As 2023 draws to a close, we look a hundred years hence to 1923. Amongst indicative recordings that have survived all that time, we profile Charlie Chaplin's score to one of his silent films of that era The Pilgrim (kinda redone in the 1950s). Hoopty-doo, let's blouse! 01. Roger Whittaker: Mammy Blue (Roma OST, 2018) Sony Masterworks 02. Bell Orchestre: Open Organ (As Seen Through Windows [special edition], 2023) Erased Tapes 03. Cygnets: Everything Counts (Covers, 2022) self-released 04. Depeche Mode: Wagging Tongue [Wet Leg remix] (Wagging Tongue Remixes, 2023) Columbia 05. Autumn Fair: Three Pastorals (Autumn Fair, 2022) Recital 06. Skinny Puppy: Jackhammer (BRAP: Back & Forth - Volumes 3 & 4, 1996) Nettwerk 07. The Lonely Island & Sia: Oakland Nights (The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience OST, 2019) Netflix 08. Mychael Danna: The Streak (Moneyball OST, 2011) Columbia 09. Kellarissa: Swimming (Synthesized Lullabies, 2023) self-released 10. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Lakeland Angel (The Ones Ahead, 2023) Transgressive 11. Ahmad Jamal: Autumn Leaves (Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra, 1961) Argo/Chess 12. Arlo Parks: Dog Rose (My Soft Machine, 2023) Transgressive/Beatnik Creative 13. Kylie V: November (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada Volume XIII, 2021) The Line of Best Fit 14. Joseph Shabason: Ed Templeton (Welcome to Hell, 2023) Telephone Explosion 15. Eli Smith: To the White People of America (Songs of Slavery & Emancipation, 2022) Jalopy 16. Jane Birkin: Cigarettes (Oh! Pardon Tu Dormais..., 2020) Barclay/Universal France 17. Bobby Hackett & His Orchestra: Ain't Misbehavin' (1939) Vocalion 18. Joe & J. Feldman: Palestine Song (1923) Victor 19. Alexander Koshetz & Ukrainian National Chorus: In the Jordan (1923) Brunswick 20. Mischa Elman, Josef Bonime, Millocker & Felix Winternitz: The Blue Lagoon (1923) Victrola 21. Harry Blake: Yes! We Have No Bananas (1923) Pathé 22. Callie Vassar & Richard M Jones: Original Stomps (Walking to New Orleans: A History of the Crescent City Piano Pioneers 1923-1949, 1923) Proper TWENTY-THREE SKIDOO. Dorothy Provine, Pinky & Her Playboys: Hard Hearted Hannah/Singing in the Bathtub/California, Here I Come [medley] (The Roaring '20s OST: Volume 2, 1961) Warner Bros/Point 24. Dorothy Provine, Pinky & Her Playboys: Charleston/Doin' the Raccoon/Black Bottom (The Roaring '20s OST, 1960) Warner Bros/Point 25. Alexandra Harwood: Prologue (A Chapter in Her Life OST, 2021) Back Lot 26. Brian Tyler: 1923 Opus (1923 OST: Season 1, Volume 1, 2023) Sony Classical 27. Charlie Chaplin: Bound for Texas [w.Matt Munro] (The Pilgrim OST: The Chaplin Revue, 2018) Roy Export SAS 28. Charlie Chaplin: The Deacon Presents/The Collection Hymn (The Pilgrim OST: The Chaplin Revue, 2018) Roy Export SAS 29. Charlie Chaplin: David & Goliath/Bringing Back the Bacon (The Pilgrim OST: The Chaplin Revue, 2018) Roy Export SAS 30. Masahiro Takahashi: Fantasy in Soy Sauce (Humid Sun, 2023) Telephone Explosion 31. Painted on Silent Blue: When Autumn Comes (This Life, 2023) Bluepaint radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire