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Kaw-Liga (Dancemix)

* Original Release
* 1988 CD
* 2000 Pain Version
* 2013 Version

***Kaw-Liga (Dancemix)*** is a 1986 Remix EP by The Residents, released in October of 1986.

## Background

Sometime following the release of *Stars & Hank Forever* in The Netherlands, DJs Michiel Kleiss & Mikel Le Roy approached Torso, The Residents' Dutch distributors, with the potential to officially release two remixes of The Residents' Kaw-Liga that the duo had made. Torso, liking what they had heard, and having received approval from the group and The Cryptic Corporation, quickly released a three track EP containing the two remixes, as well as The Residents' original version.

The single would prove to be very successful, especially in the Dutch nightclub scene, leading to re-releases in France & Spain the following year. In 1988 a CD version of the EP was released in Holland, containing one bonus track, the original single edit of the song.

Following this string of releases, the single would be repressed twice more, once in 2000 under the title 'Poor Kaw-Liga's Pain', and then in 2013 on purple vinyl. The 2000 release would feature a slightly altered track listing, substituting the Horror Mix for the Housey MIx, whilst the 2013 release replaced the Horror Mix with the Stripped Mix.

## Track Listing

***All Tracks Written by Hank Williams & Fred Rose***

1. Kaw Liga (Prairie Mix) (9:28)
2. Kaw Liga (Orig. Version) (4:53)
3. Kaw Liga (Horror Mix) (2:06)

### 1988 CD Version

1. Kaw Liga (Prairie Mix) (9:28)
2. Kaw-Liga (Single Version) (3:18)
3. Kaw Liga (Orig. Version) (4:53)
4. Kaw Liga (Horror Mix) (2:06)

### 2000 'Poor Kaw-Liga's Pain' EP Version

1. Kaw-Liga (Original Mix) (4:52)
2. Kaw-Liga (Housey Mix) (5:13)
3. Kaw-Liga (Prairie Mix) (9:28)

### 2013 Version

1. Kaw-Liga (Prairie Mix) (9:31)
2. Kaw-Liga (Original Mix) (4:56)
3. Kaw-Liga (Stripped Mix) (5:24)

## Credits

* **Prairie & Horror Versions Remixed by**: Mikel Le Roy & Michiel Kleiss
* **Written by**: Hank Williams & Fred Rose

## Releases

 1987
 1988
 2000
 2013
Kaw-Liga

* US Artwork
* NL Artwork

 "***Kaw-Liga***" is a 1986 single by The Residents featuring two tracks from their American Composer Series album *Stars & Hank Forever*, released in two versions in 1986 by Ralph Records in the US and Torso in the Netherlands.

## History

Both side a and side b from this single are covers from The Residents' then upcoming album Stars & Hank Forever. It was announced in the April 1986 Buy Or Die Catalogue.

In the US the single's B-Side was Stars & Stripes Forever, but in Holland, the B-Side was an edited version of Jambalaya. This was one the first ever promotional singles by The Residents, released three months before the album on which both songs were intended.

## Track listing

**Ralph Records version (US)**

1. Kaw-Liga (Williams) (3:18)
2. Stars and Stripes Forever (2:35) (Sousa)

**Torso version (EU)**

1. Kaw-Liga (Williams) (3:18)
2. Jambalaya (Williams) (3:27)

## Release History

The single was released on April 2nd, 1986 in anticipation of The Residents next album, *Stars & Hank Forever* by Ralph Records. The Ralph version, released in the USA, features *Stars & Stripes Forever* as the B-Side. Shortly after this, a picture disc version of the single was released by Ralph, initially limited to 28 copies with a black ridge. A pressing featuring a red ridge limited to 1,972 copies released soon after.

On December 5th, dutch label Torso, who had recently obtained the rights to release Residents material in Holland, released the Kaw-Liga single with alternative artwork, and Jambalaya as the B-Side. It was distributed by Engima records.

In 1998 both tracks from the US single were placed together on the Japanese compilation, *25 Years of Eyeball Excellence*.

 1990
 1998

## Credits

* Kaw-Liga Written-By: Hank Willaims
* Stars & Stripes Forever Written by: John Phillip Sousa

Additional Credits featured on Dutch pressings.

* Kaw-Liga co-written by: Rose

## See also

* The American Composer Series
* *Stars & Hank Forever*
* *Poor Kaw-Liga's Pain*

## External links and references

* "Kaw-Liga" on Discogs

1. ↑ The Cryptic Guide to The Residents
2. ↑ Kaw-Liga press release
James Vance

James Vance of Reno, Nevada, who was disfigured following a 1985 suicide attempt, and who became the initial inspiration behind The Residents' upcoming "modern opera" Doctor Dark

### Died

November 29th 1988 (aged 23)

**James Vance** (October 12th 1965 – November 29th 1988) was an American teenager from Reno, Nevada, who is best known for having attempted suicide alongside his friend Raymond Belknap in December 1985, after the pair formed a suicide pact while drinking heavily, smoking marijuana and listening to the English heavy metal band Judas Priest. Belknap was instantly killed in the attempt, however Vance survived. Horribly disfigured by the shotgun blast to his face, Vance died three years later.

In 1990 the incident became the subject of an unsuccessful (and now infamous) civil action brought against Judas Priest and their record label CBS by the families of Vance and Belknap, which alleged that the band had hidden subliminal messages (such as "try suicide", "do it" and "let's be dead") in the song "Better By You, Better Than Me" on their 1978 album *Stained Class*. The suit was ultimately dismissed, however the case cost Judas Priest $250,000 in legal fees, and CBS were made to pay $40,000 to the plaintiffs' attorneys.

