1996

The Residents and Primus, January

Throughout 1996 The Residents worked extensively on two projects: a video game *I Murdered Mommy* and an album later titled *Scattered Unfinished Music Sketches*. Two projects that were eventually cancelled. During this year they also worked on Pollex Christi.

## Timeline

### January

* 9th: The Residents attend Primus' Tales From The Punchbowl party at *Bimbo's 365*. They hand out copies of Bad Day on the Midway and perform 'Hello Skinny' on stage with the band. This was The Residents' first live performance since 1991's *Freak Show* performance.
* Freak Show live in Prague in broadcast.

### February

* The Residents begin working with Inscape on *I Murdered Mommy,* their fourth CD-ROM. At this same time they continue work on some *Scattered Unfinished Music Sketches* intended for their next album.
* The Eyesore preview single is released.

### March

* 12th: Homer Flynn is interviewed on the IMUSIC forums.

### April

* Have A Bad Day is released.
* 11th: Eyesore: A Stab at The Residents is released.

### May

* The Comix of Two Cities volume 1 is released by Aeon. It collects the first two issues of the original 1982 series.

### June

* The Comix of Two Cities volume 2 is released by Aeon. It collects the third and fourth issues of the original 1982 series.

### July

* The Comix of Two Cities volume 3 is released by Aeon. It collects the fifth and sixth issues of the original 1982 series.

### August

* The Comix of Two Cities volume 4 is released by Aeon. It contains the comic's previously unreleased seventh and eighth issues.

### July

* The Comix of Two Cities volume 5 is released by Aeon. It contains the comic's previously unreleased ninth and tenth issues.

### August

* The Comix of Two Cities volume 6 is released by Aeon. It contains the comic's previously unreleased eleventh and twelfth issues.

### November

* As the CD-ROM market begins to dry up, Inscape cancel production on *I Murdered Mommy*. Leading to The Residents having had essentially lost a years worth of productiy.

### December

* The Residents are introduced to Max Steinway, N. Senada's former partner. Steinway shows the group a composition by Senada entitled *Pollex Christi*. The Residents, once again inspired by their old mentor, begin working on a midi version of the composition along with assistance from Steinway.

### Unknown

* The Residents visit Gugum Gumbira in Indonesia. Whilst there The Residents record Spaghetti Sunda Also during this year The Residents wrote and recorded their score for *Conceiving Ada,* as well as a short unfinished instrumental piece titled Angle.
* Eyesore is released. It contains a four minute excerpt from Ty's Freak Show, as well as The Residents' and Snakefinger's 1978 re-recording of Smelly Tongues.

### Various Artists Compilations

* Eyesore
	+ Smelly Tongues (Snakefinger version)
	+ Benny The Bouncing Bump (Prev. unreleased Live version)
* Back To The Penguin - The Dark Sound Of The 80's
	+ Kaw Liga
* Exotic Sounds From Many Worlds
	+ Tooth And Claw

## Re-Releases

* Gingerbread Man
* Eskimo

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/19980124015027/http://www.residents.com/app/digest/st-021.html
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19980124020404/http://www.residents.com/app/digest/st-034.html
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19980124020443/http://www.residents.com/app/digest/st-035.html
4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160821094956/https://atomicavenue.com/title/45160/Comix-of-Two-Cities-The
5. ↑ https://www.residents.com/historical/?page=ourtiredourpoor