Another Land

Mark of the Mole Side B label art, 1981

**"Another Land"** is a four part suite from The Residents' 1981 concept album, *Mark of the Mole*; the first part in the group's Mole Trilogy (1981-1985).

Consisting of four parts, "Rumors", "Arrival", "Deployment" and "Saturation", the suite tells of the Moles arriving in the city of the Chubs and immediately being exploited and disregarded by the Chubs.

## The suite

* Rumors
* Arrival
* Deployment
* Saturation

## Synopsis

Everyone was talking. "The moles are coming! The moles are coming!" Indeed they were, tens of thousands of them. It was so exciting. The chubs knew moles were peaceful creatures, even if the stories about Innisfree did still include hideous torture. Chubs would no longer have to make the long trip to the pit edge to glory in the romanticism of Innisfree's adventures. Other chubs, more practical in the ways of commerce, saw an easy way to cut the cost of labor. The moles will need jobs, they thought. The chub mines were on the verge of showing huge profits, they knew.

The hole-workers did arrive, they were cheered and pitied by the chubs who all thought their plight most exciting. The moles were expected to be full of new stories about Innisfree. Many were given jobs, a few were even given good jobs, but most were turned away. The working moles helped the less fortunate, but time would have to improve the situation if the hole-workers were going to survive.

## Lyrics

### Rumors

```
**Chub Woman:**
I heard a rumor from the east
That the Pit Moles' battles with the beast
Have left them mindless and sick,
That west is where, their fingers say,
Are new found sites that give them something to cling to.
The rumors have them coming here
Believing life is not so harsh.

```

```
**2nd Chub Woman:**
Life not so harsh, indeed.
A hundred thousand refugees?

```

```
**Chub Man:**
The Pit Moles are coming, I heard just today;
Our problems with labor have just been done away with.

```

```
The Pit Moles will work hard and we'll barely pay;
So eager to get work, they'll do things just the way we want.

```

```
The Pit Moles are thrifty, their gods reassure
That poverty's blissful; they like being destitute.

```

### Deployment

```
**Chub:**
Need work?
Need work?
Sign here. Sign here.

```

### Saturation

```
**Chub:**
Sorry! That's all we need now.
Sorry! That's all we need.
No... No... No more work now.
The rest of you please leave.

```

## Credits

* The Residents: Male Vocals, Synths, Guitar
* Nessie Lessons: Female Vocals

## List of releases

* *Mark of the Mole* (1981)
* *Mole Show* (1983) - live version
* *PAL TV LP* (1985) - live version
* *Mole Show (Live In Holland June 6th 1983)* (1989) - live version
* *In Memoriam Torso* (1994)
* *Mole Box* (2019)

## See also

* *Mark of the Mole*
* The Mole Trilogy
* Chubs

## External links and references

* *Mark of the Mole* at The Residents Historical

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ima Buddy, *Ima Buddy's Totally Impartial Companion to Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated BIG MAMAS*, 1992

**Side A:** **Hole-Workers at the Mercy of Nature**
"Voices of the Air" · "The Ultimate Disaster" · "Migration"
**Side B:** **Hole-Workers vs. Man and Machine**
"**Another Land**" · "The New Machine" · "Final Confrontation"
**Personnel**
The Residents · Nessie Lessons · Penn Jillette
**Related works**
The Mole Trilogy (*The Tunes of Two Cities* · Part Three · *The Big Bubble*) · The Mole Show (*Live At The Roxy* · *Mole Show* VHS · *Live In Holland* · *Mole Bag*) · *Intermission* · *Mark of the Mole* video game (Greg Easter) · *Assorted Secrets* (Res Dance '82) · *Mark of the Mole* novel (T.D. Wade) · "Mole Suite" · *Mole Box*
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Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · Grove St. studio · Porno Graphics · Moles · Chubs

