The Residents Blog, April 2008

The Residents' Blog 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, then The Residents' Official News BOG and later Official News Blog).
The BOG became The Cryptics' (and thus, The Residents') main outlet for communication with their fans until the website's redesign early in this month. At this point (at least according to the website's header after the redesign) the blog was simply called The Residents Blog.
This page collects posts made to this news blog in April 2008, as archived on archive.org, transcribed to this wiki by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.
==Blog entries==
=== Movie with Residents score now on DVD ===
Apr/09/08 08:12 AM
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:In this moving and wildly innovative film, director Lynn Hershman Leeson tells the terrifying story of how one man's personal tragedy turns into persecution by a paranoid and overzealous government.
:Art professor Steve Kurtz's nightmare began on May 11, 2004, when he awoke to find his wife Hope dead of a heart attack. Paramedics responding to his 911 call, suspicious of petri dishes and scientific paraphenalia in his house (materials for an art project on genetically modified food) contacted the FBI, and soon his world was turned upside down. Only hours after his wife's tragic death he was suddenly a murder suspect, an accused bioterrorist, and a pariah to all but his closest friends.
:Told through a unique blend of interviews, documentary footage, and reconstructed scenes starring Tilda Swinton, Thomas Jay Ryan, and Peter Coyote, Hershman's critically-acclaimed film is a sophisticated, look at how the traumatic events of 9/11 altered American society and undermined its long-held values.
:Extras on the DVD include: Theatrical Trailer, Filmmaker Interviews, Outtakes and Filmmaker Biography.
:Subtle ambient music score by The Residents.
:Available on Amazon
=== Smell My Picture ===
Apr/12/08 12:10 PM
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:This summer everyone will be groovin' to the latest left-over tracks from The Residents. Eighteen phat tracks from THE RIVER OF CRIME, TWEEDLES, and THE VOICE OF MIDNIGHT that there was no room for on the original releases, or maybe just wasn't good enough to be included. Hand selected by Big Brother for the completist in any family.
:SMELL MY PICTURE
:Ya nose ya want it
=== DS/ESK delayed for Europe ===
Apr/15/08 08:23 AM
:Due to minor and not very interesting reasons, Duck Stab and Eskimo will arrive in Euro/UK shops a week later than expected. New date is May 5th. US release not affected.
=== Brussels Exhibition ===
Apr/18/08 03:12 PM
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:The Residents will be part of a group show of RnR art. (The Residents are SO rock n roll after all). But then look who else is showing images:
:Alan Vega, Antony, Bent van Looy (Das Pop), Bianca Casady (Cocorosie), Brian Eno, Chicks on Speed, David Byrne, Devendra Banhart, Fischerspooner, Jonsi Birgisson (Riceboy Sleeps), Kembra Pfahler, Kyle Field, Laurie Anderson, Miss Kittin, Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeah's), Patti Smith, Pete Doherty, The Kills, The Residents and Yoko Ono.
:The usual suspects. No Jerry Lee Lewis in sight. Curious what The Residents and Yoko Ono have been working on.
:June 19 - September 14
:Paleis voor Schone Kunsten
:Ravensteinstraat 23
:1000 Brussel, Belgium
:Info & Tickets [redacted] 
=== Photo of the Day ===
Apr/23/08 12:19 PM
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:DS/ESK samples arrive at Mute UK... and we have the pictures!
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==See also==
*BOG
==External links and references==
*The Residents' Official News Blog, archived April 5th 2008 by archive.org
*The Residents Blog, archived April 9th 2008 by archive.org
*The Residents Blog, archived April 30th 2008 by archive.org
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