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Boudisque Compilation

***The Midem '88 Boudisque Compilation*** is a promotional album released by the Dutch Record Store *Boudisque Records*. It contains two tracks featuring The Residents.

## Background

This promotional album designed for radio and journalist play collects material released by the labels which Boudisque distributes, *Torso, Megaton & Palace* records*.*

The version of Kaw-Liga featured in the Prairie remix.

## Track Listing

1. Div - Sex, Sex, Sex (5:45)
2. Slauerhoff - Volcano (6:12)
3. Trockener Kecks - Nu Of Nooit (3:35)
4. Flue - Sometimes In Arabia (3:57)
5. Kiem - Moneyman (3:34)
6. Angus - Papa Don't Freak (3:42)
7. Residents - Kaw-Liga (9:28)
8. Snakefinger - Kill The Great Raven (3:05)
9. Sort Sol - Ode To Billie Joe (7:04)
10. Burning Spear - Happy Day (3:50)
11. Michelle Gold - Give Me The Time (5:58)
Cherry Red Residents newsletter, January 2017

Background image used in most issues of the newsletter

The first instalment of **Cherry Red Records' Residents email newsletter**, sent with the subject line **"Welcome to the world of The Residents! Grab your free MP3 download on us..."** was sent to new mailing list subscribers in **January 2017**. It was one of two introductory emails welcoming subscribers to the service, and included a link to a free MP3 file of the song "Doors".

The below text has been transcribed from a copy of the original newsletter kept in the personal archives of a Mysterious Spanish Lady.

## The newsletter

*Note: Some format changes have been made (image positioning, additional headings, etc.) to create an easily readable version of this newsletter within the restrictions of this wiki. Such changes have been made as infrequently as possible to present the closest possible representation of the text as it originally appeared. Links in the text to other wiki articles are included by the admin in order to help facilitate easy navigation and further reading. Typographical errors featured in the original text have not been corrected.*

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## See also

* Cherry Red mailing list newsletter
* "Doors"
* *The Ghost of Hope*

## Resources

* Cherry Red Residents newsletter, January 2017 (PDF file, 1.34 MB)
Art Bears

**Art Bears** were a Marxist experimental rock group, formed in England in 1978 by percussionist Chris Cutler, guitarist Fred Frith, and German singer Dagmar Krause, during the dissolution of their previous band, Henry Cow. Their debut album, *Hopes and Fears*, was released in 1978, with the other members of Henry Cow credited as guests.

Their second album, *Winter Songs*, was released in 1979; the group toured Europe in the same year. *Winter Songs* was distributed in America by Ralph Records, who also released the song "Rats & Monkeys" as a single. The band released one final album in 1981, *The World as It Is Today*, before splitting shortly thereafter.

In 1983, Cutler and Krause founded the group News from Babel with Lindsay Cooper and Zeena Parkins, recording two albums and disbanding in 1986. The trio of Cutler, Frith and Krause briefly reunited in 1983 and 1984, forming half of the avant-rock sextet Duck and Cover. In 1993 the trio collaborated on the album *Domestic Stories* by Cutler and Lutz Grandien.

In 2008, Cutler and Frith (with other artists) formed Art Bears Songbook, a live "review" of Art Bears material, which premiered at the 25th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in Quebec. Art Bears Songbook performed again, this time with Krause, in September 2010 at a Rock In Opposition event in Carmaux, France.

## Discography

### Studio albums

* *Hopes and Fears* (1978)
* *Winter Songs* (1979)
* *The World as It Is Today* (1981)

### Singles

* "Rats & Monkeys" (1979)
* "Coda to Man and Boy" (1981)
* "All Hail" (1982)

## See also

* Chris Cutler
* Fred Frith
* Ralph Records

## External links and references

* Art Bears at Wikipedia
* Art Bears at Discogs
Arabic Yodelling

***Arabic Yodelling*** is the third studio album (in order of release) by Renaldo & The Loaf, released in August 1983 on Ralph Records.

## History

*Arabic Yodelling* was Renaldo & The Loaf's third album in order of release. It was recorded between the two sessions for their collaborative album with The Residents, *Title In Limbo*, from December 1981 to January 1983.

The album was released in the US by Ralph Records. Despite having been recorded in the United Kingdom, the album was not issued there, with the US release being the album's sole pressing until its 1993 CD reissue by T.E.C. Tones.

In 2011, Dave Janssen of Renaldo & The Loaf remixed almost every track from the album (except "Green Candle" and "Lonely Rosa") under the guise of The Darkening Scale, and self-released the results online, entitled *Aerobic Dallying*.

*Arabic Yodelling* was reissued on Klanggalerie as part of their series of expanded reissues of the Renaldo & The Loaf catalog. It features a bonus disc, entitled *Grain By Grain (For Accuracy)*, containing demos, outtakes and alternate versions contemporary to the recording and release of ther album.

