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In honour of actor/director Sidney Poitier (1927-2022), we feature some of the music associated with his long history in filmmaking, which shares some overlap with songwriter Marilyn Bergman (1928-2022) who worked on many a Hollywood song. February also marks the start to Black History Month and the Year of the Tiger so let's begin the beguine.

1. St Vincent: Year of the Tiger (Strange Mercy, 2011) 4AD
2. Hélène Vogelsinger: Apparition (Reminiscence, 2021) Modularfield
3. Fucked Up: Year of the Tiger [w.Jim Jarmusch] (Year of the Tiger 12", 2012) Matador
4. Moe Koffman: Tiger Claw (Jungle Man, 1976) GRT
5. Possum: I am the Tiger (Space Grade Assembly, 2019) Garment District
6. Apollo Ghosts: Pink Tiger (Pink Tiger, 2022) You've Changed
7. Alan Howarth: Wing Kong White Tiger [from Big Trouble in Little China] (Live at Hollywood Theatre, 2018) Wyrd War/BSX
8. Ronnie Spector & The E Street Band: Say Goodbye to Hollywood (Say Goodbye to Hollywood 7", 1977) Epic/Cleveland International
9. The Ronettes: Be My Baby (...presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica, 1963) Philles
10. Michael Giacchino: Eye of the Tiger [string quartet version] (Jojo Rabbit: Original Score, 2019) Hollywood
11. Chaka Demus & Pliers: Bam Bam (Bam Bam 7", 1993) Taxi
12. 808 State: One in Ten [w.UB40] (Gorgeous, 1992) ZTT
13. Mychael Danna: Tiger Vision (Life of Pi OST, 2012) Sony Classical
14. Karim Ouellet: Parachute (2017) Coyote
15. Dominique Fils-Aimé: Go Get It (2022) Ensoul
16. Padang Food Tigers: Hissy Cups (God's Plenty, 2021) Shhpuma
17. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges: B-Side (Texas Moon 12", 2022) Dead Oceans
18. Charlotte Day Wilson: Lovesick Utopia (Alpha, 2021) Stone Woman
19. Yoo Doo Right: Presto Presto, Bella's Dream (Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose, 2021) Mothland
20. Robert McFerrin, Inez Matthews, Pearl Bailey & the Ken Darby Singers: I've Got Plenty o'Nuttin' (Porgy & Bess OST, 1959) Columbia Masterworks
21. Jester Hairston: Amen (Lilies of the Field OST, 1964) Epic
22. Quincy Jones: Main Title to They Call Me Mister Tibbs (In the Heat of the Night/They Call Me Mister Tibbs OST, 1970) Delphi
23. Sidney Poitier: Mister Tibbs! (In the Heat of the Night/They Call Me Mister Tibbs OST, 1967) Delphi
24. Lulu: To Sir, With Love (To Sir, With Love OST, 1967) Fontana
25. Frank DeVol: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner OST, 1968) Colgems
26. Gil Mellé: The Organization (The Organization OST, 1971) Intrada
27. Radio Ad: Buck & The Preacher (Super Bad, Super Black: Radio Spots from Blaxploitation, 2003) Waste Management
28. Neal Hefti: Duel at Diablo [w.Ernie Sheldon] (Duel at Diablo OST, 1966) United Artists
29. Aidan McNally & His Aidanaires: Yellow Bird (At the Bermudiana Hotel, 1960?) Edmar
30. Mary-Catherine Pazzano: Alone in the World (You're Gonna Hear From Me, 2017) Glorious Feeling
31. Linda Lavin: Theme from Alice (Television's Greatest Hits: Volume 6, 1996) TVT
32. Rogier Van Otterloo: Les Moulins de Mon Cœur (The French Connection, 1976) Polydor
33. James Ingram & Patti Austin: How Do You Keep the Music Playing [Theme from Best Friends] (It's Your Night, 1983) Qwest

Happy lunar new year!

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With Matrix: Resurrections widely released, we listen to Johnny Klimek & Tom Tykwer's score from that film along with Don Davis' music from the original series from 20 years ago. We also pay tribute to Vancouer singer Megan MacDonald who died suddenly last weekend.

1. Mount Eerie: Do Not Be Afraid (Singers, 2005) self-released
2. Roland Kayn: Matrix (Simultan, 1977) Colosseum
3. The Poison Dart: All Things Said Must Pass (Get Hot, 2006) Marriage
4. International Falls: Ghouls 'n' Ghosts (The Plateau, 2006) Probably
5. Fine Mist: Stop or Start [The Blankket remix] (Nite Sweats Pt 1, 2011) self-released
6. Fine Mist: O Wake (Public Domain, 2010) self-released
7. COOL: Saffron (Paint, 2014) Yellow Plum
8. Matty: 41edocrazytalk (ARKIVE, 2021) self-released
9. Severed Heads: Now, an Explosive New Movie (City Slab Horror, 1984) Ink
10. Viagra Boys: 6 Shooter (Welfare Jazz, 2021) Year0001
11. Light Blending In: Conquering Fears (The Prettiest Flowers Have the Sharpest Thorns, 2021) self-released
12. Charlotte Cardin: Passive Aggressive (Phoenix, 2021) Cult Nation/Atlantic/Parlophone
13. Plum: Pull Back the Sky (Pull Back the Sky, 2022) self-released
14. Soichi Terada: Double Spire (Asakusa Light, 2022) Rush Hour
15. Boys Noize: Detune (+/-, 2021) Boysnoize
16. Jlin: Embryo (Embryo EP, 2021) Planet Mu
17. Hannah Holland: Sth Ldn (Tectonic, 2021) PRAH
18. Sewerslvt: Self Destruction Worldwide Broadcast (We Had Good Times Together, Don't Forget That, 2021) self-released
19. Pseudo-Antigone: Everything You Made Me Do (Into the Void of Infinite Sadness, 2021) self-released
20. Caterina Barbieri: Voleggiando (Noctuary: Early Synthesis Works, 2020) self-released
21. Tanya Tagaq: Tongues (Tongues, 2022) Six Shooter
22. The Zarkons: White Rabbit (Riders in the Long Black Parade, 1985) Enigma/Time Coast
23. The User: ||| (Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Printers, 2002) Staalplaat/Asphodel
24. DJ Taye: The Matrixx (Still Trippin', 2018) Hyperdub
25. Propellerheads: Spybreak! [Long One] (Propellerheads single, 1997) DreamWorks/Heads Spin
26. Nic Raine & the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra: The Matrix - Anything is Possible (Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection, 1999) Rhino
27. Don Davis: Neo on the Edge (The Matrix OST: Deluxe Edition, 1999) Varèse Sarabande
28. Don Davis: Bow Whisk Orchestra (The Matrix OST: Deluxe Edition, 1999) Varèse Sarabande
29. Don Davis: Domo Showdown (The Matrix OST: Deluxe Edition, 1999) Varèse Sarabande
30. Don Davis: Switch or Break Show (The Matrix OST: Deluxe Edition, 1999) Varèse Sarabande
31. Don Davis: Mix the Art (The Matrix OST: Deluxe Edition, 1999) Varèse Sarabande
32. Don Davis & Juno Reactor: Mona Lisa Overdrive (The Matrix Reloaded: Limited Edition, 2003) La-La Land
33. Johnny Klimek & Tom Tykwer: I Fly or I Fall (The Matrix Resurrections OST, 2021) WaterTower
34. Johnny Klimek & Tom Tykwer: Sky Scrape (The Matrix Resurrections OST, 2021) WaterTower
35. Johnny Klimek & Tom Tykwer: Neo & Trinity Theme [Exomorph remix] (The Matrix Resurrections OST, 2021) WaterTower
36. Dizzy Gillespie: Matrix (The Real Thing, 1970) Perception

Déjà vu wire fu.

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24 Hours of Radio Art lands on a Monday this year, so Exploding Head Movies morphs in honour of all the noise that mixes field recordings from parts of the world that feel even further away during a pandemic along with newish experimental music and tributes to those composers who recently left us, including the main chair sitter himself Alvin Lucier (1931-2021).

