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Thorndyke Special

The **Thorndyke Special** is a 1963 Apollo 3500 GT race car that appeared in The Love Bug. It was owned by cars salesman and race driver Peter Thorndyke.

## Background

The Thorndyke Special is first seen on display at a European Imported Car dealership. When Jim Douglas sees this car he immediately takes great interest in it. Carole Bennet also liked it and was allowed to borrow it while out on a date with him. They drive it to the same spot where Herbie tried to get them alone.

It became Thorndyke's race car in the El-Dorado and was given the number 14. It was rigged with oil slick and Thorndyke would charge it past Herbie with a loud honk from its horn. However it couldn't beat him when his rear crossed the finish first and his front came third.

Thorndyke lost every thing and the fate of the Thorndyke Special remains unknown.
Sol (Reindeers)

Sol is a female reindeer and is a recurring character in Reindeers. She is one of the heroines of the series.

## Personality

Sol is a kind and cheerful reindeer. She is happy to help her friends and is very dependent on them. Sol is also able to discover new discoveries with or without help from his friends. She is also brave, often sacrificing her life to help her friends. Sol is mature and determined.
The Love Bug - Herbie's Special Friend

**The Love Bug - Herbie's Special Friend** is a hardcover stroybook based on *The Love Bug* franchise which was published in 1974.

## Description

Herbie and his owner, Bill, meet their beautiful neighbor, Ann, who drives a yellow Beetle. Bill tries to win her heart but Herbie's silliness and interest in her keeps messing up his chances. One day hers is stolen and so Herbie goes after the thief who did so.
Alex Rocco

**Alex Rocco** (born **Alexander Federico Petricone, Jr.**, February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015) was an Emmy Award-winning American actor. His roles have ranged from comedy to playing gangsters in Mafia movies. He played the role of Quinn in *Herbie Goes Bananas* and Rip Holland in *The Country Bears*. In 1998, he provided the voice of Thorny in *A Bug's Life*.

Rocco died on July 18, 2015 of cancer in Studio City, Los Angeles.
Balearic Beats

* Phil Harding
* Ian Curnow
* Stock
* Aitken
* Waterman

***Balearic Beats*** is a British compilation album released by FFRR in 1988, collecting several dance hits from recent times. The Residents' Kaw-Liga remix is featured.

## Track Listing

1. Electra - Jibaro (Full English 12" Version) (7:44)
2. Code 61 - Drop The Deal (5:07)
3. Beats Workin' - Sure Beats Workin' (El Sonido Casa Balearico) (7:57)
4. Enzo Avitabile - Black Out (6:47)
5. Mandy Smith - Mandy's Theme (I Just Can't Wait) (Cool & Breezy Jazz Version) (8:21)
6. The Residents - Kaw-Liga (Prairie Mix) (9:37)
7. The Woodentops - Why Why Why (Live) (5:15)
8. Nitzer Ebb - Join In The Chant (Gold!) (5:28)
9. Fini Tribe - De Testimony (Collapsing Edit) (4:14)
10. The Thrashing Doves - Jesus On The Payrol (Street Groove) (3:30)

## Credits

* Compiled by: 'Razor' Tong, Oakey & Trevor Fung
* Illustrations by: David Little

## Release History

The album was released on September 19th, 1988 by British record label FFRR. It was released on CD, LP, and Cassette.
Bernard Fox

**Bernard Fox** (born **Bernard Lawson**; May 11, 1927, died December 14, 2016) was a Welsh actor who provided the voice of the Chairmouse in *The Rescuers*, and its sequel, *The Rescuers Down Under*. He also played the role of Max in *Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo*and a car salesman in *The Million Dollar Duck.*
A Residents 10 Year Retrospective

"A Residents 10 Year Retrospective" was a radio special hosted by KPFA Berkeley on April 1st, 1980. It featured exclusively Ralph Records cuts, and was hosted by Charles Amirkhanian, Snakefinger, and Jay Clem.

## Quotes

**Snakefinger:**

[The Spot] was the first time The Residents persuaded me to do something with them. I'd been thinking about the way music should be changing for a long time. They eventually convinced me that the piece really ought to be changing and wishing to do something other than what The Residents are doing because they have that ground well covered. I decided to put my interpretations onto how music should be going for the future.
## See also

* Snakefinger
* "The Spot"
* *Chewing Hides The Sound*
1972

A photo of Residents Uninc, consistently dated to 1972

1972 was the beginning of The Residents career, with the release of their Santa Dog EP in December, and the beginning of production on their film, Vileness Fats.

## Timeline

### January

* The Band *America,* release "A Horse with No Name" A song The Residents would later parody in their Third Reich N Roll album.

### February

* 12th: Residents Uninc perform at Chris' Party in Redwood, California. This is the last live performance of Residents Uninc, as well as Snakefinger's last collaboration with Uninc before returning to England to form Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers.

### April

* 9th: Molly Harvey is born
* Arthur Alexander releases "Burning Love" which Elvis Presley would cover this same year. The Residents would later cover it in 1989 for their King & Eye album.

### May

* Randy Newman releases "Lonely At The Top" a song that would later be used as the inspiration for The Resident's track "*Lord It's Lonely*"

### July

* 2nd: Charlie McCoy releases his cover of 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry'. A song that The Residents would cover 14 years later during the Stars & Hank Forever sessions.

### August

* 1st: Elvis Presley releases his cover of Burning Love. The Residents later covered it as part of their Elvis Presley cover album, The King & Eye.

### November

* Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers' debut album, *Kings Of The Robot Rhythm,* co-written by Snakefinger, is released by *Revelation Records*.

### December

* 20th: Residents Uninc release *Santa Dog,* sending it to close friends and celebrities. It is designed to announce the production of their film *Vileness Fats.*
* 24th: Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers make their debut performance in the UK.
David Tomlinson

## Background information

### Born

David Cecil MacAlister TomlinsonMay 7, 1917Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England

### Died

June 24, 2000 (aged 83)Westminster, London, England

### Spouse

Mary Lindsay Hiddingh (1943, her death)Audrey Freeman (1953-2000, his death)

### Children

David Jr., William, Henry, and James

**David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson** was an English film actor who is best known for playing the role of George Banks in the 1964 Disney classic *Mary Poppins*. He also voiced several cartoon characters in that film. He later portrayed Professor Emelius Browne in *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* and the villainous Peter Thorndyke in *The Love Bug*.

He died of a stroke on June 24, 2000.
Cyber Brawler

In-game Cyber Brawler thumbnail.

## CLASS INFORMATION

Cyber Brawler is a class for Power that uses gauntlets to punch and shoot lasers.

Click Attack: A Punch, then another Punch, and then a Kick.

Z: C. Brawler launches itself forward

X: Fires a barrage of lasers

Q: Launches itself into the air using a blast from the gauntlets

R: grabs the enemy, emitting a blast that damages enemies

F: Raises a Gauntlet to fire a laser

E: Punch Barrage

Space (Double Tapped): Allows for a Double Jump

## NOTES

* Cyber Brawler used to be an unlockable.
Ant Farm

Hardy Fox (centre-left) and Homer Flynn (second from right) in Ant Farm's "Media Burn", 1975

### Years Active

1968 - 1978

**Ant Farm** was an avant-garde architecture, graphic arts, and environmental design practice, founded in San Francisco in 1968 by Chip Lord and Doug Michels. The group dissolved in 1978.

Ant Farm collaborated with The Residents and The Cryptic Corporation a number of times during the 1970s, most notably featuring Hardy Fox, Homer Flynn and Graeme Whifler in their 1975 performance "Media Burn", and supplying architectural designs for Cryptic's failed Ugly Grey Theater in 1977.

## History

Ant Farm's work often made use of popular icons in the United States, as a strategy to redefine the way those were conceived within the country's imagination.

Ant Farm associated with The Residents in the earliest part of their career, encouraging them to promote the release of their debut album *Meet The Residents* in 1974 with a flexidisc sampler given away for free in File Magazine.

In 1975, members of The Cryptic Corporation, Homer Flynn and Hardy Fox partook in Ant Farm's live event "Media Burn", in which the two acted as security guards for a John F. Kennedy lookalike. A photo of Flynn from this event was used in promotional materials for The Residents' limited edition spoken word release "The Healer and the Archer" in 2019*.*

Ant Farm also assisted The Cryptic Corporation with the design of their abandoned Ugly Grey Theater in 1977.

Ant Farm disbanded in 1978 when a fire destroyed their studio. Lord became a teacher and retired in 2010, while Michels designed the unbuilt 555-foot statue The Spirit of Houston for Houston, Texas, and died in 2003 in an unfortunate accident near Sydney, Australia.

## See also

* Meet The Residents Sampler
* Media Burn
* The Ugly Grey Theater

## External links and references

* Ant Farm at Wikipedia
* "Media Burn" video on YouTube

1. ↑ "The True Story of The Residents" by Matt Groening
1954

#### April

* 'In Other Words' by Kaye Ballard is released. The Residents would later record a song based on this, for their *Sandman Waits EP*.

### May

* 20th: *Rock Around the Clock* is released, a song The Residents would go on to cover for *The Third Reich 'n Roll* in 1974.

### October

* 16th: Elvis Presley makes his debut on *Louisiana Hayride,* a Shreveport based radio station broadcast in 28 states.

### Unknown

* Fred Frith starts to take violin lessons
* The Staple Singers ‎- This May Be My Last Time is released. The Residents later sample this on their *In Between Screams* CD.
Absolutely Live 2003

### Genre

Electronic, Folk Rock, Cajun, Indie Rock, Country, Neofolk, Art Rock, Post Rock, Downtempo

### Producer

Townes Van Zandt, Harold F. Eggers Jr.

 ***Absolutely Live 2003*** is a compilation album released by Almaviva Records on August 15th 2003, in a limited and numbered edition of 1500 copies.

The album collects various unreleased live tracks, mainly from the early 2000s, with two from the 1990s. The Residents contribute one track, a version of "Wolverines" recorded live in Brooklyn on November 13th 2002. This version of the song was later featured on the *Demons Dance Alone* DVD, released one month later.

It is part of a series of albums compiled by The Residents' European booking agent Berthold Seliger; most copies were given away free to promoters or others who Seliger worked with. For this reason, residents.com webmaster Big Brother described the album as "a decent challenge" for collectors.

## History

*Absolutely Live* was a series of anthology albums released by European booking agent Berthold Seliger*,* originally running semi-annually from 1994 - 2003. It was revived in 2013 for a collection of encores.