The story was the focus of a documentary film, *Dream Deceivers*, in 1992. The Residents saw the documentary around the time of its release, and had wanted to do "a piece" based on the story for the three decades after having first seen the interview footage of the disfigured Vance featured in the film, which Homer Flynn of The Cryptic Corporation compared to "a train wreck that you can't take your eyes off of". The footage would ultimately inspire The Residents' upcoming "modern opera", *Doctor Dark*.

## See also

* *Doctor Dark*
* Jack Kevorkian

## External links and references

* James Vance at IMDb
* *Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest* at IMDb
* The Judas Priest subliminal message trial at Wikipedia
* *Stained Class* at Wikipedia
* "Better By You, Better Than Me" at Wikipedia

1. ↑ Homer Flynn (interviewed by Bob Lee), "LA Beat Interview: The Residents", The Los Angeles Beat, June 9th 2022
2. ↑ Noud Jansen, "50 Years of The Residents", Humo, December 27th 2021
3. ↑ "Man Who Sued Rock Group Over Suicide Attempt Dies", Los Angeles Times, December 1st 1988
4. ↑ Kory Grow, "Judas Priest's Subliminal Message Trial: Rob Halford Looks Back", Rolling Stone, August 24th 2015
5. ↑ Homer Flynn (interviewed by Bob Lee), "LA Beat Interview: The Residents", The Los Angeles Beat, June 9th 2022
News Machine, December 2019

**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 2019**, as archived on archive.org.

## Blog entries

### Cyber Monday!

Monday, December 2 2019, 4:03am

OH NO IT'S CYBER MONDAY!!!

THIS IS IT! The bell will toll, the ax will fall and the CLIMAX COMETH!!!

ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT!!!

All G3P props and artwork - NOW 50% off!

Special Deal 1 - G3P Signed Poster 60% OFF - Only $40

Special Deal 2 - G3P T-Shirt 20% OFF - Only $40

Everything Else - 10% OFF!!!!

(Sorry, no discounts on tickets)

ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT!!! THE TIME HAS COME!!!

CYBER MONDAY BEGINS AT 8:AM EAST COAST TIME MONDAY MORNING!!!

(Did we mention that there are ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT???)

https://igg.me/at/G3P

### Godfather of Odd

Wednesday, December 4 2019, 12:14pm

byNWR has published a lovely article by Barry Walters commemorating the life of our friend and colleague Hardy Fox. You can read it at the link below:

https://www.bynwr.com/articles/the-godfather-of-odd

### Countdown!

Wednesday, December 4 2019, 9:04pm

3... 2... 1... AND THAT'S IT!!!

That's right - ONLY 35 HOURS LEFT!!!

Thanks to your support we have not only reached but EXCEEDED our $45K goal for financing The Residents' God in 3 Persons performances at THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, but... There's still a little time left to get T-Shirts, Shot Glasses, Posters, Recordings of the Event and MONDO BIZARRE ARTWORK, so HURRY! HURRY! HURRY!

The clock is counting down!!!!

https://igg.me/at/G3P

### Klang Reissues Refused and Sale at Cherry Red

Saturday, December 7 2019, 12:37pm

Klanggalerie has just reissued Refused with an alternate tracklist, which pretty much gives you a complete collection of all the versions of "Fire" released to date. If you've been on a doggie hunt in dusty record bins, this should bring you joy.

Get it here: http://klanggalerie.com/gg314

Over at Cherry Red Records, they are celebrating 12 Days of Christmas with new sales every day. Day 5 in their advent calendar of wonders reveals The Residents! From now until December 15th you can get 20% off of everything they've got.

Check it out:

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/12daysofchristmas5-2019/

## See also

* News Machine
* Residents.com
* BOG

## External links and references

* The Residents' News Machine, archived December 29th 2019 by archive.org
Larval Dissections

1 Intro 1:03

2 Jersey Mill Slag 1:50

3 Riotous Index 2:00

4 Melodic Swine 2:48

5 Trumpet Sadism 1:36

6 Storm Tempo 2:13

7 Meson Gong 1:40

8 BPM 2:21

9 Seven Polymers 1:59

10 Sobbing Into The Red Shoe 2:23

11 True Bootleg Bush 3:08

12 Venice Restored 2:20

13 Do Gophers Eat Peanuts? 1:57

14 Hats Off Again 2:58

15 Joe In Bali 3:01

Credits

Arranged By – David Janssen

Composed By – Renaldo & The Loaf

Remix – David Janssen

Label: The Darkening Scale Self-released

Format:15 × File, Album, MP3, 320 kbps

Country: UK

Released: 23 Nov 2011

Genre: Electronic

Style: Experimental

Notes

"Larval Dissections" remixes the Renaldo & The Loaf album Songs For Swinging Larvae.
LS1 - Sketches For A Live Show

This recording was not intended for release. **THEY HATE IT!!!**

Cover art for streaming version of the release

 ***LS1 - Sketches For A Live Show*** is a collection of eight instrumental studio demos recorded by The Residents in 1982 for their planned (and later aborted) 10th Anniversary tour. The tracks were first released serially as free MP3s through Cherry Red Records' Residents mailing list newsletter from July 21st 2022 to March 10th 2023; all eight tracks were later compiled as a mini-album and released to streaming services in July 2023.

The first two demos, "Give It To Someone Else" and "Birthday Boy" were included with the newsletter dated July 21st 2022; these were followed by "Ship's A Goin' Down" and "Constantinople", included in the following issue dated August 23rd.

Another two parts, part 5, "Red Rider" (mislabelled as "Die in Terror") and part 7, "The Talk of Creatures", were released in the November issue of the newsletter. The (apparently) final two parts of LS1, "Walter Westinghouse" and "Festival of Diskomo", were released in the March 2023 issue of the newsletter.

## Track listing

### Cherry Red Residents newsletter (2022-2023)

#### July 21st 2022

* LS1 Part 1: Give It To Someone Else (1:10)
* LS1 Part 2: Birthday Boy (2:32)

#### August 23rd 2022

* LS1 Part 3: Ship's A Goin' Down (2:45)
* LS1 Part 4: Constantinople (2:30)

#### November 10th 2022

* LS1 Part 5: Die in Terror (1:24; mislabelled as "Red Rider")
* LS1 Part 7: The Talk Of Creatures (1:06)

#### March 10th 2022

* LS1 Part 6: Walter Westinghouse (6:33)
* LS1 Part 8: Festival of Diskomo (7:35)

### Streaming edition (2023)

1. Birthday Boy (2:39)
2. Ship's A Goin' Down (2:57)
3. Walter Westinghouse (6:32)
4. Constantinople (2:37)
5. Commercial Treat (1:30)
6. Give It To Someone Else (1:18)
7. Commercial Treat 2 (1:11)
8. The Festival of Deathskimo (7:48)

## Buy Or Die!

### Listen online

* *LS1 - Sketches For A Live Show* on Apple Music
* *LS1 - Sketches For A Live Show* on Spotify

## See also

* The 10th Anniversary Show
* *Assorted Secrets*
* Cherry Red mailing list newsletter

## External links and references

* "Huddled Masses" at The Residents' official website

1. ↑ "The Residents were delighted to hear they'd been listened to by over 100,000 unique humans on Spotify last month. They don't understand what any of it means - they only know three or four people and haven't been online since the dial-up days - but they do REALLY love big numbers. Maybe it was the recently uploaded 'LS1 - Sketches For A Live Show' mini-album that attracted all of those new devotees... if they'd have known that, they'd have released it years ago…" Post to The Residents official Facebook page, September 5th 2023
Max Steinway

**Max Steinway** was supposedly the assistant and "life companion" of Bavarian avant-garde composer and music theorist N. Senada.

Steinway is known for having provided the "blueprint" to Senada's 1937 composition "Pollex Christi" to Senada's former proteges The Residents. Steinway was also credited as having transcribed the composition into MIDI format for use by the group in their 1997 recording of the piece.

In 2017, recently retired President of The Cryptic Corporation and long time engineer for The Residents Hardy Fox updated his website to include a list of aliases he had used in the group's work; "Max" was among them. Earlier, *Pollex Christi* had been noted as an example of a "special solo project" by composer/keyboardist Charles Bobuck which had been credited to The Residents.

## See also

* N. Senada
* *Pollex Christi*
* Hardy Fox
* Charles Bobuck

## External links and references

1. ↑ "All Projects List" at Hacienda Bridge
2. ↑ "Projects" at Hacienda Bridge

**Compositions**
Pollex Christi (1936-1937) · Cantaten und Symphonen mit Eine Poem (1969?) · Cantaten und Symphonen for der Saxophonen und Violinen with P.C. Lithman (1971?) · Cantaten to der Dyin Prunen with P.C. Lithman (1971?)
**Music theory**
Theory of Phonetic Organization {*Meet The Residents*) · Theory of Obscurity (*Not Available*)
**Work with The Residents**
*The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* (1971) · A Live Radio Broadcast (1971) · *B.S.* (1971) · *1-10 (With A Touch of 11)* (1972) · *Vileness Fats* (1972-1976) · *Eskimo* (1979) · *Pollex Christi* (1997)
**Live appearances**
Philip Lithman and N. Senada live appearances (ca. 1971) · The Boarding House performance with Residents, Uninc. (1971) · Philip's Wedding with Residents, Uninc. (1971) · Chris' Party with Residents, Uninc. (1972) · Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! with The Residents (1976) · Snakey Wake performance (1987)
**Related articles** **Max Steinway** · Hardy Fox · Philip "Snakefinger" Lithman · The Delta Nudes · Residents, Uninc. · "Eloise" · "Kamakazi Lady" · Andrew Hook · *O for Obscurity, Or, The Story of N.*
Marie

***Marie*** is a digital single released by The Residents on October 17th, 2014. The single was part of their *Radio Thoreau* series of downloads, and is a reworking of the song '*His Latest Flame*', based on the group's 1989 recording of the song, with contemporary overdubs by Charles Bobuck.

The song features Laurie Amat on vocals, and was re-released on the Dot.Com compilation album.

## Releases

* Digital Single, 2014
* Dot.Com, 2017

## Credits

* Guest: Laurie Amat
* Remix: Charles Bobuck
* Written-By: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
Maurice and Me

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## BOG chronology

**Maurice and Me** is a Tumblr blog authored by Randy Rose, lead singer of The Residents. The blog was first created in February 2012 following the group's Talking Light tour, in which the Randy persona (alongside the group's other members, Charles Bobuck and Lionel Bob) had been introduced.

Posts featured on the blog include historical information and anecdotes from Residents history and about Rose himself, as well as further context for the *In My Room* and *RandyLand* video series, the documentary film *Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents*, and the group's Wonder of Weird 40th Anniversary tour.

The blog was only sporadically updated from late 2016 onwards; it has been inactive since January 2019.

## Blog entries

### 2012

* Maurice and Me, February 2012
* Maurice and Me, March 2012
* Maurice and Me, April 2012
* Maurice and Me, May 2012
* Maurice and Me, June 2012
* Maurice and Me, July 2012
* Maurice and Me, August 2012
* Maurice and Me, September 2012
* Maurice and Me, October 2012
* Maurice and Me, November 2012
* Maurice and Me, December 2012

### 2013

* Maurice and Me, January 2013
* Maurice and Me, February 2013
* Maurice and Me, March 2013
* Maurice and Me, April 2013
* Maurice and Me, May 2013
* Maurice and Me, June 2013
* Maurice and Me, July 2013
* Maurice and Me, August 2013
* Maurice and Me, September 2013
* Maurice and Me, October 2013
* Maurice and Me, November 2013
* Maurice and Me, December 2013

### 2014

* Maurice and Me, January 2014
* Maurice and Me, February 2014
* Maurice and Me, March 2014
* Maurice and Me, April 2014
* Maurice and Me, May 2014
* Maurice and Me, June 2014
* Maurice and Me, July 2014
* Maurice and Me, August 2014
* Maurice and Me, September 2014
* Maurice and Me, October 2014
* Maurice and Me, November 2014
* Maurice and Me, December 2014

### 2015

* Maurice and Me, January 2015
* Maurice and Me, February 2015
* Maurice and Me, March 2015
* Maurice and Me, April 2015
* Maurice and Me, May 2015
* Maurice and Me, June 2015
* Maurice and Me, July 2015
* Maurice and Me, August 2015
* Maurice and Me, September 2015
* Maurice and Me, November 2015
* Maurice and Me, December 2015

### 2016

* Maurice and Me, January 2016
* Maurice and Me, February 2016
* Maurice and Me, March 2016
* Maurice and Me, April 2016
* Maurice and Me, May 2016
* Maurice and Me, July 2016
* Maurice and Me, August 2016
* Maurice and Me, September 2016
* Maurice and Me, October 2016
* Maurice and Me, November 2016

## See also

* Randy Rose
* *In My Room*
* *RandyLand*
* The Randy, Chuck and Bob Trilogy
Isabelle Barbier

Isabelle in the film CRSHD, 2019

**Isabelle Barbier** (born 1991) is an American actress, vocalist and writer.

The daughter of artists Leigh Barbier and Homer Flynn, Isabelle has appeared in several Residents projects, beginning with the 1994 album *Gingerbread Man*.

## History

Isabelle Barbier was born to Homer Flynn and Leigh Barbier in 1991 in San Francisco.

Aged three years old, her first appearance with The Residents was on the track "Ginger's Lament" from their 1994 album *Gingerbread Man*.

She was prominently featured on the album *Demons Dance Alone* in 2002, as the voice of a child on the tracks "Ghost Child" and "Make Me Moo".

In 2007 she appeared in the film *A Story about a Witch*, beginning her career in acting. The following year, she appeared in The Residents' web series *The Bunny Boy*, as Harvey's Daughter.

Her next appearance was on The Residents' 2010 film *Randy's Ghost Stories*, in the ''Florence" segment. Afterwards she appeared in their Shadowland live tour, as The Diver.

Her most recent collaboration with The Residents was on the album *The Ghost of Hope* in 2017. In 2019 she appeared in the film *CRSHD*.

## See also

* Homer Flynn
* Leigh Barbier
* Jana Flynn

## External links and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 James Call, "The Residents: The Eyeball Speaks", Hypno Magazine, May 1994
Methods Of Dance

* 1981 Cassette
* 2013 CD

***Methods of Dance*** is a 1981 sampler album released by Virgin Records. The expanded cassette release featured a track by Snakefinger, produced by The Residents.

## Background

This compilation was released in December of 1981 as a nine track LP throughout Europe by Virgin Records, in order to promote some of their then recent releases. This inital nine track version featured no contributions from The Residents, however, the expanded cassette version added The Model by Snakefinger, co-produced by The Residents.

In 2013 an expanded triple CD version of this album was released.

## Track Listing

***1981 Cassette***

1. Japan - Methods Of Dance
2. B.E.F. - Groove Thang
3. Devo - Going Under
4. Magazine - The Great Man's Secret
5. John Foxx - Dancing Like A Gun
6. Fingerprintz - The Beat Escape
7. Heaven 17 - Soul Warfare
8. Simple Minds - Love Song
9. Snakefinger - The Model
10. Can - I Want More
11. D.A.F. - Der Mussolini
12. Cowboys International - Thrash
13. Richard Strange - International Language
14. The Human League - Do Or Die Dub

***2013 3xCD***

*Disc One*

1. Faust - Just A Second (Starts Like That)
2. Edgar Froese - Upland
3. Can - I Want More
4. Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven
5. Cowboys International - Aftermath
6. The Human League - The Dignity Of Labour Part 1
7. Adrian Munsey - C'est Sheep (Part 1)
8. Sparks - Beat The Clock
9. John Foxx - Underpass
10. Snakefinger - The Model
11. The Human League - Marianne
12. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Messages
13. Japan - Methods Of Dance
14. Richard Strange - International Language
15. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Der Mussolini

*Disc Two*

1. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir
2. Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities
3. Fingerprintz - The Beat Escape
4. China Crisis - No Ordinary Lover
5. British Electric Foundation - A Baby Called Billy
6. The League Unlimited Orchestra - Hard Times
7. I-Level - Give Me (American Mix)
8. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
9. Allez Allez - Flesh & Blood
10. Cabaret Voltaire - Just Fascination
11. Public Image Limite - This Is Not A Love Song
12. Giorgio Moroder The Duel

*Disc Three*

1. Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey Together In Electric Dreams
2. Time Zone - World Destruction
3. Loose Ends - Hanging On A String
4. Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Kiss Me
5. Loose Ends - Magic Touch
6. Sandra - (I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena
7. Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Icing On The Cake
8. The Conway Brothers - Turn It Up
9. Public Image Limited - Rise
10. Aurra - You And Me Tonight
11. Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
12. Hue And Cry - Labour Of Love
13. Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer

## References

1. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Various-Methods-Of-Dance/release/33060
News Machine, December 2018

**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 2018**, as archived on archive.org.

## Blog entries

### New Fan Podcast

Sunday, December 2 2018, 11:19am

Hey, are you interested in listening to people having conversations about Residents projects? Boy are you in for a treat. Home Age Conversations is a new series, created by fans, and its first episode, a discussion of Eskimo, premiered today. Follow their Tumblr at https://homeageconversations.tumblr.com/

And here is the first episode:

https://soundcloud.com/homeageconversations/episode-1-eskimo-1979-we-live-in-a-society

### The Intruder single now on CD

Friday, December 14 2018, 4:54am

Psychofon has announced that the new single, "The Intruder" backed with a demo version of "Voodoo Doll," will be made available on a 3" mini CD.

The release date is Thursday, December 20th. You'll be able to order it here: https://www.psychofonrecords.com/product/the-residents-the-intruder-mini-cd/

And the 7" vinyl is still available: https://www.psychofonrecords.com/product/the-residents-intruder-single/

### Boxing Day of Armageddon

Wednesday, December 26 2018, 5:43am

Hey there holiday hippies and squirrels,

Did Santa Dog bring bring bring you everything you wanted? Do you need something more to look forward to? Well here's some news you can use to fill any empty shoes...

First off, Home Age Conversations dropped a surprise bonus episode yesterday. This one discusses - what else? - Santa Dog. Find it wherever good podcasts are sold.

Cherry Red will be releasing a compilation entitled Third Noise Principle: Formative North American Electronica on January 25th (the same day as the next pair of pREServed releases). This 4-CD box collects familiar names such as Rhythm & Noise, Voice Farm, Chrome, Tuxedomoon, Nash The Slash, and - oh looky here - The Residents with a previously unreleased track, "99 Space Music."

Cherry Red has also announced plans for a special vinyl presentation of Eskimo in early 2019, and a 6-CD box of Mole Trilogy material with no date set at this time.

(This Cherry Red info came courtesy of the official mailing list. If you haven't signed up yet and would like these kinds of announcements sent to you directly, you should sign up.)

## See also

* News Machine
* Residents.com
* BOG

## External links and references

* The Residents' News Machine, archived January 14th 2019 by archive.org
Maurice and Me, August 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 **August 2016**, archived from the original Tumblr page by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.

## Blog posts

### Saturday, August 13th 2016

*[Video: RandyLand Episode 42]*

Hey Everybody! It’s me, Randy! Still kind of hanging in there, sort of. I’m not dead yet and stuff, but it’s been kind of weird lately.

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

```

### Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 (1)

*[Video: RandySculptsSculpt]*

Hey Everybody! So I have this French artist pal named Loris and he has this film called Sculpt that is currently playing at the LACMA in LA except pretty much no one can see it because it shows in a theater that only has one seat, but since I’m Randy and I’m in the movie and stuff I got in. I was shooting a bootleg of it with five cameras but they caught me and threw me out. Okay, one of the cameras didn’t work, but still, I got a cool video and here it is.

```
**Tagged:** #randy rose, the residents, loris greaud, sculpt.

```

### Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 (2)

*[Video: RandyLand Episode 43]*

Folks, it’s getting weird.

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

```

## See also

* Maurice and Me
* Randy Rose
* *RandyLand*
* *Sculpt*
JB@45

**"JB@45"** was a limited-time digital single released by The Residents through their Robot Selling Device store on February 4, 2011. It is a 'remixed' version of their *James: Live At The Apollo* covers medley from their 1984 album *George & James*. As the title suggests, the remix is designed to imitate how the side would've sounded when played at 45 RPM speed instead of the 33 RPM speed standard for LPs. The *James* side on the original album features The Singing Resident's voice pitched down to a much deeper tone. Hence, *JB@45* presents the vocals at a pitch similar to the original.

## Background

### Recording

The Residents launched their American Composers Series in 1984. This recording project ultimately resulted in a duology of albums featuring covers of material by four American composers. The first of this duology, *George & James*, features an abridged cover of James Brown's influential 1963 live album, Live at The Apollo. James Brown had been an essential figure in The Residents' musical upbringing. It was likely an obvious choice for the group.

The resulting tribute was a 19-minute suite, the vocals on which had been pitched deep and low, seemingly to contrast Brown's high vocal range. George & James was released on March 13th, 1984.

### Remixing

Twenty-five years after the album's release, The Residents installed a chat room on their website. Eventually, the discussion turned to George & James, and some fans pointed out that the side was "pretty cool if played at 45rpm." The Residents were eventually approached about this alternative way of hearing the release, and they admitted to playing their copy at said speed. After some discussion, The Residents agreed to a limited-time re-release of James, remixed to 45rpm, just for people who didn't own record players in 2011.

There was a brief error with the release in that there were options to download it as an album (At $1.99) or to download the track (At 99 cents.)

## Reception

### Retrospective

Richard Anderson (later to become The Residents' product manager at Cherry Red Records) referenced "JB@45" in his June 2012 review of *George & James*, noting that the remix "fixes the vocals, but nothing else", and calling it "a sad example of what could have been, but not enough to redeem a failed experiment." On Discogs, the single has a user rating of 3.67 / 5. On RateYourMusic, it has 3.24 / 5.

## Track listing

1. JB@45 (15:44)
	1. Intro
	2. I'll Go Crazy
	3. Try Me
	4. Think
	5. I Don't Mind
	6. Lost Someone
	7. Please, Please, Please
	8. Night Train

## Release notes

> There has been talk on the chat about the "James" side of "George and James" being pretty cool if played at 45rpm. The Residents were asked about it and they were familiar with the idea and admitted to playing it at 45 as well. So they agreed to this limited time release for all those who no longer have vinyl players.
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## See also

* *George & James*
* The American Composer Series
* James Brown

## External links and references

* *JB@45*at Discogs

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Residents - JB@45. A new RSD download available now. | Facebook
2. ↑ The Residents Project - Review: George & James - Kittysneezes
Negativland

**Negativland** is an American experimental music band which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1970s. The core of the band currently consists of Mark Hosler, David Wills (aka "The Weatherman"), Peter Conheim and Jon Leidecker (aka "Wobbly").

Being contemporaries of The Residents, and also being based in San Francisco, Negativland and its members have occasionally associated with The Residents and Ralph Records, sampling The Residents on the song "You Don't Even Live Here" from the 1987 album *Escape From Noise*.

Negativland member Peter Conheim created high-definition digital restorations of a number of Ralph/Residents music videos in 2019 for the Cinema Preservation Alliance.

## History

Negativland was formed in December 1979 by Mark Holster, Richard Lyons and David "The Weatherman" Wills. They took their name from a song by German band NEU!. The group were all in high school at the time, but managed to record and finance the release of their first self titled LP, *Negativland*, on their own label Seeland Records in 1980 (named after another NEU! track).

In June 1981, the group began collaborating with member Don Joyce on the live sound collage radio show Over the Edge; they have since released a series of compilation albums featuring selections from the show.

Between 1981 and 1983 the group released two more albums, *Points*, and *A Big 10-8 Place.* By this time the group had begun to attract attention from the local San Francisco counterculture music scene, and began work on their fourth album, *Escape From Noise*.

## Association with The Residents and Ralph Records

The Residents are credited as guest musicians on the track "You Don't Even Live Here" on the 1987 album *Escape From Noise*, but in 2010 Hardy Fox explained that The Residents were not involved in the track, but were sampled on it, and enjoyed it. It was perhaps for this reason that Negativland contributed a track, "Perfect Scrambled Eggs", to the Ralph Records anthology album *Potatoes*, released March 1987. In 1999, The Residents and Negativland both contributed tracks to the *Knitting On The Roof* cover/tribute album.

In 2019, Negativland member Peter Conheim created high-definition digital transfers of a number of Ralph Records music videos (with the aid of original materials supplied by director Graeme Whifler) for the Cinema Preservation Alliance, including "The Third Reich 'n Roll", "Hello Skinny", "One Minute Movies" and Renaldo & The Loaf's "Songs for Swinging Larvae". Conheim has also been entrusted with further material from The Residents' video archives; by May 2021 he had transferred the entirety of the *Vileness Fats* videotape footage, and was awaiting funding to complete his restorations of the Ralph music videos. He is also credited for restoring the Ty's Freak Show audio featured on the *Freak Show* pREServed edition CD.

## External links and references

1. ↑ L.A. Records: THE RESIDENTS: CONTROLLED MISINFORMATION
2. ↑ Peter Conheim, interviewed by Lisa Doop, May 18th 2021
Morning Music

***Morning Music*** is a compilation album by The Residents, released through the group's online digital music platform, the Robot Selling Device on June 25th 2010.

The compilation contains a selection of previously released "up-beat" Residents tracks, designed to be listened to in the morning.

It was released physically for the first time in a newly remastered CD edition by Klanggalerie in April 2021.

## Track listing

1. Ozan 2-Step (3:25)
2. The Weatherman (3:06)
3. Daydream Believer (2:57)
4. Day 4 (3:00)
5. The Whispering Boy (Instrumental) (3:09)
6. Two Testes (3:25)
7. For Elsie (Excerpt) (2:09)
8. Just 4U (Edit) (3:57)
9. Save The World (Alternative Ending) (3:57)
10. Thundering Skies (2:54)
11. Sad Saint John (3:07)
12. Dollhouse (3:09)
13. Susie Smiles (2:37)
14. The Touch (2:10)
15. Timmy (3:05)
16. The New Hymn (Recessional) (4:21)
17. I Like Black (2:23)
18. Mr. Bee's Bumble (3:25)
19. Dream Wheel (3:51)
20. Diskomo 2000 (4:52)

## Liner notes

It is normally true that The Residents can be a bit too jarring for the morning. This compilation tries to fly in the face of that idea and presents a selection of up-beat tunes that will get one through a cup of coffee at home on Sunday morning and ready to head out into the world for that second cup. "Morning Rezheads"

## See also

* *Summer Tunes*
* *Beautiful Eyes*
* Robot Selling Device

## External links and references

* *Morning Music* at Robot Selling Device (archived via archive.org)
* *Morning Music* at Klanggalerie
* *Morning Music* at Discogs
Lot

Lot and His Daughters by Albrecht Dürer, c. 1499; Lot's wife is depicted as a pillar of salt on the road behind.

### Relatives

Terah (grandfather), Haran (father), Abraham (uncle), Sarah (aunt), Nahor (uncle), Milcah (sister), Iscah (sister), Ado/Edith (wife), two daughters, Moab (son/grandson), Ben-Ammi (son/grandson)

## Biographical information

### Date of death

Canaan (present-day Israel and Palestine)

## Physical description

### Gender

Male

**Lot** was a figure depicted in the biblical Book of Genesis, chapters 11–14 and 19. Notable events in his life include his journey with his uncle Abram (later known as Abraham), his family's flight from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (during which Lot's wife became a pillar of salt), and his daughters' conspiracy to have sexual intercourse with him to ensure their family would have descendants.

The story of Lot has occasionally been referenced in the work of The Residents, most notably in the song "Fire Fall" from the 1998 album *Wormwood: Curious Stories From The Bible*, which interprets the events of Genesis 19 from the perspective of an older, regretful Lot. He is again referenced in the liner notes of the 2018 album *Intruders*, where it is mentioned that Lot could never forget the two angels who rescued him from the destruction of Sodom.

## See also

* The Bible
* *Wormwood*
* "Fire Fall"
* *Intruders*

## External links and references

* Lot at Wikipedia
* Lot at Geni
List of free online releases

Since pioneering the medium with the 1999-2000 free release of tracks on the official Ralph America website, **The Residents** have occasionally chosen to **release music for free through their official online platforms** as a means of rewarding the interest of fans. Many of these free releases are only available for a limited time.

This tendency has continued into the present day and has resulted in collections such as *dot.com*, *The 12 Days of Brumalia* and *Summer Tunes*. The group's ongoing free release series, titled Free! Weird!, regularly offers images, videos and audio files from The Cryptic Corporation archive.

Individual members of the group (such as Randy Rose and Charles Bobuck) have also continued this pattern; Rose has released solo demos by leaking them directly to fan pages on Tumblr, and Bobuck regularly released free tracks via the Hacienda Bridge email newsletter.

## Series

* Free! Weird! (1999-2000, 2017-present)
* The 12 Days of Brumalia (2003-2004)
* Summer Tunes (2008)
* LS1 - Sketches For A Live Show (2022-2023)

## Stand-alone releases

* "Bride of the 12 Days of Brumalia" (2004)
* "Santa Dog 2006" (2006)
* "The Sandman" (2007)
* Not-So-Secret Cruel Tunes (2007)
* "Boxes of Armageddon" (2008)
* "I'm Not Crazy" (2008)
* I'm Bound To Be Yours If You'll Be Mine (2014)
* "Doors" (2017)
* "Frank's Lament" (2017)
* "Santa Dog 17" (2017)
* "Eskimo De/Re-Constructed" by Renaldo & The Loaf (2019)
* "RDX Sampler" (2021)
* "(The Residents Spend Six Minutes) Searching For Satisfaction" (2022)
* "No More" (2022)
* "Piano Fragments 1 & 2" (2023)
* "Mole Show Promo" (2023)
* "Commercial RDX Slice" (2023)

## Randy Rose

* Sam's Enchanted Evening (Original Demos) (2011)
* "Red's Song" (2012)
* "Momma Don't Go (Demo)" (2012)

## Charles Bobuck

* "Flesh Christmas" (2016)
* "Lies" (2017)
* "Wall" (2017)
* "Let Me Tell You About It" with Nessie Lessons (2017)
* "Fast" with Nolan Cook (2017)
* "Spike" with Nolan Cook (2017)
* "Dear" (2017)

## Black Tar and the Cry Babies

* *Season of the Witch* EP (2015)
* *Black Tar - 13 Tiny Tunes for Hallow's Eve* as C. Bobuck / H. Fox (2016)
* "Bunny Rabbits, Satan, Cheese and Milk" (2017)
* "Stop, I'm Watching TV" (2017)
* "Dork" (2017)
* "I Got You, Babe" (2017)
* "Think of Me" (2017)
* "Fourteen" (2017)
* *Left With The Fires* EP (2017)

## See also

* Residents.com
* Free! Weird!
* BOG
* BOGcast
* *dot.com*
* Robot Selling Device

## External links and references

* Free! Weird! at The Residents official website
* Earliest archived Free! Weird! (January 20th 2017) via archive.org
Kirk's Dream

**"Kirk's Dream"** is a track recorded and self-released by David Janssen (aka one half of English avant-garde duo Renaldo & The Loaf), under the guise of his ambient solo project Lightness Ascending, around 2007 or 2008.

Little is known about this track at present; it was likely released for a limited time as a digital single around 2008.

## External links and references

* Lightness Ascending at MySpace
* Lightness Ascending at Discogs
Mole Show props

## Backdrops

Shown to the right during "*Voices of the Air*"The "God of Darkness", shown to the left during "*The Secret Seed*" & "*Won't You Keep Us Working?*"Entrance to The Mole's cave, shown to the right during "*The Secret Seed*" & "*Won't You Keep Us Working?"* & "*First Warning*"The Mole's mine, shown to the left during "*First Warning*"A Mole's home, shown to the right during "*Back To Normality?*"The Storm, shown on both sides during "*The Sky Falls*" & "*God of Darkness.*" Originally colored red and green.The Mole's Home, shown to the left during "*March to the Sea.*"The Moles evacuate, shown to the right during "Migration."The Old Man, shown to the left during "*The Observer*"The desert, shown to the right during "*The Observer*" & "*Hole-Workers New Hymn*"The Moles, shown to the left during "*Hole-Worker's New Hymn.*"The Moles, shown to the right during "*Hole-Worker's New Hymn.*"Chub City, shown to the left during "*Smack Your Lips,*" Penn's Act Two opening monologue, "*Rumors,*" "*Arrival,*" "*Deployment / Saturation*" & "*Idea.*"A Chub's Home, shown to the right during "*Smack Your Lips,*" "*Rumors,*" "*Deployment / Saturation*" & "*Idea.*"The Scientist's machine, shown to the left during "*Idea*" & "*Ugly Rumors*"The failed machine, shown to the left during "*Failure*"The Scientists' Machine, shown to the left during "*Reconstruction,*" "*Success,*" Penn's interruption & "*Song of the Wild*"The War Machine, shown to the right during "*Success,*" Penn's interruption & "*Song of the Wild*"Pointing chub, shown to the left during "*Final Confrontation,*" The Resident's monologue, "*Satisfaction*"Pointing chub, shown to the right during "*Final Confrontation,*" The Resident's monologue, "*Satisfaction*" & "*Happy Home*"
### Notes

Alternative scans of the original uncolored prints of these banners are available at johanssonprojects.com. They are not used here due to a watermark. covering the top left hand side. Cuttings of the 'storm' backdrop were later sold, with a number of them housed at the Eyeball museum, and one in the possession of fan Alice Michael McCartney.

## Current Location of Props

In order to save money on transport for the European Mole Show, the centres of the 1982 props were cut out so that they could be reconstructed once overseas. Many of these centres were destroyed, but some ended up in the collection of former Ralph employee *Robert Eliason*, who occasionally shows his collection on The Residents' Facebook group.

Several props, constructed for the European Mole Show, are currently housed in the Eyeball Museum's collection.
Inside a Circle of Dreams

***Inside a Circle of Dreams*** (subtitled ***The Residents in 360***) is a 17 minute virtual reality live performance video by The Residents, featuring selections from the group's performance of their In Between Dreams show at the Litquake festival in San Francisco on October 16th 2018, which were filmed with a unique stereo 360º camera.

The stereoscopic 360 degree virtual reality experience features the footage of The Residents and their audience transposed into animated backdrops, visualizing three songs in the form of a triptych: "Die! Die! Die!" (with animations by Nick DenBoer), "Teddy Bear" (with animations by Bill Domonkos with Christine Marie), and "Monkey Man" (with animations by Stéphane Blanquet).

The piece premiered at the Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories in Los Angeles in October and November 2021.

## See also

* In Between Dreams
* The Brick-Eaters performances
* List of interactive media

## External links and references

* *Inside a Circle of Dreams* on Meta Quest
* *Inside a Circle of Dreams* at FIVARS

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FIVARS 2021 Spotlight - The Residents - Inside A Circle Of Dreams - Interview with David Lawrence" at FIVARS
Meet The Residents Sampler

* 1974 flexidisc
* 2023 7" single

 To promote the release of ***Meet The Residents*** in 1974, The Residents released a **flexi-disc sampler** included in copies of the February issue of File Magazine, featuring a seven minute montage of excerpts from the album. The single notably features an un-used segment from "Rest Aria."

Presaging the group's later "concentrate" edits of their most popular albums, this unique edit of *Meet The Residents* has only been reissued once, in January 2023, as a single-sided 7" vinyl single included with early copies of the vinyl pREServed edition of *Meet The Residents*.

## Track listing

*All tracks composed by The Residents.*

1. Excerpts from Ralph's LP "Meet The Residents" (6:50)
	* Numb Erone / Guylum Bardot / Smelly Tongues (1:51)
	* Rest Aria (1:43)
	* N-ER-GEE (Crisis Blues) / Seasoned Greetings (2:47)

## Advertisement in "Friday", May 17th 1974

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## External links and references

* *Meet The Residents Sampler* at The Residents Historical
* *Meet The Residents Sampler* at Discogs
List of soundtracks and scores by The Residents

Since producing elements of the score for their abandoned feature film *Vileness Fats* in 1974, The Residents have occasionally worked as **composers for film, television and multimedia**, producing a number of **soundtracks and scores** (some of which have been officially released, others which to date have not).

This article attempts to list the known scores and soundtracks by The Residents for film, television and multimedia.

## Scores for Residents productions

#### Feature films

* *Vileness Fats* (1972-1976, unfinished)
* *Triple Trouble* (2022)

#### Short films

* *Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats?* (1984)
* *Disfigured Night!* (1997)
* *Icky Flix* (2001)
* *Commercial DVD* (2004)

#### CD-ROM

* *Bad Day On The Midway* (1996)
* *I Murdered Mommy!* (1998, unfinished)

#### Internet videos and serial drama

* *The River of Crime!* (2006)
* *The Bunny Boy* (2009)

## Scores for others

#### Feature films

* *The Census Taker* (1984)
* *Shooting Script: A Transatlantic Love Story* (1992)
* *Conceiving Ada* (1997)
* *Sculpt* (2016)

#### Short films

* *Le Défilé* (1985)
* *The Begun of Tigtone* (2014)

#### Documentary films

* *Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into The Mind of P.* (2002)
* *Strange Culture* (2007)

#### Television

* "Theme For An American TV Show" (1980, unused)
* *Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread* (1987)
* *Pee-wee's Playhouse* *Season 2* (1987-1988)
	+ "Open House" (1987)
	+ "Playhouse in Outer Space" (1988)
	+ "Pajama Party" (1988)
* *Pee-wee's Playhouse* *Season 3* (1988)
	+ "To Tell the Tooth" (1988)
* *Why Didn't I Think Of That?* (1988)
* *Pee-wee's Playhouse* *Season 5* (1990)
	+ "Front Page Pee-wee" (1990)
* *Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions* (1991)
* *Liquid Television* (1992)
	+ "The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo" (1992)
* *The Big Picture* (1992)
* *Hunters: The World of Predators and Prey* (1994)
* *Masters of Horror* (episode "Haeckel's Tale") (2006, unused)

#### CD-ROM

* *Tales From The Crypt* (1996, unfinished)

## See also

* The Residents discography#Soundtracks
* The Residents videography
Later Tonight

***Later Tonight*** is an EP by Charles Bobuck, sold as a bonus to his album *The Swords Of Slidell.*

## Track Listing

1. Later Tonight
2. Stones In My Passway
3. The Sleeper
4. The Whispering Boys

## Background

The album acts as a teaser for Bobuck's then-upcoming album 'Bobuck Plays The Residents', featuring two tracks from it, as well as as a companion piece for 'The Swords of Sidell', being sold exclusively alongside that album.

It's almost a cover EP, with 3 out of the 4 tracks featured being covers.

The EP was limited to 300 copies.

## Credits

**Performance**: Charles Bobuck

**Produced By:** Walter Robotka

**Executive Producer:** H. Fox