodes in lieu of new material over the holidays. Like regifting but if it’s new to you, it’ll work.

Original airdate & link to playlist:

December 21 2009: https://www.citr.ca/radio/radio-free-gak/episode/20091221/
December 19 2011: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20111219/

Sound FX during new segues: soundbible.com

For our final episode of 2018, it's time for the 11th annual renegade Yuletide show! Featuring all types of carols to counter what you've overheard elsewhere, plus music tied to The Grinch (old & new), the Rankin-Bass production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Emmet Otter.

We'll bang on tong-tinglers, blow our foo-flounders!
We'll crash on jang-jinglers and bounce on boing-bounders!

1. The Fall: [We Wish You] A Protein Christmas (A Protein Christmas EP, 2003) Action
2. Sarah Davachi: Evensong (Gave in Rest, 2018) Ba Da Bing
3. Beatles: 1968 (The Beatles' 1968 Christmas Record, 1968) Lyntone
4. Beak> [Merry Xmas] Face the Future (Face the Future single, 2017) Invada
5. Human Music: Ice Palace (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada VII, 2015) The Line of Best Fit
6. Energy Slime: It's Cold (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 9, 2017) The Line of Best Fit
7. Bored Décor: Santa Baby (A Very Merry Christmas from Bored Décor, 2017) self-released
8. Teen Daze: Song for Christmas (2017) self-released
9. Ziemba: Christmas Unlullaby (The Longest Night on this One Habitable Star, 2015) self-released
10. Boyhood: Wivenhoe Bells II [Cleaners from Venus] (2017) self-released
11. Cliff Martinez: Keep It Christmassy Babe (Hotel Artemis OST, 2018) Invada/Lakeshore
12. The Christmas Spirit: Will You Still Believe in Me (Christmas is My Time of Year 7", 1968) White Whale
13. The City: Snow Queen (Now That Everything's Been Said, 1968) Ode
14. Rinneradio: Heinillä Härkien Kaukalon [RR mix] (Joulu single, 1994) Ääni
15. Johnny O Bazz: Xmas Eve (Duomo Sounds Ltd: Nigerian 80s Disco Music to Move Your Soul, 2017) Odion Livingstone
16. Georgia Anne Muldrow: Myrrh Song (Brainfeeder X, 2018) Brainfeeder
17. Victor Butzelaar: Meeting his Ex-Girlfriend in Osaka at Christmas Night and It Snows (2018) TCBYML
18. Milk: Gold Home (Mattress Ranch, 2018) self-released
19. Midge: December (Still Receiver, 2018) UUR Audiovisual
20. Sauter-Finegan Orchestra: Midnight Sleighride [from "The Lieutenant Kije Suite"] (Isle of Dogs OST, 2018) ABKCO
21. Night Flowers: 2000 Miles (2018) self-released
22. Alice Otter/Marilyn Sokol: Our World (Jim Henson's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas OST, 2018) Jim Henson Company & Music.Film Recordings
23. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Santa's Compromise (Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham [rerelease], 1991) Cargo/Yep Roc
24. Star Wars Theatre: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (?????, before 1994) ???
25. Tyler, the Creator: Big Bag (Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss' The Grinch EP, 2018) Columbia
26. Tyler, the Creator: Whoville/Cindy Lou's Wish (Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss' The Grinch EP, 2018) Columbia
27. Earl Sweatshirt: December 24 (Some Rap Songs, 2018) Tan Cressida/Columbia
28. Jeremih & Chance: Chi Town Christmas (Merry Christmas Lil' Mama: Re-Wrapped, 2017) self-released
29. The Decca Concert Orchestra: Silver and Gold [instrumental] (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer OST, 1964) Decca/MCA
30. Cast: We are Santa's Elves (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer OST, 1964) Decca/MCA
31. Julie London: I'd Like You for Christmas (1957) Liberty
32. Astrocolor: Sugar Plums [Softtone remix] (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada VII, 2015) The Line of Best Fit
33. Miles Davis & Bob Dorough: Blue Xmas [To Whom It May Concern] (Jingle Bell Jazz, 1962) Columbia

Wah who doray,
Dah who foray.

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