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Moonman

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

The Delta Nudes, 1970

"**Moonman**" is a song written and recorded by the group who would later become The Residents in 1969.

One of the earliest known recordings by the group, it was first released in November 2013 on the compilation album *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss*, and later featured on the 2016 reissue, *The Residents Present The Delta Nudes*.

## History

The song's instrumental was composed by the group's primary composer Charles Bobuck, who had wanted to write a song about lasers (a subject he was fascinated with at the time).

The group's vocalist Randy Rose, upon hearing the song after a trip to "Psilocybin Beach", instead suggested using a poem he had written about a "moon man", inspired by the then-recent landing of Apollo 11 on the moon on July 20th 1969.

The resulting song, "Moonman", would not be released to the public for more than four decades after it was recorded; in 2013 the previously unknown track received its first public release on the compilation *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss*. It also later featured on the 2016 Klanggalerie reissue, *The Residents Present The Delta Nudes*.

## List of releases

* *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss* (2013)
* *The Residents Present The Delta Nudes* (2016)

### Versions

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 San Mateo home recording, 1969 (2013 mix, 1:55)

## See also

* "I Hear Ya Got Religion"
* The Delta Nudes
* *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss*

## Buy Or Die!

### Listen online

* "Moonman" on Spotify
* "Moonman" on Apple Music

## External links and references

* *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss* at Discogs

1. ↑ Charles Bobuck, *THIS Is For READERS*, 2016

**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*‎‎‏‏‎
Bad Day On The Midway: Music From The Game Reconsidered

***Bad Day On The Midway: Reconsidered*** is the second album based on the *Bad Day On The Midway* video game. It is a companion-piece to the Bad Day On The Midway novel, and was sold with copies of the book. Unlike the RMX albums before it, *Bad Day On The Midway* does not attempt to make a remix earlier albums by the group, but instead creates new tracks which happen to sample elements from the original game.

## Background

In 1995, The Residents completed their third and final video game project, Bad Day On The Midway, to critical success, and released an album of music inspired by the game as a companion-piece.

By 2012, the game was unplayable on any modern computer, and so, to preserve the story of the game, The Residents adapted the game into a book, along with a new album inspired by the book, which was given away with copies of the book.

The book is mentioned in The Residents' 2013 Wonder Of Weird live show, with Randy Rose promoting it mid set.

In 2020, the album was released in its own cardboard packaging alongside a paperback release of the original book, published by The Antibookclub.

## Track Listing

1. Bad Day Re Emerges (4:55)
2. Timmy Is Now An Adult (2:37)
3. Bugs For Commas (4:09)
4. Marvelous Mayhem (2:00)
5. Around The Midway We Go (3:36)
6. Stuck To My Eyelids (2:34)
7. Passing Time By Passing Gas (2:07)
8. Lottie As An Old Lady (3:52)
9. Bad Mood Day (2:42)
10. March Of The Residents (2:33)
11. Twiddling Thumbs (1:16)
12. Falling In Love With Love (1:43)
13. Introducing A Little Light (4:12)
14. Dixie Brings It Home (3:37)

## Credits

* **Written & Performed By**: The Residents
* **Contraption by**: CB
* **Featuring the voices of**: Molly Harvey, John Sanborn, Diana Alden & Mark Morgan
* **Produced By**: The Cryptic Corporation

## See Also

* Music To Eat Bricks By
* Have A Bad Day
* Bad Day On The Midway Book
Lockdown Music

## The Darkening Scale - Lockdown Music

TRACKLIST

The Darkening Scale - Lockdown Music 1-28
Plus bonus Lockdown Music 10 dance version
(90:18 Minutes)

INFO

One morning, a couple of weeks into the current British lockdown due to the corona virus pandemic, it occurred to me that this was the perfect opportunity to make some more music as The Darkening Scale and the idea of Lockdown Music was born. Not exactly fully realised pieces, Lockdown Music is more like a musical sketchbook and is an ongoing series which will be added to as and when new pieces are recorded.
All money received from sales of Lockdown music will be donated to charity and split 50/50 between NHS Charities Together and UNICEF.

Download and Support https://thedarkeningscale.bandcamp.com

Relased April 17, 2020 TO June 17, 2020
JJJ 105.7 Radio Show

The **JJJ 105.7 Radio Show** is a 70 minute Residents radio special aired on Australian radio station Triple J on October 30th 1982. The special contains interviews with members of The Cryptic Corporation, dating from the last days at the Grove Street headquarters prior to the resignation of two of the company's founding members.

The special was rarely heard for many years until it was released on CD as part of the *Mole Show* DVD "bag set" by Ralph America in 2009.

## Quotes

**Hardy Fox:**

It's just one of these things where I happened to be in the right place, I guess, at the right time, knowing people and hanging out with people who seemed interesting at the time, who were trying to do recordings and who had a tape recorder. There was a problem of not having enough hands to turn everything on and off, and I was always a sucker for equipment, so I started turning tape recorders on and off, and it just grew out of that. This was in San Mateo.
## See also

* The Cryptic Corporation
* 444 Grove Street, San Francisco
Mute Records

alternative

rock

experimental

***Mute Records Ltd***. is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Can, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Fad Gadget, Goldfrapp, Grinderman, Inspiral Carpets, Moby, New Order, Nitzer Ebb, Yann Tiersen, Wire, Yeasayer, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Yazoo, M83 & The Residents.

## Background

Mute acquired the rights to release *The Residents'* music at the very beginning of what is referred to as the label's *EMI* years, when mainstream record label EMI purchased the company for £23 Million. The new EMI owned Mute signed a deal with The Residents in May of 2004, two years following the band's departure from East Side Digital.