**Set list**
"Voices of the Air" · "The Secret Seed" · "The Ultimate Disaster" · "God of Darkness" · "Migration""Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth)" · "**Another Land**" · "The New Machine" · "Song of the Wild" · "Final Confrontation" · "Satisfaction" · "Happy Home"
**Dates**
***America (October - April 1982)***
Santa Monica, April 10th 1982 · San Francisco, October 26th 1982 · San Francisco, October 27th 1982 · Los Angeles, October 29th 1982 · Los Angeles, October 30th 1982 · Pasadena, October 31st 1982
***Europe (May - July 1983)***
Hannover, May 23rd 1983 · Vienna, May 25th 1983 · Vienna, May 26th 1983 · Munich, May 27th 1983 · Frankfurt, May 28th 1983 · Dusseldorf, May 29th 1983 · Berlin, May 30th 1983 · Copenhagen, June 1st 1983 · Hamburg, June 2nd 1983 · Bochum, June 3rd 1983 · Utrecht, June 4th 1983 · Brussels, June 5th 1983 · Utrecht, June 6th 1983 · Paris, June 7th 1983 · Lyon, June 8th 1983 · Bologna, June 12th 1983 · Milan, June 13th 1983 · Firenze, June 14th 1983 · Barcelona, June 17th 1983 · Valencia, June 18th 1983 · Madrid, June 19th 1983 · Madrid, June 20th 1983 · Madrid, June 21st 1983 · Bordeaux, June 23rd 1983 · Poitiers, June 24th 1983 · Birmingham, June 27th 1983 · London, June 28th 1983 · Liverpool, June 29th 1983 · Edinburgh, June 30th 1983 · Leicester, May 28th 1983
***The Uncle Sam Mole Show***
Washington, D.C., October 7th 1983
**Personnel**
The Residents · Penn Jillette · Kathleen French · Carol LeMaitre · Sarah McLennan · Chris Van Ralte · Nessie Lessons · Scott Fraser · Philip Perkins · Dan Gillham · Laurence Campling · Raoul N.D Seimbote · Eric Knorr · Leigh Barbier · Sheenah Spece · Paul Young · Mara Mikialian · Bill Gerber · Evan Medow · Tom Timony · Diane Flynn · Sally Lewis
**Related releases**
*Mark of the Mole* · *The Tunes of Two Cities* · *Intermission* EP · *Mole Show (Live at the Roxy)* · *Mole Show* VHS · *Assorted Secrets* · *PAL TV LP* · *Set Designs from The Mole Show* portfolio · *Mole Show: Live In Holland* · *Mole Show* DVD bag set · *Mole Box: The Complete Mole Trilogy pREServed* · *Mole Dance 82*

**Cast of Characters**
Mohelmot · Chubs (Innisfree · The Scientist) · The ObserverDarkness · The Evil DisposerCross (Zinkenites · Kula Bocca · The Big Bubble · Frankie DuVall)
**Part One: *Mark of the Mole* (1981)**
(video game · novel)
**Side A: Hole-Workers at the Mercy of Nature**
"Voices of the Air" · "The Ultimate Disaster" · "Migration"
**Side B: Hole-Workers vs. Man and Machine**
"**Another Land**" · "The New Machine" · "Final Confrontation"
**Part Two: *The Tunes of Two Cities* (1982)**
(*The Comix of Two Cities*)
**Side A:** "Serenade For Missy" · "A Maze Of Jigsaws" · "Mousetrap" · "God Of Darkness" · "Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth)" · "Praise For The Curse"
**Side B:** "The Secret Seed" · "Smokebeams" · "Mourning The Undead" · "Song Of The Wild" · "The Evil Disposer" · "Happy Home (Excerpt From Act II of "Innisfree")"
***Intermission: Extraneous Music From The Residents' Mole Show* (1982)**
**Side A:** "Lights Out (Prelude)" · "Shorty's Lament (Intermission)"
**Side B:** "The Moles Are Coming (Intermission)" · "Would We Be Alive? (Intermission)" · "The New Hymn (Recessional)"
**The Mole Show (1982-1983)**(*Mole Dance 82* · *Live At The Roxy* · *La Edad de Oro* · Uncle Sam Mole Show · VHS · *Live In Holland* · DVD bag set)
**Part Three: ???**
"Now It Is Too Late" · "Going Nowhere" · "Tired Old Man" · "Marching To The We" · *Mole Suite*
**Part Four: *The Big Bubble* (1985)**(fictional band · Black Shroud Records)
**Side A:** "Sorry" · "Hop A Little" · "Go Where Ya Wanna Go" · "Gotta Gotta Get" · "Cry For The Fire"
**Side B:** "Die-Stay-Go" · "Vinegar" · "Firefly" · "The Big Bubble" · "Fear for the Future" · "Kula Bocca Says So"
**Part Five: ???**
**Part Six: ???**
**Related works**
"Open Up" · "Anvil Forest" · The 10th Anniversary Show (*Assorted Secrets*) · *PAL TV LP* · The 13th Anniversary Show · *Mole Box: The Complete Mole Trilogy pREServed* ("From MOM1" · "Untitled" · "Jingle Bell" · "Another Another Land")
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Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · Grove St. studio · Minna St. studio · Porno Graphics · Penn Jillette · Nessie Lessons · Snakefinger · Matt Howarth · Greg Easter · T.D. Wade