Residents.com news, August 2013

Residents.com news was the news section of The Residents' official website, Residents.com, maintained by Big Brother of The Cryptic Corporation beginning in September 2010 and concluding in September 2014.
As social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter became more widely used by the group, The Residents' news updates during this period were more often premiered on either of those services, usually Facebook.
This page collects posts made to this news section in or around March 2013, as archived on archive.org, transcribed to this wiki by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.
==Big Brother's 40 year list==
A guy popped into the chat the other day who had dropped out of following The Residents for five years. He did not know who Randy was, had never heard of Charles Bobuck and thought Bob was from the Church of the Sub-Genius.
Trying to update him on the last five years was so frustrating to him that he quickly signed back out, probably never to try to untangle the knot that is The Residents again. Imagine what it must be like for a totally new person to try to wade through 40 years of activity. Bewildering.
Regulars here know that it takes a lot of attention to keep up. Somehow I feel like I need to pretend that it is not that complicated so new people do not get so overwhelmed.
Therefore, I offer this simplified list. It is still 21 albums. A lot of albums. But everyone in the world should have these albums if they have any albums at all.
:The Big Brother's 40 year list.
:A. Sycamore Studio (the mid 1970's)
:The Residents primary project was the film, Vileness Fats (never completed or released).
:Three must have albums from this time period:
:1. Meet The Residents
:2. Not Available
:3. The Third Reich 'N' Roll
:B. Grove Studio (the late 1970's)
:Three must have albums from this time period:
:4. Duck Stab
:5. Eskimo
:6. The Commercial Album
:C. The Performance Era (the 1980's)
:The Residents play live for the first time. Mole, 13th Anniversary, CUBE E tours
:Three must have albums from this time period:
:7. Mark of the Mole
:8. The Big Bubble
:9. God in 3 Persons
:D. The Multimedia Era (the 1990's)
:The Residents put their energy into CDROM games. Freak Show, Bad Day on the Midway.
:Three must have albums from this time period:
:10. Freak Show
:11. Our Finest Flowers
:12. The Gingerbread Man
:E. The Band Era (early 2000's)
:The Residents assemble a band and tour Wormwood, Demons Dance Alone.
:Three must have albums from this time period:
:13. Wormwood
:14. Demons Dance Alone
:15. Animal Lover
:F. The Storyteller Era (mid - late 2000's)
:The Residents sign with Mute records and create a new sound for them.
:Three must have albums from this time period:
:16. River of Crime
:17. Tweedles
:18. The Voice of Midnight
:G. The New Decade (early 2010's)
:The Residents redefine themselves and even experiment with projects outside the previous definition.
:Three must have albums from this time period:
:19. The Bunny Boy
:20. Coochie Brake
:21. Mush-Room
:H. Post-40th Anniversary (mid - late 2010's)
:The Residents ….
:Three must have albums from this time period:
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==News updates==
===Grandpa Gio and The Residents===
:New web site takes an objective look at the work of The Residents. http://www.gio80.com/ Writings will be carried here on the BOG.
===Mush-Room CD and LP coming in November (MVD)===
===Ralph Sells Downloads (RSD) to close doors.===
:The company that operates RSD is going out of business so RSD will be closing by the end of October. Whether another download situation will be developed is yet to be determined.
==See also== 
*Residents.com news
==External links and references==
*Residents.com, archived August 4th 2013 via archive.org
*Residents.com, archived September 1st 2013 via archive.org
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