The first Residents release by Mute was The Commercial DVD, followed shortly by its soundtrack in 2004. Throughout the group's time with Mute, they released 4 mainline studio albums, Animal Lover (2005), Tweedles, (2006), The Voice of Midnight (2007) & The Bunny Boy (2008).

Mute's Residents re-issues always came inside hardback book covers with rare promotional photos, liner notes and lyrics. In October of 2008 Mute Records financed *The Bunny Boy* Tour, the only world tour by the group from this period. The Residents also appeared on two separate Mute Records Sampler Compilations, Mute Songs For In-Store Play (2005) & Daniel Miller's Happy Hour Broadcast (2006).

In 2009 EMI ceased ownership of Mute, allowing the company to become once again independent. It is unknown if it was this caused Mute to drop The Residents, who eventually negotiated a new contract with MVD Audio sometime between 2008 and 2010. The Residents and Mute were still on good terms, as The Residents performed at Mute Festival 2011, after signing to MVD.

## Residents Releases

* Commercial DVD (2004-09-23) ***[0724596927595]***
* Commercial Album (2004-10-25) ***[0724387434820]***
* Animal Lover (2005-03-28) ***[CDSTUMM247]***
* Mute Songs For In Store Play (2005)
* The Third Reich 'N' Roll (2005-09-26) ***[CDStumm253]***
* Mark Of The Mole (2005-12-13) ***[CDSTUMM258]***
* Intermission (2005-12-13) ***[CDSTUMM258]***
* The Tunes Of Two Cities (2005-12-13) ***[CDSTUMM259]***
* The Big Bubble (2005-12-13) ***[CDSTUMM259]***
* Tweedles! (2006-10-31) ***[CDSTUMM282]***
* Daniel Miller's Happy Hour Broadcast November 2006 (2006-11)
* Freak Show (2006) ***[STUMM283]***
* The Voice Of Midnight (2007-10) ***[CDSTUMM291]***
* Duck Stab! (2008-05-27) ***[LCDSTUMM295]***
* Eskimo (2008-05-27) ***[LCDSTUMM296]***
* The Bunny Boy (2008-08-29) ***[CDSTUMM301]***
Matt Groening

Matthew Abraham Groening is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, animator, and voice actor. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell (1977 - 2012) and the television series The Simpsons (1989–present), as well as Futurama (1999–2003, 2008–2013) The Simpsons is the longest-running U.S. primetime-television series in history and the longest-running U.S. animated series and sitcom. He is a big fan of The Residents.

## Residents Association

In 1979 Matt wrote the first biography on The Residents, titled, *The True Story of The Residents.* It featured the first reference of The Residents demo albums.

In 2010 The Residents performed *Talking Light* at his *All Tomorrow's Parties* Festival

In 2015 he was interviewed for *The Theory of Obscurity*.
Main Titles (God In Three Persons)

"**Main Titles (God In Three Persons)**" is the opening track to The Residents' 1988 "talking blues" rock opera *God In Three Persons*.

## Background

A sung opening title sequence set to music, it features Laurie Amat on vocals and introduces the primary musical motif of the album, the organ riff to "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)" by The Swingin' Medallions.

The first recorded version of this song was a 1987 demo, featuring lead vocals by Hardy Fox. The second version would be the 1988 instrumental featured on the God In Three Persons soundtrack album, and the final version would be the vocal version featured on God In Three Persons.

Since then the song has only been performed a handful of times, all during the God In Three Persons Mini-Tour of January fo 2020. This version features a longer instrumental intro, incorporating more motifs from the rest of the album, as well as new vocals to fit the personnel of the tour.

## Lyrics

Album Version

```
 The Cryptic Corporation presents
"God in Three Persons"
Written, produced and performed
By The Residents
With guest vocals by song stylist Laurie Amat
Brass and woodwinds by Richard Mariott
Package design by PornoGraphics
Cover photography by Henrik Kam

```

```
Produced by The Cryptic Corporation

```

Demo Version

```
The Cryptic Corporation presents
The Residents' "God in Three Persons"

```

```
Written & Directed by The Residents
Based on an original idea by The Residents
Choreography & Set Design by The Residents
Everything, really, by The Residents
In fact even things that aren't by The Residents are credited to The Residents.

```

Live Version

```
The Cryptic Corporation presents
"God in Three Persons"

```

```
A colaboration of trust.
Created by The Residents
In colaboration with
John Sanborn

```

```
Performance directed by Travis Chamberlain
Produced By Steve Saporito
Performance & Music Direction By Joshua Raoul Brody

```

## Releases

* *God In Three Persons (1988)*
* *God In Three Persons Soundtrack (1988)*
* *Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated Guide To The Residents* (1993)
* *In Memoriam Torso (1994)*
* *25 Years of Eyeball Excellence (1998)*
* *G3P Ephemera (2019)*
* *God In Three Persons (Live)* (2020)

#### Versions

1. ↑ 1988 Studio Version (3:51)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 1988 'Soundtrack' Version (3:38)
3. ↑ 1988 Studio Version Excerpt (1:02)
4. ↑ 1987 Demo Version (3:20)
5. ↑ 2020 Live Version (4:14)
List of Discord servers

**Discord** is a instant messaging, VoIP and digital distribution platform, first publicly released in May 2015. Users have the ability to communicate with voice calls, video calls, text messaging, media and files in private chats or as part of communities called **"servers"**. A server is a collection of persistent chat rooms and voice chat channels which can be accessed via invite links.

Discord runs on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, and in web browsers. As of 2021, the service has over 350 million registered users and over 150 million monthly active users. It is free to use, although it also offers a subscription service which allows additional features, such as expanded file upload sizes and custom emojis.

The Residents have developed a persistent fandom on Discord since the opening of the first server dedicated to the group, Istanbul, Not Constantinople (now defunct), in June 2018. In May 2021, a small group of fans staged a Q&A session with Homer Flynn on a specially made, single-use Discord server. As of September 2023, at least four public, fan operated servers dedicated to The Residents are currently active.

## List of public Discord fan servers

### Active

* The Residents (created July 7th 2018 - 60+ members)
* Santadogs (created December 7th 2018 - 60+ members)
	+ Operated by *I Am A Resident!* contributor Andor and an administrator of this wiki, Lisa Doop.
* Mysterious Spanish, Uninc. (created December 12th 2020 - 40+ members)
	+ Operated by The Mysterious Spanish Ladies, the team responsible for this wiki.
* RandyLand (created September 4th 2023 - 70+ members)
	+ Created to replace the defunct server Constantinople.

### Defunct

* Istanbul, Not Constantinople (created June 5th 2018, defunct September 4th 2023 - 190+ members)
	+ The first and most active Residents Discord server; closed by the owner on September 4th 2023.

## External links and references

* Discord official website
* Discord at Wikipedia
News Machine, April 2023

## BOG chronology

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

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

## Blog entries

### THEY ARE COMING!!!

Wednesday, April 12 2023, 7:01am

(to Santa Cruz)

Yes, The Residents will be playing at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz this Saturday night, April 15. We're nearing the end of their fabulous FACELESS FOREVER! 50TH Anniversary Tour and the response has been OUTSTANDING! Don't miss it!

http://www.riotheatre.com/events-2/2022/12/13/res

## See also

* News Machine
* Residents.com
* BOG
Mmm, Betty!

***Mmm, Betty!*** is the only album by Industrial Krautrock DJ Betty Botox. It was released in August of 2008 and features an exclusive extended remix of The Residents' *Diskomo*.

## Track Listing

1. The Jellies -Jive Baby On A Saturday Night (4:18)
2. Love Of Life Orchestra - Beginning Of The Heartbreak (7:43)
3. The Residents - Diskomo (9:37)
4. Severed Heads - Greater Reward (Dub) (6:19)
5. Pankow - Boys And Girls (6:14)
6. Carlos Peron - Et (5:16)
7. Hawkwind - Valium Ten (6:34)
8. Flying Rhythms - Doragon Balls (8:16)
9. Zed - Fremen (Naum Gabo's Flying Saucer Edit) (5:31)

## Credits

* Compiled & Reworked By: Betty Botox
* Artwork By: Stefan Marx
* Additional Production & Editing Credited To: Savage/Wilkes
Live! ...On The Outskirts

***Live!... On The Outskirts*** is a film by The Residents, collecting live footage of the band from 1983 to 2001, sold at *Demons Dance Alone* shows*.*

The DVD also contains several Easter eggs containing rare footage dating as early as 1971.

## Background

The DVD contains material ranging from the groups first performance in 1971, to their then latest tour, Icky Flix.

It was sold on tour during the Demons Dance Alone tour throughout October and November of 2002.

In 2003 it was included in the *Kettles Of Fish* box set.

## Track Listing

1. Secret Seed (2:43)
2. The Observer (1:26)
3. Cry For The Fire (7:03)
4. Man's World (The 13th Anniversary Show) (Brown) (5:17)
5. From The Plains To Mexico (4:24)
6. Bury Me Not (3:02)
7. How To Get A Head (5:20)
8. Dinah And The Unclean Skin (3:54)
9. Fire Fall
10. Man's World (Icky Flix) (Brown) (5:17)
11. Constantinople (2:43)
12. One Minute Movies (4:41)
	1. Moisture
	2. The Act Of Being Polite
	3. Perfect Love
	4. The Simple Song
13. Burn Baby Burn
14. Benny The Bouncing Bump
15. Bridegroom Of Blood
16. Ty's Freak Show (NEC)
17. Freak Show Live / Intro
18. Herman

## Easter Eggs

* Satisfaction (Jagger/Richards)
* Moscow (Icky Flix)
* Before The Encore (Icky Flix Tour)
* Snakefinger Interview (Excerpt)
* The Baby King
* Something Devilish
* Kick A Cat

## Credits

**All music written & produced by** The Residents

**Except It's A Man's World:** James Brown

**Executive Producer**: Guido Randizo

**Producers**: Starr Sutherland / Cryptic Corp
Los Angeles Free Music Society

The **Los Angeles Free Music Society** (or **LAFMS**) is a loose collective of underground musicians founded in Los Angeles in 1974 by Joe Potts, Rick Potts and Chip Chapman. The collective has consisted of avant-garde musical artists such as Smegma, Le Forte Four and Doo-Dooettes.

Since 1975, the collective has released a number of compilation albums highlighting the work of avant-garde musicians from Los Angeles; the 1977 compilation *Blorp Esette (Volume One)* featured the song "Whoopy Snorp" by The Residents. Between 1982 and 1984, the society also operated the record label The Solid Eye, releasing works by members and associates of the collective.

A ten disc retrospective CD box set of the collective's work, *LAMFS: The Lowest Form of Music*, was released in 1996. In 2021, a limited edition 13 LP box set was released by Vinyl On Demand.

## See also

* *Blorp Esette*
* "Whoopy Snorp"
* Irene Dogmatic

## External links and references

* Official website (archived via archive.org)
* Los Angeles Free Music Society at Wikipedia
* Los Angeles Free Music Society at Discogs
* The Solid Eye at Discogs
List of filmed live performances

Since the very beginning of their career, The Residents have regularly **filmed their live performances**, originally on 1/4" black and white open reel videotape, then later on a variety of video formats as technology developed through the latter part of the 20th century.

This is a list of live performances which are known to have been filmed by The Residents - released or otherwise.