A Hank Williams excerpt is featured on this album, in Howe Gelb's *Tower Of Song.*

## Track listing

1. Intro (0:20)
2. Bratsch - Nane Tsora (Gharibian) (4:34)
3. Calexico - Black Heart (Burns/Convertino) (4:46)
4. The Residents - Wolverines (Residents) (2:40)
5. Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay (Tengo) (4:47)
6. Lambchop - The New Cobweb Summer (Wagner) (9:22)
7. Kandia Kouyaté - Djanfa (Kouyaté) (6:00)
8. Tortoise - Six Pack (Tortoise) (3:48)
9. Howe Gelb - Tower Of Song (Cohen/Williams) (5:18)
10. The Walkabouts - Nothin (Zandt) (4:13)
11. Townes Van Zandt - At My Window (Zandt) (4:40)
12. 22 Pistepirkko - Let The Romeo Weep (Asko/Havarinen/Keränen/Keränen) (5:21)
13. Sandy Lopicic Orkestar - Hurry Up (Winkler) (4:32)
14. Howe Gelb & Kurt Wagner - Paradise Without Mistakes (Gelb) (5:44)

## Credits

* Woodcut Artwork: Jeb Loy Nichols
* Wolverines written & performed by: The Residents
* Wolverines mixed & mastered by: Julian Lauzzana

## See also

* *Demons Dance Alone* (DVD)
* Berthold Seliger

## External links and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Big Brother, "Collectors - - A decent challenge for you at last", The Residents' Official News Blog and Website Wrapper, November 7th 2003
2. ↑ *Absolutely Live* at Discogs
Buy Or Die 1980½

***Buy Or Die 1980½*** is a sample record by Ralph Records, containing songs from their soon to be released Records. The Residents contributed 3 songs from their then-upcoming 'Commercial Album' to this release.

## Track Listing

***All Songs Written by The Residents except where noted.***

***Side One (6:08)***

1. The Residents - Easter Woman (1:00)
2. The Residents - The End Of Home (1:00)
3. The Residents - Amber (1:00)
4. Snakefinger - Trashing All The Loves Of History (Snakefinger) (3:08)

***Side Two (5:15)***

1. Yello - Rock Stop (Blank/Meier) (2:30)
2. Fred Frith - Come Across (Frith) (2:45)

## Credits

* Illustrations by: Gary Panter
* 'Easter Woman', 'The End of Home' & 'Amber' Written by: The Residents
* 'Trashing All The Loves of History' Written by: Snakefinger
* 'Rock Stop' Written by: Blank/Mier
* 'Come Across' Written by: Fred Frith

## Release History

The EP was released in October 1980 as part of Ralph Records' Buy or Die Winter 1980 Catalog. It was re-released once, as part of the 1984 '*17x7 The Ralph Singles*' box set, which collected 17 singles previously released by Ralph.

## See Also

* Buy Or Die
* The Commercial Album
* The Commercial Single
1992

A Resident poses, (c) September

Throughout 1992, The Residents were largely focused on working on their *Finest Flowers* album, as well as the Freak Show comic book, their Twenty Twisted Questions laserdisc, and a number of unfinished projects.

## Timeline

### May

* 24th: Dr. Demento broadcasts Moisture on his radio program for the second time.
* 28th: Twenty Twisted Questions is released on Laserdisc.

### July

* Live In The U.S.A. is re-released on CD through UWEB.

### August

* Philip Charles Lithman AKA Snakefinger 1949 - 1987 is released.
* Santa Dog '92 is recorded around this time.

### September

* 24th: Season 2 episode 1 of Liquid Television airs, featuring *The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo*, a segment scored by The Residents.
* The Residents finish *Our Finest Flowers,* a project they had been working on since late 1990. During the late sessions for this album they also record the Eskimo Opera Proposal & (I Can't Get No) Spot.

### October

* 8ht: Season 2 episode 3 of Liquid Television airs, featuring *The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo*, a segment scored by The Residents.
* 13th: Our Finest Flowers is released.
* The Residents start working on Gingerbread Man.

### November

* 5th: Season 2 episode 7 of Liquid Television airs, featuring *The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo*, a segment scored by The Residents.
* 19th: Season 2 episode 9 of Liquid Television airs, featuring *The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo*, a segment scored by The Residents.

### December

* 1st: The Freak Show comic deluxe edition is released.
* 3rd: Season 2 episode 10 of Liquid Television airs, featuring *The Adventures of Thomas and Nardo*, a segment scored by The Residents.

## Releases

* Freak Show Comic Book
* Twenty Twisted Questions
* Blowoff
* Philip Charles Lithman AKA Snakefinger 1949 - 1987
* Our Finest Flowers

### Various Artists Compilations

* Week Of May 24, 1992
	+ Moisture

## References

1. ↑ https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/92-044/The-Residents-Freak-Show
2. ↑ https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/26134/V1053L/The-Residents:-Twenty-Twisted-Questions
3. ↑ https://www.gio80.com/freak-show-comic/
4. ↑ https://www.gio80.com/our-finest-flowers/
5. ↑ https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/92-698/The-Residents-Freak-Show-Ltd-Ed
Bad Day on the Midway: The Official Strategy Guide

***The Residents' Bad Day on the Midway: The Official Strategy Guide*** is an official companion book to The Residents' 1995 CD-ROM game *Bad Day on the Midway*, written by Jeff Sengstack and edited by Michael Koch. It was published in December 1995 by Prima Publishing.

