Exploding Head Movies Episode January 27, 2025
XHM #727 - "Memories from a gaijin" (2025 January 27)
7:00pm - 9:00pm
gak remains on the road and he lacks the future vision to anticipate what, let alone when, the Oscar nominations will be, so you're getting an outsider Japan experience via John Williams' score to 2005's Memoirs of a Geisha amidst some older gems that never it to air despite years in waiting.
For those unfamiliar with geisha, these are Japanese women trained in performing arts to entertain people with music, conversation & other skills. There's a misinterpretation that they also tackle less classy forms of entertainment due to mistranslations into English.
01. N.i.c.o.l.e: Geisha (2014) self-released
02. Phonogenic: Mizumono (Hobo Dots 12", 2015) Turquoise Blue
03. Forest Swords: Exalter (Compassion, 2017) Ninja Tune
04. Maria Minerva: The Sound (Will Happiness Find Me?, 2012) Not Not Fun
05. Blank Banshee: Enso (Gaia, 2020) Hologram Bay
06. Lucy Gooch: Stalagmites & Helictites (Rushing EP, 2020) Past Inside the Present
07. Tigerwing: Weight of Want [2.0] (I Want to Rip Your Heart Out, 2014) self-released
08. Teen Daze: Shibuya Again (Themes for a New Earth, 2017) Flora
09. Gloin: Winter Abroad (We Found This, 2022) Mothland
10. Monashee: Snow (2023) self-released
11. Dave Grusin: Hokkaido (Out of the Shadows, 1982) JVA/Arista
12. Joni Void & Maya Kuroki: Vis-age (Age EP, 2023) self-released
13. Satin Jackets: Lost in Japan [w.Niya Wells] (2018) self-released
14. Toyohirakumin: We Arrived in Sapporo (Music in the Air, 2024) Dream Catalogue/Tiger Blood Tapes
15. Visible Cloaks, Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki Shibano: Anata (Freakwys: Volume 15 - Serenitatem, 2019) Rvng Intl.
16. Aiko Tomi: Mute Me (2022) self-released
17. Von Spar, Eiko Ishibashi, Joe Talia, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: II (Bureau B 2024, 2024) Bureau B
18. Mitski: Stay Soft (Laurel Hell, 2022) Dead Oceans
19. Takara Araki: Harder (2020) self-released
20. Masaaki Ohmura: A Touch of Temptation (You Gotta Chance OST, 1985) SMS
21. Masahiro Takahashi: East Chinatown Stroller (Humid Sun, 2023) Telephone Explosion
22. H Takahashi: Construction (Calliope, 2022) Hotham Sound
23. Shiho Yabuki: Energy Flow [Ki No Nagare] (Love Lies Bleeding OST, 2024) A24
24. Mieko Shimizu: Think like a Swarm (My Tentacles, 2024) Street Furniture
25. Masaaki Hirao: Original Main Title (Lady Snowblood OST, 1973) Teichiku
26. Akira Ifukube: Main Title from The Big Boss (100th Anniversary: Toho Film Music File, 1959) Toho
27. Toshiki Kadomatsu: Snow Lady Fantasy (Hatsu Koi 12", 1985) Air
28. Shoko Igarashi: Snow Land (Onsen Music, 2024) Tigersushi/62
29. The Lords of Percussion: Geisha Girl (Music from Patch Cord Productions, 2020) Sacred Bones
30. Night's Disgrace: Little Geisha (Night's Disgrace, 1983) World
31. Joe Hahn & Alec Puro: Onnabugeisha (Blade of the 47 Ronin OST, 2022) Back Lot Music
32. John Williams: Finding Satsu (Memoirs of a Geisha OST, 2005) Sony Classical
33. John Williams: Sayuri's Theme (Memoirs of a Geisha OST, 2005) Sony Classical
34. John Williams: Going to School (Memoirs of a Geisha OST, 2005) Sony Classical
35. John Williams: The Garden Meeting (Memoirs of a Geisha OST, 2005) Sony Classical
36. Yusef Lateef: The Plum Blossom (Eastern Sounds, 1962) Moodsville
37. Neil Swainson: Kyushu (Fire in the West, 2022) Cellar
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