The Mole Show, San Francisco, October 26th 1982

The Residents officially premiered their debut live tour The Mole Show on October 26th 1982 with the first of two sold out shows at the Kabuki Theatre in San Francisco, California. 
The show had previously been previewed in a stripped-back, music-only rehearsal show at The House in Santa Monica in April. The Kabuki shows saw the debut of the full-fledged Mole Show, with dancers, props, sets and narration.
This show was photographed by Randy Bachman;Aaron Tanner, The Residents: A Sight For Sore Eyes, Vol. 1, Melodic Virtue, 2022 the photos (which portray the full stage set-up at numerous points in the show) have been widely published in relation to the tour, including on the Historical section of The Residents' official website, and in the 2022 art book A Sight For Sore Eyes, Vol. 1.
One of the Kabuki shows was professionally filmed; footage from the show is featured on the Mole Show Live in San Francisco DVD included in the limited edition Mole Show "bag set" released in 2009.
== Reception ==
The show was reviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle, who described the show thus: "The art-school crowd assembled on Tuesday at the Kabuki sat in rapt attention while dancers frolicked on a stage flanked by giant cartoon-like paintings, sporting various weird props, as the band worked its way through an obscure allegory about moles and their culture."Ian Shirley, Never Known Questions: Five Decades of The Residents, Cherry Red Books, 2016
==Set list==
*Voices of the Air
*The Secret Seed
*The Ultimate Disaster
*God of Darkness
*Migration
*Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth)
*Another Land
*The New Machine
*Song of the Wild
*Final Confrontation
*Satisfaction
*Happy Home
==See also==
*Mole Show "bag set"
==External links and references==
*The Mole Show at The Residents Historical
*The Mole Show at RZWeb (archived via archive.org)
*Mole Show DVD bag set at Discogs
Category:The Mole Show
Category:Live shows