## Track listing

#### *Arabic Yodelling* (1983)

1. Green Candle (3:20)
2. Night (2:55)
3. Bearded Cats (2:30)
4. The Blowflies' Dilemma (2:28)
5. Dichotomy Rag (2:07)
6. A Critical Dance (4:59)
7. Wilf In Builth (1:33)
8. Leery Looks (From Father's Books) (2:04)
9. Home After Rain (2:04)
10. Clean Gender (0:35)
11. Vitamin Song (1:29)
12. Lonely Rosa (2:55)
13. J.P.W.B.C. (1:43)
14. Like Some Kous-Kous Western (3:34)
15. Nelda Danced At Daybreak (3:38)
16. There's A Cap On The Lawn (4:25)

#### *Grain By Grain (For Accuracy)* (2015 reissue only)

1. I.1 (2:42)
2. It's A Flaming Row, Sir! (1:29)
3. Counting Sand (1:47)
4. I.2 (1:12)
5. Bearded Cats (Instrumental) (2:34)
6. Feral Nelda Steals The Show (2:10)
7. One Dream Per Night + I.4 (2:16)
8. Blowflies's Dilemma (Larval Forms) (3:10)
9. I.5 (2:04)
10. Something To Prove (1:24)
11. Acerbic Yelling 1 (0:45)
12. Kous Kous Western Parts 2 & 3 (2:54)
13. Early Night + Acerbic Yelling 2 (2:54)
14. I.7 (1:27)
15. Is Fall Equal To A Rise? + Acerbic Yelling 3 (2:05)
16. Leery Looks (Instrumental) (2:08)
17. The Road To Builth + I.8 (2:20)
18. I.6 (2:48)
19. St John Meets The Dancing Dervish (4:07)
20. She Wears Black (2:26)
21. Guitar Sketch Combo (5:13)
22. I.3 (3:23)

## Credits

* **Brian Poole**: 12 String Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Casiotone 2020, piano, Bowed Bouzouki, Rababa, Mesmer, Glockenspiel, Thumbpiano, Harmonica, Kazoo & Voice
* **Dave Janssen**: Clarinet, Electric Guitar, Bouzouki, Casiotone 202, Percussion, Fragmenter & Loops
* **Dave Baker:** Violin on "Bearded Cats" & "J.P.W.B.C."

## See also

* Renaldo & The Loaf
* *Aerobic Dallying*
* *Title In Limbo*
* Ralph Records

## External links and references

* *Arabic Yodelling* on Discogs
* *Arabic Yodelling + Grain By Grain (For Accuracy)* on Discogs
Bossy

Fingerprince LP sleeve

***Bossy*** is the fifth song from The Residents' third studio album, *Fingerprince*. It was recorded in 1974 during the *X Is For Xtra* sessions as a thematically unrelated "outgrowth." The song, exactly 1 minute long, is seen as a precursor to The Residents' *Commercial Album*, which would enter production five years after this song's completion.

Only one version of "Bossy" has ever been released, as no alternative mix was included on *Tournament of Roses RDX.*

## Background

The song was recorded in 1974, between the release of *Meet The Residents* in April and the first *Third Reich N Roll* sessions in October, and was copied onto the group's *X Is For Xtra* tape reel, between the songs "Little A (Authentic Folk Song)" and "Ah, Spare Us Gus," the latter of which went on to form the centrepiece of the song "Ship's A Going Down." Eventually, it was decided that the track would appear on their *Fingerprince* album, which was released on February 15th, 1977.

The song notably features a Resident other than The Singing Resident taking lead vocals. Its imagery is reminiscent of a farm life, and involves the description of an animal who the listener is mislead into believing is a cow.

## Lyrics

```
[Intro]
Sat upon an empty box of Cheerios and settled
Through the cracks of wooden floors
Forming little cone mountains
Fertile soil on which to rest
My dirty little white stone
With dimples to keep it from
Rolling down the dusty trail
Brought such straight rows
Like corn and peas
And foot caves in cold dirt
And the sore throat that follows

```

```
[Interlude]
"Everyone always knew it ended this way,
But I still don't understand why...
Milking the cow didn't work."

```

```
[Outro]
She was warm and had a rough
Mus-cular tongue for licking
Salt blocks and brown eyes like a cow
And her name was Bossy.
We didn't eat her I don't think.

```

## Personnel

* The Residents: Vocals, Keyboards, Drums

## Releases

* Fingerprince (1977)
* In Memoriam Torso (1994)

## See Also

* X Is For Xtra
* March De La Winni
* Fingerprince
* Commercial Album

## References

1. ↑ *Not Available* *pREServed* booklet, 2019
2. ↑ Fingerprince liner notes, 1977

**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
1976

The Residents in concert, 1976

### Show(s)

Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! Can't You See That It's True; What The Beatles Did To Me, "I Love Lucy" Did To You

### January

* The Residents receive an ARP Odyessy as a gift from the future Cryptic Corporation. The Residents begin working on '*Loser ≅ Weed*'.
* 25th: Terry Bradshaw releases his cover of 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry', a song that The Residents covered 10 years later during the Stars & Hank Forever sessions.

### February

* 1st: *Ralph Records* releases The Residents' Third Reich n Roll album. Sometime after this *Vileness Fats* was abandoned.
* 29th: The group record *Leapmus,* a suite of tracks that would eventually be adapted into *Fingerprince*. The suite also features early versions of *Boo Who?* & *You Yesyesyes Again*

### April

* N. Senada returns from the Arctic, and present The Residents with a jar of Arctic Air. This inspires the group to begin production on an album based on Inuit Culture.

### June

* Shortly after Snakefinger returns to the USA, he reunites with The Residents and they record *Satisfaction* together*.* With Snakefinger*,* The Residents record *You Yesyesyes* and being work on*Satisfaction**,* also beginning sessions was *Six Things To A Cycle.* Around this same time Schwump visits The Residents, and records Aphids In The Hall at the Ralph studios.

* 7th: The Residents perform *The Mummy Show*, this is their first live performance as "The Residents" at the Rather Ripped Records 5th Anniversary birthday party.

### July

* 24th: Residents Uninc. is dissolve, and The Cryptic Corporation is formed
* 31st:: The Residents relocate to 444 Grove Street

### August

* The Residents finish recording '*Six Things To A Cycle*'
* '*Flight Of The Bumble Roach*' is perhaps recorded during this time.

### September

* Ralph Records release The Residents' *Satisfaction* single, and Schwump's *Aphids In The Hall* Single. Schwump is disappointed with how limited the release of his single is, and ceases work with Ralph Records.

### October

* The Residents record '*The I**diot Bastard Son of What?*'

### November

* The Residents and Snakefinger record 'You YesYesYes', '‘Home Age Conversation’, a new version of *Tourniquet of Roses & 'Walter Westinghouse'.*
* They decide to collect these recordings, along with a number of outtakes recorded since the release of *Meet The Residents*, into a 3-sided album entitled *Tourniquet of Roses*.

### December

* Due to several conflicts, *Torniquet of Roses* is split into two releases. An LP called Fingerprince, released the following year, & an EP called Babyfingers released in 1979.

## Releases

* The Third Reich 'N' Roll
* Satisfaction
* Aphids In The Hall

1. ↑ Ian Shirley - Never Known Questions - 2015
Chris McGregor

**Chris McGregor** (1962 - July 31st 2023) was an American production designer and lighting technician, noted for his work with a number of artists including The Residents, Phish and Project Bandaloop. In 2001, he established the company Stage II Design and Production.

He first worked with The Residents on their international tour Cube-E in 1989 and 1990. In October 1993 he met the band Phish and, after mentioning his work with The Residents, became that band's main stage designer throughout the 1990s. He designed the hot dog that Phish famously flew in at Boston Garden on December 31st 1994 and at their Millennium New Year shows.

In 1997, McGregor accepted a job as technical director for a fundraiser in aid of the Tech Museum in San Jose, and asked The Residents to participate; they would ultimately perform their show Disfigured Night for a "small but wealthy crowd", from thirty feet above the entrance to Adobe's world headquarters.

McGregor continued to work with The Residents on their live shows, including Wormwood Live in 1999 and 2000 and Icky Flix Live in 2001. In 2008, McGregor designed the "schizophrenic" stage layout for the group's Bunny Boy tour. In 2017 he designed the lighting for the In Between Dreams tour.

McGregor passed away unexpectedly aged 61 following a heart attack on July 31st 2023. He was warmly remembered by collaborators including Phish and The Residents.

## See also

* Cube-E
* Disfigured Night
* Wormwood Live
* Icky Flix Live
* The Bunny Boy (tour)
* In Between Dreams

## External links and references

* Stage II Design and Production (archived via archive.org)

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Post to The Residents official Facebook page, August 2nd 2023
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Scott Bernstein, "Virtuosic The Residents/Phish Lighting Designer Chris McGregor Has Died", JamBase, August 4th 2023
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mike Wilt, "Chris McGregor: Reveling in Mirror Mask (Interview)", Glide Magazine, December 15th 2003
4. ↑ Big Brother, "1997: the missing year", The Residents Blog, August 2nd 2009
5. ↑ Big Brother, "The Bunny Boy tour officially announced", The Residents Blog, July 9th 2008
1979

The Residents as they appear on the back cover of "Subterranean Modern"

## Timeline

### March

* Ralph Records produce a compilation album of The Residents music from 1973 - 1978, titled "*Please Do Not Steal It!*", it is sent to 975 radio stations across the U.S.

### May

* The Residents finish recording *Eskimo*. It is scheduled for release the following month.

### June

* Due to difficulties, Eskimo is re-scheduled (again) for the 26th of September 1979.

### July

* 1st: Willie Nelson & Leon Russell release their cover of Heartbreak Hotel, a song The Residents would cover 10 years later on their King & Eye album.
* 13th: The Residents release "Nibbles", a compilation album of music recorded by The Residents between 1973 and 1978. It is the first Residents material to be released worldwide.
* Snakefinger releases "What Wilbur?" A 7-inch single produced by The Residents on *Ralph Records* in the US, and *Virgin* in the U.K.

### August

* 28th: Ralph Records release *Subterranean Modern*. An album featuring several San Francisco based artists. The Residents contribute 4 songs for the album. All artists contributing to the album were eventually signed to Ralph Records, aside from Chrome, who wanted too much money and signed with *Beggars' Banquet.*

### June

* 26th: The Eskimo mastesr are completed.
* Fred Frith is signed to Ralph Records

### September

* 26th: Ralph Records release Eskimo & Chewing Hides The Sound, by The Residents & Snakefinger respectively. The Residents produce Chewing Hides The Sound & perform on it. Eskimo proves to be the group's most popular release to date, with it ending up on a list of potential nominees for the 1980 Grammy's. Following the album's release, The Residents begin recording its follow up, *The Commercial Album.*

### October

* 17th: The Residents record '*Birds In The Trees*'... Also possible recorded on this date was '*Coming of The Crow*', and '*We're a Happy Family*'
* 18th: The Residents record '*Margaret Freeman*', and continue work on '*We're A Happy Family*'

### September

* 7th: Snakefinger makes his debut performance in the USA, at The Boarding House. A Resident joins him for a song.

### November

* 7th: '*Cosmetics For Reality*' is recorded. It is the third to last song recorded during the *Commercial Album* sessions.

### December

* 3rd: The Ralph Records Music Festival takes place. It features a performance by Snakefinger, with A Resident performing lead vocals on *Picnic In The Jungle*.

## Releases

* *Babyfingers*
* *Please Do Not Steal It!* */ Nibbles*
* *What Wilbur?*
* *Subterranean Modern*
* *Eskimo*
* *Chewing Hides The Sound*

### Re-Releases

* Fingerprince (New Artwork)
* *Meet The Residents*
* The Third Reich 'n Roll
Bigfoot Beware

"***Bigfoot Beware***" is the debut solo single by The Residents' lead singer Randy Rose, released in 2016 on Psychofon Records.

## History

Released in multiple limited vinyl and CD single editions, "Bigfoot Beware" is one of only two solo releases (to date) to be credited solely to Rose.

"Bigfoot Beware" would be followed by "For Maurice" (featured on the B-side of most editions of this single), released separately later in 2016 as a single-sided 7".

## Track listing

1. Bigfoot Beware (2:32)
2. For Maurice (3:21)

## See also

* The Randy, Chuck and Bob Trilogy
* Randy Rose
* Shadowland
* For Maurice

## External links and references

* *Bigfoot Beware*Die-Hard Edition on Psychofon Records
* *Bigfoot Beware*on Discogs
1961

James Brown And The Famous Flames ‎– I Don't Mind

The Residents were not active in this year. They were teenagers. At this time it is likely that they observed a the emerging R&B scene.

### May

* The Residents finish their Sophomore year at C. E. Byrd High School.

### August

* 8th: Elvis Presley releases Little Sister / His Latest Flame, two songs The Residents would go on to cover for their King & Eye album.

### September

* The Residents likely start their Junior year at C. E. Byrd High School.

### October

* 11th: King of Kings is released. The Residents later sample the film's soundtrack on their *In Between Screams* CD

### November

* James Brown and the Famous Flames release I Don’t Mind
* James Brown releases Lost Someone
CB Suite

***CB Suite*** is an album by Charles Bobuck, based on the Sonidos de la Noche album *Coochie Brake*. It was released on April 16th 2013.

## Background

The album is based entirely on material recorded in 2011 by Sonidos de la Noche during the Coochie Brake sessions. It was released on the 16th of April 2013 through the Robot Selling Device credited to Charles Bobuck and Nolan Cook. It was released on CD in 2014 as part of a double album containing Maxine, CB Suite and two singles. This version credits M. Villalobos as the vocalist.

In 2016 the album was re-released through the Hardy Fox / Charles Bobuck bandcamp.

### CD Version

1. CB Suite (Ft. M. Villalobos) (36:58)
2. Jambalaya (5:08)

## Credits

* Synthesis: Charles Bobuck
* Guitar: N. Cook
* Utterances: M. Villalobos
* Producer: Hardy Fox
1957

In 1957, The Residents were not yet formed. Their future members were in their tweens at the time.

### March

* 22nd: Elvis releases All Shook Up. The Residents later covered it in 1989 for their King & Eye album.

### June

* 11th: Elvis releases *Teddy Bear.* It reached number 1 in the US charts. The Residents cover it in 1989 for their King & Eye album.

### Summer

* Sam Cook releases a cover of '*Summertime*' this is the first charting version of the song the be released during The Residents' lifetime.

### September

* 24th: Elvis releases Jailhouse Rock. The song reaches number 1 in the US charts. The Residents cover it in 1989 for their King & Eye album.

### Unknown

* The "5" Royales release 'Think', a song that The Residents covered in 1984 as part of their George & James album.
Bob Uck and the Family Truck

**Bob Uck and the Family Truck** (alternatively **Bobby Uck and the Family Truck** and **Chuck B Buck and the Family Truck**) is a pseudonym used by Charles Bobuck (aka Hardy Fox), first appearing in 2017 on a number of fictional 1960s-era gig posters on a website promoting the Bobuck album *Nineteen-Sixty-Seven.*

The pseudonym appeared again in 2020 (following Fox's death from brain cancer in October 2018), when it was the artist name featured on the posthumous Klanggalerie compilation *Oddities 2013-2015*, containing a number of previously unreleased tracks recorded between 2013 and 2015.

## History

In 2017, Hardy Fox published a website promoting the release of (what would become) the final Charles Bobuck album Nineteen-Sixty-Seven, which contained hypothetical posters for live concerts from an imagined timeline where Bobuck had been an active live musician in the 1960s. In the posters Bobuck appears under a number of pseudonyms, including "Bobby Uck and the Family Truck" and "Chuck B Buck and the Family Truck".

In 2020 (following Fox's October 2018 death from glioblastoma), Klanggalerie released the posthumous compilation album *Oddities 2013-2015*, featuring a collection of previously unreleased tracks by Bobuck/Fox recorded between from 2013 and 2015. The album was released under the name Bob Uck and The Family Truck - to date it is the only release under this name.

## See also

* Charles Bobuck
* Hardy Fox
* *Nineteen-Sixty-Seven*
* Klanggalerie

## External links and references

* "Carousel Ballroom" at *Nineteen-Sixty-Seven* website
* "People's Temple" at *Nineteen-Sixty-Seven* website
* "Luxor Hotel" at *Nineteen-Sixty-Seven* website
* *Oddities 2013-2015* on Discogs
1998

The Residents on stage, October

### January

* The Cryptic Corporation announce that The Residents will begin working on their first non-mulitmedia album since Freak Show in Spring.

### March

* 6th: Twenty-Five Years Of Eyeball Excellence is released.
* 29th: *The Mole Show Live At The Roxy* is released on CD.

### June

* *Condo Painting, Conceiving Ada, Bad Day on the Midway, and Wormwood* are announced.

### August

* 30th: The Big Bubble & Residue Deux are released on CD in the US and Japan.
* The Residents finish work on *Wormwood*.

### September

* 27th: *Wormwood* is released. Sometime before this *Meet The Residents* is re-released on CD.
* *Conceiving Ada* is released.
* The Residents begin work on *Icky Flix*.

### October

* 29th: The Residents perform Wormwood at The Fillmore.
* 30th: The Residents perform Wormwood at The Fillmore.
* 31st: The Residents perform Wormwood at The Fillmore.

### November

* The Residents continue work on *Icky Flix*.

### December

* *I'll Never Get Out of this World Alive, and Meet The Residents (second edition)* is released. The Residents record *Nober*.
* 21st: *Beware The Cat Magazine Winter 98* is released.

## Releases

* Twenty-Five Years Of Eyeball Excellence
* Live At The Fillmore
* Wormwood
* I Hate Heaven

### Various Artists Compilations

* It Came From Shreveport-Bossier: The Music Of Northwest Louisiana
	+ *Hello Skinny*
* Radio Free - Cult Cuts That Were Too Cool For Radio
	+ *Easter Woman*
	+ *The Nameless Soul*
	+ *Moisture*
* I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (Hank Williams Revisited)
	+ *Ramblin' Man*
* Beware The Cat Magazine Winter 98
	+ *God's Magic Finger*

### Re-Releases

* Meet The Residents (Euro Ralph, CD, US)
* Mark of The Mole (East Side Digital, CD, US)
* Ralph Records 10th Anniversary Radio Special! (Ralph America, CD, US)
* The Tunes Of Two Cities (East Side Digital, CD, US)
* Intermission (CD issue)
* The Mole Show Live At The Roxy (Bomba Records, CD issue, Japan)
* Title In Limbo (Ralph America, CD, US)
* Residue Deux (Expanded CD)
* The Big Bubble (CD)

## References

1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/25-years-of-eyeball-excellence-mw0000463525
2. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-The-Mole-Show-Live-At-The-Roxy/release/1326416
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19980611134202/http://www.residents.com:80/
4. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-The-Big-Bubble-Part-Four-Of-The-Mole-Trilogy/release/2826339
5. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Residue-Deux/release/6056926
6. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Wormwood-Curious-Stories-From-The-Bible/release/5648130
7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19990423152939/http://www.residents.com/shows/fillmore98-gallery-01.html
Polinnia

Polinnia is a female reindeer and is a primary villain in Reindeers. She is Polinnio's wife and is the mother of Polinno and Germinal.

## Personality

Polinnia is very relentless and pragmatic, often ignoring the safety and well-being of others to focus on themselves. She is bold as her family. Polinnia is quite mean and rude. It's very sarcastic. Polinnia is very selfish and likes violence. She as her family also focuses on destroying the Reindeers family or the Reindeers girls.

## Family

* Polinnio (husband)
* Polinno (son)
* Germinal (son)
1981

Mark Of The Mole Artwork

In 1981 The Residents were largely dedicated to the creation of their *Mark of the Mole* album. They also began work on *The Tunes of Two Cities* and *Title in Limbo.* 1981 was a period of incredible financial stability for Ralph Records, perhaps explaining the group's lack of activity within this particular year.

This year, Ralph Records released and financed Fred Frith's Speechless, which had been partly recorded in Ralph's studios, MX-80 Sound's *Crowd Control,* and Renaldo & the Loaf's *Songs for Swinging Larvae.* They also distributed Yello's second album via Vertigo records, as well as Tuxedomoon's second album *Desire* via Pre Records.

## Timeline

### January

* 24th: KUOI FM broadcast "Don't Make Me Ralph," a 52 minute radio special celebrating Ralph Records, but mostly *The Residents*. This special featured interviews with *Hardy Fox*, *Snakefinger* & *Tom Timony,* sliced between various tracks available on Ralph Records.
* *The Commercial Album* is released in France, along with "*Shut Up, Shut Up*", a bonus single exclusive to the French release.

### March

* The Residents along with Renaldo & The Loaf, record "*4 Daze*" a demo album that would eventually be adapted into "*Title In Limbo*"

### April

* Fast Foward magazine release a tape containing various interesting artists of the time, The Residents "*Act of Being Polite*" & "*Nameless Souls*" were featured.

### July

* 11th: Frank Johnson's Favorites is released.
* Edigsa Records release "*Miniatures*" in Spain. *Gary Panter* releases "Tornader To The Tater" a single that featured production & performance by The Residents. The Residents finish recording "*Mark of the Mole*"

### September

* 15th: The Residents release "*Mark of the Mole.*"
* Babyfingers is released to members of the WEIRD club, with the original unused artwork.

### October

* The Residents purchase two EMU-Eumlators, and begin recording *The Tunes of Two Cites* with it.

### December

* The Virgin Records sampler 'Methods of Dance' is released.

## Unknown Dates

* A Censored version of "*The Third Reich 'n Roll*" is released in Germany.
* Snakefinger's *Chewing Hides The Sound* is re-released worldwide, alongside a re-release of "*The Model*"

## Releases

* Shut Up, Shut Up
* Tornader To The Tater
* Mark Of The Mole

### Various Artists Compilations

* Fast Forward 004
* Frank Johnson's Favorites
* Ralph Radio Special
* Methods Of Dance

## Re-releases

* The Third Reich 'n Roll (Censored)
* Babyfingers (New Artwork)
* Chewing Hides The Sound (Worldwide Release)
* The Model
* The Commercial Album
* Miniatures
1978

The Residents get festive.

### February

* 1st: The Residents release "*Duck Stab!*" a 7 inch EP containing 7 songs recorded in October 1977. It proves to be insanely popular, with all copies of the first pressing selling out within the month, something that had never happened to the group before.

### April

* 23rd: The Residents' Satisfaction single is re-released on yellow vinyl. This re-release was The Residents' most popular release to date.

### May

* 19th: Kraftwerk release their seventh studio album, Die Mensch-Maschine. It contains the song 'Das Model' which Snakefinger would go on to cover one year later.
* Snakefinger visits The Residents' studio in order to record a professional demo tape for Warner Brothers Records. The Residents let him use the space, on the condition that they write and record a song together. These sessions birth Snakefinger's '*The Spot / Smelly Tongues'* single. Once Snakefinger's demo is rejected from WB, the single is released by Ralph Records.

### August

* In order to capitalize off the success of "*Duck Stab!*", The Residents record "*Buster & Glen*", a 19 minute suite of tracks in a similar vein to Duck Stab, eventually incldued as the B-Side to the Duck Stab LP.

### September

* 6th: The Crypitc Corporation announce that The Residents had gone missing. The group were feeling betrayed by Cryptic's fast-paced marketing style and stole the incomplete Eskimo master-tapes scheduled for release in October and fled to England, where they stayed with drummer Chris Cutler.
* 15th: The Residents send a welcome letter to Talking Heads ahead of their two night residency at The Boarding House.

### October

* 12th: Ralph Records, needing a substitute for the missing "Eskimo" album, release Not Available.
* 14th: Bill Reinhardt visits The Residents' headquarters for what may have been the last time. They watch Saturday Night Live and see Devo performing a twisted version of 'Satisfaction'.

### November

* 11th: Jay Clem & John Kennedy fly to the U.K to retrieve the Eskimo tapes from The Residents. Whilst here they talk with representatives at Virgin Records about releasing Ralph material. This eventually leads to Virgin releasing 'Nibbles' and 'Chewing Hides The Sound' in the UK one year later.
* 30th: "*Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen*" is released, an album which contains both the Duck Stab EP, and the unreleased Buster & Glen suite.
* The Residents record 'Santa Dog 78'

### December

* 19th: The Residents release "*Santa Dog '78*" the first of many re-recordings of Santa Dog.

## Releases

* Duck Stab!
* The Spot
* Not Available
* Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen
* *Santa Dog '78*

### Re-releases

* Satisfaction

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Never Known Questions (Ian Shirley)
2. ↑ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/789104102202277919/886039702929539102/unknown.png
Consuelo's Departure

A-side label of Meet The Residents

**"Consuelo's Departure"** is an instrumental by The Residents from their debut album *Meet The Residents*, released April 1st 1974.

Originally released in mono, the album was remixed into stereo in 1977 by The Cryptic Corporation; the stereo mix of "Consuelo's Departure" is almost a minute shorter than the original mono version.

An apparently related track, "Consuela's Return", was released on the pREServed two CD edition of *Meet The Residents* in 2018.

## List of releases

* *Meet The Residents* (1974)
* *Meet The Residents* stereo remix (1977)
* *Meet The Residents* Classic Series CD reissue (1988)
* *Meet The Residents pREServed* (2018)

### List of versions

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sycamore Street studio recording, February - October 1973 (original mono version, 1:47)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sycamore Street studio recording, February - October 1973 (1977 stereo remix, 0:58)

## External links and references

* *Meet The Residents* at The Residents Historical
* *Meet The Residents* at RZWeb (archived via archive.org
* *Meet The Residents* at Discogs

**Side A**
"Boots" · "Numb Erone" · "Guylum Bardot" · "Breath and Length" · "**Consuelo's Departure**" · "Smelly Tongues" · "Rest Aria" · "Skratz" · "Spotted Pinto Bean"
**Side B**
"Infant Tango" · "Seasoned Greetings" · "N-ER-GEE (Crisis Blues)"
**Personnel**
The Residents · Ruth Essex · Barry "Wool" Eiland · Pamela Zeibak · Philip Friehofner · Jim Whitaker · Bob Tangney · James Aaron
**Related works**
"Russian Love Song" · *1-10 (With A Touch of 11)* · "7733 Variations" · Tuesday tapes ("Sokurha") · "Overday" · "Inka Don't Dry" · "Horny Song" · "George's Horn" · "The Ralph Records Guided Tour" · *Meet The Residents Sampler* · "Saint Nix" · *Clank Clank Clank* · "Poisoned Popcorn"
**Related articles**
N. Senada (Theory of Phonetic Organization) · Residents, Uninc. · Sycamore St. studio · *Santa Dog* · Ralph Records · Porno/Graphics · *Vileness Fats* · "Nobody But Me" · The Beatles

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Big Brother (disambiguation)

**Big Brother** is a name and persona applied to The Residents' electronic public relations.

The term "Big Brother" may refer to one of the following:

* Big Brother, the official Ralph Records Bulletin Board System (or BBS), which operated between 1984 and 1985 using Frank Johnson, Ralph's Apple II computer.
* Will Rothers, a persona adopted by Hardy Fox in his role as webmaster of The Residents' official website and later, Fox's Hacienda Bridge website and email newsletter. Authored the Historical sub-blog The Last Word.

## See also

* Hardy Fox
* Residents.com
* Frank Johnson
Cowboy Waltz

***Cowboy Waltz*** is an instrumental track by The Residents. It is the 5th part of their Buckaroo Blues suite.

## Background

The song was written between 1987 and 1988, it is intended as a sort of outro to '*Bury Me Not*', with its dramatic and melancholy arrangement adding to the sense of mourning created by Bury Me Not.

It was debuted at the November 1988 Buckaroo Blues Live Show in Amsterdam and was released as part of the Buckaroo Blues CD in January of 1989, sold exclusively to members of the UWEB fan club. The Song was then performed on German Television in March of 1989, before being included in the Cube-E setlist in September.