## List of known filmed live performances

* The Boarding House (1971) ***[6:29]***
* Oh Mummy Oh Daddy: Aircraft Damage (1976) ***[3:19]***
* The Mole Show: Live at the Kabuki Theater (1982) ***[1:08:04]***
* The Mole Show: Madrid, Spain (1983) ***[1:23:43]***
* The Eyeball Show (1985) ***[7:53]***
* *The 13th Anniversary Show: It's A Man's Man's Man's World* (1986) ***[5:07]***
* *The 13th Anniversary Show* (1986) ***[26:33]***
* The Boudisque 20th Anniversary Party - November 18th 1987 [5:09]
* *Buckaroo Blues* (1988) ***[28:11]***
* *Black Barry Rehearsals* (1989) ***[7:05]***
* *Cube-E Rehearsals* (1989) ***[6:37]***
* *Cube-E: Night Music* (1990) ***[10:17]***
* *Ty's Freak Show* (1991) ***[5:06]***
* *Freak Show Prague* (1995) ***[1:33:32]***
* *Disfigured Night* (1997) ***[31:30]***
* *Wormwood at The House of Blues* (1999) ***[34:47]***
* *The Residents Play Wormwood* (1999) ***[1:44:00]***
* *Icky Flix Live* (2001) ***[1:41:24]***
* *Demons Dance Alone: USA* (2002) ***[1:24:08]***
* *Demons Dance Alone: Norway* (2003) ***[33:14]***
* *The Way We Were* (2005) ***[26:33]***
* *So Long Sam* (2010) ***[1:03:46]***
* *Moravian Meeting* (2010) ***[Excerpts released]***
* *Talking Light: Bimbo's* (2011) ***[1:54:14]***
* *Shadowland* (2015) ***[1:29:23]***
* *The Ghost of Hope* (2017) ***[53:00]***
* *In Between Dreams* (2018)
* *Live at The Swedish American Hall* (2018)
* *God In Three Persons: France* (2019) ***[44:51]***
* *God In Three Persons: Moma* (2020) ***[55:12]***

## See also

* The Residents live shows
* The Residents videography
Lionel Bob

**Lionel Bob** (usually referred to simply as "**Bob"*)*** is a pseudonym used by The Residents' guitarist between 2010-2016, created as part of the Randy, Chuck & Bob trilogy.

## Background

Lionel Bob was the least developed character of the Randy, Chuck & Bob trilogy. Whilst Randy was a somewhat fleshed out character from the start, and Bobuck later saw development through written work, Bob remained little more than the silent guitarist, with Randy even saying '*No one knows what the fuck Bob does!*' during the Wonder of Weird show. The name was retired following the conclusion of the Shadowland tour in 2016, and was replaced by *Eekie*

Bob is all but confirmed to be a pseudonym for Nolan Cook, who is credited as guest on the '*Talking Light: Bimbo's*' concert film & '*Shadowland*' live album.

### Fictional History

Lionel Bob joined The Residents some decades following the creation of the band, possibly during the late 1990s. His identity was revealed as part of the group's Talking Light tour in 2010 along with the other members of the group. He later appeared as guitarist for The Residents' side project Sonidos de la Noche with Bobuck and Carlos, releasing the album *Coochie Brake* in 2011. He also appeared on The Residents album *Lonely Teenager* earlier that year. Bob continued as guitarist with The Residents through their next two tours, The Wonder of Weird in 2014 and Shadowland in 2016.

He was fired from the group (alongside Rose) during the line-up change following the conclusion of the Shadowland tour in 2017. The current guitarist for The Residents is Eekie, who appeared with the group on their In Between Dreams tour.

## Credited appearances

* *The Residents - Lonely Teenager* (2011)
* Sonidos de la Noche - *Coochie Brake* (2011)
* *The Residents - Talking Light Bimbo's* (2011)
* *The Residents - The Wonder of Weird* (2014)
* *Charles Bobuck Contraption - "Walk Over"* (2015)

## See also

* The Randy, Chuck and Bob Trilogy
* Sonidos de la Noche
* Randy Rose
* Charles Bobuck
* Carlos
* Eekie
Leigh Barbier

***Leigh Barbier*** is a California based artist whose distinctive style was synonymous with The Residents for much of the 1990s. She was a core collaborator with The Residents from 1994 to 2001, but has most recently worked with them in 2020.

## History with The Residents

Her first artwork associated with The Residents was created for the Snakefinger compilation *Against The Grain* in 1983, but it wasn't until she created models for The Residents; *Gingerbread Man* CD-ROM in 1994 when their collaborations truly began. Most recently she has worked with The Residents on their God In Three Persons Mini-Tour, for which she created props. She is the mother of frequent collaborator Isabelle Barbier, and the wife of Captain Doc of The Cryptic Corporation, Homer Flynn.

Barbier has also worked on Hollywood films as a part of *George Lucas*' Industrial Light & Magic production company from 2002 to 2016.

## Discography with The Residents

* Snakefinger - Against The Grain (1983)
* Gingerbread Man (1994, Character Head Sculptures)
* Have A Bad Day (1996, cover art by)
* Live at the Fillmore (1998, Masks by)
* Wormwood (Curious Stories From The Bible) (1998, Illustration)
* Icky Flix (2001, contributing artist)
* Commercial DVD (2004, director of '*Troubled Man*' short)
* The Healer And The Archer (2020, Paintings)
* God In 3 Persons (2020, Props)
* Wormwood Box (2022, Illustration)

## Artwork For The Residents

Against The Grain (1983)Gingerbread Man (1994)Have A Bad Day (1996)Disfigured Night (1997)Wormwood Disc Illustration (1998)Wormwood Poster (1998)Still from Bad Day on The Midway (2001)Still from Troubled Man directed by Leigh Barbier (2004)The Healer and the Archer (2020)The Healer and the Archer (2020)God In 3 Persons Live props created by Leigh (2020)
## Further Reading

* Leigh Barbier - Discogs
* Leigh Barbier - IMDB
New News From New Ralph, February 26th 1983

**"New News From New Ralph"** was a press release issued by New Ralph on February 26th 1983, following The Cryptic Corporation's move from their headquarters at 444 Grove Street in San Francisco to a smaller space at 109 Minna Street following the resignation of John Kennedy.

The press release promotes The Residents' then-upcoming tour of The Mole Show and compilation album *Residue of The Residents*, as well as the Renaldo & The Loaf album *Arabic Yodelling*, while noting that an upcoming album by guitarist Fred Frith is nearing completion.

The below text has been transcribed to this wiki by a Mysterious Spanish Lady from a photograph of a copy of the press release kept by former Heavy Metal magazine editor Lou Stathis (September 29th 1952 – May 4th 1997) which was being auctioned on eBay in mid-2022.

Stathis' copy includes a personal inscription from a Resident at the bottom of the page; the Resident has circled the phrases "6-8 weeks of" and "dates all over Europe" from the text of the press release, and drawn lines leading down the margin of the page to their note which reads: *"and we expect you at every one! The Residents"*.

## The press release

NEW NEWS FROM NEW RALPH FEBRUARY 26, 1983

"NEW" RALPH, YOU ASK. HOW ABOUT "SORTA NEW"? RALPH HAS MOVED. NO MORE 444. WRITE THIS DOWN...

RALPH
109 MINNA STREET #391
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105
PHONE 415/543-4085
TELEX 278498 SRVCE UR
A NEW CATALOG IS NOW OUT THAT IS FULL OF INTERESTING STUFF. THE RUMOR THAT RALPH HAS DROPPED ALL OF IT'S ACTS EXCEPT THE RESIDENTS WILL BE PLACED ALONG SIDE ALL THE OTHER FAULTY RALPH RUMORS AS THE NEW CATALOG OFFERS THE NEW ALBUM BY RENALDO & THE LOAF NAMED "ARABIC YODELLING". A NEW FRED FRITH LP IS NEARING COMPLETION, TOO.

BUT MAIN EMPHASIS IS ON THE RESIDENTS AS THEY PREPARE TO OPEN THEIR HIT "MOLE SHOW" IN FRANCE MAY 12TH. FOLLOWING THAT COMES 6-8 WEEKS OF RIGOROUS DATES ALL OVER EUROPE.

WORK CONTINUES ON EAST COAST DATES, BUT EAST COAST PROMOTERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SUCH A LARGE AND EXPENSIVE SHOW. SURELY A SUCCESSFUL EUROPEAN TOURS WILL ENCOURAGE PROMOTERS TO BRING MOLES TO THE ATLANTIC STATES.

THE RESIDENTS HAVE A "NEW" RELEASE, TOO. WELL, SORTA NEW. IT'S CALLED "RESIDUE" AND IT HAS SIX PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONGS, FIVE "RARE" SONGS, AND ONE "ORIGINAL VERSION" OF A RELEASED SONG. IT WILL BE OUT IN APRIL.

ENCLOSED IS A RECORD WE THINK YOU'LL LIKE.

NEW! RALPH

## See also

* 109 Minna Street, San Francisco
* *Arabic Yodelling*
* *Residue of The Residents*
* *Cheap At Half The Price*

## External links and references

* Copy owned by Lou Stathis on eBay, June 2022

1. ↑ Signed letter from Jay Clem to Lou Stathis on eBay, June 2022
Loveland

***Loveland*** is a screenplay written by The Residents in 2004, described as "a mystery about romance, treasure hunting, and a dead body found at the bottom of a 200-foot hole in Loveland, Mississippi". Despite remaining unproduced to date, The Residents are still said to be fond of the screenplay and hope to "do something with it one of these days".

In April 2023, it was announced that The Residents are again trying to produce the film, and are currently seeking financial backing for the project. A full-page treatment is said to be available to potential backers; interested parties should contact Cryptic for further information.

## Plot description

*Loveland* was described by Homer Flynn of The Cryptic Corporation as "a classic tale of Southern Gothic dysfunctionality, revolving around three generations of the Dupree family, anonymous nobodies in nowhere, Mississippi".

Set in 1982 in the fictional town of Loveland in the Delta region of Mississippi, it opens with a researcher from the Smithsonian Institution who falls into a 200-foot hole and becomes trapped while investigating a mysterious structure.

The story then focuses on the riddles and grim family secrets connected to the "kudzu-covered" structure. A "shadowy albino character" who appears throughout the screenplay seems to "foretell" The Residents' later discovery of the obscure albino blues singer Alvin "Dyin' Dog" Snow.

## External links and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jim Knipfel and Brian Poole, et al., *Faceless Forever - A Residents Encyclopaedia*, 2022, pg. 154
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Post by Victor Cantu, The Residents unofficial Facebook group, April 29th 2023
List of tribute albums

Just as The Residents have become known for strange and unique versions of well-known popular tunes, many other groups have taken the opportunity to pay tribute to their heroes.

The below list compiles **tribute and cover albums dedicated to The Residents**, both official and unofficial.

## Official

The following tribute/cover albums were created and/or released with some association with The Residents, The Cryptic Corporation, or their record labels:

* *Eyesore: A Stab At The Residents* by various artists (1996)
* *Stuck Bad* by The Darkening Scale (2011)
* *I Am A Resident!* by The Residents and You? (2018)
* *Commercial Album* by The 180 Gs (2019)
* *The Godfather Of Odd - A Hardy Fox Tribute* by various artists (2019)
* *Aye Foreign Eye* by Muni Aprile & Friends (2022)
* *Unconventional Residents* by Alieno de Bootes (2022)
* *Unconventional Residents II* by Alieno de Bootes (2023)
* *Unconventional Residents - Alternates & Outtakes* by Alieno de Bootes (2023)

### Charles Bobuck

Between his resignation from The Residents in 2016 and death in 2018, the group's primary composer and arranger Charles Bobuck produced a number of releases featuring his own solo interpretations of classic Residents tracks.

* "Never Known Questions" digital single (2014)
* "Walk Over" digital single (2015)
* *Bobuck Plays The Residents* (2016)
* *Clank Clank Clank* EP (2017)

## Unofficial

The following are tribute/cover albums created by fans without the official sanction of The Residents, The Cryptic Corporation, or associated record labels.

* *Now Available* by C.W. Vrtacek (1983)
* *Songs Vol. 2 - The Residents* by the Cheepskates (1992)
* *The Residents Unmasked!* by various artists (1995)
* *The Residents Unmasked! 2* by various artists (1995)
* *F.E.S.T.E.R. A Tribute to the Residents* by Smelly Tongues and various artists (2000)
* *Worm Pizza* by The Moles (2003)
* *You Should Never Ask Permission* by Mr. Mute (2004)
* *Narcophony Plays The Residents* by Narcophony (2005)
* *Unavailable* by Buck Tardley (2010)
* *Leftovers* by Mr. Mute (2010)
* *Many Happy Returns* by Brett Spivey (2014)
* *Commercial Covers* by Derrick McMillon (2016)
* *Who Killed Ralph?* by various artists (2016)
* *Who Killed Ralph, Too?* by various artists (2016)
* *Who Killed Ralph? III* by various artists (2016)
* *Who Killed Ralph? IV* by various artists (2017)
* *Who Killed Ralph? Volume Five* by various artists (2017)
* *Fourth Reich and Mo* by iNDECYPHERABLE iNDUSTRIES (2017)
* *Who Killed Ralph? Volume Six* by various artists (2017)
* *Who Killed Ralph? Volume Seven* by various artists (2017)
* *Who Killed Ralph? Volume 8* by various artists (2018)
* *Eye Am A Resident* by various artists (2018) - *fan-made compilation of officially sanctioned cover versions*
* *The Commercial Album Album* by Munimún (2020)
* *Interlopers* by The Cryptic Co-Operation (2022)
Liver

***Liver*** is a term invented by Residents archivist and UWEB owner, Uncle Willie. The term refers to a 'live' tracks, without the assumption that the track was performed in front of an audience.

The term arose when Willie was tasked by The Cryptic Corporation to create a live compilation for The Residents. He discovered that the material he had been handed to comb through, contained not only live in concert tracks, but also live in the studio tracks, rehearsals, as well as full studio recordings which had been mixed or edited to sound as if they were performed live.

As a result, Willie started referring to these tracks as 'Live-r', as not to cause confusion about their recording, inspiring him to name the compilation, *Liver Music*. A year later, he released a follow up, '*Daydream B-Liver*', which combined Liver tracks with unreleased covers.

## Liver Albums

* Liver Music (1990)
* Daydream B-Liver (1991)
Maurice and Me, October 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 **October 2016**, archived from the original Tumblr page by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.

## Blog posts

### Tuesday, October 4th 2016

Guess what?

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**Tagged:** #the residents, #double trouble.

```

## See also

* Maurice and Me
* Randy Rose
* *Double Trouble*
Lord It's Lonely

"**Lord It's Lonely**" is a song performed by Peggy Honeydew with The Residents, first released on the 1984 video and album *Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats?*.

It is derived from the Randy Newman song "Lonely At The Top", which Peggy performed in the original version of *Vileness Fats*.

## History

Originally a straight cover of Randy Newman's "Lonely At The Top" recorded for the *Vileness Fats* film project, the original version of this song has never been released (except for a snippet direct from the *Vileness Fats* video master, in outtakes released by Don Hardy as part of the promotion for *Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents*).

In 1984, a new recording of the song was featured in *Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats?*, retitled "Lord, I'm Lonely" and bearing little resemblance to the original recording, with heavily pitch-shifted and near-incomprehensible vocals and newly-recorded backing track. This version was released on the corresponding soundtrack album, and to date, remains the only officially released studio version of this song.

## Releases

* *Mole Show/Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats?* VHS (1984)
* *Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats?* (1984)
* *PAL TV LP* (1985)

## See also

* Lonely At The Top
* Peggy Honeydew
* *Vileness Fats*
Maurice and Me, May 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 **May 2016**, archived from the original Tumblr page by The Mysterious Spanish Ladies.

## Blog posts

### Wednesday, May 4th 2016

Hey Everybody! Here we are at the Texas Theater in BIG D (Dallas to the neophyte), most notable as the location of Lee Harvey Oswald’s arrest. You probably heard of him. Only three shows after tonight and then I go back to being a lonely guy on Pico Avenue who used to have a cat.

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**Tagged:** #the residents, #randy rose, #shadowland, #lee harvey oswald.

```

### Thursday, May 19th 2016

Hey Everybody! It’s me Randy - still hanging in there. The tour is over and and I’m back home, kind of a gloomy Gus rattling around in my empty apartment and stuff. Anyway, here’s an old photo of me trying out for a movie back in the 60s. I didn’t get the part.

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

```

### Friday, May 20th 2016

Hey Everybody! Here’s the poster from the show we did in Melbourne a couple of months ago. Cool, huh?

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

```

### Wednesday, May 25th 2016

WHAT THE FUCK! Hey everybody! It’s me, Randy. Okay, so somebody sent me this picture and asked IF IT WAS ME AS A KID!!! HA! HA! Big joke!

```
**Tagged:** #randy rose, #the residents, #uncle les and nancy.

```

## See also

* Maurice and Me
* Randy Rose
* Shadowland
Fear for the Future

***Fear for the Future*** is the tenth track from The Residents' thirteenth studio album, *The Big Bubble.*

## Background

This track is notable for being the only of it's kind on The Big Bubble, as it is an entirely instrumental track. This gives the listener a brief reprieve from the aggressive vocals from the rest of the album, before finishing the album with *Kula Bocca Says So.*

Unlike the fiery passion of the other songs on the record, which were all driven by their vocal performance, Fear for the Future is slow and melancholy. Within the Mole Trilogy, this song was written and recorded by the members of The Big Bubble, as a slow, circumspective tune, which represents the anxiety and dread within the group regarding the infighting between the Moles, Chubs, and Zenkenites, and how it would affect the inhabitants of Chubville.

## Credits

* Written & Performed by: The Residents
* A Cryptic Corporation Production

### Fake Credits

* Ramsey Whiten: Percussion
* Frank Leone: Electric Guitar
* Paul Sage: Grand Piano, Synthesiser
* Alex Beason: Electric Guitar

## Appearances

* The Big Bubble (1985)
* Mole Box (2019)

## See Also

* The Big Bubble
* The Mole Trilogy
* The Big Bubble (band)
Knitting On The Roof

***Knitting on the Roof*** is an anthology album based on the Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick musical 'Fiddler on the Roof'. It features contributions from *The Residents* as well as *Negativland*.

## Background

The album is based around the 1964 musical *Fiddler on the Roof* written by Jerry Brock & Sheldon Harnick. It follows a Jewish milkman named Tevye as he attempts to hold onto his faith and culture as outside influences encroach upon his family's lives. The play itself was inspired by a 1914 collection of short stories by Sholem Aleichem titled *Tevye (or Tevye the Dairyman) and his Daughters.*

The Residents were most likely familiar with the popular 1971 film adaption, released just as the group formed into their earliest official incarnation, *Residents Uninc*. For the compilation, the group covered '*Matchmaker*', the first song following the prologue. At that point in the play, Tevye's family were visited by the local gossiping matchmaker, who says that a wealthy butcher wishes to marry the family's eldest daughter. However, the daughter is unhappy and instead wishes to marry a childhood friend.

*Knitting on The Roof* began production in early 1999 and was organized by Michael Dorf for Knitting Factory Records' *Jewish Alternative Movement* series of releases, promoting alternative Jewish acts. It was released on November 16th, 1999.

### Legacy

*Matchmaker,* was included on the 'Best Of' compilation albums 'Cover Versions' and '80 Aching Orphans'.

## Track Listing

*All Songs Written by Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick except where noted*

1. New Orleans Klezmer Allstars - Tradition (4:35)
2. The Residents - Matchmaker (Residents/Bock/Harnick) (3:16)
3. Magnetic Fields - If I Were A Rich Man (5:08)
4. Uri Caine & Lorin Sklamberg - Sabbath Prayer (3:52)
5. Naftule's Dream - To Life (3:59)
6. Dr. Eugene Chadbourne - Miracle Of Miracles (4:30)
7. Negativland - Tevye's Dream (Negativland/Bock/Harnick) (3:57)
8. Jill Sobule & Mark Goldenberg - Sunrise, Sunset (3:16)
9. Hasidic New Wave - Wedding Celebration (4:43)
10. Come - Do You Love Me? (4:10)
11. David S. Ware - Far From The Home I Love (3:03)
12. Elliott Sharp - Chava Ballet Sequence (4:51)
13. Paradox Trio - Anatevka (Darriau/Bock/Harnick) (7:21)

## Cred

* All Songs Written by: Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick
* Produced by: Michael Dorf
* Design: Davebias

1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/knitting-on-the-roof-mw0000254332?1624988813996
Never Known Questions (Bobuck)

***Never Known Questions*** is a single released by Bobuck in 2014. It features a re-recording of The Residents' song of the same name.

## Background

Never Known Questions was a digital single released on Charles Bobuck's *Codgers On The Moon* website.

Upon Walter Robotka hearing the single, he suggested that Bobuck record a whole album covering Residents songs. This later became *Bobuck Plays The Residents**.*

It was included on the compilation album THIS.

## Credits

* Bobuck: Performance
* Nolan Cook: Guitar
* The Residents: Writing
Memorial Hits

***Memorial Hits*** is a compilation album by The Residents, issued in 1985 in Japan by Wave Records.

## Background

In 1985, japanese label Wave Records came to a licensement agreement with The Cryptic Corporation, gaining permission to release The Residents' latest album at the time, *The Big Bubble.* This was the first official release of the band in the country, and would end up becoming somewhat popular in the Japanese underground scene.

Seeing the success of the record, Wave did not wait to cash in on this popularity. They funded a four date mini-tour of The Residents in Japan, entitled '*The Eyeball Show*'. And in order to familiarize the country with the groups back catalog, the label released *Memorial Hits*, a compilation of material from 1976 to 1984.

The album art was made by cartoonist Mark Beyer, who had previously worked on artwork for two Snakefinger projects: *The Man In The Dark Sedan* single and the *Manual of Errors* LP. *Memorial Hits* came with an inner sleeve, containing information about the band's history, as well as a mostly accurate lyrics sheet.

