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News Machine, August 2022

## BOG chronology

**The Residents' News Machine** is an official news blog dedicated to the activities of The Residents, which has been active at the group's official website since January 13th 2017.

This page collects posts made to this blog in **August 2022**, archived from the original page by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.

## Blog entries

### God in Three Persons Cancelled

Friday, August 12 2022, 11:06pm

We deeply regret to inform you that the performances of The Residents' God in 3 Persons at ZKM, scheduled for September 10th and 11th, have been cancelled.

This is due to a cascading series of Covid related issues that make these performances impossible to present at this time.

After serious exploration of several options that would make the shows possible, Grand Chess, The Cryptic Corporation and ZKM were unable to find satisfactory solutions, and were left with no choice but to call the shows off.

While this decision is heartbreaking news for everyone involved; producers, artists and fans, a mutual desire to present the best shows possible, under safe and responsible conditions, prevailed.

We appreciate your support and the producers and The Cryptic Corporation hope that God in 3 Persons can be presented in Europe to everyone's gratification at a future date, when conditions improve.

### You Can Own Randy's Fireplace

Saturday, August 20 2022, 8:09pm

AMAZING BUT TRUE!!!!

Yes, unbelievably, Randy's fireplace from the Talking Light tour NEEDS A NEW HOME!!! It has lived in Homer Flynn's living room for ten years now but sadly it has to go. But... it's big and heavy so it needs to find a home in the Bay Area.

The price is a SUPER BARGAIN BASEMENT MEASLEY 500 smackeroonies (or best offer). The fireplace still works, plus BONUS!!! it's also a heater. Comes with certificate of authenticity.

If interested, email crypticorp2000 (at) gmail (dot) com

### Triple Trouble at Sydney Underground Film Festival

Wednesday, August 31 2022, 8:45pm

You may have heard that The Residents' soon-to-be-classic feature film 'Triple Trouble' received its premier in Chicago last month, with both Cryptic Corporation President Homer Flynn and the film's producer Starr Sutherland in attendance. Well, more festival appearances are imminent, including a virtual showing at the Sydney Underground Film Festival for our Antipodean pals ON Monday, September 12th. You can check out the details and pre-order tickets right here:

Sydney Underground Film Festival - Details & Tickets

## See also

* News Machine
* Residents.com
* BOG
Maurice and Me, February 2016

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## BOG chronology

**Maurice and Me** is a Tumblr blog by Randy Rose, lead singer of The Residents. The blog was active between February 2012 and January 2019, and often featured historical anecdotes about Rose's history with The Residents, as well as further context about Rose himself and projects including the video series *In My Room* and the Wonder of Weird live tour.

This page collects posts made to this blog in **February 2016**, archived from the original Tumblr page by The Mysterious Spanish Ladies.

## Blog posts

### Monday, February 8th 2016

Hey Everybody! We just did this great show in Berlin and I got this boss sucker! I hope it’s not personal comment!?! WAY COOL! Thanks, Dot!

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**Tagged:** #the residents, #randy rose, #shadowland.

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### Thursday, February 18th 2016

*[YouTube video: **RandyLand Episode 39**]*

Hey Everybody! It’s me, Randy! Still after that fucker, Bigfoot, but I’m kinda frustrated right now.

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**Tagged:** #the residents, #randy rose, #bigfoot.

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### Monday, February 22nd 2016

*[YouTube video: **RandyLand Episode 40**]*

Okay, this Bigfoot thing is getting kinda weird.

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**Tagged:** #randy rose, #the residents, #bigfoot.

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## See also

* Maurice and Me
* Randy Rose
* *RandyLand*
Jim Knipfel

***Jim Knipfel*** (pronounced Kah-nipfel; born June 2, 1965) is an American novelist, autobiographer, and journalist. He has acted as a biographer of sorts for The Residents in recent years.

## Residents Writings & Credits

* *Kettles Of Fish On The Outskirts Of Town* (Booklet, 2003)
* Eyeballing the Future: The Residents Turn Thirty-Five, We Think (Article, 2006)
* Punk Rocker Seeks Bigfoot (Ozy, 2015)
* Theory Of Obscurity - A Film About The Residents (Editorial consultant, 2016)
* Meet The Residents (Booklet, 2018)
* The Third Reich 'N Roll (Booklet, 2018)
* Fingerprince (Booklet, 2018)
* Duck Stab / Buster & Glen (Booklet, 2018)
* Fictionalizing The Residents (Article, 2018)
* In Memoriam, Hardy Fox (Article, 2018)
* A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big (Booklet, 2019)
* Not Available (Booklet, 2019)
* Eskimo (Booklet, 2019)
* Commercial Album (Booklet, 2019)
* Mole Box (Booklet, 2019)
* God In Three Persons (Booklet, 2019)
* Somethin' Devilish (Article, 2019)
* Cube-E (Booklet, 2020)
Line - Der Sampler 13

***Der Sampler 13 (The Sampler 13)*** is a compilation album released by German import label Line Records in 1986. It features *Kaw-Liga* by *The Residents*.

## Background

Line's *Der Sampler* series of compilations, of which there are forty, began in early 1986 as a way to promote the many LPs imported by Line Records.

This edition, the thirteenth, mainly focuses on older albums imported by the label, with most material ranging from 1965 to 1983. The Residents' *Kaw-Liga* was the only exception to this, being released earlier that same month by Line Records. This compilation would be Line's final Residents release, perhaps hinting that it did not sell as well as anticipated.

