2008

The Residents, Oct-Dec

In 2008, The Residents released their Bunny Boy multi-media project, including two studio albums, *The Bunny Boy* and *Postcards From Patmos**,* a video series, and the group's first tour in three years.

Also, this year, Czech experimental rock group *FPB* released their covers of 'The Spot' & 'Santa Dog.' FPB was an early formation of Už Jsme Doma, who would work with The Residents on multiple occasions.

## Timeline

### January

* 9th: Animal Lover Instrumental is made available for pre-order
* 22nd: Animal Lover Instrumental is released through Ralph America.

### May

* 3rd: *Smell My Picture* is released.
* 21st: *The Bunny Boy tour* is announced.
* 27th: Mute Records re-release *Duck Stab!* & *Eskimo* on CD.

### June

* 3rd: The Bunny Boy, The Residents' thirty-second studio album, is announced for a September release date.
* 12th: *Santa Dog Records* is announced.
* 13th: *The Summer Tunes* series of downloads begin.

### July

* Donato Dozzy's Process Series Part 084 (Nautical Drones) is released.

### August

* 15th: Pre-Orders for The Bunny Boy begin.
* 20th: Some Bizzare Album is released.
* 22nd: An art exhibition dedicated to the art of Homer Flynn, Leigh Barbier, and Steven Cerio, is hosted in New York City.
* 29th: The Residents' 32nd studio album, The Bunny Boy, is released through Mute Records.
* Betty Botox's '*Mmm, Betty!*' remix album is released.

### September

* 1st: The first episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 3rd: The second episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 6th: The third episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 8th: The fourth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 10th: The fifth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 13th: The sixth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 15th: The seventh episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 17th: The eighth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 20th: The ninth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 22nd: The tenth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 24th: The eleventh episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 27th: The twelfth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 29th: The thirteenth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.

### October

* 1st: The fourteenth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 3rd: The Residents' 33rd studio album, Postcards From Patmos, is released through Ralph America. This same day, The Residents debut their Bunny Boy live show, at The Rio Theatre at Santa Cruz, California. The fifteenth episode of The Bunny Boy is released
* 6th: The sixteenth episode of The Bunny Boy is released
* 7th: The Residents perform at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC
* 8th: The Residents perform at the Trocadero in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. The eighteenth episode of The Bunny Boy is released
* 9th: The Residents perform at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City
* 10th: The Residents perform at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City
* 11th: The Residents perform at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City
* 12th: The Residents perform at the Showcase Live in Foxboro, Massachusetts
* 13th: The nineteenth episode of The Bunny Boy is released
* 14th: The Residents perform at the Royal Oak Theater in Detroit, Michigan
* 15th: The Residents perform at the Lakeshore in Chicago, Illinois. The twentieth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 16th: The Residents perform at the Lakeshore in Chicago, Illinois
* 17th: The Residents perform at the Lakeshore in Chicago, Illinois. The twenty-first episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 20th: The twenty-second episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 22nd: The twenty-third episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 24th: The twenty-fourth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 27th: The twenty-fifth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 29th: The twenty-sixth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 31st: The twenty-seventh episode of The Bunny Boy is released.

### November

* 3rd: The twenty-eighth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 5th: The twenty-ninth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 7th: The thirtieth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 10th: The thirty-first episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 11th: The Residents perform at the Lux in Nijmegen, Netherlands
* 12th: The thirty-second episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 13th: The Residents perform at the Circolo degli Artisti in Rome, Italy
* 14th: The thirty-third episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 15th: The Residents perform at the Principal Club in Thessaloniki, Greece
* 16th: The Residents perform at the Pallas Theater in Athens, Greece
* 17th: The Residents perform at the Macedonian Opera in Skopje, Macedonia. Part one of the thirty-fourth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 18th: The Residents perform at the Dom Omladine in Belgrade, Serbia. Part two of the thirty-fourth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 19th: The thirty-fifth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 20th: The Residents perform at the Palac Akropolis in Prague, Czech Republic
* 21st: The Residents perform at the Posthof, Linz, Austria. The thirty-sixth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 22nd: The Residents perform at the Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg, Germany
* 23rd: The Residents perform at the Paard van Troje, Den Haag, Netherlands
* 24th: The thirty-seventh episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 25th: The Residents perform at the Nikolaisaal, Potsdam, Germany
* 26th: The Residents perform at the Stodola link, Warsaw, Poland. The thirty-eighth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 28th: The Residents perform at the Stenhammarsalen, Gothenberg, Sweden. The thirty-ninth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 29th: The Residents perform at the Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
* 30th: The Residents perform at the Kägelbanan, Stockholm, Sweden

### December

* 1st: The fortieth episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 2nd: The Residents perform at the Roxy, Ulm, Germany
* 3rd: The Residents perform at the Muffathalle, Munich, Germany. The forty-second episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 4th: The Residents perform at the Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany. This show is later released as *The Bunny Boy Live In Frankfurt.*
* 5th: The Residents perform at the Het Depot, Leuven, Belgium
* 6th: The Residents perform at the Trans Musicals, Rennes, France
* 7th: The Residents perform at the Forum, London, England
* 8th: The forty-third episode of The Bunny Boy is released.
* 9th: The Residents perform at the Pazo da Cultura, Pontevedra, Spain
* 12th: The forty-fourth episode of The Bunny Boy is released. It is the finale of season one.
* 16th: 10th Anniversary Edition is released.
* 17th: Santa Dog 2006 is released.

## Releases

* The Bunny Boy
* Postcards From Patmos
* Smell My Picture
* Animal Lover Instrumental

### Various Artists

* *Mmm, Betty!*
	+ Diskomo (Extended Remix)
* Betty Botox - Mmm, Betty! Vol.1
	+ Diskomo (Extended Remix)
* Donato Dozzy - Process Series Part 084 (Nautical Drones)
	+ Birth (Eskimo) (DJ Mix)
* Miniatures One+Two
	+ We're A Happy Family / Bali Ha'i
* Some Bizzare Album
	+ The Act Of Being Polite
* 10th Anniversary Edition
	+ Fingertips

### Re-Releases

* Duck Stab!
* Eskimo
* Various Artists - Recommended Records Sampler
* Gary Panter - Pray For Smurph

1. ↑ <the residents blog>
2. ↑ <the residents blog>
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080821200631/http://www.residents.com/files/a74e9ffc4ed216525feb9ad443e57d51-108.html