[01] Socotra Soundscapes: 2013-03-13 Al Mukalla, Yemen - Felix Airways Takeoff Announcement & Pre-Flight Prayer [Riyan to Socotra] (Socotra Soundscapes: Field Recordings from the Archipelago, 2017) Faulty Machine Recordings Service
[02] Apartment House: Fourteen (John Cage's Number Pieces, 2021) Another Timbre
[03] Alvin Lucier: Music on a Long Thin Wire [edit] (OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music 1948-1980, 1980) Ellipsis Arts
[04] Anthony Burr, Charles Curtis & Robin Hayward: Alvin Lucier's Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Tuba (Chamber Music: Alvin Lucier & Morton Feldman, 2019) Important
[05] Pauline Kim & Conrad Harris: Alvin Lucier's Love Song [Two Violins] (String Noise, 2020) Black Truffle
[06] Noah Creshevsky: Lisa Barnard Redux [w.Lisa Barnard Kelley] (Rounded with a Sleep, 2008) Pogus Productions
[07] Peter Zinovieff & Friends: January Tensions (Electronic Calendar: The EMS Tapes, 2015) Space Age
[08] UNKNOWN: Riverside Field Recording/Oudin Coil Streetlamp (Uchronia: Field Recordings from Alternate Realities, 2015) Sahel Sounds
[09] Ghédalia Tazartès: Un Amour si Grand Qu'il Nie Son Objet (Diasporas, 1979) Cobalt/Dais
[10] Joel Chadabe: Echoes [w.Jan Williams] (Echoes/Flowers, 1972) CP²
[11] Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell: Ancient Dream (How to Turn the Moon, 2020) Pyroclastic
[12] Christopher Fleeger: Swamp Field Recordings (Global/Hallowe'en [Abridged Soundtracks], 2020) Deathbomb Arc
[13] Socotra Soundscapes: 2013-03-16 Dagub - Socotra Sparrows [Passer insularis] in Dagub Cave (Socotra Soundscapes: Field Recordings from the Archipelago, 2017) Faulty Machine Recordings Service
[14] Nathan Shubert: Park Bench in Hornstull [59.318°, 18.026°] (Field Recordings: Volume 1, 2019) self-released
[15] Eve Parker Finley: Droney Discord (Chrysalia, 2020) Coax
[16] Phew: Let's Dance Let's Go (Vertigo KO, 2020) Disciples
[17] Dolman/Rossy/Jobin: Are You Here to Help? [intro] (Are You Here to Help?, 2022) Riparian
[18] Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman: Iota Mikro (Alternate African Reality: Electronic, Electroacoustic and Experimental music from Africa and the Diaspora, 2020) Syrphe
[19] Anla Courtis & S Glass: Dissecting Squid (Other Secretive Vehicles, 2021) Ikuisuus
[20] Ewa Justka: Something Alive but Unevolvable (Upside Down Smile, 2020) Editions Mego
[21] SoyJoy: The Magic Broom (SoyCruelty, 2021) Swamp Productions
[22] Body/Dilloway/Head: Secret Cuts (Body/Dilloway/Head, 2021) Three Lobed
[23a] Martin Luther King Junior: Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam (Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam, 1967) Black Forum
[23b] Bells Clanging: Airborne While You'll Never Fly Again (AUDIO: An Experimental Noise Compilation, 2020) Excellent Jacket
[24] Nathan Shubert: Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen [55.691°, 12.548°] (Field Recordings: Volume 1, 2019) self-released

Possess a love so great that it denies its purposes.

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Prepped for this year's 24 Hours of Radio Art but missing a cutoff time, this is a superlong version of Alvin Lucier doing his seminal sound art piece I Am Sitting in a Room from a 1980 recording. You can hear that generation loss and overtone frequency collection build up over the 45 minutes. This will eventually air at a later time on CITR as part of a capsule radio art episode via Bepi Crespan's show, which you can listen on Fridays 2-3:30pm Pacific or anytime via https://www.citr.ca/radio/bepi-crespan-presents/

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Alvin Lucier: I Am Sitting in a Room (I Am Sitting in a Room, 1980) Lovely Music
Suzanna Ciani: Analogue Mountain (Music for Denali EP, 2020) Finder Keepers

gak marks 14 years on CITR with a long-overdue countrified episode tied to Merle Haggard (1937-2016), the western sound of Bakersfield, California and music from the video game Red Dead Redemption 2. Yeehaw!