The album features '*Psychotic Reaction*', a song that The Residents had previously covered in 1974 for their Third Reich 'n Roll album, as well as a 1980 live performance of *The Letter*, which The Residents had covered twice. The first time for *The Third Reich 'n Roll* and later in 1982 for *Assorted Secrets,* is also featured*.*

Link Wray, who performs a Bob Dylan cover here, is also featured on the Hank Williams tribute album, *I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive,* which similarly features a selection from The Residents' *Stars & Hank Forever* album. The Fall are also featured on the compilation albums *New Wave Club Class•X - Sinner's Day 10,* and *Rough Trade Shops - Covers*. New Wave Club contains The Residents' Kaw-Liga as the opening track, whilst Rough Trad Shops features *Jailhouse Rock*. French noise rock band Deity Guns has covered both The Fall and The Residents' music.

## Track Listing

1. Billy Bragg - There Is A Power In A Union (Bragg) (2:49)
2. The Cheaters - Confidante (Brophy) (3:12)
3. Small Faces - Lazy Sunday (Lane/Marriot) (3:00)
4. Chicken Shack - A Woman In The Blues (Webb/Perfect) (2:50)
5. Ian Matthews - Hearts On The Line (Mathews/Caldwell/Griffiths) (4:14)
6. The Residents - Kaw-Liga (Willaims/Rose) (4:53)
7. Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (Atkinson/Byrne/Michalski/Ellner/Chaney) (2:56)
8. Link Wray - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Dylan) (5:20)
9. The Creation - Paintermen (Phillips/Picket) (2:54)
10. Alex Chilton - The Letter (Thomson) (2:42)
11. The Fall - Jawbone And The Airrifle (Fall/Smith) (3:42)
12. Jon Lord - Gemini Suite (Vocal-Part) (Lord) (5:49)

## Credits

* **Sleeve Notes**: Uwe
* **Compiled By**: Jennifer Luttow
* **Mastered & Remastered by**: Peter & Jochen
News Machine, August 2023

## BOG chronology

**The Residents' News Machine** is an official news blog dedicated to the activities of The Residents, which has been active at the group's official website since January 13th 2017.

This page collects posts made to this blog in **August 2023**, archived from the original page by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.

## Blog entries

### CHRIS McGREGOR - RIP (1962-2023)

Wednesday, August 2 2023, 8:35am

It is with profound sadness that The Residents pay their respect to the passing of Chris McGregor, their longtime lighting and tech guru, as well as a generous, warm hearted and true friend. A virtuoso lighting designer as well as a great guy, Chris unfortunately and unexpectedly suffered a heart attack and died Monday, July 31. He will be greatly missed.

Here is a great interview with Chris from Glide Magazine back in 2003.

### A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2 Released

Thursday, August 17 2023, 11:06am

OUT NOW! Continue to celebrate five decades of THE RESIDENTS with the authorized, 396-page hardbound visual history book, The Residents: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2. BUY OR DIE!

https://www.melodicvirtue.com/collections/the-residents

## See also

* News Machine
* Residents.com
* BOG
Cyber Bruiser

In-game Cyber Bruiser thumbnail.

### In-game description

"A bruiser with a high-tech prosthetic arm used to increase destructive powers. Their burst damage is enough to destroy the entire battlefield."

## CLASS INFORMATION

A power class outfitted with gear that includes a third, much stronger arm on their back that deals a good bit o damage. It's apart of the Power faction.

Click Combo: It punches forward, then swings to the left, and then slams down with it's arm. (Can sometimes land a critical hit which adds an extra orb to the player)

Click Combo (Charged): The player thrusts forward with their fist, damaging anyone caught in the attack.

Kaltos Beat (Z): Charges up energy to launch itself into the air and slam down onto the enemy.

Kaltos Beat (Charged): Increases damage and AoE to the slam.

Energy Transcend (X): Switches into a stronger version for all attacks, but take up an orb for each attack used in this mode.

Negative Conversion (C): Adds an extra orb.

Kaltos Wave (V): Does a wave attack in front of the user.

Kaltos Wave (Charged): Increases range and damage.

## NOTES

* Great for fisting people if they're into that kind of stuff
* Does damage out the ass.
Maxine

***Maxine*** is a Charles Bobuck contraption, recorded circa 2003 and released June 2nd 2012 via the Robot Selling Device.

## History

33 minutes in length, *Maxine* is a suite consisting of pieces composed by Charles Bobuck as walk-in music for The Residents' Demons Dance Alone tour in 2003.

*Maxine* was later reissued alongside *CB Suite* by The Cryptic Corporation as a limited edition two disc set.

## Track listing

#### CD

1. Maxine (33:30)
2. Go Home - Ft. N. Cook (5:54)

## See also

* Demons Dance Alone (tour)
* *CB Suite*

## External links and references

* *Maxine*on Discogs
* *Maxine/CB Suite*on Discogs
Documentation - Tunes In Danger of Becoming Lost

***Documentation - Tunes In Danger Of Becoming Lost*** is a digital compilation album by The Residents, collecting lesser known tracks from the group's catalog, dating from their origins in 1971 through to "Santa Dog 2006".

The album was released on The Residents' digital music store Robot Selling Device on September 27th 2009.

## Track listing

1. Whoopy Snorp (3:44)
2. And I Was Alone (1:04)
3. Don't (1:55)
4. Earth Vs Flying Saucers (0:53)
5. From The Plains To Mexico (3:27)
6. Jingle Bells (2:35)
7. Kamakazi Lady (1:40)
8. Loser ≅ Weed (2:11)
9. Santa Dog 2006 (2:45)
10. Shut Up! Shut Up! (1:03)
11. Surrender (1:57)
12. Beyond The Valley Of A Day In The Life (3:56)
13. Flying (3:24)
14. Theme From An American TV Show (1:27)
15. We're a Happy Family / Bali Ha'i (1:00)
16. King Kong (4:00)