## Track listing

***Side One***

1. Festival of Death (Excerpt) (3:27)
2. It's A Man's Man's Man's World (Brown) (3:45)
3. Elvis And His Boss (2:32)
4. Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? (4:10)
5. Satisfaction (Jagger/Richards) (3:34)
6. Serenade For Missy (3:12)

***Side Two***

1. Diskomo (4:32)
2. Six Things To A Cycle (17:49)

## Credits

* **All songs written by**: The Residents
	+ **Except**:
		- Man's World by: James Brown
		- Satisfaction by: Jagger/Richards
* **Cover Art**: Mark Beyer
* **Designed:** Overart, Tokyo
* A Cryptic Corporation Production
* For more information on The Residents, write: Residents info, Ralph Records, 109 Minna St #391, San Francisco, CA 94105, U.S.A.
* The Residents are managed by Bill Gerber: Gerber-Rodkin Co., 8600 Melrose, Los Angeles, CA 90069, U.S.A.

## External links and references

* *Memorial Hits* on RZWeb
* *Memorial Hits*on Discogs
Is Anybody Out There?

***Is Anybody Out There?*** is a DVD by The Residents, collecting all episodes from the group's Bunny Boy web-series, initially released as two seasons between September 1, 2008 and April 6, 2009. The DVD also contains Easter Eggs, as well as exclusive video of The Bunny Boy tour.

## Chapters

* I Have Got A Story To Tell (7:00)
* Postcards From Patmos (9:15)
* The Dark Man (10:56)
* More Entertainment Value (11:35)
* The Golden Guy (8:51)
* It All Begins To Come Back (10:15)
* Starting To Get Weird (16:40)
* It Must Be True (15:57)
* Going To Arkansas (5:04)
* The Original Bunny Boy Video (5:04)

## Credits

* **Written, Directed & Scored By**: The Residents
* **Produced By**: The Cryptic Corp.

## Credits

* The Bunny Boy
* Postcards From Patmos
* The Bunny Boy Emails
Killing Time

***Killing Time*** is a posthumous album by Hardy Fox, released April 16th 2020 on Klanggalerie.

It is the second posthumous release of Fox solo material, following the mini-album *25 Minus Minutes* in 2019. It contains material recorded by Fox in the last two years of his life.

## History

The album was among several recordings Hardy Fox submitted to Klanggalerie label owner Walter Robotka prior to Fox's death from brain cancer in October 2018.

The album's catalogue number *gg329* was originally attributed to the as yet unreleased Hardy Fox soundtrack album *Ibbur*, which was originally scheduled for release in Spring of 2020. By January 2021, the release had been replaced on the label's roster of upcoming releases with *Killing Time* for unexplained reasons.

*Killing Time* is also the title of the first album by the band Massacre, featuring occasional Fox/Residents collaborator Fred Frith. The track "Traveling Music" was previously heard at the conclusion of Fox's final recording *25 Minus Minutes*. "Killing Time" and "Blues" had previously appeared as the first and third parts (respectively) of the Charles Bobuck and Joey R album *Wallpaper* in 2017.

## Track listing

1. A From Elsewhere (0:37)
2. B From 1/31 (0:44)
3. Blues (2:29)
4. Cherrio (2:36)
5. Creeper (2:06)
6. Killing Time (2:44)
7. Mark It Up (2:11)
8. Melody (2:23)
9. Quite Alone (2:19)
10. Scary (2:25)
11. Spooky Noise (2:09)
12. Tank Tank (2:04)
13. Theme (2:10)
14. Took Away (2:09)
15. Traveling Music (2:15)
16. Vlam (2:01)
17. Wharck (2:19)
18. Who (2:22)

## Release notes

Hardy Fox was the primary composer of The Residents. He created an incredible body of work, using all kinds of names other than The Residents, amongst them Combo De Mecanico, Sonidos De La Noche, Dead Eye Dick, Charles Bobuck or Black Tar And The Cry Babies.

Hardy first stopped touring with The Residents due to health issues. Soon afterwards, he left the group completely to concentrate on his solo work. After several albums as Charles Bobuck (later only Bobuck), the name given to him when still a member of The Residents, he later dropped all pseudonyms to work as Hardy Fox.

His first self-titled solo recording was an album full of minimal love songs, a portrait of the young Hardy Fox. The second, *Nachtzug* was about his last days touring with The Residents. It was followed by *Rilla Contemplates Love*, a concept album about the thoughts and feelings of a gorilla. A week before his death, Hardy recorded the very touching farewell recording to his fans, *25 Minus Minutes*.

During the last months of his life, Hardy submitted several recordings to be released after his death. *Killing Time* is one of them.

## Credits

* **Layout:** Lisa Robotka
* **Mastered By:** Martin Bowes
* **Producer:** W. Robotka
* **Written By, Design Concept, Producer**: Hardy Fox

## See also

* Hardy Fox
* *25 Minus Minutes*
* Walter Robotka

## External links and references

* *Killing Time* at Klanggalerie
* *Killing Time* at Discogs

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20191209212728/http://klanggalerie.com:80/gg329
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200122220055/http://www.klanggalerie.com:80/gg329
Master Mix 2

***Master Mix Volume II*** is a mashup album by Spanish DJs Mike Platinas & Javier Ussia. It contains samples from various mid 80s house tracks, including *The Residents*' *Kaw-Liga*.

## Track Listing

1. Mastermix (15:14)
2. Mix (15:27)

## Samples

***Mastemix***

* Jeffrey Staten - Ain't No Stoppin'us Now

* Tom Hooker - Only One
* The Residents - Kaw Liga
* Mel & Kim - Respectable
* Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body
* Raze - Let The Music Move U
* Gary L. - Time (Time To Party)
* DJ Effects

***Mix***

* Monday Midnite - Do It Bigi Bobo
* Jeffrey Staten - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
* Mel & Kim - Respectable
* Raze Let The Music Move U
* Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body

## Credits

* Producer: Mike Platinas & Javier Ussia
* Editor: Jump