Official News BOG, October 2004

The Residents' Official News BOG was a news blog maintained by Big Brother of The Cryptic Corporation beginning in August 2003 (originally titled The Residents' Official News Blog and Website Wrapper), following the company's purchase of the residents.com domain name from fan site RZWeb (now defunct).
Around March 2004, this blog became known as the Official News BOG. In this form, the blog became The Cryptics' (and thus, The Residents') main outlet for communication with their fans until the website's redesign in 2008.
This page collects posts made to this news blog in October 2004, as archived on archive.org, transcribed to this wiki by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.
==Blog entries==
=== BitFilm Festival to screen Commercial DVD ===
:
:The Commercial DVD will be presented as part of the Bitfilm Festival.
:Place: Mandarin Kasion - Reeperbahn 1 - 20359 Hamburg
:Date: Nov 6th - 15.00
:For more info about the bitfilm festival: http://www.bitfilm-festival.org
Posted: Thu - October 7, 2004 at 08:33 AM
=== Commercial Album DVD party planned for Hamburg ===
:
:Euro Ralph will organize a DVD presentation of the brand new COMMERCIAL DVD.
:Place:
:The B-Movie,
:Brigittenstrasse 5
:20359 Hamburg
:Date: Nov 5th - 21.00
:The evening will be filled with other Residents DVDs. The B-Movie is conveniently located 50 meters away from the Euro Ralph offices, so those who want to poke a peek: Some beers will be served from 17.00 hrs on at Wohlwillstrasse 27.
Posted: Thu - October 7, 2004 at 08:33 AM
=== Viva Las Vegas RMX radio promo cds to go on sale ===
:
:Euro Ralph has decided to fight greedy journalists.
:Since copies of the VivaLasVegasRMX radio promo cds have been sold for more than USD 100 on ebay, Euro Ralph feels that they should offer a limited quantity of these promos for sale at a reasonable price. Please check www.euroralph.de for details. They also have new pins for sale.
:Donkey fieldmouse
Posted: Thu - October 7, 2004 at 08:36 AM
=== Tokyo release of Commercial Album DVD ===
:
:Bomba Records is set to release the new Commercial Album DVD in Japan on October 24.
Posted: Fri - October 8, 2004 at 09:31 AM
=== England's Dreaming ===
:
:The Residents have survived the ravages of time by evolving. This compilation reopens the old New Wave and Punk wounds and somehow The Residents are clearly no more comfortable here than they have been anywhere else. None the less, Jon Savage, noted Brit journalist, has compiled this intriguing CD that includes the pre-eyeball group doing "Beyond the Valley of a Day in the Life."
:There are 25 tracks - some reasonably well-known ones (Wire, Cabs, Siouxsie, Adverts, Iggy, Ramones, Devo, Buzzcocks)- some very obscure ones (Avergers, Diodes, Weirdos, Zeros, Urinals, Germs, Dils, Residents!)
:Included in the digipack is a booklet with a bit about each song, in English and German. Here's what it says about the Residents track:
:First issued on 45 during 1977 in a limited edition of 500, "Beyond the Valley..." answers the age-old musical question, what happens after the final crashing chord at the end of "Sgt Pepper"?, with a brilliant aural collage made entirely of existing Beatles recordings.  In the context of the time, this was deeply iconoclastic (as the Beatles were one of the previous generation's idols to be overthrown) but today, "Beyond the Valley..." seems both like a fan's perverse love and an uncanny precursor of the sampling / mash-up culture to come
:Available Now on Trikont Records
Posted: Fri - October 8, 2004 at 12:25 PM
=== KRVS Radio show Program for October 11 - 17 ===
:Snippets from classic Residents performances and tours including:
:The Boarding House,
:The Mole Show
:13TH Anniversary
:Cube-E
:Fillmore'97
:WHOOPY SNORP:
:The Residents Hour
:Every Monday in the USA
:Internet Radio: www.krvs.org
:Monday
:Midnight- East Coast
:11pm/23- CST
:9pm/21- West Coast
:and
:Tuesday
:1pm/11- Tokyo
:2pm/12- Sydney
:and
:Saturday Morning
:9am/9- UK
:10am/10- Western European
:and
:Sunday
:5pm/15- Tokyo
:6pm/16- Sydney
:daylight savings time
Posted: Sun - October 10, 2004 at 10:51 AM
=== I Murdered Mommy Pre-sales ===
:
:Ralph America and Euro Ralph will begin the pre-sale of I Murdered Mommy.
:Neither company provided any other information about price and such so you will have to contact them.
:Euro Ralph did mention that they have the ENGLAND'S DREAMING compilation in stock.
:Ralph America will be pre-selling the Mute releases of THE COMMERCIAL ALBUM DVD, and THE COMMERCIAL ALBUM CD
:======================================
:The Residents Missing Year
:The "missing year" apparently ran from late 1996 to summer 1997. It started after the completion of Bad Day on the Midway and the theatrical run of Freak Show in Prague. It ended with Disfigured Night.
:In between, one project dominated The Residents every waking moment.
:I Murdered Mommy.
