Unlike last episode, we won't fully throwback to the early eighties but we have two teen comedies on the docket this week: 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High and 1983's Valley Girl. 1. Russell Louder: Head Over Heels (Ever New, 2020) Ever New 2. Floating Points: Vocoder (Someone Close, 2022) Ninja Tune 3. Tears for Fears: Pale Shelter (The Hurting, 1983) Mercury/Phonogram 4. Tears for Fears: The Tipping Point (The Tipping Point, 2022) Concord 5. Eldorado: Fantastic Man's Drumdown (Compilação XAMA 2022, 2021) Gop Tun 6. P:ANO: After School Special [KVOS TV 12] (The Den, 2004) Hive-Fi/Zum 7. boygenius: Anti-Curse (The Record, 2023) Interscope 8. Andrew Bird: Heaven's Boughs (Outside Problems, 2023) Loma Vista 9. Big Thief: Vampire Empire (Vampire Empire single, 2023) 4AD 10. Carolyn Mark: Not Like the Movies (The Queen of Vancouver Island, 2012) Mint 11. Pilotpriest: The Return (2023) self-released 12. Gayance: Clout Chaser's Anthem (Mascarade, 2023) Rhythm Section International 13. Autogramm: Fuck Fast Fashion (No Rules, 2021) Nevado 14. Jlin: Rabbit Hole (Embryo EP, 2021) Planet Mu 15. Cygnets: Fashion Emergency (Swan Songs, 2021) self-released INTERMISSION: Vintage Ad "High Fashion" (London Pirate Radio Adverts 1984-1993: Volume 1, 2020) Death is Not the End 16. Ninja High School: Catholic Fashion (Young Adults Against Suicide, 2005) Blocks 17. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet: Exit from Vince Lombardi High School (Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham, 1991) Cargo/Jetpac 18. Ellen Froese: High School (Fightin' Words, 2019) self-released 19. The Flashing Lights: Highschool (Where the Change is, 1999) self-released 20. Air: Highschool Lover (The Virgin Suicides OST, 2000) Virgin/Astralwerks 21. The Associates: Party Fears Two (Sulk, 1982) Beggars Banquet/Sire 22. The Fun Boy Three: Summer of '82 (Summertime 12", 1982) Chrysalis 23. Kosmischer Läufer: Der Kosmische Strahl (The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-83: Volume Five, 2023) Unknown Capability 24. Death Valley Girls: Watch the Sky (Islands in the Sky, 2023) Suicide Squeeze 25. Frank & Moon Zappa: Valley Girl (Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch, 1982) Barking Pumpkin 26. Who Ha: Cool Teenage High School (Synthwave Belongs in a Museum, 2016) Retro Promenade 27. The Flirts: Jukebox [Don't Put Another Dime] (Valley Girl OST, 1994) Rhino 28. Payola$: Eyes of a Stranger (Valley Girl OST, 1994) Rhino 29. EMAK: Tanz in Dem Himmel (Deutsche Elektronische Musik 4: Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1971-83) Soul Jazz 30. Joe Walsh: Waffle Stomp (Fast Times at Ridgemont High OST, 1982) Full Moon/Asylum 31. Donna Summer: Highway Runner (Fast Times at Ridgemont High OST, 1982) Full Moon/Asylum 32. Jean-Luc Ponty: Open Mind (Open Mind, 1984) Polydor/Atlantic 33. Tony Bennett: The Cool School (1959) Columbia [email protected] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire