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CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

Hosted by CiTR & Discorder Magazine · society · EN · 610 episodes

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Join gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes from television and any other cinematic source, along with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange old goodies that could be used in a soundtrack to be. The spotlight swings widely to encompass composers, genres and other categories, but all in the name of discovery and ironclad whimsy.

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What is CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies about?

Join gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes from television and any other cinematic source, along with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange old goodies that could be used in a soundtrack to be. The spotlight swings widely to encompass composers, genres and other categories, but all in the name of discovery and ironclad whimsy.

Who hosts CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies?

CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies is hosted by CiTR & Discorder Magazine. The show has published 610 episodes to date.

What has CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies covered recently?

Recent episodes include "XHM #809 - "Witches' brew makes for a bitchin' stew" (2026 October 12)" (13 October 2026, 193 minutes), "XHM #808 - "True love requires some assembly" (2026 October 05)" (6 October 2026, 191 minutes), and "XHM #807 - "Naturally superior but so are the blackflies" (2026 September 28)" (29 September 2026, 203 minutes).

How often does CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies publish?

CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 187 minutes across 610 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies?

Booking probability for CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies is 45%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies?

The strongest fits for CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies are Film & Video and Music & Recording. CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies has a society audience.

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CiTR & Discorder Magazine hosts CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies, a society show with 610 episodes published.

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  • CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

    XHM #809 - "Witches' brew makes for a bitchin' stew" (2026 October 12)

    Oct 13, 20263h 13m

    Thanksgiving and October horrors combine here for the Garrys' 2020 rescoring of the 1922 Swedish/Danish early horror film Häxan. gak thinks too much about food but station is pushing snacks. Here are three witching...

  • CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

    XHM #808 - "True love requires some assembly" (2026 October 05)

    Oct 6, 20263h 11m

    It's October again so it's time to kick off our annual Horror Month in the leadup to Hallowe'en! First up: The Bride of Frankenstein over the years, from 1935, 1985 and the recent adaptation The Bride! We also try to...

  • CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

    XHM #807 - "Naturally superior but so are the blackflies" (2026 September 28)

    Sep 29, 20263h 23m

    807 is gak's original area code so as we ponder the Canadian National Day of Truth & Reconciliation this week, we combine themes around Northwestern Ontario and the 2007 HBO series Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. 01...

  • CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

    XHM #806 - "Creepy island vibes" (2026 September 21)

    Sep 22, 20263h 17m

    The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out last week and in contrast to other award ceremonies, this one for television is spread out over multiple days so compiling who what what takes more time. That said, we...

  • CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

    XHM #805 - "Forever figure-eights" (2026 September 14)

    Sep 15, 20263h 6m

    William Orbit (1956-2026) was active in pop & classical music, so we'll touch upon some of his production work and we have a short profile on the soundtrack to the 1986 hockey film Youngblood. We also pay tribute to the...

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    XHM #804 - "Expanded & exceeded are the pleasure machines" (2026 September 07)

    Sep 8, 20263h 15m

    Happy Labour Day! With the influences of the 2000s genre electroclash popping up anew, along with the death of the French producer Kavinsky (1975-2026), this episode gets synthy & sleazy as we look back at this...

  • CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

    XHM #802 - "No one summers like a Canadian" (2026 August 24)

    Aug 25, 20263h 10m

    While the season is still in session, we jump on a genre coined from the Beyond Yacht Rock podcast: Camaro Summer with all its 1980s hard rock simple ambitions. This embraces the five pillars of freedom: summer, cars...

  • CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

    XHM #801 - "Black angels lift us up" (2026 August 17)

    Aug 18, 20263h 7m

    It's been a while since we've had some funk and/or blaxploitation, though Donny Hathaway's score to the 1972 film Come Back Charleston Blue veers occasionally into ragtime so there may be saloon lunacy afoot later in...

  • CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

    XHM Nº800 - "Cirean-cròins & tuataras" (2026 August 10)

    Aug 11, 20263h 1m

    We pay tribute to the singer-songwriter Glen Hansard (1970-2026) and actor Sam Neill (1947-2026) as we hop around many of their associated films. gak's back and he's live again with hot topics. 01. Cat Power: Cherokee...

  • CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

    XHM #799 - "Planetary dream collection" (2026 August 03)

    Aug 4, 20262h 54m

    For your August long weekend, it's part 19.5 of our all ambient series, though this one gets the half point for bringing a jazz touch to the scene. Percussion will seep in in a few places but don't let that spook you...

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    XHM #798 - "No quitting so keep your wishes" (2026 July 27)

    Jul 28, 20263h 11m

    Vancouver Pride Week is upon us so with gak back in the saddle, it's time for LGBTQ+ themes galore with a profile on Gustavo Santaolalla's Oscar-winning score to the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain. 01. Bonnie Tyler: If...

  • CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

    XHM #796 - "Yo wellermen & wellerwomen" (2026 July 06)

    Jul 7, 20263h 2m

    In the midst of prerecorded shows or possible repeats, gak's back to do a proper light summer theme around pirates & sea shanties. We will not get all your favourites but we'll look into TV shows like Our Flag Means...

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    XHM #795 - "Four strong winds to paint you" (2026 July 29)

    Jun 30, 20262h 55m

    With gak elsewhere in Canada this week, this pre-recorded episode celebrates what this nation has with a profile on Michael Timmins' score to the 2016 biopic Maudie. Based on information available at the time of...

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    XHM #794 - "It's about all of this and maybe some more" (2026 June 22)

    Jun 23, 20263h 13m

    With the Vancouver International Jazz Festival underway, it's time to get jazzy again as we look at some of the performing in one of this city's true highlights of summer. We'll pay tribute to pianist Abdullah Ibrahim...

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    XHM #793 - "Yá’át’ééh" (2026 June 15)

    Jun 16, 20263h 3m

    With the coming Sunday sporting many holidays, we'll focus mostly on National Indigenous Peoples' Day with the score to 1966's Navajo Joe with some more Ennio Morricone as we profile many more Turtle Island musicmakers...

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    XHM #792 - "The science ball goes into BC Place for one point" (2026 June 08)

    Jun 9, 20263h 16m

    With another large sports event coming to Vancouver, we'll talk both soccer & football as the world's most beautiful game has a tournament with 7 games in town. We'll talk about a couple films, Bend It Like Beckham &...

  • CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

    XHM #791 - "It's got the oceans, the orchards & the ogres" (2026 June 01)

    Jun 2, 20263h 10m

    Exploring the idea of the blue marble we live on, this explorative episode uses Daniel Blumberg's score to the 2020 film The World to Come to hit the globe. 01. Riccardo Cioni: In America [Luca Peruzzi & Matteo Sala...

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    XHM #790 - "Improved & improvised, Pt I" (2026 May 25)

    May 26, 20263h 25m

    Miles Davis was born 1926 May 26 so this week marks his centenary. Therefore, most of this episode is jazzy with one of Davis' soundtracks, the 1958 French film Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud, but we also make our 1st...

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    XHM #789 - "Everything's wetter on VHS" (2026 May 18)

    May 19, 20263h 15m

    For your Victoria Day programming (now 3 hours long), we pay tribute to the Japanese author Koji Suzuki (1957-2026) with dueling North American & Japanese film adaptations of The Ring & Dark Water. No one ever died from...

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    XHM #788 - "Sound the sun gong & watch the fire rise" (2026 May 11)

    May 12, 20262h 22m

    With recent volcanic activity abounding (though presently, far from the Pacific Coast of Canada), we dust off hopes of a eruptive profile, nicely timed with a recent reissue of Pink Floyd's 1972 concert film Live at...

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