:Designed to be the crowning glory of The Residents wild ride with CD-ROM, I Murdered Mommy became an insane vision. Even as The Residents labored to design and sell the idea, the whole CD-ROM market was collapsing around them. The project was finally shelved.
:The new release is a book of the drawings and writings for the project plus a CD of preliminary music that was used for the corporate sales pitches in the attempt to raise the funds to actually create the CD-ROM. It is an intriguing look at an idea that never happened as well as plug a hole in The Residents project time line. It will not be the actual CD-ROM, of course, as it never existed.
Posted: Mon - October 11, 2004 at 06:34 AM
=== San Francisco party moved to Oakland ===
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:Ralph America and Mute Records
:present the formerly in San Francisco
:Residents Commercial DVD Preview Party
:The French Fry Factory*
:278 4th Street ( between Alice and Harrison) in Jack London Square
:Oakland CA
:Thursday October 21 === All Ages
:Doors at 7:30
:FREE
:Ralph America will be on hand with contests, giveaways and prizes.
:For more info call Ralph America at (510) 655-6756
:The Lake Merritt BART station is at 8th and Oak
:Short walk from Jack London Square too, if anyone takes the ferry.
:
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:From San Francisco by car
:Take Bay Bridge to 880
:South/Alameda -San Jose, take the Broadway-Alameda exit, ease to the right at bottom of ramp, go one block, take first right on Adeline, left on 3rd, go 12 blocks take a right on Broadway. Follow Broadway into Jack London Square.
:From South of Oakland (including the Oakland Airport) by car
:Highway 880 North to the Broadway exit. Take a left on Broadway. Follow Broadway into Jack London Square. As you come off any of the freeways, look for the Sail Boat sign to direct you to Jack London Square.
:From North of Oakland by car
:From 80, take 880 Alameda/San Jose exit, (third lane from left), follow along 880 to the Broadway/Alameda exit, ease right at bottom of ramp, take first right on Adeline, left on 3rd, go 12 blocks, take a right on Broadway. Follow into Jack London Square.
:From Contra Costa County by car
:Highway 24 to Interstate 980/Downtown Oakland (careful not to get on 580 toward Hayward) Take the 11th - 12th Street exit, straight on Brush Street,(you will be parallel with the freeway) Take a left on 3rd, right on Broadway. Follow Broadway into Jack London Square.
:By Ferry
:Take the Alameda/Oakland Ferry from San Francisco, board either at PIER 39 or the Ferry Building. Doesn't run late at night.
:[redacted]
:By BART
:Short walk from Lake Merritt station. Make certain you are on a line that goes to Lake Merritt station (map above).
:By Bus
:Local AC Transit buses Lines 58, 59, 72, 73 serve Jack London Square. Plus now the new A Line that offers TransBay Express service on new luxury coaches between Oakland International Airport and downtown San Francisco, with stops at Amtrak, JLS, and Oakland City Center at Broadway & 12th.
:[redacted]
:By Train
:Jack London Square is home to the award winning C.L. Dellums AMTRAK station located just one block from
:the center of the Square on Alice Street and the Embarcedero.
:Parking
:Plenty of street parking.
:========================
:* The French claim it was their idea, while the Belgians fiercely hold that it was one of their own. Expert opinion on this matter is divided as well. Whatever the case, by the 1830's deep fried potatoes had become a popular taste sensation in both France and Belgium. It took another hundred years for them to become a fast-food staple in the United States. Although Thomas Jefferson is rumored to have served them in Monticello as early as 1802—a daring thing to do at the time, since tubers were still believed to lead to death unless the poisons were boiled out of them—it was American soldiers, having been stationed in France (or Belgium, depending on who you ask) during World War I who brought back a hunger for the fried potatoes they had eaten while overseas. Although today fries are commonly eaten in many other countries, they are only associated with the French here in the U.S.
:Thanks to the Endocrine Company
:http://www.endocrineco.com/
Posted: Tue - October 12, 2004 at 10:29 AM
=== Commercial Album DVD party planned for Louisville, KY ===
:
:Chin-Strap Productions and Mute Records
:and The Film Liberation Unit
:Presents
:"Night of The Whore-Hoppers"
:@ The Rudyard Kipling
:422 W. Oak, Louisville, KY 40203
:November 2nd, 6:00PM-2:00AM
:Free Admission
:"Come watch with us as the election results roll in. The event will be an Election Day of The Dead celebration full of gross antics, beginning immediately after the polls close, and going well into the morning.
:Be flabbergasted by the premiere of The Residents' new Commercial DVD.
:Be horrified by the Bogus Debate: Jerry Lewis vs. Jerry Lewis.
:Be shocked by the live performances of Bus-Hus, Big Kitchen, Clark Smithy and Technology vs. Horse.
:Cringe at the strange sounds recorded by The Residents and others.
:Have a Drink at the bar to wash down the disgusting eyeball snacks.
:"Door prizes and artworks abound. You are encouraged, though not required to dress like Jerry Lewis. Monitors displaying the election results will be showing AT ALL TIMES, so join us for a psychedelic evening of mayhem as the next four years of American life unfold before you in a real Night of the Whore-Hoppers."
