BOG

BOG - The Residents Official News Blog (informally known as the BOG; originally titled The Residents Official News Blog and Website Wrapper, and later, The Residents Official News Blog and <the residents blog>) was an official news blog dedicated to the activities of The Residents, maintained by Big Brother of The Cryptic Corporation beginning in August 2003. 
During the years it was active, the BOG was The Residents' primary means of communication, and detailed the release and touring cycles of many of their popular albums from this period, including Demons Dance Alone, Animal Lover and The Bunny Boy.
The traditional news blog closed around the start of September 2010, following a website redesign which integrated the website's news section into the chat room and replaced the blog format with updates in undated bullet points. This section of the website, originally titled The Residents News and Chat Room or Residents Headline News, once again was briefly titled "BOG" from 2013 until the section was replaced with an XML news feed in September 2014, following another redesign of the website. 
Following yet another redesign in January 2017, residents.com resumed a news blog, with the advent of the News Machine section, which has continued into the present day.
== History ==
=== The Residents' Official News Blog (or "BOG") ===
The BOG (in its various guises) functioned as the primary online presence of The Residents and The Cryptic Corporation, beginning in August 2003 when the group acquired the residents.com domain name from fan James "tzoq" Redekop, administrator of the now-defunct fan website RZWeb.Big Brother, "RZWEB has a new address.", The Residents' Official News Blog and Website Wrapper, August 28th 2003 The blog was maintained by the site's administrator Will Rothers, who wrote the blog under the pseudonym Big Brother.
The BOG continued officially until the redesign of the website in April 2008, although despite these changes (and the installation of new blog software following a crash) the website would feature a news blog on its home page for some time afterward, which was still occasionally referred to informally as the BOG.
After the redesign and expansion of the website (and installation of new blog software following a crash), the blog was simply titled "<the residents blog>" (according to the website header of the site's main page).
=== Format change and integration with chat room ===
Following another redesign around September 2010, the format of The Residents' home page was changed, with webmaster Big Brother instead merging news updates with the website's chat room. Unlike the earlier news blog, news updates on the revised website initially did not include dates or timestamps, instead being comprised of "headlines" in short bullet points under the banner "Residents Headline News". 
The news section was later expanded to include both the bullet point "headlines" alongside more detailed news updates in early 2011. Beginning in 2013, the title "BOG" was once again applied to the section. Originally, the section also featured the most recent updates from Mama Ralph's official Twitter feed; later it featured the most recent posts from the Residents review blog by independent music collector and diarist "Grandpa Gio". The chat room was moved to a separate area of the website in early 2013, and then merged back into the news page the following year. 
This version of the news feature was removed and replaced by an XML feed in September 2014, following another redesign of the website. The XML feed was itself succeeded by another news blog, The Residents' News Machine, following a further redesign of the website in January 2017.
== Blog entries ==
=== Official News Blog and Website Wrapper (August 2003 - March 2004) ===
====2003====
*Official News Blog and Website Wrapper, August 2003
*Official News Blog and Website Wrapper, September 2003
*Official News Blog and Website Wrapper, October 2003
*Official News Blog and Website Wrapper, November 2003
*Official News Blog and Website Wrapper, December 2003
==== 2004 ====
*Official News Blog and Website Wrapper, January 2004
*Official News Blog and Website Wrapper, February 2004
=== Official News BOG (March 2004 - April 2007) ===
==== 2004 ====
*Official News BOG, March 2004
*Official News BOG, April 2004
*Official News BOG, May 2004
*Official News BOG, June 2004
*Official News BOG, July 2004