1. Laura Cantrell: 14th Street (Humming by the Flowered Vine, 2005) Matador
2. Jeff Gunn, Koi Anunta & Mike Sleath: Spiritus Momentous [Never Give Up, Opus 2] (Momentum, 2022) self-released
3. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Going Where the Lonely Go (Raise the Roof [deluxe edition], 2021) Rounder/Concord/Warner Bros
4. Big Thief: Spud Infinity (Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, 2022) 4AD
5. The Hang Ten Gallon Hats: Cactus Juice (Giddy Up Surfboard, 2021) Dive In
6. The Cactus Blossoms: Mississippi (You're Dreaming, 2016) Red House
7. Rank & File: Amanda Ruth (Sundown, 1982) Slash/Warner Bros
8. Rubber Rodeo: The Theme from Rubber Rodeo (Rubber Rodeo EP, 1982) Eat
9. Jerry Reed: Amos Moses (Georgia Sunshine, 1970) RCA Victor
10. Beastie Boys: 5-Piece Chicken Dinner (Paul's Boutique, 1989) Capitol
11. Ellen Froese: Charlie (Fightin' Words, 2019) self-released
12. The Ramblin' Ambassadors: Hawgtied (Avanti, 2003) Mint
13. Jaime Wyatt: LIVIN (Neon Cross, 2020) New West
FOURTEEN! Faith Healer: Again (Cosmic Troubles, 2015) Mint
15. Dorothea Paas: Interlude (Anything Can't Happen, 2021) Telephone Explosion
16. Le Ren: Who's Going to Hold Me Next? (Leftovers, 2021) Secretly Canadian
17. Lindi Ortega: Til My Dyin' Day (Liberty, 2018) Shadowbox
18. The Bebop Cowboys: Remington Ride (Debut, 2022) self-released
19. Victoria Bailey: Outlaws (Jesus, Red Wine & Patsy Cline, 2020) Rock Ridge/California Good Time
20. Patsy Cline: So Wrong (You're Stronger Than Me 7", 1962) Decca
21. The Garrys: Hwy-11 Tumbleweed (Get Thee to a Nunnery, 2021) Grey
22. Dwight Yoakam: Streets of Bakersfield (Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room, 1988) Reprise
23. The Sanland Brothers: Vaccination for the Blues (Red Roses for My Baby 7", 1969) Capitol
24. North Americans: American Dipper (Roped In, 2020) Third Man
25. Maddox Brothers & Rose: New Step It Up and Go (Maddox Brothers & Rose, 1960) King
26. Buck Owens & Rose Maddox: Loose Talk (The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capitol of the West 1940-1974, 1961) Bear Family
27. Carter Burwell: Hello, Mr Pocket! (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs OST, 2018) Milan
28. Dead Ghosts: Merle (Automatic Changer, 2020) Burger
29. Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Haggard [Like I've Never Been Before] (Best Troubador, 2017) Drag City/Palace
30. The Strangers: Hammin' It Up (The Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers, 1969) Capitol/Sparton of Canada
31. Merle Haggard & The Strangers: California Cottonfields (Someday We'll Look Back, 1971) Capitol
32. Merle Haggard & The Strangers: Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today (Live from Austin Texas 1978, 2008) New West
33. Al Petty: Steel Guitar Special (Hillbilly Bop, Boogie & The Honky Tonk Blues: Volume 3 - 1954-1955, 2008) Jasmine
34. The Everly Brothers: Sing Me Back Home (Holding Things Together: The Merle Haggard Songbook, 2019) Ace
35. Neil Young: Dead [end credits] (Dead Man OST, 1996) Vapor
36. Woody Jackson: Red Dead Redemption (The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 [original score], 2019) Lakeshore/Invada/Rockstar Games
37. Rhiannon Giddens: Mountain Banjo (The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 OST, 2019) Lakeshore/Rockstar Games
38. Daniel Lanois: Mountain Finale (The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 OST, 2019) Lakeshore/Rockstar Games
39. Willie Nelson: Cruel World (The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2 OST, 2019) Lakeshore/Rockstar Games

The Hag tried a power move on Dolly Parton with his song Always Wanting You, which is a story I'll dig up for a future episode. Go Dolly!

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The year is 2022 and despite all our hopes, we enter uncertain times, which we'll underscore since this new year is the setting of the 1973 dystopian science fiction film Soylent Green with music by Fred Myrow. We play catchup with recent departed souls along with digging up some best-of songs from 2021 whilst teasing at music already due out this year.

1. Ann-Margret: New Year's Greetings (Christmas/New Year's Greetings 7", 1963) RCA Victor/Groove
2. The Beatles: Like Making an Album?/I've Got a Feeling [Take 10] (Let It Be [Super Deluxe version], 2021) Apple
3. Sarah Neufeld: The Top (Detritus, 2021)
4. The Monkees: Daily Nightly (Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd, 1967) Colgems
5. The Moody Blues: We're Broken (A Slight Disturbance in My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966, 2020) Grapefruit
6. Vincent Parker: Waiting on Bad News (For Nothing Tho..., 2021) self-released
7. Andrew Gold: Thank You for Being a Friend (All This and Heaven Too, 1978) Asylum
8. Sonny Curtis: Love is All Around [Theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show] (Television's Greatest Hits: Volume 2, 1996) TVT
9. Omicron: Bass Lock (Natural Born Techno 6, 1997) Nova Zembla
10. The Uncut: Understanding the New Violence (Those Who Were Hung Hang Here, 2004) Paper Bag
11. Lower Dens: Galapagos (The Competition, 2019) Ribbon Music
12. Lumes: Take Me Back (Winter Winds: Volume 5, 2018) SVNSET WAVES
13. Beach House: Pink Funeral (Once Twice Melody, 2022) Sub Pop
14. Tanya Tagaq: Colonizer (Tongues, 2022) Six Shooter
15. Natalie Holt: New York, 2012 (Loki OST: Volume 1 [Episodes 1-3], 2021) Hollywood
16. Caroline Polachek: Bunny is a Rider (2021) Perpetual Novice
17. Anika: Finger Pies (Change, 2021) Sacred Bones/Invada
18. Mira Calix: Danaïdes (@0, 2021) Ahead of Our Time
19. The Besnard Lakes: Raindrops (The Besnard Lakes are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings, 2021) Full Time Hobby
20. Freelove Fenner: Shoulder Season (The Punishment Zone, 2021) Moone
21. Postmoderndisco: Transient (2021) self-released
22. Emissive: Sidewalk Jam (Wave Science 12", 2021) Pacific Rhythm
23. Copper Alexander: Unearth (Guelph Tomorrow, 2020) Blunderspublik
24. Propulse: Glitterbroke74 (Digiform EP, 2021) A Person Disguised as People
25. Jeremy Inkel: Embrace (Hijacker, 2020) Artoffact
26. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid: Dialectical Transformation III [Soylent Green] (Riddim Warfare, 1998) Outpost/Asphodel
27. Fred Myrow: Sol's Music (Soylent Green OST, 1973) Film Score Monthly
28. Fred Myrow: Prologue/Opening City Music (Soylent Green OST, 1973) Film Score Monthly
29. Fred Myrow: Infernal Machine/Thorn in Danger/Are You with Us?/Alternate City Opening/End Credits (Soylent Green OST, 1973) Film Score Monthly
30. Fred Myrow: Symphony Music [Tchaikovsky/Beethoven/Grieg] (Soylent Green OST, 1973) Film Score Monthly
31. David Frisell: New Year's Resolution (Merry Christmas/Happy New Year 7", 1970) Buck Owens Enterprises promo
32. Chet Doxas: Lodestar [for Lester Young] (You Can't Take It with You, 2021) Whirlwind