According to the author, the publisher "pulled out all the stops" for the book. Originally planned to be 148 pages in black and white, it was expanded to 160 pages prior to publication, with two-color printing throughout.

The book contains a 48 page full-color walkthrough of the game, character biographies and tips for players, a short story expanding on events from the game, development sketches by designer Jim Ludtke, commentary from Ludtke and Iain Lamb, as well as a summary of The Residents' history and philosophy and a full-color poster of the Midway and its characters, designed by Ludtke.

## Contents

* Ugly Liberation
* A Bad Day on the Midway
* Midway Attractions and Exhibits
* Secrets and Special Events
* Midway Mavens
* Who and What are The Residents
* Behind the Scenes with Jim Ludtke and Iain Lamb

## External links and references

* *Bad Day on the Midway: The Official Strategy Guide* at The Residents Historical
* *Bad Day on the Midway: The Official Strategy Guide* at RZWeb (archived via archive.org)
Chesty Vulva

The subject of this article contributed to the 2021 special *Duck Stab! Alive!*.

## Chesty Vulva

### Labels

Cherry Red Records. MVD Audio, New Ralph Too

### Members

Brian Salazar

**Chesty Vulva** is the pseudonym of Colorado musician and "pop artist" **Brian Salazar**, who has recorded under the name since 2005, after "misunderstanding lyrics to a Morrissey song". Salazar has issued a handful of releases via Bandcamp; the project is perhaps best known for its cover of The Residents' "Hanging By His Hair", first released as an uncredited bonus track on the unofficial cover album *Who Killed Ralph, Too?* in November 2016.

The Residents announced their collaborative cover project *I Am A Resident!* in 2018, and Salazar submitted the Chesty Vulva cover of "Hanging By His Hair" to the project. The cover was ultimately chosen by The Residents to feature in several parts of the "mash-up" heard on the first disc of the CD edition of the album; the cover is also featured separately on the bonus disc.

Chesty Vulva's debut album, *Subjects*, followed in August 2018, and was released through Bandcamp as well as on limited edition color vinyl variants. Despite participating in the 2021 *I Am A Resident!* campaign for the *Duck Stab! Alive!* streaming TV special, the project appears to be dormant; its Instagram, Facebook and Twitter pages have all been deleted or suspended as of 2022.

## Credits on Residents releases

* *I Am A Resident!* CD edition (2018)
	+ "Hanging By His Hair"
* *Duck Stab! Alive!* (2021)

## Discography

### EPs and singles

* *Santa Built Prisons* (2016)
* "Venus and Mars" (2017)
* *Consumed Culture* (2017)
* "Santa Brings Presents" (2018)

## See also

* *I Am A Resident!*
* Eye Am A Resident
* "Hanging By His Hair"
* *Duck Stab! Alive!*

## External links and references

* Chesty Vulva at Bandcamp
* Chesty Vulva on Spotify
* Chesty Vulva at Discogs
Blowoff

***Blowoff*** is a CD single released by The Residents in June of 1992. It was later included with the hardcover edition of the "Freak Show" graphic novel in December of that same year.

## History

Part four of the Freak Show mulit-media project, Blowoff is a 13 Minute single released by The Residents in the Summer of 1992. It collects several outtakes from the Freak Show album and combines them into one long suite of tracks, however it is unknown whether or not any overdubs were added prior to the single's release. The CD also included an advertisement and membership information for the UWEB fan club, which would become defunct in January of 1993.

Following the single's June release, it would be included in the Freak Show comic book special edition, released in December, and is generally considered to be the 'soundtrack' to the comic book. Following this inclusion, the single fell out of print, and was only re-released fully as part of the 2021 Freak Show pREServed edition, along with demo versions of the tracks featured. These tracks of which this suite is based upon were re-instated into the original album's running order in 2003 with the release of the 13th Anniversary edition of Freak Show. These versions featured previously unheard vocals from Tex The Barker introducing the songs, and use roughly 8 minutes worth of audio found in this single.

'*Blowoff*' is derived from circus slang for a back stage part of the freak show where customers interested in seeing more freaks too weird for the general audience would pay to visit.

## Track listing

1. Blowoff (13:37)
	1. Everyone Comes To The Freak Show (0:00 - 1:49)
	2. Harry's Introduction (1:50 - 2:01)
	3. Jack Amuses The Crowd (2:02 - 3:35)
	4. Harry's Introduction (3:36 - 4:02)
	5. Wanda Does Her Act (4:03 - 6:03)
	6. Entry of the Gladiators (6:04 - 7:31)
	7. Mickey The Mumbling Midget (7:32 - 8:05)
	8. Benny Bounces (8:06 - 8:28)
	9. Herman Watches TV (8:29 - 11:07)
	10. Everyone Comes To The Freak Show (11:08 - 13:37)

## Credits

* **Produced + Performed By**: The Residents
* **Package Design By:** Rex Ray
* **Published By:** Pale Pachyderm Publishing
* **P+C:** The Cryptic Corporation

## See also

* *Freak Show*
* Freak Show (graphic novel)

1. ↑ https://www.gio80.com/freak-show-comic/
2. ↑ https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/92-698/The-Residents-Freak-Show-Ltd-Ed
Absurdly Early

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

 **"Absurdly Early"** is a private cassette tape containing material by The Residents, which is kept in The Cryptic Corporation archive.

