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Ethane Ghost

The Darkening Scale ‎– Ethane Ghost

Label: The Darkening Scale Self-released
Format: 3 × File, Album, MP3, 320 kbps
Country: UK
Released: 2011
Genre:
Electronic
Style: New Age, Abstract, Ambient

Tracklist

1 Liberty Dream    9:22
2 Ethane Ghost 14:02
3 Absentia 23:47

Credits

Arranged By – David Janssen\*
Music By – David Janssen\*
El Ralpho Archive

The **eL Ralpho Archive** is The Residents' archive of sound recordings, video and film footage, and other assorted materials, which has traditionally been maintained by The Cryptic Corporation since their formation in June 1976.

The archive was kept by Cryptic President Hardy Fox until his retirement in 2016; it was then passed onto present Cryptic "Captain Doc" Homer Flynn, who currently shares maintenance duties with Cryptic co-owners MVD Audio and Cherry Red Records.

Flynn's inheritance of the archive led to the release of the pREServed series of expanded and remastered album reissues which began in 2017 and continues to the present day.

## eL Ralpho Archive

### Primary releases

*Best Left Unspoken...*, *The Sandman Waits*, *Night of the Hunters*, *Smell My Picture*, *Icky Flix Live* DVD, *Mole Show* DVD bag set

The **eL Ralpho Archive** was also the name ascribed to a series of limited edition CD and DVD releases of mostly rare, unreleased or out-of-print material by The Residents, issued on the now-defunct label Ralph America. The series began in 2006 and came to include nine distinct releases before ending in 2009.

The eL Ralpho Archive was followed by the digital-only Robot Selling Device online store (active from 2009 to 2013) and the later pREServed series of releases, active since 2018.

### List of releases

* *Best Left Unspoken... Volume One* (2006)
* *The Sandman Waits* (2007)
* *Best Left Unspoken... Volume Two* (2007)
* *Best Left Unspoken... Volume Three* (2007)
* *Night of the Hunters* (2007)
* *Animal Lover Instrumental* (2008)
* *Smell My Picture* (2008)
* *Icky Flix Live* DVD (2009)
* *Mole Show* DVD bag set (2009)

## See also

* The Cryptic Corporation
* Hardy Fox
* Homer Flynn
* pREServed
* Ralph America
* Best Left Unspoken... (series)
* Robot Selling Device
* pREServed
* *ERA B474*
Leapmus

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

**"Leapmus"** is a 14 minute suite recorded in February 1976 by The Residents, a full year before the release of their 1977 album *Fingerprince*.

It would remain in complete obscurity until the release of the expanded and remastered pREServed edition of *Fingerprince* in 2018.

## History

The suite was recorded in February 1976, with its title referencing that year's leap day (February 29th). The message "For Helen" is written on the master tape's cover.

The nature of "Leapmus" is unclear. It appears to have been originally conceived as a self-contained suite, not inteded for any kind of public release nor further development. However, it could be considered a demo for Side A of The Residents' 1977 studio album *Fingerprince,* as many of the musical themes and composition techniques featured in the suite would later be present in the LP.

"Leapmus" presents primitive versions of "You Yesyesyes" and "Boo Who?", which would both be further developed and eventually included in *Fingerprince*. The "Leapmus" version of "You Yesyesyes" also became a part of the album, in a two-and-a-half-minute edit titled "You Yesyesyes Again".

The recordings would not be available until 2018, when the pREServed edition of *Fingerprince* was released. The suite was included in the *Finger* Ephemera bonus disc, completely unedited from its master tape. According to The Mysterious Archivist, not even The Cryptic Corporation had listened to "Leapmus" before it was made public.

## Appears on

* *Fingerprince* pREServed edition (2018)

## See also

* *Fingerprince*
* "You Yesyesyes"
* "Boo Who?"
* pREServed

## External links and references

* Fingerprince pREServed edition at Discogs

**Side A**
"You Yesyesyes" · "Home Age Conversation" · "Godsong" · "March de la Winni" · "Bossy" · "Boo Who?" · "Tourniquet of Roses" · "You Yesyesyes Again"
**Side B**
"Six Things To A Cycle"
**Side C** **· Babyfingers**
A: "Monstrous Intro" · "Death In Barstow" · "Melon Collie Lassie" · "Flight of the Bumble Roach"
B: "Walter Westinghouse"
**Personnel**
The Residents · Snakefinger · Don Jackovich · Adrian Deckbar · Tony Logan · Pamela Zeibak
**Related works**
*Vileness Fats* · *X Is For Xtra* · "**Leapmus**" · "Entrance to Crypt" · "Clumsy Climb" · "Piano Dittie" · Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! performance · *The Third Reich 'n Roll* video · "Whoopy Snorp" · *The Residents Radio Special* · "Six Amber Things"
**Related articles**
Sycamore St. studio · Grove St. studio · Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · Pore No Graphics · Collectors' Box series
El Ralpho (disambiguation)

**El Ralpho** (sometimes **eL Ralpho**) is the nickname historically ascribed by The Residents to their recording studios and archives since moving into their first studio space on Sycamore Street, San Francisco in late 1972.

"El Ralpho" may variously refer to one of the following:

* 18-20 Sycamore Street, San Francisco, The Residents' communal home and studio space and Ralph Records headquarters from late 1972 to July 1976; the original "El Ralpho"
* 444 Grove Street, San Francisco, The Residents' second large studio space and Ralph Records headquarters, occupied from July 1976 to early 1983
* eL Ralpho Archive, The Residents' archive of recordings, film, video, art and assorted material, maintained in various locations by The Cryptic Corporation since July 1976; also a series of nine limited edition CD and DVD releases of rare material by The Residents, issued on the now-defunct label Ralph America between 2006 and 2009

## See also

* Ralph Records
* The Cryptic Corporation
Jake Gonnella

The subject of this article contributed to the 2018 album *I Am A Resident!* and has also contributed to this wiki.

## Jake Gonnella

### Labels

Who Killed Ralph?, MVD Audio, Cherry Red Records, New Ralph Too

**Jake Gonnella** is an experimental producer and musician from Boston, Massachusetts. He is responsible for a cover of The Residents' song "When We Were Young", which was featured in the suite "Commercial Bells Toll" on the CD edition of the collaborative cover album *I Am A Resident!* in 2018, and separately on the vinyl edition.

Gonnella had previously contributed covers of "Death In Barstow" and "Bury Me Not" to the unofficial series of tribute albums Who Killed Ralph?, in 2016 and 2017.

In 2018 Gonnella was involved in conversations with Homer Flynn of The Cryptic Corporation about mounting a stage play based on The Residents' 1978 album *Not Available*. The project was abandoned due to budget restraints, with The Residents' focus shifting instead to God In 3 Persons - Live!.

## List of credits

### Official

* *I Am A Resident!* CD edition (2018)
	+ "Commercial Bells Toll" ("When We Were Young")
* *I Am A Resident!* vinyl edition (2018)
	+ "When We Were Young"

### Unofficial

* *Who Killed Ralph, Too?* (2016)
	+ "Death in Barstow"
* *Who Killed Ralph? IV* (2017)
	+ "Bury Me Not"

## See also

* *I Am A Resident!*
* Eye Am A Resident
* Who Killed Ralph?

## External links and references

* *I Am A Resident!* at Discogs
* Who Killed Ralph? on Bandcamp
* Jake Gonnella at Meet The Residents Wiki
Melodic Virtue

**Melodic Virtue** is an publishing house in Indiana operated by Aaron Tanner, which seeks to preserve and promote the legacies of underground bands through the release of limited-run coffee table books.

Melodic Virtue are presently compiling material from The Cryptic Corporation archives for a "three or four volume set" of hardcover coffee table books, titled *A Sight For Sore Eyes*, focusing on the art and history of The Residents.

The first book in the series, *A Sight For Sore Eyes, Vol. 1*, was released on January 7th 2022 in two versions; a standard edition, accompanied by a one-sided 7" single featuring a previously unreleased *Not Available*-era outtake, "Nobody's Nos", and a deluxe edition which includes a picture disc of the "Nobody's Nos" single and a 7" x 7" book containing handwritten lyrics and notes from the *Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen* era titled *Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen Notebook*.

The second volume in the series, *A Sight For Sore Eyes, Vol. 2*, was released in July 2023 in three versions; a standard edition with a one-sided 7" single featuring the American Composers-era outtake "That'll Be the Day (Baby Baby)", a deluxe edition which includes a picture disc of the single and a second hardcover book, *UWEB Newsletters 1988-1993*, and a super deluxe edition, limited to only 50 copies, which includes the aforementioned contents, with a Steven Cerio art print and a 6" polyresin Cube-E Resident figurine.

## List of Residents releases

* *The Residents: A Sight For Sore Eyes, Vol. 1* (2022)
	+ "Nobody's Nos" 7" single
	+ *Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen Notebook*
* *The Residents: A Sight For Sore Eyes, Vol. 2* (2023)
	+ "That'll Be the Day (Baby Baby)" 7" single
	+ *UWEB Newsletters 1988-1993*

## External links and references

* Official website
* Melodic Virtue user page at Meet The Residents Wiki

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Homer Flynn, "Homer Flynn (Spokesperson for The Residents) on WZRD Chicago 88.3FM" on Mixcloud, August 5th 2021
Enigma Records

Label for King & Eye

**Enigma Records** (also known as **Enigma Entertainment Corporation**) was a famous rock and alternative American record label in the 1980s. The Residents were signed to Enigma briefly in the late 1980s, and the brand funded their *Cube-E* tour. The Residents moved to East Side Digital in 1990, a year before the company went defunct.

## History

Enigma was formed in December of 1981 after the crew behind Mötley Crüe's Leathür Records decided to develop a label of their own. Initially, the brand was owned by Greenworld Distribution. Their first release was the hardcore punk album 'Indoor Fiends' by Hypnotics, and their second was a single by minimal wave group Polyphonic Size. They then bought distribution rights for the Berlin mini-album, *Pleasure Victim,* which proved to be a top 40 hit.

In 1983 they signed their first notable act, 45 Grave, and released their debut album, *Sleep in Safety. And* continued to expand from there and eventually signed *Stryper*, a Christian Rock band that recorded several gold albums for Enigma.

Eventually, in the late 1980s, Enigma began signing more adventurous alternative acts, like The Dead Milkmen, Devo, and The Residents.

Enigma released and funded The Residents' seventeenth studio album, The King & Eye. The King & Eye was infamously recorded outside The Residents' studio and was instead recorded at Different Fur. It is possible that the recording and release of The King & Eye was a requirement for Enigma to allow The Residents to tour *Cube-E*. A similar thing had happened years earlier to Devo when they signed to Enigma. They attempted to tour in 1986 but were blocked by the label for not having an album yet, which kickstarted the Total Devo sessions.

The Cube-E tour ran from September 1989 to November 1990, and in October, Enigma began distributing Torso's *Cube-E Live in Holland* album. Two months later, The Residents were signed to East Side Digital, which released their eighteenth studio album, Freak Show, in December of 1990. Enigma went defunct in 1991. Restless Records purchased its catalog.

## Residents Releases

* The King & Eye (1989, CD, LP, Cassette, 73547)
* Cube-E (The History Of American Music In 3 E-Z Pieces) - Live In Holland (1990, CD, Cassette, 73608)

## Further Reading

* Enigma Records on Wikipedia
* The King & Eye on Discogs
* The King & Eye on RYM
Ecological Blues

"**Ecological Blues**" is the title of a song said to feature on *The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger*, an unreleased 1970 demo tape by the group who would later become known as The Residents. The track has never been officially released by the group in any form.

It is not entirely clear which piece of music the title corresponds to on the tape, however, it could possibly be the title of an otherwise unknown guitar and vocal-based "Delta Nudes" original heard towards the end of the first half of the *Stuffed Trigger* demo tape.

The song title originated from the 1979 W.E.I.R.D. fan club publication *The Official W.E.I.R.D. Book of The Residents*, which listed only three songs from *The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger*, including the title track as well as "Ecological Blues", "Bringing In The Sheaves" (which does not feature on the version of the tape known to fans) and a "suite of rock and roll songs".

Further information about the song is unknown.

## Releases

* *The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger* (1970, unreleased)

## External links and references

1. ↑ "The W.E.I.R.D. Complete Discography & Recording History", The Official W.E.I.R.D. Book of The Residents, 1979

**Side A**
"Satisfaction" · "96 Tears" · "Let It Be" · "The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger" · "Untitled Instrumental #1" · "Ecological Blues"
**Side B**
"Summertime" · "Untitled Instrumental #2" · "House of the Rising Sun" · "Summertime" (reprise) · "The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger" (reprise) · "Untitled Instrumental #3"
**Personnel**
The Delta Nudes · Roland Sheehan · Palmer Eiland
**Related works**
"I Hear Ya Got Religion" · "Moonman" · *Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor* · *ERA B474* · *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss*
**Related articles**
"When Johnny Comes Marching" · "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)" · *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* · San Mateo apartment · The Rolling Stones · George Gershwin · The Beatles

**Major works**
*Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor* (1970) · *The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger* (1970) · *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* (1971) · *B.S.* (1971) · *Santa Dog* (1972)
**Other recordings**
"I Hear Ya Got Religion" / "Moonman" (1969) · *1-10 (With A Touch of 11)* (1972)
**Compilation albums**
*ERA B474* (2012) · *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss* (2013) · *The Residents Present The Delta Nudes* (2016) · *A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big* (2019) · *Warning: Uninc.* (2022)
**Live shows**
The Boarding House, October 18th 1971 · Philip's Wedding, October 31st 1971 · Chris' Party, February 12th 1972
**Collaborators**
Randy Rose · Charles Bobuck · Hardy Fox · Homer Flynn · Palmer Eiland · Roger "Bunny" Hartley · Jay Clem · John Kennedy · Roland Sheehan · Bob Tangney · Jim Whitaker · N. Senada · Philip "Snakefinger" Lithman · Peggy Honeydew (Margaret Swaton) · The Singing Lawn Chairs (Pamela Zeibak)
**Related articles**
San Mateo apartment · Hal Halverstadt · Porno Graphics · Sycamore St. studio · Ralph Records · The Residents · *Vileness Fats* · *Meet The Residents* · *The Third Reich 'n Roll* · "Satisfaction" · "Aphids In The Hall" · The Cryptic Corporation · *WB:RMX*‎‎‏‏‎
Hair Apparent

## Renaldo & The Loaf ‎– Hair Apparent

Label: Renaldo & The Loaf Self-released
Format: File, MP3, Single, 320 kbps
Country: UK
Released: 27 May 2020
Genre: Electronic
Style: Experimental

## INFO

So now we're over 2 months into lockdown and relentlessly our hair continues to grow with no chance here in the UK to properly control it as the barber and the hairdresser are shut. It's beginning to show!
This song was inspired by an observation that a TV weatherman's usual short and immaculate haircut was looking particularly bushy and thus, very apparent.
As with Hambu Lodo, the proceeds from this song will be donated to NHS Charities Together.

## LYRICS

OH NO THE BARBER'S SHUT AND THE HAIRDRESSER LOCKED THE DOOR
IF THE THATCH GROWS OVER THE EYES AND THE EARS, GET THE SHEARS AND COVER THE FLOOR
BUT THOSE THAT ARE SHORN MAYBE BREAKING THE RULES
OR ELSE HAVE SOMEONE AT HOME WITH THE TOOLS
AND THE SKILL TO DO A HALF-DECENT JOB
OF A SHORT BACK AND SIDES OR A C-19 BOB
BOB BOB CROP THE BOB
OH WE'RE ALL CROSSING OVER TO THE HAIRY ZONE

SO THE PERFECT GROOMING OF THE TV TALENT
FAILS OVER TIME WITH THEIR HAIR APPARENT
AS IT CROSSES OVER, CROSSES OVER TO THE HAIRY ZONE

YOU KNOW AT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE THEY MAY GIVE A WRY SMILE AND SAY THERE WAS A NEW, UNRULY HAIR STYLE THAT DEFINED THE TIMES AND, FOR IT'S CRIMES AGAINST THE CROP, THAT CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE VIRUS MOP.

## CREDITS

Released May 27 2020
Written recorded and produced by Renaldo and The Loaf May 2020

Available on Bandcamp.

Proceeds from this song will be donated to NHS Charities Together
Icky Flix (disambiguation)

***Icky Flix*** may refer to one of a number of releases by The Residents, commonly related to their 2001 retrospective multimedia project of the same name:

* *Icky Flix* DVD, released 2001
* The soundtrack album of the same name, released 2001
* Icky Flix Live tour, February-October 2001
* *Icky Flix Live* DVD, released 2009

## See also

* *Video Voodoo Volume I*
* *Twenty Twisted Questions*
KBOO-FM

**KBOO-FM** is a non-profit, listener-funded community radio station broadcasting from Portland, Oregon.

The station's mission is to serve groups in its listening area who are underrepresented on other local radio stations and to provide access to the airwaves for people who have unconventional or controversial tastes and points of view. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and has been on the air since 1968.

KBOO was an early promoter of The Residents, airing their music as early as 1973 due to the efforts of then-program director (and friend of the group) William Reinhardt.

## History with The Residents

KBOO-FM was the first known radio station to air The Residents' music in 1973, with then-program director William Reinhardt befriending the group and promoting them heavily on his program The Radio Lab. KBOO was also the home of Barry "Schwump" Schwam, whose "Frog Opera" fascinated the group and led them to sign Schwump as the first outside artist on their label Ralph Records.

Around this time The Residents' graphic design arm Porno Graphics produced a program guide cover for the station as a favor for Reinhardt, which they claimed contained "hidden symbols". Reinhardt said of this design that the KBOO community "never got it" and "didn't like it very much".

In 1977, Reinhardt hosted a Residents-themed radio festival on KBOO, during which he aired The Residents' then-unreleased demo tapes *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* and *B.S.* in their entirety. This broadcast is thought to be the source of the bootlegs of these demos, which circulated among collectors and on the internet for many years until their official releases in 2018 and 2019.

## See also

* William Reinhardt
* Schwump
* Residents Records (mixtape)
* *Santa Dog*
* *Meet The Residents*

## External links and references

* Official website
* KBOO at Wikipedia

1. ↑ "KBOO program guide cover designed by the Residents for me as a favor. 'Ho Ho Ho' is a reference to my airing of Santa Dog. They claimed there are hidden symbols in there somewhere. The KBOO community of status quo never got it and did'nt like it very much" - William Reinhardt, The Residents Facebook group, September 6th 2013
Eyeful (album)

***Eyeful*** is a rarities compilation album by The Residents, collecting their 2011-2012 series of online single releases of the same name.

The compilation was first announced in early 2020 by Klanggalerie alongside the Randy Rose and Už Jsme Doma live album *Moravian Meeting* and was released on June 7th 2020.

## History

The Eyeful series of online single releases was active on The Residents' official website from 25th August 2011 to 26th August 2012. It was referred to as "a Bog benefit", with the Bog being The Residents' blog and chat group. Each download cost $0.79 when originally issued.

With such little information on the benefit preserved, the digital downloads were forgotten by the larger Residents fan-base, and had not been compiled onto a proper album release until early 2020, when Klanggalerie announced they would issue a compilation of the series later in the year.

The album ultimately saw release during the global COVID-19 crisis (which also caused the delay of the group's planned Dog Stab! tour dates) on June 7th 2020, alongside the Randy Rose/Už Jsme Doma live album *Moravian Meeting*.

Three tracks from the original series were dropped from the track listing of the compilation album - "One Minute Movies" live with Molly Harvey in Bordeaux on September 27th 2001, "The Old Woman" live with Molly Harvey, and "The End" (which featured some samples from The Doors' song of the same name).

"Oddo's Mood" had previously been released on The Residents' website in April 2004, under the title "The Bride of the 12 Days of Brumalia".The track listed on the album as being a lounge version of "Die-Stay-Go", is in fact "Mahogany Wood" - although these two tracks had previously been merged by The Residents to create "Dead Wood" for *Our Finest Flowers* in 1992.

## Track Listing

1. Life Would Be Wonderful (NY) (6:49)
2. Edge Test (2:28)
3. WLL Test (3:44)
4. Ghost Child (3:36)
5. Jam In Bb Minor (3:08)
6. Oddo's Mood (1:45)
7. Horsing Around (5:06)
8. Dix Freed Under (2:48)
9. Barstow (2:56)
10. Emmy Theme From Conceiving Ada (2:05)
11. Wanda Wanda (2:15)
12. Bunny Selections (Live In Linz) (2:41)
	1. My Nigerian Friend
13. Bunny Selections Live In Oslo (4:19)
	1. I Killed Him
	2. Fever Dream
14. Where Is She? (Karlsruhe) (4:28)
15. Box Arm (3:22)
16. Baby Skel (2:57)
17. Heaven Nose 16 (2:18)
18. Heaven Nose 46 (3:38)
19. Heaven Nose 141 (2:33)
20. Die Stay Go (Lounge Version) (4:32)
21. Baboon (2:12)
22. Bad Dog (2:18)
23. DDA Instrumental (1:37)
24. Smack Your Lips (3:24)
Maurice and Me, September 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 **September 2016**, archived from the original Tumblr page by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.

## See also

* Maurice and Me
* Randy Rose
* *RandyLand*
Eggs For Breakfast

***Eggs For Breakfast*** (subtitled ***"Eggsistential Thoughts Volume 1*"**) is an album by Charles Bobuck, compiling a number of short tunes he referred to as "eggs", each with a single-word title. It was released on Klanggalerie on February 1st 2017.

Tracks 1-19 had previously been released in 2016 as a series of online singles, and on the album *Black Tar - 13 Tiny Tunes For Hallow's Eve*. It features long-time Residents/Bobuck collaborator Nolan Cook on guitar.

## Track listing

1. Headstand (1:40)
2. Truck (1:20)
3. War (1:56)
4. General (1:41)
5. Smoke (1:18)
6. Pupil (1:30)
7. Saw (2:45)
8. Yellow (2:13)
9. Bag (1:28)
10. Dali (2:10)
11. Sing (2:26)
12. Car (2:03)
13. Hands (1:32)
14. Death (1:24)
15. Lemon (2:44)
16. Shroud (2:15)
17. Rug (1:28)
18. Blue (1:25)
19. Music (2:38)
20. Toe (1:46)
21. Beer (1:33)
22. Toast (1:47)
23. Itch (1:29)
24. Kid (1:43)
25. Gang (1:57)
26. Nail (1:34)

## Liner notes

I saw a yellow bag.
The bag was carried by the artist Dali
as he strolled through the streets
of Barcelona singing songs he could
hear coming from passing car radios.
As he neared, he paused and handed
me the bag asking,

“Are you my angel of death?”
And with that he squelched up his
face as though he had just bitten
into a lemon.

You do not look like my angel.
My angel would wear a shroud
made of rugs with blue fringe.”

With that he he took the yellow
bag from me and looked deeply
into my eyes.

I said, “It is Hallow’s Eve and I am
wearing a costume.”

He smiled with eyes appreciating
my sneakiness and shoved the bag
back into my arms.

I opened it once he was out of sight.
It was filled with music that had the
odor of sticky black tar.

I now pass the bag to you.

Are you my angel of death?

## See also

* Charles Bobuck
* Hardy Fox
* *Black Tar - 13 Tiny Tunes for Hallow's Eve*
* Hacienda Bridge newsletter

## External links and references

* *Eggs For Breakfast* at Klanggalerie
* *Eggs For Breakfast (Eggsistential Thoughts Volume 1)*at Bandcamp
* Eggs For Breakfast at Discogs
Hotel California EP

***Hotel California EP*** is a posthumous EP featuring material by Hardy Fox, released on Klanggalerie on January 12th 2023 in a bundle alongside a CD reissue of Fox's *Wallpaper* album. Both the EP and album are due for release separately at an as yet unconfirmed time in the future.

The EP features Fox's cover of the titular song by The Eagles (previously released in 2017 credited to Charles Bobuck in the 25th issue of Fox's Hacienda Bridge newsletter), as well as three further tracks from Fox's archive of previously unreleased solo music.

## Track listing

1. Hotel California
2. Secretions
3. Bassific
4. Paying The Moon

## See also

* *Wallpaper*
* Hacienda Bridge no. 25

## External links and references

* *Hotel California EP* at Klanggalerie
* *Hotel California EP*/*Wallpaper* bundle at Klanggalerie
Interlopers

***Interlopers*** is an unofficial Residents tribute album by The Cryptic Co-Operation and Friends, a group comprised of members of a Residents Discord server.

Consisting partly of a suite of covers of songs from The Residents' debut album *Meet The Residents*, the album was released via Google Drive and YouTube on April 1st 2022.

## Track listing

1. The Cryptic Co-Operation/Hubris - Intro
2. The Cryptic Co-Operation/Hubris - 1127 Highways
3. The Cryptic Co-Operation/Chalkboard - Splash Zone
4. The Cryptic Co-Operation/Hubris - Chopped Guitar
5. Janet - Creatively Bankrupt Keyboard Music
6. The Cryptic Co-Operation - Boop
7. The Cryptic Co-Operation - Numb Erone
8. The Cryptic Co-Operation - Guylum Bardot
9. The Cryptic Co-Operation - Breath & Length
10. The Cryptic Co-Operation - Consuello's Departure
11. The Cryptic Co-Operation - Smelly Tongues
12. Milkyhighway - Jazz
13. The Cryptic Co-Operation - Rest Aria
14. The Cryptic Co-Operation/Hubris - In The Machine
15. The Cryptic Co-Operation - Skratz
16. The Cryptic Co-Operation/Chalkboard/Spudboy - Ending

## See also

* *Meet The Residents*
* List of tribute albums
* List of Discord servers
Masterpieces

***Masterpieces*** is a 1980 sampler album released by Charisma through Sounds Magazine. Two tracks from The Residents' Commercial Album are featured.

## Track Listing

1. Gregory Isaacs - Happy Anniversary
2. Residents - La La
3. Residents - Loss Of Innocence
4. Scars - Love Song
5. Prince Far I - Throwaway Your Gun
6. Tuxedo Moon - (Special Treatment For The) Family Man
7. Genesis - Match Of The Day
8. Vivabeat - Man From China
9. Mike Rutherford - Moonshine
10. Monty Python - Rock Notes
11. Vivian Stanshall - King Kripple
12. Steve Hackett - Tigermoth (Part One)

## Credits

* Moonshine Remixed by: David Hentschel
* Sleeve By: Bill Smith
* Photography: Andrew Douglas
* Happy Anniversary Written by: Issacs
* La La & Loss of Innocence Written by: Residents
* Love Song Written by: Scars
* Throwaway Your Gun Written by: Prince Far I
* (Special Treatment For The) Family Man Written by: Brown
* Match Of The Day Written by: Collins/Banks/Rutherford
* Man From China Written by: Vivabeat/Garman
* Moonshine Written by: Rutherford
* Rock Notes Written by: Monty Python
* King Kripple Written by: Stanshall
* Tigermoth (Part One) Written by: Hackett
Disfigured Night (album)

***Disfigured Night*** is a compilation album by The Residents, released by Klanggalerie on December 5th 2016. The album collects material recorded by the group in 1997 for their series of live performances of the same name.