People are people but who knows if people are tasty people.
(Don't tell me if you do know.)

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As 2021 draws to a merciful close, we take stock of the music released this year and focus on Japanese Breakfast, who had a busy year, including the soundtrack to the video game Sable. We don't do "best of"'s here; we review the past 12 months and press forwards.

1. CFCF: welcome.WAV (Memoryland, 2021) BGM
2. DJ Harrison: 2021 Disco (Tales from the Old Dominion, 2021) Stones Throw
3. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & London Symphony Orchestra: Movement 6 (Promises, 2021) Luaka Bop
4. TV Priest: Journal of a Plague Year (Uppers, 2021) Sub Pop/Hand in Hive
5. Clown College Dropout: 2021 (2021, 2021) 155
6. Parquet Courts: Walking at a Downtown Pace (Sympathy for Live, 2021) Rough Trade
7. Modwump: Vaccine for the Masses (Music for Bunkers, 2021) Submarine Broadcasting Company
8. Squid: Narrator [w.Martha Skye Murphy] (Bright Green Field, 2021) Warp
9. Circuit des Yeux: Vanishing (-io, 2021) Matador
10. Bell Orchestre: Closing (House Music, 2021) Erased Tapes
11. Vanille: Phonème (Soleil '96, 2021) Bonbonbon/Return to Analog
12. Royal Canoe: Summer Stay (Sidelining, 2021) Paper Bag
13. The Garrys: Heavy Flow (Get Thee to a Nunnery, 2021) Grey Shiken
14. Bomba Estéreo: Agua [w.Lido Pimienta] (Deja, 2021) Sony Music Latin
15. Bo Burnham: Content (Inside: The Songs, 2021) self-released
16. Alessandro Cortini: Carta (Forse 1-3 + Vivo, 2021) Important
17. Daniel Avery: Endless Hours (Together in Static, 2021) Phantasy Sound
18. Bicep: Lido (Isles, 2021) Ninja Tune
19. Goodge: Elevator (Elevator single, 2021) Cascade
TWENTY? Darkside: Liberty Bell (Spiral, 2021) Matador
TWENTY-ONE! Museum of Love: Cluttered World (Life of Mammals, 2021) Skint
22. Barker: E7-E5 (BARKER002 12", 2021) Ostgut Ton
23. Soyjoy: I Picture Your Skeleton (Soycruelty, 2021) Swamp Productions
24. Jasper Sloan Yip: Halcyon Dream (Strange Calm/Blushing Autumn, 2021) self-released
25. Teen Daze: Last Time in This Place [w.Joseph Shabason] (Interior, 2021) Cascine
26. Marissa Nadler: From Vapour to Stardust (The Path of the Clouds, 2021) Sacred Bones
27. The Weather Station: Tried to Tell You (Ignorance, 2021) Fat Possum
28. Hans Zimmer: Ripples in the Sand (Paul's Dream: Music from the Dune Soundtrack, 2021) WaterTower
29. Lucy Dacus: VBS (Home Video, 2021) Matador
30. Japanese Breakfast: Paprika (Jubilee, 2021) Dead Oceans
31. Nick Schofield: Travertine Museum (Glass Gallery, 2021) Backward
32. Japanese Breakfast: Glider (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks
33. Japanese Breakfast: Campfires (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks
34. Japanese Breakfast: Glow Worm Cave (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks
35. Japanese Breakfast: Ibexxi Camp [night] (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks
36. Japanese Breakfast: The Ewer [day] (Sable: Original Video Game Soundtrack, 2021) Masterworks
37. Norah Jones: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (I Dream of Christmas, 2021) Blue Note

Bring on 2022 or at least some year that doesn't feel like a boat anchor.