The contents of the cassette are unconfirmed; its existence is known to the public only from a photograph of the tape posted to the group's official Instagram account in August 2017, with the caption "Absurdly fun find in the archives. What could it be and when will it be released?"

At the time of said post, the group were preparing their pREServed series of expanded and remastered releases; the cassette was possibly discovered while searching the Cryptic archive for material to include in the series.

## See also

* "The Residents Home Movie"
* "Rarest Residents Record"
* MOP tapes
* The Delta Nudes
* Residents, Uninc.

## External links and references

1. ↑ Post to The Residents' official Instagram page, August 11th 2017
1977

The Residents photographed, May 1977.

## Timeline

### January

* KBOO-FM host a Residents festival Radio Show, in which they broadcast "The Warner Bros. Album" & "Baby Sex" in their entirety. These broadcasts were bootlegged heavily.
* The Residents short film "The Third Reich 'n Roll" is broadcast on Australian Television Program Flashez

### February

* 15th: Ralph Records releases Fingerprince, the third album by The Residents.
* *Future Magazine #1* is published, featuring the first of two of the only interviews The Residents' ever granted.

### March

* The Residents begin recording "Flying" as well as compiling "Beyond The Valley Of A Day In The Life"

### May

* The Residents finish recording "Flying" as well as compiling "Beyond The Valley Of A Day In The Life".
* They likely record 'Whoopy Snort' during this time.

### June

* 17th: The John Boorman film *Exorcist II: The Heretic* is released. Snakefinger later covers the main theme from the film, Magic & Ecstasy.

### August

* 16th: The Residents release The Beatles Play The Residents And The Residents Play The Beatles.

* The Los Angeles Free Music Society release "*Blorp Esette*" an album featuring original music from various California based artists. The Residents contribute "Whoopy Snort" for the compilation.

* Ralph Records release a Stereo version of *Meet The Residents,* as well as a re-release of *The Third Reich 'n Roll.*

* In order to promote the then unfinished *Eskimo,* The Residents produce a tape featuring an interview between Sid Powell & Jay Clem, discussing and playing The Residents music. It is sent out to 300 different radio stations.

* The Cryptic Corporation move The Residents out of El Ralpho, and relocated to a Grove Street Studio. Shortly after this The Cryptics purchase a run-down theatre, and intend to renovate and rename it to "The Ugly Gray Theatre" however, due to the locals believing the theatre would show Gay Porn, it was petitioned against and abandoned.

### October

* The Residents, wanting a break from production on Eskimo, record "*Duck Stab!*" an EP which would go on to be on of the group's most popular release.

### November

* 4th: The Ramones release "*We’re A Happy Family*", a song The Residents would later cover in 1980.
* 26th: Jon Savage reviews *Beyond The Valley Of A Day In the Life* for British magazine "Sounds"

### December

* The Third Reich 'N Roll is repressed.
* 31st: Jon Savage reviews The Residents first three albums for the British magazine "Sounds" This review draws the attention of the British music scene towards The Residents, and acts as the start of the group's worldwide popularity.

## Releases

* Fingerprince
* The Beatles Play The Residents And The Residents Play The Beatles
* Blorp Esette
* Radio Special

### Re-Releases

* Meet The Residents (Stereo Remix)
* The Third Reich 'n Roll
Commercial Album (180 Gs album)

The 180 Gs (pronounced one-eighty-Gs), Detroit's most mysterious a cappella group, have done it again! After releasing an album of a cappella versions of the mass media collage pieces of Negativland (180 d'Gs to the Future, 2008 Seeland Records) and tackling Cardiacs' monumental 1996 double album "Sing to God" (Singin' to God, 2018), the Gs are proud to present their cover of The Residents' seminal 1980 release; "Commercial

Album". The 180 Gs have recorded a cappella versions of all 40 one-minute-long songs from this record with the utmost respect for the original album and a heaping helping of their own incomparable flair.
Homer Flynn of the Cryptic Corporation says:
"The thing that's most impressive about the album is that the Gs are not merely imitating the Residents' masterpiece of minimalism, but reinventing it, while staying completely faithful to the source material. Like the originators, the 180 Gs are creating their own alternate musical universe, just as curious and original as that of the Residents". released March 20, 2019

All songs by The Residents
All voices and body percussion by the 180 Gs
Lead vocal on tracks 5, 32 and 34 by Lydia Minnick
Vocal arrangements by David Minnick
Produced, recorded and mixed by David Minnick at Crabid Studios 2015-2018
Cover by Lisa Robotka after a design by Pore Know Graphics
Dedicated to Hardy Fox

"Easter Woman" · "Perfect Love" · "Picnic Boy" · "End of Home" · "Amber" · "Japanese Watercolor" · "Secrets""Die in Terror" · "Red Rider" · "My Second Wife" · "Floyd " · "Suburban Bathers" · "Dimples and Toes" · "The Nameless Souls""Love Leaks Out" · "Act of Being Polite" · "Medicine Man" · "Tragic Bells" · "Loss of Innocence" · "The Simple Song"
**Side B:**
"Ups and Downs" · "Possessions" · "Give It to Someone Else" · "Phantom" · "Less Not More" · "My Work Is So Behind" · "Birds in the Trees""Handful of Desire" · "Moisture" · "Love Is..." · "Troubled Man" · "La La" · "Loneliness" · "Nice Old Man""The Talk of Creatures" · "Fingertips" · "In Between Dreams" · "Margaret Freeman" · "The Coming of the Crow" · "When We Were Young"
**Personnel**
The Residents · Fred Frith · Snakefinger · Don Jackovich · Chris CutlerSandy Sandwich · Mud's Sis · Nessie Lessons · Lene Lovich · David Byrne · Brian Eno
**Related works**
"Electronic Elaborate Waste" · "Kraftwerk" · "Cosmetics For Reality" · "Rosco's Righteous Rodent" · "Pretty Baby" · "Tuxedos""No Longer Unused" · "Instant Hostility" · "Elevator Lady" · "One Minute Movies" · *Commercial Single* ("Shut Up Shut Up" / "And I Was Alone") · "Boy In Love" · *Minatures* ("We're A Happy Family") · "Talkin' in the Town" · "Womb To Worm" · *Greener Postures* · "Theme For An American TV Show" · *Ralph Radio Special* · "Commercial Suite" · *Commercial DVD* · ***Commercial Album*** by The 180 Gs · *The Commercial Single Commercials (In Mono)*
**Related articles**
Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · Grove St. studio · Poor No Graphics · Buy Or Die 1980½ · *Diskomo/Goosebump*‏‏‎
Bury My Bone

**"Bury My Bone"** is a single by The Residents, released digitally on streaming platforms on June 26th 2020.

The single, featuring the album version and a radio edit of The Residents' cover of the Dyin' Dog and the Mongrels song of the same title, was released to promote the group's then-upcoming Dyin' Dog cover album *Metal, Meat & Bone - The Songs of Dyin' Dog*, which was released the following month.

It is the second single from the album, following the May release of "Die! Die! Die!" (featuring Black Francis).

## Track listing

1. Bury My Bone (Radio Edit) (2:10)
2. Bury My Bone (2:12)

## Music video

Like "Die! Die! Die!" before it, a music video for "Bury My Bone" was released by The Residents via their YouTube channel on June 28th 2020 to accompany the release of the single.

The video, directed by video artist John Sanborn, features The Singing Resident with dancers Nick Brentley and Sarah Cecilia Bukowski.

## See also

* Alvin "Dyin' Dog" Snow
* *Metal, Meat & Bone*
* "Die! Die! Die!"

## Buy Or Die!

#### Listen online

* "Bury My Bone" on Spotify
* "Bury My Bone" on Apple Music
Bringing in the Sheaves

Knowles Shaw, composer

**"Bringing in the Sheaves"** is a popular American Gospel song used almost exclusively by Protestant Christians (though the content is not specifically Protestant in nature).

The lyrics were written in 1874 by Knowles Shaw, who was inspired by Psalm 126:6, "He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." Shaw also wrote music for these words, but they are now usually set to a tune by George Minor, written in 1880.

A version of the song was recorded by The Pre-Residents in 1970 and features on their unreleased demo tape *Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor*.

## Lyrics

### Original lyrics

```
Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness,
Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve;
Waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

```

```
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves,
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

```

```
Sowing in the sunshine, sowing in the shadows,
Fearing neither clouds nor winter's chilling breeze;
By and by the harvest, and the labor ended,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

```

```
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves,
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

```

```
Going forth with weeping, sowing for the Master,
Though the loss sustained our spirit often grieves;
When our weeping's over, He will bid us welcome,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

```

```
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves,
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

```

## List of releases

* *Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor* (1970, unreleased)

## See also

* "When Johnny Comes Marching"
* *Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor*
* The Delta Nudes

## External links and references

* "Bringing in the Sheaves" at Wikipedia

**Side A**
"Untitled Instrumental #1" · "One Boy" / "Kids" · "Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor" · "Untitled Instrumental #2"
**Side B**
"Untitled Instrumental #3" · "Bringing in the Sheaves" · "|Untitled Instrumental #4" · "Let It Be" · "Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor" (reprise) · "Bo Diddley" · "Yesterday"
**Personnel**
The Delta Nudes · Roland Sheehan
**Related works**
"I Hear Ya Got Religion" · "Moonman" · *The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger* · *Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents* · *Leftovers Again?!*
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""Satisfaction" (song) · "When Johnny Comes Marching" · *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* · San Mateo apartment · *Bye Bye Birdie* · The Rolling Stones · The Beatles · *A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big*

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80 Aching Orphans

***80 Aching Orphans*** is a compilation album by The Residents, spanning the groups career from 1971 to 2017. It contains an extensive book detailing information about each song featured.

## Credits

The Residents: Writing & Curation

Paw No Graphics: Graphics

Homer Flynn: Liner Notes

Lora Findlay: Layout

## See Also

* Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses
* Heaven? / Hell!
Tang Wu

## Character information

### Personality

Kind, funny, wise, smart, well-intentioned.

### Goal

To assist Jim Douglas and Herbie in winning the big race.

### Allies

Herbie, Jim Douglas, Carol Burnett, Tennessee Steinmetz

### Fate

Sees Herbie drive off with Jim and Carole on their honeymoon.

### Quote

"A wise man once said; When you come to the last page, close the book"

**Tang Wu** is a character in *The Love Bug*.
1971

Residents Uninc.

### January

* 1st: Rev. James Cleveland - Something Got A Hold On Me is released. The Residents later sample it on their album *In Between Screams*.

### March

* 19th: Leonard Cohen's *Dress Rehearsal Rag* is released. The Residents would later reference the song in *The Ghost Snake*.