Posted: Tue - October 12, 2004 at 05:38 PM
=== Mute Records ===
:
:Mute begins selling product!! Click link.
:http://www.mute.com/
:============================
:"On October 25th (Europe) and November 2nd (USA) Mute will re-issue one of the most relevant albums by The Residents. The Commercial Album comes in a special edition hardbook, containing previously unseen images from the forthcoming Commercial DVD and the lyrics for all 40 tracks.
:The DVD will comprehend an extensive collection of new videos alongside the four original promo clips.
:Created before the existence of MTV, the original 4 short movies were immediately in high rotation when the fledgling music channel began broadcasting in 1982, and were soon incorporated into the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Twenty Five years later, The Residents have lovingly undertaken the task of creating ten new one-minute videos, and commissioned more than 30 outstanding artists to join in the fun. The result is The Commercial Album DVD, containing 56 One Minute Movies* - a virtual film festival in a box. The menu includes a unique interactive maze interface and a fascinating surround sound texture."
:*The 56 videos include all 40 songs from the album, plus the 2 songs that were left off the album and appeared on singles in Europe, plus the original 4 Residents Videos from 1980 and 10 new Residents videos.
Posted: Wed - October 13, 2004 at 07:49 AM
=== KRVS to Premier "I Murdered Mommy" Oct 18 & 23 ===
:
:October 18 & 23:
:WHOOPY SNORP's First Fundraiser
:As you probably realize, KRVS is Public Radio which is supported by listeners (like you) to pay for programs from NPR, PBS, and independent producers, as well as the production of local and international programming like WHOOPY SNORP.
:KRVS is not just an internet radio station. It broadcasts regular radio programming (88.7 on your FM dial) to 650,000 people living in the Residents home state of Louisiana, bringing the fine music of The Residents to many homes that would be in cultural darkness otherwise.
:So on the 18th and 23rd you will hear a number of requests for financial support for the station. But you will also hear, in it's entirety, the soon to be released Residents CD, I Murdered Mommy.
:The CD contains the preliminary music that was used for the corporate sales pitches in the attempt to raise the funds to create the CD-ROM concept, I Murdered Mommy.
:The World Premier
:WHOOPY SNORP:
:The Residents Hour
:Every Monday in the USA
:Internet Radio: www.krvs.org
:Monday
:Midnight- East Coast
:11pm/23- CST
:9pm/21- West Coast
:and
:Tuesday
:1pm/11- Tokyo
:2pm/12- Sydney
:and
:Saturday Morning
:9am/9- UK
:10am/10- Western European
:and
:Sunday
:5pm/15- Tokyo
:6pm/16- Sydney
:daylight savings time
Posted: Wed - October 13, 2004 at 07:53 PM
=== Commercial Album DVD party planned for Crete, Greece ===
:
:"ORIONAS"
:Psaromiligon 15
:Iraklion, Crete, GREECE
:Date: October 24 (Sunday) at 10pm.
:.... Lots of Residents music and surprises!
:
:Two of The Residents pose for pictures at the Orionas Bar in Iraklion.
Posted: Thu - October 14, 2004 at 10:47 AM
=== Handy guide to parties ===
:
:This Week: Oakland (formerly San Francisco) and London
:Party Schedule
:Oct
:21 MOVED TO OAKLAND (San Francisco)
:22 London
:24 Crete
:25 In Stores in Europe
:26 Portland, Oregon
:28 Chicago
:Nov
:2 Los Angeles, Louisville, KY - In stores in the USA
:5 Hamburg
:6 BitFilm Festival Hamburg
:9 Boston
:Dec
:1 New York
Posted: Fri - October 15, 2004 at 10:11 AM
=== Celebrating the films of The Residents ===
:
:[broken link]
Posted: Fri - October 15, 2004 at 11:34 AM
=== Handy guide to parties ===
:
:This Week: Crete, Portland and Chicago.
:[broken link]
Posted: Fri - October 22, 2004 at 09:33 AM
=== Forget in-store dates ===
:
:Euro Ralph and Ralph America are reporting that the Commercial DVD from Mute (as well as the not pictured hard bound Commercial CD from Mute) is now in stock. That is the one in the rear in the above picture. It has a cool transparent DVD case.
:In front is the oh-so-similar-looking release from Bomba which in now in Japanese shops. Of course the Japanese version has a cool additional booklet in Japanese, but the case is standard black.
:You can see the disc art is quite different also.
Posted: Fri - October 22, 2004 at 09:48 AM
=== KRVS show for Oct 25th and 30th ===
:Due to requests, Whoopy Snorp will re-air the first show from the season. The emphasis is on the Legend of The Residents with music from Santa Dog and Meet the Residents.
:Whoopy Snorp thanks all those who pledged support during last week's fund drive.
Posted: Fri - October 22, 2004 at 02:40 PM
==See also==
*BOG
==External links and references==
*The Residents' Official News BOG, archived October 14th 2004 by archive.org
*The Residents' Official News BOG, archived October 17th 2004 by archive.org
*The Residents' Official News BOG, archived October 23rd 2004 by archive.org
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