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For our 14th annual holiday episode, Mr Graig Kent of Toronto nobly volunteered to sift through hundreds of weird Christmas songs to come up with a joyful selection of atypical carols amidst the doom & continued gloom that is Covid Christmas II. Tweaks were made for airtime amongst other breaking tune as we profile Henry Mancini's & Leslie Bricusse's music from 1985 Santa Claus: The Movie. Ho ho ho!

Remember kids: Christmas trees and gasoline don't mix.

1. The Vancouver Midmores to the Regina Midmores: Christmas Greetings (Christmas Greetings 10", 1952) CKWX/Audiodisc
2. Maylee Todd: I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 4, 2012) The Line of Best Fit
3. Sinikka Langeland: Winter Rune (Wolf Rune, 2021) ECM
4. Nicole Atkins: Every Single Christmas (Every Single Christmas 7", 2020) self-released
5. The Dears: Christmas Love (Christmas Love/O Little Town of Bethlehem single, 2020) Dangerbird
6. Cookin Soul: Xmas with Doom [intro] (DOOM XMAS: MF Doom Remixes, 2018) self-released
7. Freddie Gibbs & Amerigo Gazaway: Christmas in Gary (A Freddie Christmas Album, 2019) self-released
8. Glider: Snowman's Theme (Revenge of the Christmas/Son of the Christmas/The Christmas Walks Among Us, 2016) Friends Friends Friends
9. Burd Ellen: Please to See the King (Says the Never Beyond, 2020) self-released
10. The Not Marys: Grey Christmas (Christmas in the City: Volume 2, 2014) 11th Avenue
11. The Simpsons: Jingle Bells [w.Robert Goulet] (Songs in the Key of Springfield, 1997) Rhino
12. The Honey Sweethearts: Song for a Winter's Night (A Huron Carol - An Eternal Bummer Christmas: Volume 3, 2016) Eternal Bummer
13. Shaun Weadick: The New Fallen Snow Covers Everything (Broom Heart Moon, 2014) self-released
14. Princess Demeny: Listen, The Snow is Falling (New York Grief 7", 2021) Séance Centre
15. Sugar World: Just Like Christmas (A Sugar Christmas, 2020) Sunday
16. Max Matthews: Joy to the World (Music from Mathematics, 1962) Decca
17. Razr Spayd & the Wyqqid Glitch of da West: DO U H3@R W@T R@Z4 SP@YD H3AR$ (Holidazed - An Eternal Bummer Christmas: Volume 2, 2013) Eternal Bummer
18. Percy Faith & His Orchestra: Brazilian Sleigh Bells (Your Dance Date with Percy Faith 10", 1950) Columbia
19. Kelly Finnegan: Heartbreak for Christmas (A Joyful Sound, 2020) Colemine
20. DJ Tron: Santa's Coming (Feast of Funk 7", 2020) Burning Sole
21. Jessica Hahn: It's a 1-900-Christmas (Kevin & Bean's Bogus Christmas, 1991) KROQ
22. Sabrina Claudio: Short Red Silk Lingerie (Christmas Blues, 2020) SC Entertainment
23. The Luvmenauts: '74 Sleigh (A Luvmenauts Christmas, 2013) self-released
24. Kay Martin & Her Body Guards: Santa's Doing the Horizontal Twist (I Know What He Wants for Christmas But I Don't Know How to Wrap It, 1962) Laff
25. Debbie Dabney: I Want to Spend Christmas with Elvis (Mr Santa's Boogie, 1985) Savoy Jazz
26. Bowie Brown: A Very Bowie Xmas, Pt I (Wild Xmas with Bomarr: Volume 11, 2019) Wild Xmas
27. Sloan: Kids Come Back Again at Christmas (Home for the Holidays, 2020) Arts & Crafts
28. Posadas & Monaku: Hawai'ian Guitar Duet (Christmas Eve 10", 1920) Columbia
29. Sluice: C'est Noël à Dirt Mansion (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XIII, 2021) The Line of Best Fit
30. Tom T Hall: Christmas Is (Saturday Morning Songs, 1979) RCA
31. Johnny Cash: Have a Safe & Sane Holiday (No Toys for OJ, 1994) KROQ
32. The Osborne Brothers: Christmas Time on Rocky Top (Christmas on the Mountain: A Bluegrass Christmas, 2002) Brave/Universal South
33. Jason Zumpano: A Red Spot Against the Sun (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XI, 2019) The Line of Best Fit
34. Elisapie: Qanniuguma [w.Beatrice Deer] (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XII, 2020) The Line of Best Fit
35. Antena: Noëlle à Hawaii (Chantons Noël: Ghosts of Christmas Past, 2007) LTM
36. Mr. T: Merry Christmas (Kevin & Bean's Super Christmas, 2006) KROQ
37. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Winter Diamonds (Mark Malibu presents Surfin' Kitty X-Mas 2, 2021) Sharawaji
38. Hang Ten Gallon Hats: Sarsaparilla Eggnog (Mark Malibu presents Surfin' Kitty X-Mas 2, 2021) Sharawaji
39. Aled Jones & Henry Mancini: Main Title/Every Christmas Eve [Santa's Theme] (Santa Claus: The Movie OST, 1985) EMI America
40. The Ambrosian Singers: Patch, Natch (Santa Claus: The Movie OST, 1985) EMI America
41. Henry Mancini: North Star/Arrival of the Elves (Santa Claus: The Movie OST, 1985) EMI America
42. The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh: Kolyada [Spirit of Christmas, w.director Russell G. Wichmann & A Cappella Chorus] (Love Came Down at Christmas, 1965) MHF/Columbia