### May

* The Group who would become The Residents finish recording *The Warner Brothers album* and submit it to W.B for consideration. It was ultimately returned with a rejection slip. Due to there being no name on the album, it was addressed simply to "*The Residents*" out of respect for the industry, the group named themselves Residents. Uninc.

### August

* Margaret Smyke introduces Residents. Uninc to her friend from England, Phillip Lithman.
* Residents. Uninc begins to record their second demo for Warner Brothers, B.S.

### October

* 18th: Residents. Uninc, along with Snakefinger, N. Senada and Peggy Honeydew, makes their live debut at The Boarding House. They're very well received by the audience.
	+ A recording of this event was released on Daydream B Liver in 1991.
* 30th: Snakefinger & N. Senada are interviewed by local radio station, KHSC-FM, they perform a track alongside The Residents known as "Cantaten Un Symptomen For Der Saxofoonen Un Violine."
	+ A recording of this event was released on Daydream B Liver in 1991.
* 31st: Residents. Uninc perform at the wedding between Snakefinger & Miss Deborah Keadle.
	+ A recording of this event was released on *A Nickel if Your Dick's This Big* in 2019.

### November

* Residents. Uninc submits their second demo album for Warner Bros, once again to no avail. *I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)* is released.
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

The Residents backstage, September 21st, 2007

**"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"** is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. It first appeared on their 1967 album *Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band*. It was written and composed primarily by John Lennon (based on a circus poster from 1843) and credited to Lennon–McCartney.

The Residents have performed the song live exactly once, at the London Sinfonietta's Remembering The Beatles concert in Milan on September 21st 2007. To date, The Residents' version of the song has not seen an official release.

## History

### The Beatles' version=

"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" is credited to Lennon–McCartney, but Lennon said he had written it entirely himself. It was inspired by a 1843 circus poster for Pablo Fanque’s Circus Royal appearance at Rochdale, which Lennon had found in an antiques shop in Kent while The Beatles were shooting the "Strawberry Fields Forever" promotional film.

One of the most musically complex songs on their 1967 album *Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band*, it was recorded by The Beatles on February 17th 1967, with additional overdubs on February 20th, March 28th, 29th and 31st. Lennon wanted the track to have a "carnival atmosphere", and told producer George Martin that he wanted "to smell the sawdust on the floor".

The song's lyrics (based on the original poster) detail the evening's program, which was to occur at Bishopsgate in the following sequence: On Saturday at 5:50 pm the band was to begin playing while Mr. Kite would perform, flying "through the ring." Meanwhile, Mr. Henderson would execute ten somersaults, and then perform on the trampoline, "over men and horses, hoops and garters," and "lastly through a hogshead of real fire." This act would be followed by the Hendersons dancing and singing. Finally, Henry the Horse would dance the waltz.

Mr. Kite is believed to be William Kite, who worked for Pablo Fanque from 1843 to 1845. "Mr. J. Henderson" was John Henderson, a wire-walker, equestrian, trampoline artist, and clown. While the poster made no mention of "Hendersons" plural, as Lennon sings, John Henderson did perform with his wife Agnes, the daughter of circus owner Henry Hengler. The Hendersons performed throughout Europe and Russia during the 1840s and 1850s.

### The Residents' version

The Residents performed a live cover version of "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" live as part of the London Sinfonietta's Remembering The Beatles concert at the Arena Concerti in Italy on September 21st 2007.

For this concert, the Sinfonietta performed the entirety of *Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band* with a different guest artist on lead vocals for each song. To date, this performance has never been released by The Residents in any official capacity.

This live performance was also the final live appearance (to date) of The Residents' iconic eyeball and skull masks.

## See also

* The Beatles
* "Strawberry Fields Forever"
* Remembering The Beatles
Inferno

In-game Inferno thumbnail.

### In-game description

"The Spirit warrior of the burning Embers. The Shield is intricately designed to withstand fire quintillion times hotter than the sun for the blade is not made to pierce any metal to molten. The inferno spartans are specially trained to destroy any of those who attempts to invade Vaningard, for they are not purity but they have a special connection for what Eoh did for them."

## CLASS INFORMATION

A Will Class that is also apparently connected to Purity, wields a Shield and a Halberd. It uses fire and it is a Will Class.

Click Attack: Swings the halberd to the right, then thrusts it forward and then does a shield bash.

Charging Bull (Z): Holds the shield out and rushes forward, dealing contact damage during the charge.

Blazing Spartan (X): Allows you to use an entirely different click attack for the duration of the bar.

Fiery Guardian (C): Holds the shield out, doing lifesteal contact damage to anyone who touches it.

Elias's Wrath (V): The Inferno raises the halberd into the air, swinging it and firing a red and orange bird outward.
As A Child I Sold The News

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* As A Child I Sold The News, Now I Sell The Olds
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As a Child I Sold the News, brings the best of Volume one and two of The Charles Bobuck self-depreciating project, Fragments and Failures, into one rocking package. It is a bit on the short side. That is the problem when the plan is to only pick out the best parts. After all, the whole Fragments and Failures concept was to release music from 2008 to 2014 that had been worked on and not used for a variety of reasons. One of those reason could easily have been that it was not very good, and therefore not suitable for inclusion in this high-brow collection

As a Child I Sold the News Now I Sell the Olds
A Charles Bobuck Contraption
Some of these fragments have been included on the

Codgers on the Moon web site, Eyeful series, and surprise BOGs.

released June 1, 2015

Produced by H.Fox
Brumalia

Image from the album art for The 12 Days of Brumalia, featured as the front cover image on some early misprinted copies

### Frequency

Annually/sporadically (2003/2004 onwards)

**Brumalia** is a fictional winter solstice festival, analogous to the Twelve Days of Christmas, which was created and first celebrated by The Residents in December 2003 and January 2004 with the release of *The 12 Days of Brumalia*, a series of free MP3 downloads released daily to their (then new) official news blog.