*Official News BOG, August 2004
*Official News BOG, September 2004
*Official News BOG, October 2004
*Official News BOG, November 2004
*Official News BOG, December 2004
==== 2005 ====
* Official News BOG, January 2005
*Official News BOG, February 2005
*Official News BOG, March 2005
*Official News BOG, April 2005
*Official News BOG, May 2005
*Official News BOG, June 2005
*Official News BOG, July 2005
*Official News BOG, August 2005
*Official News BOG, September 2005
*Official News BOG, October 2005
*Official News BOG, November 2005
*Official News BOG, December 2005
==== 2006 ====
* Official News BOG, January 2006
*Official News BOG, February 2006
*Official News BOG, March 2006
*Official News BOG, April 2006
*Official News BOG, May 2006
*Official News BOG, June 2006
*Official News BOG, July 2006
*Official News BOG, August 2006
*Official News BOG, September 2006
*Official News BOG, October 2006
*Official News BOG, November 2006
*Official News BOG, December 2006
==== 2007 ====
*Official News BOG, January 2007
*Official News BOG, February 2007
*Official News BOG, March 2007
*Official News BOG, April 2007
=== Official News Blog (April 2007 - April 2008) ===
==== 2007 ====
*Official News Blog, May 2007
*Official News Blog, June 2007
*Official News Blog, July 2007
*Official News Blog, August 2007
*Official News Blog, September 2007
*Official News Blog, October 2007
*Official News Blog, November 2007
*Official News Blog, December 2007
==== 2008 ====
* Official News Blog, January 2008
*Official News Blog, February 2008
*Official News Blog, March 2008
=== The Residents Blog (April 2008 - August 2010) ===
==== 2008 ====
* The Residents Blog, April 2008
*The Residents Blog, May 2008
*The Residents Blog, June 2008
*The Residents Blog, July 2008
*The Residents Blog, August 2008
*The Residents Blog, September 2008
*The Residents Blog, October 2008
*The Residents Blog, November 2008
*The Residents Blog, December 2008
==== 2009 ====
* The Residents Blog, January 2009
*The Residents Blog, February 2009
*The Residents Blog, June 2009
*The Residents Blog, July 2009
*The Residents Blog, August 2009
*The Residents Blog, September 2009
*The Residents Blog, October 2009
==== 2010 ====
* The Residents Blog, January 2010
*The Residents Blog, February 2010
*The Residents Blog, March 2010
*The Residents Blog, April 2010
*The Residents Blog, July 2010
*The Residents Blog, August 2010
=== The Residents News and Chat Room (September 2010 - March 2013) ===
==== 2010 ====
* Residents Headline News, September 2010
* Residents Headline News, October 2010
* Residents Headline News, November 2010
* Residents Headline News, December 2010
==== 2011 ====
* Residents.com news, January 2011
* Residents.com news, February 2011
* Residents.com news, March 2011
* Residents.com news, April 2011
* Residents.com news, June 2011
* Residents.com news, July 2011
* Residents.com news, August 2011
* Residents.com news, September 2011
* Residents.com news, October 2011
* Residents.com news, November 2011
* Residents.com news, December 2011
==== 2012 ====
* Residents.com news, January 2012
* Residents.com news, February 2012
* Residents.com news, March 2012
* Residents.com news, April 2012
* Residents.com news, May 2012
* Residents.com news, June 2012
* Residents.com news, July 2012
* Residents.com news, August 2012
* Residents.com news, September 2012
* Residents.com news, October 2012
* Residents.com news, December 2012
=== Residents.com news (aka BOG) (March 2013 - August 2014) ===
==== 2013 ====
* Residents.com news, March 2013
* Residents.com news, June 2013
* Residents.com news, August 2013
* Residents.com news, September 2013
* Residents.com news, October 2013
* Residents.com news, November 2013
* Residents.com news, December 2013
==== 2014 ====
* Residents.com news, January 2014
* Residents.com news, March 2014
* Residents.com news, April 2014
* Residents.com news, June 2014
* Residents.com news, July 2014
* Residents.com news, August 2014
== See also ==
* residents.com
* BOGcast
* Will Rothers
*The Last Word
*Historical
*Hacienda Bridge newsletter
*News Machine
== External links and references ==
* residents.com archived at archive.org
* The Residents News and Chat Room, archived September 18th 2010 via archive.org
* The Residents News and Chat Room, archived October 23rd 2010 via archive.org
* Residents.com home page, archived December 17th 2016 via archive.org
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