## Release notes

While hard core fans and collectors no doubt have all these recordings, people newer to The Residents might have a hard time finding some if not all of these tunes:
/ Whoopy Snorp - Appeared on a compilation, *Blorp Esette,* put out by the Los Angeles Free Music Society in 1977
2/ And I Was Alone - Found of the Commercial Single released in the UK and France in 1980,
3/ Don't - An (at the time) unreleased "B side" for the Don't Be Cruel single released in Holland in 1990,
4/ Earth vs Flying Saucers - Appeared as a one-sided green vinyl single included with a book, The Cryptic Guide to The Residents in 1986,
5/ From the Plains to Mexico - Another one-sided vinyl single that came with a book, The Residents - An Almost Complete Collection of Lyrics, 1972-1988,
6/ Jingle Bells - This has no history and has only appeared on Jefferson - Singles History 1972-1997. There is no record of it ever having been a single,
7/ Kamakazi Lady - One of the oldest known Residents pieces, it showed up on Residue in 1983,
8/ Loser = Weed - The "B Side" to the Satisfaction single from 1976,
9/ Santa Dog 2006 - This has only appeared briefly as a downloadable song on www.residents.com in 2006,
10/ Shut Up! Shut Up! - Found of the Commercial Single released in the UK and France in 1980,
11/ Surrender - An (at the time) unreleased "B side" for the Don't Be Cruel single released in Holland in 1990,
12/ Beyond the Valley of a Day in the Life - An experimental Beatles collage single from 1977. All built from tape loops created from Beatles albums,
13/ Flying - The "B Side" to Beyond the Valley of a Day in the Life. 1977,
14/ Theme from an American TV Show - From a UK compilation cassette, Magnetic North, in 1986.
15/ We're a Happy Family/Bali Ha'i - from the UK Miniatures compilation, 1981,
16/ King Kong - From the fan club compilation, Daydream B-Liver. Recorded in the early 1970's."

## External links and references

* *Documentation - Tunes in Danger of Becoming Lost* at Discogs
MX-80 Sound

### Labels

Bar-B-Q Records, Island Records, Ralph Records, Gulcher Records, Atavistic Records, Family Vineyard, a&r/ENT, Quadruped

### Members

Dale Sophiea, Rich Stim, Jim Hrabetin, Marc Weinstein

### Past members

Kevin Teare, Jeff Armour, Dave Mahoney, Bruce Anderson

**MX-80 Sound** (also known as **MX-80**) are an American art-rock band founded in 1974 in Bloomington, Indiana, by guitarist Bruce Anderson and bassist Dale Sophiea. Two drummers, Jeff Armour and Kevin Teare, joined in 1975, followed by Rich Stim (vocals, guitar and sax) and Dave Mahoney (drums, replacing Teare) in 1976. Anderson and Stim emerged as the band's primary songwriters, with lyrics contributed by Andrea Ross (aka Angel Corpus Christi).

They released their first EP, *Big Hits: Hard Pop From The Hoosiers*, on Bar-B-Q Records in 1976. Their debut album *Hard Attack* was released by Island Records in 1977. In 1978, the band moved to San Francisco, however Armour soon departed when the local reception was less enthusiastic than they had hoped, reducing the band to a quartet (with a single drummer).

In 1979, MX-80 Sound contributed three tracks to the Ralph Records compilation album *Subterranean Modern*, signing to the label shortly thereafter. Ralph released the band's second and third albums, *Out of the Tunnel* and *Crowd Control*, in 1980 and 1981 respectively. The band's relationship with Ralph ended following the release of *Crowd Control*, and the band changed their name to MX-80, becoming embroiled in a series of unspecified legal problems.

In 1984, the band added drummer Marc Weinstein to their line-up, becoming a quintet for the first time since 1978. Guitarist Jim Hrabetin joined the following year. They released the album *Existential Lover* in 1987, followed by *Das Love Boat*, a collection of previously released TV and movie themes and new instrumental material, in 1990. The album *I've Seen Enough* followed in 1995. In 2005, MX-80 released the album *We're an American Band*, featuring their take on the Grand Funk Railroad song of the same name. Long-time drummer Dave Mahoney died in April 2006.

In 2015, they reverted to the name MX-80 Sound and released an album, *So Funny*, which was co-produced with former Negativland member Peter Conheim. Conheim also collaborated with the band on the 2022 Psychofon Records release *Hougher House*, which combined a "full-throttle" instrumental track with a spoken word vocal. Founding member Bruce Anderson died on January 12th 2022; the band's final album, *Better Than Life*, was recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown and released by Klanggalerie in August 2023.

## Discography

### Studio albums

* *Hard Attack* (1977)
* *Out of the Tunnel* (1980)
* *Crowd Control* (1981)
* *Existential Lover* as MX-80 (1987)
* *I've Seen Enough* as MX-80 (1995)
* *We're an American Band* as MX-80 (2005)
* *So Funny* (2015)
* *Hougher House* (2022)
* *Better Than Life* (2023)

## See also

* Bruce Anderson
* Ralph Records
* *Subterranean Modern*
* Peter Conheim
* Psychofon Records
* Klanggalerie

## External links and references

* Official website
* MX-80 Sound at Wikipedia
* MX-80 Sound at Discogs
Klanggalerie

**Klanggalerie** is an Austrian record label, founded in 1997 as a follow up to **Syntactic**. The company has been operated since its inception by Walter Robotka.

Klanggalerie has reissued a number of works by The Residents, as well as releases by Charles Bobuck, Hardy Fox, and former Ralph Records stablemates Renaldo & the Loaf, Fred Frith, Helios Creed, Snakefinger, and *Schwump*.

The labels first Residents release was 'Title In Limbo' which was released as part of their series of Renaldo & The Loaf reissues.

Klanggalerie can be seen as a spiritual successor to Ralph America, which was a label that focused on obscure Residents material mostly for fans.

## Residents Related Acts Signed To Klanggalerie

* The Residents
* Hardy Fox
* Charles Bobuck
* Renaldo & The Loaf
* Fred Frith
* The Darkening Scale

## External links and references

* Official website
* Klanggalerie on Bandcamp
* Klanggalerie on Discogs
Maurice and Me, March 2017

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## BOG chronology

**Maurice and Me** is a Tumblr blog by Randy Rose, lead singer of The Residents. The blog was active between February 2012 and January 2019, and often featured historical anecdotes about Rose's history with The Residents, as well as further context about Rose himself and projects including the video series *In My Room* and the Wonder of Weird live tour.

This page collects posts made to this blog in **March 2017**, archived from the original Tumblr page by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.

## Blog posts

### Sunday, March 12th 2017

I'M NOT DEAD! >>

Hey Everybody! It’s me, Randy! I’m not dead and stuff! Check it out!

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**Tagged:** #randy rose, #the residents, #I'm not dead!

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### Monday, March 13th 2017

*[YouTube video: **WhatTheFuck!**]*

Hey Everybody! There’s strange stuff going here!

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**Tagged:** #randy rose, #the residents, #weird shit.

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### Wednesday, March 15th 2017

*[YouTube video: **PlgueDoctors!**]*

IT’S NOT MY FAULT!

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**Tagged:** #randy rose, #the residents, #plague doctors.

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### Thursday, March 16th 2017

*[YouTube video: **TheBlackDeath!**]*

IT’S NOT GETTING ANY BETTER!!!

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**Tagged:** #the residents, #randy rose, #the black death!

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### Saturday, March 18th, 2017

*[YouTube video: **AlbumPremier**]*

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**Tagged:** #the residents, #randy rose, #incognito.

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## See also

* Maurice and Me
* Randy Rose
* The Randy, Chuck and Bob Trilogy
Music Video Distributors

**MVD Entertainment Group** is an American video and music distributor, founded in 1986 in Oaks, Pennsylvania as **Music Video Distributors**. Initially specializing in the distribution of music videos, the company later expanded operations and became MVD Entertainment Group, with a record label, **MVD Audio**, and a music video imprint, **MVD Visual**.

From 2003 to 2005 MVD acted as The Residents' DVD distributor. Beginning in 2008 MVD began reissuing the group's mainline catalog in the US.

Following the retirement of Hardy Fox and sale of his fifty percent share in The Cryptic Corporation in 2016, MVD became part-owners of Cryptic alongside Cherry Red Records and sole remaining founder (and "Captain Doc" of the company) Homer Flynn.

In 2017, Cryptic began a sub-label, New Ralph Too, to handle MVD and Cherry Red's Residents releases.

## List of Residents releases

### Music Video Distributors / MVD Visual

* Eskimo (2003)
* Demons Dance Alone (2004)
* Icky Flix (2005)
* Play Wormwood (2005)

### MVD Audio

* The Bunny Boy (2008)
* The UGHS! (2009)
* Ten Little Piggies (2009)
* Is Anybody Out There? (2009)
* Not Available (2010)
* Randy's Ghost Stories (2011)
* Meet The Residents (2011)
* Lonely Teenager (2011)
* Talking Light: Bimbo's (2011)
* Coochie Brake (2012)
* The Third Reich 'N' Roll (2012)
* Fingerprince (2012)
* Duck Stab (2012)
* Eskimo (2012)
* Mush-Room (2013)
* Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? / The Census Taker (2014)
* Marching To The See: The Wonder Of Weird Tour (2014)
* The 12 Days Of Brumalia + Prelude To "The Teds" (2014)
* Commercial Album (2015)
* Commercial DVD (2015)
* Shadowland (2015)
* God In Three Persons (2015)
* Our Finest Flowers (2015)
* Wormwood (2015)
* Gingerbread Man (2016)
* Demons Dance Alone (2016)
* The Ghost Of Hope (2017)
* 80 Aching Orphans (2017)
* The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album (2018)
* I Am A Resident! (2018)
* Intruders (2018)
* Mole Box (2019)
* B.S (2019)
* Eskimo Deconstructed (2019)
* A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big (2019)
* Metal, Meat & Bone (The Songs Of Dyin' Dog) (2020)
* Icky Flix (The Original Soundtrack Recording) (2020)
* Cube-E Box (2020)
* In Between Dreams (Live In San Francisco) ‎(2020)
* Freak Show (2021)
* Leftovers Again?! (2021)
* Wormwood Box (2022)
* Warning: Uninc. (2022)
* Triple Trouble (2022)

## See also

* The Cryptic Corporation
* Cherry Red Records
* New Ralph Too
* pREServed

## External links and references

* MVD Entertainment Group official website
* MVD Audio on Discogs
News Machine, August 2020

**The Residents' News Machine** is an official news blog dedicated to the activities of The Residents, which has been active at the group's official website since January 13th 2017.

This page collects posts made to this blog in **August 2020**, as archived on archive.org.

## Blog entries

### Upcoming Releases

Thursday, August 6 2020, 6:43pm

Hot on the heels of Metal Meat and Bone, here's a quick roundup of more releases coming your way...

**Cube-E pREServed**

The biggest news is the massive 7-disc box set of Cube-E material. It's got live performances, instrumentals, new mixes, and an entire disc of King and Eye demos!

More info from Cherry Red

**O for Obscurity, Or, The Story of N**

A biography of the mysterious N. Senada? Yes, that does seem to be the case. Psychofon Records will be distributing this book, to be released on September 19th. Watch an informational video here.

No order information yet, but keep an eye on Psychofon Records

**Icky Flix**

Remember Record Store Day? This year it's been split up into three RSD Drops dates, and the vinyl release of Icky Flix has been scheduled for September 26th. This is an "RSD First" release, so if you're still quarantining and don't necessarily need the vinyl, it will probably show up on CD at some point in the future.