All of the material featured on *Disfigured NIght* was previously issued on various installments of the 1997: The Missing Year series of digital-only releases, which were issued through the group's Robot Selling Device in 2009.

## History

The material featured on *Disfigured Night* was recorded by The Residents in 1997 for their live performance project Disfigured Night. Every selection on the album had previously been released on various albums in the 1997: The Missing Year series of download-only releases, which were available through the group's Robot Selling Device in 2009.

The first three tracks, labelled "Original Disfigured Night", are The Residents' original demos for the project, recorded in Spring 1997. These were previously featured on the Robot Selling Device release *1997: The Missing Year - The Original Disfigured Night Arrangement*.

The following five tracks are selections from "Adobe Disfigured Night", the piece's debut performance, at the Adobe Centre For Arts in California in May 1997. The last two tracks feature excerpts from the "Marlboro Eyeball Experience", the first performance of the full suite, recorded in Germany in August 1997.

Some material previously featured in the "Missing Year" series of releases, specifically a selection of "scattered unfinished music sketches" and the first act of the group's dress rehearsal for their 1997 Fillmore show, is not included in this compilation.

## Track listing

1. Original Disfigured Night 1 (6:11)
2. Original Disfigured Night 2 (4:36)
3. Original Disfigured Night 3 (5:11)
4. Adobe Disfigured Night 2 (6:06)
5. Adobe Disfigured Night 1 (2.0) (15:23)
	* Disfigured Night
	* American Band Story (Brewer)
	* Would We Be Alive?
	* Kamakazi Lady
	* Lizard Lady
	* Constantinople
6. We Are The World (Jackson/Richie) (6:58)
7. Adobe Disfigured Night 4 (15:09)
	1. Benny The Bouncing Bump
	2. The Ouija Board
	3. Bach Is Dead
	4. Loss Of Innocence
	5. Eloise
8. Adobe Disfigured Night 3 (Jagger/Richards) (4:01)
9. The Marlboro Experience 1 (5:13)
10. The Marlboro Experience 2 (3:28)

## Credits

* **Mastered By**: Christian Loebenstein
* **Artwork By**: Lisa Robotka
* **Photos**: The Cryptic Corporation
* **Illustrations**: Steven Cerio

## Buy Or Die!

* *Disfigured Night* at Klanggalerie (EUR)
* *Disfigured Night* at MVD Audio (US)
* *Disfigured Night* on Bandcamp (Klanggalerie)
* *Disfigured Night* on Amazon

### Listen online

* *Disfigured Night* on Spotify
* *Disfigured Night* on Apple Music

## External links and references

* Disfigured Night at The Residents Historical
* *Disfigured Night* on Discogs
Moles (disambiguation)

**Moles** (or the **Mohelmot**) are a central subject of The Residents' 1981-1985 multimedia project The Mole Trilogy, and are commonly referenced throughout the group's history and iconography.

The term "Mole" or "Moles" may refer to one of the following:

* The Mohelmot, a fictional culture featured prominently in The Residents' Mole Trilogy of albums, Mole Show live tour, and related projects
* The Moles, a real-world group of Residents fans who operated the Bach Is Dead Discography and Virtual Museum website until 2011

## See also

* *Mark of the Mole*
* *The Tunes of Two Cities*
* *The Big Bubble*
* *The Comix of Two Cities*
* The Mole Show (tour)
* Zinkenite
* Cross
* Chubs
* Kula Bocca
* The Big Bubble (band)
Henrik Kam

***Henrik Kam*** is a San Francisco based photographer, best known to *Residents* fans for creating the *God In Three Persons* artwork. He was The Residents go-to photographer from 1988 to 1998.

## Credits

* God In Three Persons (1988), Cover Photography
* God In Three Persons Soundtrack (1988) Residents Photo
* Double Shot (1988) Cover Photograph
* Holy Kiss Of Flesh (1988) Cover Based On A Photograph By
* The King & Eye (1989) Photography
* Buckaroo Blues & Black Barry (1989) Photography
* Don't Be Cruel (1990) Photography
* Cube-E - Live In Holland (1990) Photography
* Freak Show (1990) Photography
* Our Finest Flowers (1992) Cover Photography
* Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses (1997) Buckaroo Blues And The Residents In Miami Vice Photographs
* Live At The Fillmore (1998) Photography
* Kettles Of Fish On The Outskirts Of Town (2003) Photos
* Disfigured Night (2004) Photography
* Gingerbread Man (2016) Gingerbread Live Photographs
* Cube-E Box (2020) Photography

## Photos

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News Machine

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## BOG chronology

**The Residents' News Machine** is an official news blog dedicated to the activities of The Residents, housed within their official website, residents.com. It has been active since the most recent redesign of the website on January 13th 2017.

News Machine replaces an informal news blog which had been active on the website since September 2010, and is also a successor to the earlier Official News Blog (usually referred to simply as BOG), active in various guises since the group gained access to the domain name in August 2003.

The name of the blog is a pun referring to the suite "The New Machine" from the 1981 album *Mark of the Mole*.

## Blog entries

### 2017

* News Machine, January 2017
* News Machine, February 2017
* News Machine, March 2017
* News Machine, April 2017
* News Machine, May 2017
* News Machine, June 2017
* News Machine, July 2017
* News Machine, August 2017
* News Machine, September 2017
* News Machine, October 2017
* News Machine, November 2017
* News Machine, December 2017

### 2018

* News Machine, January 2018
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* News Machine, April 2018
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* News Machine, June 2018
* News Machine, August 2018
* News Machine, September 2018
* News Machine, October 2018
* News Machine, November 2018
* News Machine, December 2018

### 2019

* News Machine, January 2019
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* News Machine, May 2019
* News Machine, June 2019
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* News Machine, August 2019
* News Machine, October 2019
* News Machine, November 2019
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### 2020

* News Machine, January 2020
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### 2021

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### 2022

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### 2023

* News Machine, January 2023
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* News Machine, June 2023
* News Machine, July 2023
* News Machine, August 2023
* News Machine, September 2023
* News Machine, November 2023

## See also

* BOG
* residents.com

## External links and references

* The Residents' News Machine
* The Residents' News Machine archived via archive.org
List of spokespeople for The Residents

The Residents don't talk, it's against their own intercanal rules to ever make contact with The Press, or anyone like that. So, they get people to do it for them. Individuals who they share with exactly what they want known at exactly what time. These individuals are hand picked by the group.

## List

### Jay Clem

* Period: August 1977 - May 1982

Early collaborator and childhood friend of the group, Jay Clem extensively promoted The Residents and Ralph Records during his six years as a member of The Cryptic Corporation.

### Penn Jillette

* Period: October 1982 - July 1983

Narrator of The Mole Show and the 10th Anniversary Radio Special, Penn Jillette was hired because he was the exact opposite of The Residents. Easily agitated, straight laced, and decidedly un-hip. At least, that's the character he portrayed in interviews.

### Nessie Lessons

* Period: June - October 1983

Frequent collaborator with the group and ex-wife of Hardy Fox, Nessie Lessons was occasionally brought on as The Residents' spokesperson when Penn Jillette was unavailable.

### Homer Flynn

* Period: October 1985 - Present

Homer Flynn is a life-long friend and 'babysitter' of The Residents. He has co-produced many of their albums with Hardy Fox, and has created a vast majority of the group's artwork since The Warner Brothers album.

### Hardy Fox

* Period: 1981 - 2016

Hardy Fox, being one half of The Cryptic Corporation, only occasionally spoke for the group. Although, he was responsible for much of the group's press releases. In 2018, he revealed he was a co-founder, composer, and performer for The Residents.
Morning no. 1 (Hardy Fox newsletter)

On September 23rd 2018, subscribers to Hardy Fox's Hacienda Bridge mailing list received an email with the subject **"morning"**.

This short email from Fox confirmed reports that he was suffering a terminal illness, and is the final entry in the series of newsletters written by Fox - a second "morning" email followed on October 30th 2018, announcing his death from brain cancer.

This email is archived on Mailchimp along with many previous issues of the newsletter.

## The email

```
I’m 73. Dying of a head thing that will get me soon. So what.

```

```
I had a dream that when I got up and looked in the mirror, my old father was looking
at me from the rear. ​​​​​I did not look at him but asked why he was looking at me.

He was sad and wished he could be part of my face. I suppose I am a rather happy
guy my whole life.

I sighed, said ok but he could never never participate in my sexuality ideas.

So he joined me. I see him most mornings now and he is smiling at me.

I kinda look forward to being a part of my father.

```

*Copyright © 2018 Hacienda Bridge, All rights reserved.*

## See also

* Hardy Fox
* Hacienda Bridge
* Hacienda Bridge newsletter
* Morning no. 2
El Año Del Muerto

***El Año del Muerto* *(The Year Of The Dead)*** is a rarities album by The Residents, released via the Robot Selling Device in November 2009. It was released physically for the first time in a newly remastered CD edition by Klanggalerie, April 2021.

## History

*El Año del Muerto* collects rare material by The Residents, spanning their entire career from The Warner Bros. Album RMX to their 32nd studio album, The Bunny Boy.

It opens with the previously unreleased "I Can't Get No (Spot)", a mash-up of *Satisfaction* with the lyrics from Snakefinger's 1979 single "The Spot". The song is presumably an outtake from *Our Finest Flowers.* The instrumental of this track would go on to form *The Cry of A Crow*, which itself was adapted into *The Confused Transexual*.

8 of the album's tracks were performed as part of the Talking Light tour.

## Track listing

1. I Can't Get No (Spot) (Previously Unreleased) (3:16)
2. Sleepwalker (2:55)
3. Dead Men (3:25)
4. They Are The Meat (2:42)
5. Dear Brother (Written by Hank Williams, uncredited) (3:41)
6. Ghost Child (2:57)
7. Die-Stay-Go (2:59)
8. Six More Miles (To The Graveyard) (Written by Hank Williams, uncredited) (4:16)
9. The Old Woman (4:32)
10. Bury Me Not (Excerpt from Buckaroo Blues) (3:00)
11. Inner Space (4:18)
12. Tortured (3:10)
13. Boxes of Armageddon (2:12)
14. Tent Peg In The Temple (Roadworms Version) (4:09)
15. Vampire (3:09)
16. Death In Barstow (2:04)
17. Ugly (At The End) (3:30)
18. Paint It Black (2:59)
19. The Replacement (Is he Really Bringing Roses?) (2:55)
20. Baby Skeletons (2004 RMX) (5:58)
21. My Window (5:20)

## Credits

*Taken from 2021 CD release*

* Mastered by Christian Loebenstein
* Images by Hardy Fox
* Layout By Lisa Robotka
* Guest Vocals by Carla Fabrizio, Molly Harvey and Isabelle Barbier

## Release Notes

> *The Residents are an American art collective best known for their over 60 studio albums that were recorded over a period of over forty years. They also created some outstanding multimedia works, mainly three CD ROM projects and ten DVDs.*
>
>