The song saw its first public release on the Cube-E CD in October of 1990. It was retired from live performances following the conclusion of the tour but found itself as the encore to the In Between Dreams Tour from 2017 - 2018

## Releases

* Buckaroo Blues (1989)
* Buckaroo Blues & Black Barry (1989)
* Cube-E - Live In Holland (1990)
* In Memoriam Torso (1994)
* Cube-E (2006)
* CUBE E Dynasone 3EZ (2011)
* Cube-E Box (2020)

#### Versions

1. ↑ 1988 Studio Version (1:13)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 1989 Live Version (1:11)
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4. ↑ 1989 Live 'Tele-5' Version (1:13)
5. ↑ 1987 Demo Version (1:11)
1969

San Francisco

## January

* 13th: The Beatles release "*Hey Bulldog*" a song The Residents would later go on to sample in their 1977 track "*Beyond The Valley of a Day In The Life*"

## April

* Frank Zappa releases "*King Kong*" a song The Residents would later go on to cover in 1971.

## July

* Flynn, Fox, and Palmer Eiland all move to San Francisco
* While attempting to make a living, the group began to experiment with painting, silk-screening, and photography, but despite a mutual interest in music and sound in general, the group had not yet begun to experiment with making their own music. This would change when multi-instrumentalist Roland Sheehan, who had turned up at Bobuck and Rose's apartment bearing a U-Haul trailer full of musical instruments, including a Hammond B3 organ.
* Around the same time, Bobuck also received a high-end two track reel-to-reel tape recorder as a gift from a friend who had recently returned from the war in Vietnam. This allowed the group to make the first of possibly hundreds of loosely edited reel-to-reel items consisting of home studio experiments, primitive original compositions, improvisations, jams, and abortive covers of contemporary pop songs.
* Roland Sheehan left the group and San Mateo, however by this point the rest of the group had gathered enough recorded items for Fox to begin compiling demo reels without the assistance of the multi-instrumentalist Sheehan

* The Group that would become The Residents recorded "I Hear Ya Got Religion" and "Moonman", They begin recording *The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger,* and shortly afterwards meet Margaret Smyk.

## September

* 26th: The Beatles release "The End", a track later sampled by The Residents on their 1977 track "Beyond The Valley of a Day In The Life"
1988

The Residents performing live in 1988

## Timeline

### March

* 15th: The Residents perform *Buckaroo Blues* at Tele 5 Studios, Grünwald, Germany
* *Here It Is, The Music* is released by Rykodisc. It is a compilation that features "Serenade For Missy". Also released at this time is *River Of No Return*.
* 21st: *God In Three Persons* is released on CD.
* Torso release an expanded CD version of The Residents' Kaw-Liga Dancemix EP.

### April

* 1st: *Diskomo - Live In San Francisco is released.*
* 25th: "*Double Shot*" is released

### May

* 23rd: *God In Three Persons* is released as a 2xLP

### June

* 27th: The "*God In Three Persons Soundtrack"* is released on CD.
* Rkyodisc release "*Steal This Disc 2*" a compilation that featured the instrumental version of "*The Thing About Them*"
* *Fingerprince* is re-released on Vinyl, alongside it expanded versions of "*Not Available*" & "*The Commercial Album*" are released. Around this same time the *Snakefinger* compilation "*A Collection Of Songs Written And Produced With The Residents*" is released.
* Expanded versions of *Meet The Residents, Mark Of The Mole & The Tunes Of Two Cities* are released.
* The '*Boudisque Compilation*' radio special is released.

### July

* 24th: Cheap Trick release their cover of '*Don't Be Cruel*', a song that The Residents themselves would cover the following year.
* 25th: The "*God In Three Persons Soundtrack"* is released on vinyl.

### August

* 22nd: Residents release the '*Holy Kiss of Flesh*' CD single, 1988

### September

* 19th: The '*Balearic Beats*' compilation album is released, it features the Prairie Remix of Kaw-Liga.

### October

* 9th: The Residents' '*Moisture*' is played on the Dr. Demento show.
* 10th: The Residents are featured on the *Dr. Demento Weekend Of October 8-9, 1988* compilation album.
* The Residents are commissioned as freelance artists to record soundtrack to the Pee-Wee's Playhouse episode, *To Tell The Tooth*.

### September

* 24th: Pee-wee's Playhouse: To Tell the Tooth is broadcast.

### November

* 18th: The Residents debut Buckaroo Blues at Boudisque Records, Amsterdam, Holland

### December

* Santa Dog '88 is released to members of the newly formed UWEB fan club, shortly after this "*The Snakey Wake*" is also sent to members.

## Releases

* *God In Three Persons*
* *Diskomo - Live In San Francisco*
* *Double Shot*
* *God In Three Persons Soundtrack*
* *A Collection Of Songs Written And Produced With The Residents*
* *Holy Kiss Of Flesh*
* *Santa Dog '88*
* *The Snakey Wake*

### Various Artists Compilations

* *River Of No Return*
	+ *We're A Happy Family*

* *Here It Is, The Music*
	+ *Serenade For Missy*
* *Steal This Disc 2*
	+ *The Thing About Them*
* *Boudisque Compilation*
	+ *Kaw-Liga (Prairie Mix)*
	+ *Kill The Great Raven*
* *Balearic Beats*
	+ *Kaw-Liga (Prairie Mix)*
* *Weekend Of October 8-9, 1988*
	+ *Moisture*

### Re-Releases

* *Kaw-Liga*
* *Fingerprince*
* *Not Available*
* *The Commercial Album*
* *Meet The Residents*
* *Mark Of The Mole*
* *The Tunes Of Two Cities*
C. E. Byrd High School

**C. E. Byrd High School** is an American public high school in Shreveport, Louisiana, established in 1925. A Blue Ribbon School, it was the eighth largest high school in Louisiana as of February 2019. The school building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

A number of notable figures in Residents history were students at Byrd in the 1950s and 1960s, including Homer Flynn, Jay Clem, John Kennedy, and future members of The Residents themselves, who were most likely enrolled in the school between 1959 and 1964.