More info from Record Store Day

## See also

* News Machine
* Residents.com
* BOG

## External links and references

* The Residents' News Machine, archived September 4th 2020 by archive.org
Fist Fuck Produxion - 13 Super8 Musical Short Movies

* VHS Cover
* DVD Cover

### Starring

Ministry, The Chemical Brothers, The Meters, The Residents, Beck, Los Baby's, Negativland, Pigbag, Dead Kennedys, Alain Goraguer, The Heartbreakers, Motörhead, Status Quo, Spike Jones, Agent Orange, Steroid Maximus, Ennio Morricone

### Running time

50:54

***Fist Fuck Produxion – 13 Super8 Musical Short Movies*** is a French short anthology film produced by Fist Fuck Produxion. It contains 13 short music videos, including ones by The Residents, Negativland, and Ennio Morricone.

The film was released on VHS in 2002, and later on DVD in 2009. Both the VHS and DVD are available to buy from angrry.propagande.org.

## Shorts

* Ministry - Fuck CD (2:26)
* DJ V.O.S. - Serpikon (3:00)
* Chemical Brothers - Pixi (6:02)
* The Meters - Serpikon II (2:50)
* The Residents - Fridge (1:00)
* Beck - Droles De Zouzes (2:47)
* Los Babys - Serpikon III (2:40)
* Negativland, Pig Bag, Dead Kennedys - Stremon (5:14)
* Alain Goraguer - Café, Cloppe... (1:34)
* Heartbreakers, Motörhead, Status Quo, Spike Jones, Agent Orange - Born Toulouse (8:40)
* Stéréoïde Maximus - Too Much T.V Honey (4:00)
* Ennio Morricone - Retro-Much (2:00)
* Bagger (1:35)
* Bonus Film (7:06)

## Buy Or Die!

* VHS from angrry.propagande.org
* DVD from angrry.propagande.org
Lost In A Vacant Lot

***Lost In A Vacant Lot*** (subtitled ***"The Best Of The New Millennium 2000-2009"***) is a compilation album by The Residents, released digitally and on CD-R by Ralph Records on October 22nd 2010.

The compilation features selections from *Demons Dance Alone*, *Animal Lover*, *Tweedles!*, *The Voice of Midnight*, *The Bunny Boy* and *The UGHs!*.

It is intended to highlight the music of The Residents from the 2000s.

## Track listing

1. Life Would Be Wonderful (3:50)
2. My Window (3:22)
3. Susie Smiles (2:17)
4. Inner Space (4:21)
5. Isolation (4:24)
6. Blood On The Bunny (2:15)
7. The Monkey Man (4:03)
8. Almost Perfect (4:08)
9. Burn My Bones (6:21)
10. Secret Room (3:20)
11. True Love (6:57)
12. My Nigerian Friend (2:02)
13. Anybody But Betty (3:32)
14. Secret Message (2:40)
15. Wolverines (2:57)
16. In The Dark (7:52)

## See also

* *Morning Music*
* *Beautiful Eyes*
* *Smell My Picture*
Mahogany Wood

A Still From A 2005 Performance

***Mahogany Wood** (AKA, Dead Wood)* is a song by *The Residents* & *Renaldo & The Loaf*. It was recorded entirely in 1983 in the overdub sessions for *Title In Limbo*.

## Background

The track was recorded by The Residents & *Brian Poole* at Groove Street Studios in October 1983. *Dave Janssen*, who had co-written the song with the Poole & The Residents, could not attend the recording sessions in the US, so recorded tape loops in his home studio to be used.

The track was released November 15th 1983 on the album '*Title In Limbo*'

For The Residents' 20th Anniversary album '*Our Finest Flowers*', The Residents re-recorded the track as 'Dead Wood', using instrumental elements from their 1985 song '*Die-Stay-Go*'

Following this, the 'Dead Wood' arrangement seemingly became the preference of The Residents, with each subsequent live version being based on the interpretation.

The track was performed in the 2005 '*Way We Were*' Australian tour, then again in 2013 as the encore to '*The Wonder of Weird*' tour. The wonder of weird version is double the length of the original.

Another re-interpretation of the song is in the 2018 vinyl edition of I Am A Resident, a cover by Ranchstyle Chickenpants.

The most recent re-recording is from the Hardy Fox tribute album '*The Godfather Of Odd*'. It was recorded by Renaldo & The Loaf in 2019, without the assistance of The Residents.

## Appearances

* Title In Limbo (1983)
* Heaven? (1986)
* Not Available Expanded (1988)
* Our Finest Flowers (1992)
* Louisiana's Lick (1995)
* The Way We Were (2005)
* RMX (2009)
* The Wonder Of Weird (2014)
* Marching To The See: The Wonder Of Weird Tour (2014)
* 80 Aching Orphans (2017)
* I Am A Resident! LP (2018)

## Versions

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5. ↑ 2013 Live Version (7:51)
6. ↑ 2013 Live Version Edit (4:51)
7. ↑ 2018 Ranchstyle Chickenpants Version (4:19)
List of radio specials

Since their formation, The Residents and their management/production company The Cryptic Corporation have occasionally produced **radio specials** designed to promote the work of the group and their record label, Ralph Records.

## List of radio specials

* A Live Radio Broadcast by P.C. Lithman and N. Senada (KHSC-FM, October 30th 1971)
* The Residents Radio Festival (KBOO-FM, 1977)
* *The Residents Radio Special* (promotional cassette, August 1977)
* Don't Make Me Ralph (KUOI-FM, January 24th 1981)
* *Ralph Records 10th Anniversary Radio Special!* (promotional cassette/LP, April 1982)
* JJJ 105.7 Radio Show (Triple J, October 30th 1982)
* The Residents and Snakefinger Radio Special (VPRO, 1988)

## See also

* The Radio Lab
* KBOO-FM
* William Reinhardt
* Sid Powell
* RAO Studios
* The Residents prank call Schwump, KBOO-FM, 1976

## External links and references

* The Residents at Discogs
* *Eat Exuding Oinks! Ralph Records' 1977 Radio Special* at Discogs
Mystery Box

The **Mystery Box** was an item (or rather, a variety of items) sold by The Residents at the merchandise stand on at least two of their tours, with the first box being made available on The Bunny Boy tour in 2008.

The second Mystery Box was revealed by the group's lead singer Randy Rose during the *Ultimate Box Set* promotional video in 2012. It was available for sale at the merchandise table during the Wonder of Weird tour for the eye-watering price of $4,999,999.

## The first box

The first Mystery Box was announced by The Cryptic Corporation's web administrator Big Brother on The Residents' official blog in September 2008, prior to the start of the group's Bunny Boy tour.

The contents of the box were said to change from night to night. Other than this, no further explanation was offered by the group.

## The second box

> ***"This is it. It's a one of a kind, beyond-the-valley-of-the-blue-moose-cucamonga-stand-up-and-shout-CONSTANTINOPLE item!"*** - Randy Rose
>
>

   According to The Residents' lead singer Randy Rose, the creation of the second Mystery Box was a response to a message from one J. Edgar Sacamoto, who felt that the group's highly expensive and limited edition *Ultimate Box Set* was underwhelming. The Mystery Box therefore went up for sale at the same time as the *Ultimate Box Set*. with a price tag of $4,999,999 (compared to the $100,000 price of the *Box Set*).

Visually, the second Mystery Box appears to have been at least partly inspired by the wrapped present seen in the video for "The Act of Being Polite", although the color of the wrapping paper differs. It was sighted at the merchandise table on the group's 40th Anniversary tour The Wonder of Weird, although it was never purchased.

### Contents

Many theories have been thrown around as to what was inside the second Mystery Box, with theories including the original Polaroid used to create the cover art of The Residents' debut EP *Santa Dog*, an unmasked picture of the group, and the rejection letter they received from Warner Brothers.

It was ultimately revealed by Homer Flynn during a reading of *The Brick-Eaters* in August 2018 that the Mystery Box contained the complete publishing rights to all of The Residents' music. He also explained that the Mystery Box had been something of a joke/publicity stunt and that they did not expect anyone to buy it.

Since the publishing rights to The Residents' music are now partly owned by Cherry Red Records and MVD Audio, the Mystery Box is no longer available for sale.

## See also

* The Bunny Boy (tour)
* *Ultimate Box Set*
* The Wonder of Weird

## External links and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Big Brother, "Tour Merch update", The Residents Blog, September 27th 2008
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://youtu.be/7T343JR\_BjM
3. ↑ Ultimate Box Set#cite note-4
Maurice and Me, January 2016

Header graphic

## BOG chronology

**Maurice and Me** is a Tumblr blog by Randy Rose, lead singer of The Residents. The blog was active between February 2012 and January 2019, and often featured historical anecdotes about Rose's history with The Residents, as well as further context about Rose himself and projects including the video series *In My Room* and the Wonder of Weird live tour.

This page collects posts made to this blog in **January 2016**, archived from the original Tumblr page by The Mysterious Spanish Ladies.

## Blog posts

### Monday, January 4th 2016

Hey Everybody! Check out this COOL BILLBOARD for our show in Olomouc, Czech Republic! Way cool! We’ll be there in a little over a month. WOOHOO!

```
**Tagged:** #the residents, #randy rose, #shadowland.

```

### Friday, January 8th 2016

*[YouTube video: **RandyLand Episode 38**]*

HEY EVERBODY! Here’s the wrap up for my Bigfoot Expedishun! We, uh, had a few problem and didn’t get the fucker, BUT IT WAS CLOSE! No way have I given up, but looks like it’s going to take a little longer than I expected, especially since I’m going to be leaving on tour again soon.

```
**Tagged:** #the residents, #randy rose, #bigfoot.

```

### Tuesday, January 19th 2016

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**Tagged:** #the residents, #randy rose, #train wrack, #b&w, #b&w photography.

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### Wednesday, January 20th 2016

For Chuck.