The holiday was inspired by the ancient Roman solstice festival of the same name, which was celebrated annually between November 24th to December 24th until at least the 11th century. The Residents' Brumalia is a 12 day holiday beginning December 24th (or Christmas Eve) and ending after 12 days with a "Feast of Epiphany" on January 5th.

## The Brumalia season

* Day 1 (Partridge Pairing): December 24th
* Day 2 (Turtle Dove): December 25th
* Day 3 (Chicken of the Oui): December 26th
* Day 4 (Calling Bird): December 27th
* Day 5 (Golden Rings): December 28th
* Day 6 (Lying Goose): December 29th
* Day 7 (Swami Swan): December 30th
* Day 8 (Maid Being Milked): December 31st
* Day 9 (Wiggling Wahines): January 1st
* Day 10 (Leaping and Lords): January 2nd
* Day 11 (Pieta's Piper): January 3rd
* Day 12 (Big Hand): January 4th
* The Feast of (the) Epiphany: January 5th

## See also

* *The 12 Days of Brumalia*
* "The True Meaning of Brumalia"
* "Bride of the 12 Days of Brumalia"
* Residents.com
* BOG
* Christmas

## External links and references

* *The 12 Days of Brumalia* at The Residents Historical
* Brumalia at Wikipedia

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May 2007 · June 2007 · July 2007 · August 2007 · September 2007 · October 2007 · November 2007 · December 2007 · January 2008 · February 2008 · March 2008
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April 2008 · May 2008 · June 2008 · July 2008 · August 2008 · September 2008 · October 2008 · November 2008 · December 2008 · January 2009 · February 2009 · August 2009 · September 2009 · October 2009 · January 2010 · February 2010 · March 2010 · April 2010 · July 2010
**Related articles**
residents.com · Big Brother · BOGcast · The Residents Historical (The Last Word) · *The 12 Days of Brumalia* · "Santa Dog 2006" · Summer Tunes · Not-So-Secret Cruel Tunes · Residents.com news · News Machine
1962

The Residents were not active in 1962, but several songs the group would later use were released.

### February

* 2nd: Tony Bennett releases I Left My Heart in San Francisco, covered by The Residents as part of the Subterranean Modern anthology album.

### March

* James Brown releases his cover of *Night Train, c*overed by The Residents in 1984 on "George & James"

### April

* Chubby Checker releases 'Der Twist Beginnt', late sampled on The Residents' 1974 track "*Swastikas on Parade*"

### May

* The people who would become The Residents finish their Junior year of High School.

### August

* 17th: The Tornados releases Telstar, covered by the Residents in 1974 for The Third Reich 'n Roll

### September

* 5th: Elvis Presley releases Return To Sender.
* The people who would become The Residents start their Senior year of High School.

### October

* 1st: Richard Chamberlain releases his cover of 'Love Me Tender' a song The Residents would go on to cover as part of The King & Eye.
* Chris Kenner releases Land of 1000 Dances, covered by The Residents several times throughout their history

### Unknown Dates

* Frank and Clyde Playing the Music You Asked For is released. The album proves to be a personal favorite of Charles Bobuck, who samples it as the basis for his Maxine album.
* Fred Frith starts learning guitar
Dostel

Lowered Dostel

## Class Information

Weapon: **Dostel**

The Dostel is a class from the MLG Class pack and is known for dealing menacing amounts of damage per shot and especially on head shots.

## Movelist:

LMB - Shoot: The user will shoot and cause immense damage across the people who have been hit by it.

## Trivia

* It can deal oneshots if you hit them in the head.
* Thanks to Apochroseis for this, and all of the MLG classpack images.
Best Left Unspoken... (series)

### Primary releases

*Best Left Unspoken... Volume One*, *Best Left Unspoken... Volume Two*, *Best Left Unspoken... Volume Three*

### Related releases

*For Elsie*, *Pollex Christi*, *High Horses*

### Label

Ralph America (El Ralpho Archive)

**Best Left Unspoken...** is a trilogy of limited edition CD-Rs by The Residents, released as part of the eL Ralpho Archive series on Ralph America between 2006 and 2007.

The three CD-Rs acted as extended re-issues for The Residents' instrumental EPs, featuring unrelated but sonically similar bonus tracks to create an album length experience.

The contents on the albums were incredibly rare, ranging from out of print to unreleased demos. A number of tracks featured on the releases remain unreleased anywhere else to date. None of the entries in the series have been fully reissued since their original release.

## List of releases

* *Best Left Unspoken... Volume One: Pollex Christi and Other Selections* (2006)
* *Best Left Unspoken... Volume Two: High Horses and Other Selections* (2007)
* *Best Left Unspoken... Volume Three:* *For Elsie* *and Other Selections* (2007)

## See also

* eL Ralpho Archive
* Ralph America
* *For Elsie*
* *Pollex Christi*
* *High Horses*