## History

The school opened in October 1925, and was named after Clifton Ellis Byrd, principal of the first public high school in Shreveport (originally located in two rented rooms in the local YMCA building).

The school was racially segregated until the 1960s; its first African-American graduate, Arthur Burton, graduated in 1967. The school became fully desegregated in 1970 when it merged with Valencia High School (now Caddo Magnet High School), with the black administrators from Valencia given minor roles at Byrd.

## Notable students

* Palmer Eiland (1955 - 1959)
* Homer Flynn (1959 - 1963)
* Roger "Bunny" Hartley (1959 - 1963)
* Randy Rose (1959 - 1963)
* Jay Clem (1960 - 1964)
* John Kennedy (1960 - 1964)
* Barry Eiland (1960 - 1964)
* Roland Sheehan (1964 - 1967)

## See also

* Louisiana Tech University
* The Delta Nudes

## External links and references

* Official website
* C. E. Byrd High School at Wikipedia
1980

* Snakefinger releases "The Model" the B-Side contains a new song "*Talkin' In The Town*" The Residents produce the single, and Ralph Records releases it in the US.

### April

* 1st: The Residents 10th Anniversary Retrospective radio special with Snakefinger & Jay Clem airs. It marks the radio debut of *Diskomo / Goosebump*.
* 9th: Ralph Records releases The Residents' "Diskomo / Goosebump" EP, it contains a disco remix of the ever-popular *Eskimo* album. At the EP's release party, Hello Skinny is premiered.
* Ralph Records release "*Buy Or Die 1980*" An EP comprising of several songs available on Ralph Records.

### October

* Ralph Records release *"Buy Or Die 1980½*" an EP made to promote their upcoming releases. "*Easter Woman*" "The End Of Home" & "*Amber*" are included. Snakefinger releases "*The Man In The Dark Sedan*" a single to promote his soon to be released *Greener Postures* album*.*
* 29th: The Residents release *The Commercial Album*. It is The Residents first studio album to be released worldwide. Alongside this release, they put out "*One Minute Movies*" a short film based around several tracks from the album. *Snakefinger* releases *Greener Postures*.
* PRE Records release "*The Commercial Single*" a single comprising of 6 songs from *The Commercial Album*, and 2 outtakes from the album sessions. Charisma releases "*Masterpieces*" an LP compiling various tracks available on Charisma Records. "*La La*" & "*Loss Of Innocence*" are included. *Pipe* releases *Miniatures*, an album comprising of 51 one minute songs. The Residents donate "We're A Happy Family / Bali Ha'i" for the compilation. Ralph Records re-release Subterranean Modern in order to promote their 1980 releases.
* The Residents begin work on '*Mark of The Mole*'

## Releases

* The Model (March)
* Diskomo / Goosebump (April)
* The Man In The Dark Sedan (October)
* The Commercial Album (October 29th)
* Greener Postures (October)
* The Commercial Single (October)
* Miniatures (October)

### Various Artist Compilations

* Buy Or Die 1980 (April)
* Buy Or Die 1980½ (October)
* Masterpieces (October)

### Re-Releases

* The Third Reich 'n Roll Box Set (January)
* Subterranean Modern (October)
1967

### February

* 13th: The Beatles release *Strawberry Fields Forever.* The Group would go on to cover the song in their 1971 Warner Brothers album.

### April

* 24th: The Doors release "*Light My Fire*" The Residents would go on to cover the song in 1975, for their Third Reich N Roll album.

### May

* 26th: The Beatles release the album "*Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band*" The Residents would go on to sample the title track in their 1973 demo tape "1-10"
* Also featuring on the album is "*A Day In The Life*", which would be sampled and the basis for the title of "*Beyond The Valley Of A Day In The Life*"
* The people who would become The Residents graduate from Louisiana Tech University.

### June

* 12th: Percy Sledge releases his cover of 'Love Me Tender', a song The Residents themselves would cover in 1989 on The King & Eye.

### July

* 24th: The Beach Boys release "Heroes & Villains" The Residents would go on to cover the song in *1974*, for their Third Reich N Roll album.

### August

* The Box Tops release "The Letter" The Residents would go on to cover the song in 1974, for their Third Reich N Roll album.

### September

* *The Human Beinz* release Nobody But Me. It is later sampled by The Residents on their 1973 track "N-ER-GEE (Crisis Blues)"
* Lulu releases "*To Sir, with Love*"The Residents would go on to cover the song in 1974, for their Third Reich N Roll album.

### October

* *John Fred & His Playboy Band* release "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" The Residents would go on to cover the song in 1975, for their Third Reich N Roll album.

### November

* The Band *Cream,* release "Sunshine of Your Love" The Residents would go on to cover the song in 1975, for their Third Reich N Roll album.
* 24th: The Beatles release "*I Am the Walrus*", a track The Residents would later sample on their 1977 song "*Beyond the Valley of a Day In The Life*"
* 27th: The Beatles release their "Magical Mystery Tour" album, it features *Blue Jay Way*, and *Flying,* which The Residents would sample and cover respectively on their 1977 single *"The Beatles play The Residents and The Residents play The Beatles"*

### Late

* The Alliance, managed by *Hardy Fox* released *Somewhere They Can't Find Me*
* O-bay Scooplaws moved to San Francisco
* The group began to make the first of possibly hundreds of loosely edited tapes, consisting mostly of home studio experiments, rehearsals and improvisational jams.

### Unknown Date

* Andrew Hook is born.
* Fred Frith starts performing live