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**Tagged:** #the residents, #randy rose, #Chuck.

```

## See also

* Maurice and Me
* Randy Rose
* *RandyLand*
News Machine, April 2022

## BOG chronology

**The Residents' News Machine** is an official news blog dedicated to the activities of The Residents, which has been active at the group's official website since January 13th 2017.

This page collects posts made to this blog in **April 2022**, archived from the original page by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.

## Blog entries

### God in 3 Persons Live in San Francisco

Thursday, April 7 2022, 5:27am

The Residents perform
God in 3 Persons

TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY - at the spectacular Presidio Theater in San Francisco.

On May 13 & 14 The Residents, in collaboration with John Sanborn, will perform the theatrical version of their acclaimed 1988 album, God in 3 Persons at the newly refurbished Presidio Theater - LIVE! After an unforgettable world premiere at The Museum of Modern Art in 2020, The Residents triumphantly return to perform this show, which Rolling Stone called "... totally mind-blowing," for their hometown audience. This ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT now includes ALL the songs from the album!

Tickets: https://www.presidiotheatre.org/ticket-path/?WebEventId=2022theresidents&ShowName=The%20Residents

### G3P San Francisco Indiegogo campaign

Thursday, April 21 2022, 6:47am

G3P SAN FRANCISCO INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN

The Residents are launching an Indiegogo campaign for their newest project: a video shoot of God in 3 Persons!

The perks are off the hook: fans can attend the video shoot in SF in May, get merch, become a producer on the video, and more!

Here's your chance to be a part of this legendary group's latest production.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-residents-god-in-3-persons-video-shoot-in-sf#/

## See also

* News Machine
* Residents.com
* BOG
News Machine, April 2021

## BOG chronology

**The Residents' News Machine** is an official news blog dedicated to the activities of The Residents, which has been active at the group's official website since January 13th 2017.

This page collects posts made to this blog in **April 2021**, archived directly to this wiki from the group's official website.

## Blog entries

### BACK IN STOCK!!!

Friday, April 16 2021, 8:44pm

This graphic is the ACTUAL TAG that you will receive once you've purchased your genuine latex Classic Eyeball Mask which is now BACK IN STOCK in all three glorious colors! But we have no idea how long these beauties will be around so please ACT FAST!!!

Don't forget - SLEEPERS are WEEPERS, so BUY THESE PEEPERS - NOW!!!!

https://www.residents.com/merch/

### I AM A RESIDENT 2021 - Constantinople

Tuesday, April 20 2021, 1:25pm

Hey Residents fans! The band is working on a new TV project and would love you to be in it. They're creating a super slick video concert featuring all new versions of their classic album DUCK STAB, updated for 2021 and filled with their usual weirdness and mysteries. All you have to do is get into your best Residents outfit - masks, make up, costumes, or whatever - and sing along with this new version of Constantinople - especially the chorus that starts around 1 minute in. Use your phone or video device to record yourself, in as high a quality as you can.

Dance around, shout it out, go wild; and be included (and credited!) in this brand new Residents project. When you're done, upload it to YouTube with the hashtag #IAMARESIDENT2021 and also include in the description how you would like to be credited.

But hurry, The Residents need your video by May 10! On that day they'll download all the videos with the hashtag #IAMARESIDENT2021 and try to use as many of them as reasonably possible (well, honestly, as many as unreasonably possible). So get to it!

https://youtu.be/OS9Ve9vhJ2c

## See also

* News Machine
* Residents.com
* BOG
Lying Horse Rock

***Lying Horse Rock*** is a Charles Bobuck contraption, first issued as a stand-alone CD-R release by The Cryptic Corporation on July 27th 2012.

A "somewhat different" version of "Lying Horse Rock/West & Kembrell" was first released in 2011 credited to The Residents, as a bonus disc with the first release of the Sonidos de la Noche album *Coochie Brake*.

## Track listing

1. Black Jesus (4:02)
2. Dreampunk Billy (3:44)
3. Grace (6:11)
4. Lying Horse Rock/West & Kembrell (26:43)

## Credits

* Sammi Selmo - design
* N. Cook - guitar
* Charles Bobuck - illustration, liner notes, sounds (treated sounds)
* The Cryptic Corporation - production

## See also

* Charles Bobuck
* *Coochie Brake*

## External links and references

* *Lying Horse Rock*on Charles Bobuck's Bandcamp
* *Lying Horse Rock* at Discogs
Left With The Fires (Hardy Fox newsletter)

**"Left with the Fires"** is the title of a short email by Hardy Fox, sent to subscribers of his Hacienda Bridge mailing list on October 13th 2017.

It is the first entry in the series of emails to follow the nominal end of the newsletter entitled Hacienda Bridge, and precedes the retitled edition, up, by a month. The email promotes the release of the Black Tar and the Cry Babies EP of the same name.

## The email

Greeting Friends,

In 2016 we had a very successful BLACK TAR fund raiser for FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

This year I am helping The Sonoma Humane Society.

A new BLACK TAR piece, LEFT WITH THE FIRES, is available at the Bobuck BANDCAMP page.  Link below.

The piece is free to download, but if you wish to donate, I will match your donation with my own donation, dollar for dollar.

The entire sum will go to the Sonoma County Humane Society.

We are having disastrous fires at the moment here in Northern California.

3,000 homes WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS of Santa Rosa were destroyed. Cats and dogs also lived in these houses.

Evacuation centers usually do not allow family pets to join the humans.  The Sonoma County Humane Society, and other services, are caring for the pets while the disaster is going on.

This stresses the resources of food and services at the Humane Society.  I encourage you to help the society as they comfort the confused cats and dogs who have been separated from their families. Humans can cope because they can use intellect to create a sense of control over situations, but the pets are just scared.  Some may never completely recover from the trauma.

This music project will disappear from Bandcamp the 16th of November.

Again, this Black Tar project is free, but I am matching all donations and the total will go to The Sonoma County Humane Society to feed pets displaced by this disaster.

Thank you for your generosity.

- Hardy Fox

BLACK TAR DOWNLOAD

*Copyright © 2017 Hacienda Bridge, All rights reserved.*

## See also

* Hacienda Bridge
* Hacienda Bridge newsletter
* Hardy Fox
* Black Tar and the Cry Babies
* *Left With The Fires*

## External links and references

* "Left With The Fires" archived via Mailchimp
New! Ralph Too

