BOG

### Also known as

The Residents Official News Blog and Website Wrapper, BOG, The Residents Official News Blog, <the residents blog>

## BOG chronology

**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 and ending following a website redesign in or around September 2010.

The BOG was The Residents' primary means of communication during the years it was active, 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*.

## History

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. 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).

Following another redesign around September 2010, the format of The Residents' home page was changed, removing the news blog from the home page altogether and replacing it with a news page dedicated to short headlines and cross-posts from the Mama Ralph Twitter account.

A similar feature would later launch following yet another redesign in January 2017, with the creation of the News Machine page, which continues to perform a similar function to the present day.

## 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 - September 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, 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

## 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

1. ↑ Big Brother, "RZWEB has a new address.", The Residents' Official News Blog and Website Wrapper, August 28th 2003

**Official News Blog and Website Wrapper (August 2003 - February 2004)**
August 2003 · September 2003 · October 2003 · November 2003 · December 2003 · January 2004 · February 2004
**Official News BOG (March 2004 - April 2007)**
March 2004 · April 2004 · May 2004 · June 2004 · July 2004 · August 2004 · September 2004 · October 2004 · November 2004 · December 2004 · January 2005 · February 2005 · March 2005 · April 2005 · May 2005 · June 2005 · July 2005 · August 2005 · September 2005 · October 2005 · November 2005 · December 2005 · January 2006 · February 2006 · March 2006 · April 2006 · May 2006 · June 2006 · July 2006 · August 2006 · September 2006 · October 2006 · November 2006 · December 2006 · January 2007 · February 2007 · March 2007 · April 2007
**Official News Blog (May 2007 - March 2008)**
May 2007 · June 2007 · July 2007 · August 2007 · September 2007 · October 2007 · November 2007 · December 2007 · January 2008 · February 2008 · March 2008
**The Residents Blog (April 2008 - September 2010)**
April 2008 · May 2008 · June 2008 · July 2008 · August 2008 · September 2008 · October 2008 · November 2008 · December 2008 · January 2009 · February 2009 · August 2009 · September 2009 · October 2009 · January 2010 · February 2010 · March 2010 · April 2010 · July 2010
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