I remain bemused beyond belief that lyrics that feature lists that end with "and things" still exist.
I mean, "there were rocks & birds & stones & things" is bafflingly funny.
Holy holy holy mackerel.

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Tonight, tonight, we pay tribute to the great American musical composer Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021), tackling only some of his notable pieces in his glorious songbook (since he wrote a lot of great pieces), leading up to the recent Steven Spielberg remake of West Side Story.

1. David Bowie: New Angels of Promise [Omikron: The Nomad Soul version, remastered] (Brilliant Adventure 1992-2001, 2021) Parlophone/ISO
2. Modula: Omicron Ballad [Sisterhood remix] (Omicron Ballad 12", 2014) Tief
3. Courtney Barnett: Take It Day by Day (Things Take Time, Take Time, 2021) Milk!/Mom + Pop/Marathon Artists
4. Light Blending In: Moving Onwards (The Prettiest Flowers Have the Sharpest Thorns, 2021) self-released
5. Badbadnotgood: Unfolding/Momentum 73 [w.Laraaji] (Talk Memory, 2021) XL/Innovative Leisure
6. The Magnetic Fields: Take Ecstasy with Me [w.Susan Anway] (Holiday, 1994) Feel Good All Over
7. The Jazz Butcher: The Party's Over [live] (Brave New Waves Sessions, 2017) Artoffact
8. Hildur Guðnadóttir: Floods (Mount A, 2010) Touch
9. Lydia Ainsworth: Amaryllis (Sparkles & Debris, 2021) Zombie Cat
10. Language Arts: You Gotta Be Yourself (Lemon & Lime, 2021) self-released
11. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Mt Baker (@0, 2021) Ninja Tune
12. Kaytranada: $payforhaiti [w.Mach-Hommy] (Intimidated single, 2021) RCA
13. Altin Gün: Bulunur Mu (Yol, 2021) Glitterbeat
14. The Black Dog: Sensor (Music for Photographers, 2021) Dust Science Recordings
15. Wet Leg: Chaise Lounge (2021) Domino
16. Munya: Captain Ron (Voyage to Mars, 2021) Luminelle
17. Christopher J Miller: Étude #1 (Forest City Series: Volume 4, 2021) A Person Disguised as People
18. The KVB: Unité (Unity, 2021) Invada
19. Erez Zobary: Only Thing (To Bloom, 2021) self-released
20. Patrick Kilpatrick: Land Without Bread 2 (Kilpatrick 1, 2021) self-released
21. Anna Fox Rochinski: Everybody's Down (Cherry, 2021) Don Giovanni
22. Whitehorse: Am I Just Gonna Stand There [While You Take My Girl Away] (Strike Me Down, 2021) Six Shooter
23. Norm Chambers: Aggregate (Seaside Resonance, 2021) Hotham Sound
24. KCAR: IRL (KCAR x Pandemic, 2020) self-released
25. Dani Nash: Get a Dog (Dani Nash, 2021) self-released
26. The Golden Age of Wrestling: Matriarch (Matriarch/Rottweiler single, 2021) Surviving the Game
27. Madonna: Sooner or Later (I'm Breathless: Music From & Inspired by the Film Dick Tracy, 1990) Sire/Warner Bros
28. Krusty the Clown & Sideshow Mel: Send in the Clowns (Songs in the Key of Springfield, 1997) Rhino
29. Stephen Sondheim: Goodbye for Now (Reds OST, 1981) Columbia
30. Stephen Sondheim, Zero Mostel & Company: Tiba Solo into Comedy Tonight (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum OST, 1966) United Artists
31. Ethel Merman, Jule Styne & Stephen Sondheim: Rose's Turn (Gypsy - A Musical Fable: 50th Anniversary Edition, 2009) Masterworks Broadway
32. Stephen Sondheim: Overture (Follies: New Broadway Cast Recording, 2011) PS Classics
33. Jim Bryant & Marni Nixon: Tonight (West Side Story OST, 1961) Columbia Masterworks
34. David Alvarez, Ariana DeBose, Ana Isabelle & Cast: America (West Side Story OST, 2021) Hollywood
35. Leonard Bernstein: The Dance at the Gym [Mambo] (West Side Story OST, 2021) Hollywood
36. Mandy Patinkin: Finishing the Hat (Sunday in the Park with George: Original Broadway Cast Recording, 2007) Masterworks Broadway