**New! Ralph Too**is a record label co-owned by The Cryptic Corporation, Cherry Red Records and MVD Audio,created specifically for The Residents' releases on Cherry Red.

The label has been credited on every instalment in the pREServed series of reissues to date.

## History

Ralph Records was founded in 1972 by Residents, Uninc., to handle the release of their debut EP *Santa Dog*. Operation of the label was taken over by The Cryptic Corporation in July 1976. From 1984 until it ceased operations in 1990, Ralph was operated by Tom Timony. During Timony's run, he unofficially retitled the label NewRalph.

On October 13th 2017, The Cryptic Corporation (now co-owned and operated by Homer Flynn, Cherry Red Records and MVD Audio) officially revived Ralph as New! Ralph Too, to feature on The Residents' releases via Cherry Red and MVD. This began with the box set compilation *80 Aching Orphans* and continued with the ongoing pREServed series of expanded and remastered reissues.

New! Ralph Too is a regular participant in Record Store Day, having so far released RSD-exclusive material over three consecutive years (*The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* in 2018, *B.S.* in 2019, and the complete *Icky Flix* soundtrack in 2020).

## Releases

* 80 Aching Orphans (2017-10-13) ***[NRTBOX1]***
* Meet The Residents (2018-01-19 ***[NRT002]***
* The Third Reich 'N Roll (2018-01-19) ***[NRT003]***
* Fingerprince (2018-03-23) ***[NRT004]***
* Duck Stab / Buster & Glen  (2018-03-23) ***[NRT005]***
* The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album (2018-04-21) ***[NRTLP006]***
* Eskimo (2019-01-25) ***[NTR008]***
* Commercial Album (2019-01-25) ***[NRT009]***
* Mole Box (2019-04-05) ***[NRTBOX010]***
* B.S (2019-04-13) ***[NRTLP011]***
* Eskimo Deconstructed (2019-05-31) ***[NRTLP008D]***
* God In Three Persons (2019-08-09) ***[NRT013]***
* A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big (2019-11-08) ***[NRT999]***
* Not Available (2019-11-08) ***[NRT007]***
* Icky Flix (The Original Soundtrack Recording) ‎(2020-09-26) ***[NRTLP014D]***
* Cube-E Box (2020-10-23) ***[NRTBOX015]***
* Freak Show (2021-03-26) ***[NRT016]***
* Gingerbread Man CD (2021-05-28) ***[NRT017]***
* Gingerbread Man LP (2021-05-28) ***[NRTLP017]***
* Leftovers Again?! ‎ (2021-06-12) ***[NRTLP018]***
* Wormwood Box (2022-01-28) ***[NRTBOX019]***
* Warning: Uninc. (2022-04-23) ***[NRTLP999D]***

## See also

* Ralph Records
* The Cryptic Corporation
* Homer Flynn
* Richard Anderson
* Cherry Red Records
* MVD Audio

## External links and references

* New! Ralph Too at Discogs
* Cherry Red Records
* MVD Audio
News Machine, December 2017

**The Residents' News Machine** is an official news blog dedicated to the activities of The Residents, which has been active at the group's official website since January 13th 2017.

This page collects posts made to this blog in **December 2017**, as archived on archive.org.

## Blog entries

### Vote or Die!

Tuesday, December 19 2017, 6:23pm

After returning from their European tour, The Residents set upon the task of listening to the ever-growing number of submissions for the I AM A RESIDENT! album. Every time they thought they'd reached the end, they'd reload the page and find a dozen or more new entries. One of them was even heard to remark "now I know how Penn felt."

And just like that beleaguered magician, The Residents came through with a newfound appreciation for the breadth and length of what these artists were creating. And that led to a pivot in the direction of the project. It was originally intended to be a tribute album of a handful of the best songs. And while there's nothing wrong with that, it's been done before, and more importantly it does not fully embrace the philosophy of I AM A RESIDENT! You think the people on a Beatles tribute album can call themselves Beatles? Heck no! To do that there would have to be some kind of collaboration...

So The Residents are going to dive in and get their hands dirty. They're going to mix, mash, splice and dub until this project completely blurs the lines between artists and fans, originals and tributes. Limited to 12-15 fan submissions? Ha! Nothing so boring as that.

Naturally this means that the song selection will be up to the whims of the Hardcore Four, but there will still be a vote to decide which tracks appear on the handmade vinyl single. The Residents have pre-selected 50 of their favorite entries (out of a whopping 197 in total!), and it's up to YOU THE PEOPLE to whittle those down to the few, the proud, the Chosen.

Head over to http://www.residents.com/iamaresident/vote.php to cast your ballot by December 31, 2017.

## See also

* News Machine
* Residents.com
* BOG

## External links and references

* The Residents' News Machine, archived January 26th 2018 by archive.org
Jack Kevorkian

Kevorkian, pictured in 1991 with a euthanasia device

**Murad Jacob** "**Jack**" **Kevorkian** (May 26th 1928 – June 3rd 2011) was an Armenian-American pathologist and proponent of physician-assisted euthanasia, who is said to have assisted in the deaths of 130 terminally ill people between 1990 and 1998. Kevorkian employed self-devised euthanasia devices, which allowed the user to administer fatal drugs, chemicals or gases to themselves which would cause their deaths. Between May 1994 and June 1997, Kevorkian was tried four times for assisting suicides, and was acquitted three times, with the fourth trial ending in a mistrial. As his notoriety grew in the media, Kevorkian was often referred to as "Dr. Death".

On November 22nd 1998, CBS News aired an episode of *60 Minutes* depicting the voluntary euthanasia of Thomas Youk, who was in the final stages of Lou Gehrig's disease (or ALS); on this occasion, Kevorkian administered the fatal injection personally, due to Youk's inability to do so. In the footage, Kevorkian is seen daring the authorities to try to convict him. Three days later, he was charged with second-degree murder and the delivery of a controlled substance (to Youk). Kevorkian discharged his attorneys and represented himself during the trial, a decision he later came to regret. In March 1999, following a two-day trial, Kevorkian was found guilty of second-degree homicide by a Michigan jury, and was sentenced to between 10 and 25 years in prison. He was sent to a prison in Coldwater, Michigan, to serve his sentence; repeated appeals and parole applications were unsuccessful.

Kevorkian was paroled for good behavior on June 1st 2007, after spending eight years and two months in prison. By this time he was terminally ill with Hepatitis C. On May 18th 2011, he was hospitalized with kidney problems and pneumonia; his condition rapidly deteriorated and he died from a thrombosis on June 3rd 2011, a week after his 83rd birthday.

In March 2023, Homer Flynn of The Cryptic Corporation cited Kevorkian as a direct influence on The Residents' upcoming "modern opera" *Doctor Dark*.

## See also

* *Doctor Dark*
* James Vance

## External links and references

* Jack Kevorkian at Wikipedia

1. ↑ Homer Flynn (interviewed by Allan Macinnis), "Faceless Forever at 50: The Residents, 'Triple Trouble', and a Setlist to Die, Die, Die For: A Homer Flynn Interview", Stereo Embers, March 25th 2023