Exploding Head Movies Episode August 11, 2025
XHM #750 - "Mushroom clouds remain a Gen-X sigil" (2025 August 11)
6:59pm - 9:02pm
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 cities of Hiroshima & Nagasaki through song & film. We also talk Michael Madsen, Mark Snow and pick up where we left off with the 2025 Polaris Prize album nominees as the new song award popped up.
01. OMD: Enola Gay (Organisation, 1980) Dindisc
02. Stomu Yamash'ta: Memory of Hiroshima (The Man Who Fell to Earth OST, 2016) UMC
03. Christophe: Sunny Road to Salina (La Route de Salina: Bande Originale du Film, 1970) Delta Italiana/les Disques Motors
04. Stealers Wheel: Stuck in the Middle with You [Todd Terje edit] (2008) self-released
05. Hans Zimmer: Watching Him Go/Jimmy Pops the Question (Thelma & Louise OST, 2025) La-La Land
06. Mark Snow: Main Theme from La Femme Nikita [club version] (The Snow Files, 1999) Sonic Images
07. Mark Snow: Main Title from The X-Files (The X-Files 7", 1995) Warner Bros
08. Mark Snow: Love Theme from Conundrum (The Snow Files, 1999) Sonic Images
09. Fat Freddy's Drop: Dark Days (Based on a True Story, 2005) The Drop
10. Ethel Cain: August Underground (Preacher's Daughter, 2022) Daughters of Cain
11. Buildings & Food: Maps (Provincial Park, 2025) self-released
12. Yves Jarvis: Gold Filigree (All Cylinders, 2025) In Real Life/Next Door
13. Mustafa: Leaving Toronto (Dunya, 2024) Arts & Crafts/Jagjaguwar
14. Joane Hétu: Elle N'a Pas de Mot (Elle a Son Mot à Dire, 2025) Ambiances Magnétiques
15. Cœur de Pirate: Château de Sable (2025) Bravo Musique
16. Zoobombs: Flaming Funky Lady (2025) Zubonsha
17. Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau: Sauna Motif I (Päiväkahvit, 2025) Beacon Sound
18. The Subhumans: Hiroshima (No Wishes, No Prayers, 1983) SST
19. Monomyth: Hiroshima (Monomyth, 2013) self-released
20. Wild Sammy & the Royaltones: Aoi Hoshikuzu (Speed Crazy, 2000) One Million Dollar Records
21. Kraftwerk: Radioactivity (Radio-Activity [remastered], 2009) Kling Klang/Parlophone
22. Ultravox! Hiroshima Mon Amour (Ha! Ha! Ha! 1977) Island
23. Air: Dirty Hiroshima [demo] (Moon Safari: 25th Anniversary, 2024) Parlophone
24. Giovanni Fasco: Hiroshima Mon Amour, Pt. I (Hiroshima Mon Amour EP, 1960) RCA
25. bpNichol: Hiroshima Mon Amour (A 60 minute cassette, 1971) High Barnet
26. Kara-Lis Coverdale: Eternity (From Where You Came, 2025) Smalltown Supersound
27. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Nagasaki - Memories of My Son (Nagasaki: Memories of My Son OST, 2015) T-Annex/Milan
28. Ryuichi Sakamoto: B29 (Nagasaki: Memories of My Son OST, 2015) T-Annex/Milan
29. Ryuichi Sakamoto: August 9th 11:02am (Nagasaki: Memories of My Son OST, 2015) T-Annex/Milan
30. Ryuichi Sakamoto: At the Graveyard (Nagasaki: Memories of My Son OST, 2015) T-Annex/Milan
31. Ludwig Göransson: Blood on My Hands [unreleased] (Oppenheimer: Extended Film Version Soundtrack, 2023) Mondo/Back Lot
32. Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra: Penderecki's Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima [conductor: Witold Rowicki, excerpt] (Twin Peaks: Limited Event Series Soundtrack, 2017) Rhino
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