West Side Story makes me think that when the Winnipeg and San Jose hockeys teams meet, that should be their battle name.
How do you like them egg rolls! Everybody rise!

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In honour of Finnish Independence Day today, we celebrate one of my homeland's most wonderful exports: the Moomin! Tove Jansson's characters have been adapted into multiple television & film adaptations, so we'll sample many of the sounds found in that valley, along with the rest of Finland and some of its Canadian diaspora. All responsibilities are only a nuisance.

YKSI/ The Tragically Hip: Montreal [live] (Saskadelphia EP, 2021) Universal
KAKSI/ Loscil: Orta (Clara, 2021) Kranky
KOLME/ Wallgrin: Silver Trail (2021) Heavy Lark
NELJÄ/ The New Pornographers: The Fake Headlines (Mass Romantic, 2000) Mint
VIISI/ Tor: Inkeri (Oasis Sky, 2021) Eleuthera
KUUSI/ Bahamas: Can't Complain (Sad Hunk, 2020) Brushfire
SEITSÄMÄN/ Apollo Ghosts: Flamingo (Local Delivery Only, 2020) self-released
KAHDEKSAN/ Nathan Shubert: Lappeenranta (When You Take Off Your Shoes, 2019) Bigo & Twigetti
YHDEKSÄN/ rmahain: Kolme (Being Human, 2016) self-released
KYMMENEN/ Niemi: Joella (Spiraalit/Spirals, 2020) Bafe's Factory/Nordic Notes
11/ Ovuca: FI3AC2142070 (Northern Lights: Alpha Dubhe, 2021) AP Musik
12/ Ty Roxy: True Colours (Music, 2021) Fonal
13/ Kaija Koo: Tyhjyys (Cold War on the Rocks: Disco & Electronic Music from Finland 1980-1991, 2019) Svart
14/ Tuomas Kantelinen: Thieves Tango (The Adventurers OST, 2017) Milan
15/ Pepe Deluxé: Halls of Kalevala (Phantom Cabinet: Volume 1, 2021) Catskills
16/ El Michels Affair: Reasons [w.Bobby Oroza] (Reasons 7", 2020) Big Crown
17/ Sukellusvene: Sea Journey [7" version] (Vesi- ja Lintumusikka, 1979) Love
18/ Ka Baird & Pekka Airaksinen: Roseclouds (Catalog Compendium: Volume 6, 2021) RVNG Intl.
19/ Timo Kaukolampi & Tuomo Puranen: Scamec (White Wall OST, 2021) Öm Sound
20/ Leningrad Cowboys: Sunday Morning (Leningrad Cowboys Go America OST, 1989) AMT
21/ Stephen Layton & the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge: O Magnum Mysterium (Mäntyjärvi: Choral Music, 2020) Hyperion
22/ AGF: For Toffle [Tove Jansson, 1960] (Kuuntele, 2013) AGF
23/ Kaae & Batz: Melancholic Night (Bordertown OST, 2018) Silverdrum
24/ MØ: I'm Far Away [theme] (Moominvalley OST, 2019) Sony/Columbia
25/ Alma: Starlight (Moominvalley OST, 2019) Sony/Columbia
26/ Sumio Shiratori: Muumin to Nakama Tachi [Moomin & Friends] (Tanoshii Muumin Ikka: Sunafukin no Tabidachi OST, 1990) Starchild
27/ Graeme Miller & Steve Shill: The Moomins Theme (The Moomins OST, 2016) Finders Keepers
28/ Lukasz Targosz & City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra: Bring the Snow! [w.Sarah Àlainn] (Moomins & the Winter Wonderland OST, 2017) Playground Music OY
29/ Matti Bye: Secret Land (Tove OST, 2021) Oona/Rotor
30/ Yelena Eckemoff: Winter Slumber [w.Jarmo Saari, Panu Savolainen, Antti Lotjonen, Olavi Louhivuori & Jukka Perko] (Adventures of the Wildflower, 2021) L&H Productions

LOPPU

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