>  *Working as an anonymous collective, their identitites were kept secret until in 2017 Hardy Fox revealed himself as their primary composer. Hardy died in October 2018, but the group continue to record and perform. Recently, several new albums have been released, among them the brilliant Intruders and Ghost of Hope. Early in 2020, the group was invited to perform their seminal album God in 3 Persons at the MOMA in New York. El Año del Muerto is a compilation of mostly previously released material spanning The Residents' entire career up to 2009. It opens with a new track, "I Can't Get No (Spot)", a mash-up of "The Cry Of The Crow" (from the 1993 EP Prelude To "The Teds") with the lyrics from Snakefinger's 1979 single "The Spot". Due to the album's similarities with the Talking Light setlist, the album has retroactively acted as a sort of teaser for the tour. It is also theorized that the album showcases an early planned setlist for the show.*
>
>

- klanggalerie.com

## See also

* Robot Selling Device
* The Replacement
News Machine, April 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 **April 2019**, as archived on archive.org.

## Blog entries

### Bunny Boy's Secret Room Opens Next Week

Thursday, April 11 2019, 5:27pm

After TEN YEARS of life in GOD-KNOWS-WHERE, the one and only Bunny Boy is back! Or at least his secret room is back... Along with a retrospective of all-things-Residential, the Bunny room will magically reappear in Bourges, France on April 20, 2019. (And of course, there are rumors that THE MAN HIMSELF may actually come hopping back to his long lost home.) NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!

More info: English | French | Spanish

### Bunny Email Box Reopened

Friday, April 19 2019, 1:16am

What are you doing this Saturday? Are you attending the opening of The Residents exhibition in Bourges, France? All the coolest people are. You want to be cool, don't you?

Exhibition info: http://www.bandits-mages.com/en/blog/2019/04/02/bandits-mages-presente-the-residents/

But what about Bunny himself? Well, I hear they're going to let him use a computer for a few hours so he can check the inbox he hasn't opened in a decade. So if you've had a burning question or comment you've wanted Bunny to read and maybe respond to, send a message to wearedoomed666@gmail.com before Saturday evening (France time) for your chance.

### Bunny Boy Streaming Event

Friday, April 19 2019, 5:52pm

CORRECTION: It seems the correct address is: https://www.twitch.tv/bunnyboywearedoomed

In yesterday's news I implied you wouldn't be the coolest person if you don't attend the special opening event in Bourges, France. While that remains true, you can be somewhat cool by tuning in to a livestream at https://www.twitch.tv/bunnyboywearedoomed during the event.

It's scheduled to last from 6pm to 9pm, France time. That means it starts at... uh... gotta math now... 9am in California, 12pm on the US east coast... 5pm in London... and... oh just use Google to sort the rest out for yourself.

Exhibition info: http://www.bandits-mages.com/en/blog/2019/04/02/bandits-mages-presente-the-residents/

## See also

* News Machine
* Residents.com
* BOG

## External links and references

* The Residents' News Machine, archived May 30th 2019 by archive.org
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Maurice and Me, November 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 **November 2016**, archived from the original Tumblr page by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.

## Blog posts

### Tuesday, November 8th 2016

*[YouTube video: **Rushing Like a Banshee**]*

Hey Everybody! Check it out!

```
**Tagged:** #the residents, #randy rose, #rushing like a banshee, #ghost of hope.

```

### Thursday, November 10th 2016

*[YouTube video: **My Neighborhood**]*

Hey Everybody! It’s me… still here… kind of…

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

```

## See also

* Maurice and Me
* Randy Rose
* The Randy, Chuck and Bob Trilogy
Missing Soldiers - The Favorite Songs of Clara Barton

***Missing Soldiers - The Favorite Songs of Clara Barton*** is an album by Charles Bobuck, first self-released on Bobuck's Bandcamp page on April 12th 2015. Later re-released on Klanggalerie in a limited edition of 300 copies on December 7th 2016 as part of the TOOK series.

These MIDI arrangements started out in 2001 as sketches for a proposed album based on The American Civil War by The Residents. The rather un-sexy project did not get encouragement from European partners because the war meant little outside of the United States and is most prominently a part of history in the deep South. The project was abandoned.

## History

Clara Barton (December 25, 1821 - April 12, 1912) was the founder of The American Red Cross. She was a prominent nurse during the American Civil War working on the front lines in close proximity to several battles.

At a time when few women worked outside the home, Clara Barton devoted herself to the humanitarian needs of the country. After the Civil War she ran the office of Missing Soldiers and helped locate 21,000 missing soldiers. She launched the American Red Cross in 1881.

*Missing Soldiers* presumes to include Charles Bobuck's renditions of Barton's favorite songs.

## Track listing

1. MS Overture (3:05)
2. MS The South (1:21)
3. MS The North (2:02)
4. MS Johnny (1:28)
5. MS The Lord (2:10)
6. MS Marching (1:18)
7. MS Romance (3:18)
8. MS Golden Slippers (2:20)
9. MS Valley (2:26)
10. MS Valley Waltz (2:40)
11. MS Susanna (2:23)
12. MS Polly Wolly (1:35)
13. MS Bonnie (2:26)
14. MS Sentiment (1:54)
15. MS Remembering (1:33)
16. MS Sadness (2:37)
17. MS Go Tell It (1:46)
18. MS Shenandoah (2:08)
19. MS Remembering (2:04)

## See also

* Charles Bobuck
* TOOK

## External links and references

* *Missing Soldiers*at Klanggalerie
* *Missing Soldiers*at Discogs