Asonarose

**"Asonarose"** is an instrumental by The Residents, recorded in summer 1974. It was the first track on their demo tape *X Is For Xtra (A Conclusion)*; this demo contained some music intended for the group's feature film *Vileness Fats* (which was ultimately abandoned and left unfinished in 1976).

The track was first released in a slightly shortened edit as an uncredited introduction to the song "Never Known Questions" on the extended 2011 reissue of the 1978 album *Not Available* (an album which consists largely of music from the *X Is For Xtra* demo).

The complete instrumental was reissued separately (revealing its original title) in a new remaster by engineer Scott Colburn, on the second disc of the 2019 pREServed CD edition of *Not Available* (also titled "X Is For Xtra", largely a "RDX" mix of the original demo tape).

## List of releases

* *Not Available* expanded edition (2011)
* *Not Available* pREServed CD edition (2019)
* *Not Available* pREServed vinyl edition (2023)
* *Not Available (Work in Progress)* (2023)

### List of versions

1. ↑ Sycamore Street studio recording, summer 1974 (edited version, uncredited introduction to the 2011 extended mix of "Never Known Questions", 1:49)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sycamore Street studio recording, summer 1974 (2:29)
3. ↑ Sycamore Street studio recording, summer 1974 (alternate mix, part of Side B, 2:20)

## See also

* *X Is For Xtra*
* *Vileness Fats*
* *Not Available*
* "Never Known Questions"

## Buy Or Die!

### Listen online

* "Never Known Questions" (2011 extended version) on Spotify
* "Asonarose" (2019 pREServed edition) on Spotify

## External links and references

* *Not Available* expanded edition at Discogs
* *Not Available* pREServed edition at Discogs

**Side A**
Part One: "Edweena" · Part Two: "The Making Of A Soul"
**Side B**
Part Three: "Ship's A'Going Down" · Part Four: "Never Known Questions""Epilogue"
**Characters**
Edweena · Porcupine · The Catbird · Uncle Remus · The Enigmatic Foe · ~~Nobody~~
**Personnel**
The Residents · Sally Lewis · Reed Paulsen
**Related works**
"Russian Love Song" · *Vileness Fats* · *X Is For Xtra* · "Available Piece" · "Available Nonsensical" · *Fingerprince* · Shadowland ·"Nobody's Nos" (song) · *Not Available (Work in Progress)*
**Related articles**
N. Senada (Theory of Obscurity) · Residents, Uninc. · Sycamore St. studio · Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · Pore-Know Graphics · *Eskimo*

**Scene by scene**
1: Arf and Omega · 2: Bellboys & Townspeople Battle 1 · 3: Town 1 · 4: Mother's House 1 · 5: Weescoosa & Ninnie 1 · 6: Cave 1 · 7: Weescoosa & Ninnie 2 · 8: Weescoosa's Flashback · 9: Weescoosa & Ninnie 3 · 10: Bellboys & Townspeople Battle 2 · 11: Town 2 · 12: Desert 2 · 13: Lonesome Jack & Peggy · 14: Desert 1 · 15: Mother's House 2 · 16: Town 3 · 17: Banquet Hall · 18: Cave 2 · 19: Bridge 1 · 20: The Master Plan · 21: Cave 3 · 22: Desert 3 · 23: Night Club 1 · 24: Desert 4 · 25: Night Club 2 · 26: Desert 5 · 27: Cave 4 · 28: Night Club 3 · 29: Desert 6 · 30: Night Club 4 · 31: Cave 5 · 32: Night Club 5 · 33: Mother's House 3 · 34: Night Club 6 · 35: The Window of Never
**Cast and characters**
Saint Steven / Lonesome Jack (Jay Clem) · Weescoosa (Sally Lewis) · Arf and Omega Berry (Palmer Eiland and George Ewart) · Ninnie (Danny Williams) · Steve's Mother (Marge Howard) · Peggy Honeydew (Margaret Smyk) · Weenie (Danny Williams) · Uncle Willy (Hardy Fox)
with
Irene Dogmatic · J. Raoul Brody · Barry "Schwump" Schwam · Hugo Olson · Bill Dewalt · Diane Flynn · Homer Flynn · Tony Logan · Dennis Sealy · The Mysterious N. Senada as himself

**Crew**
The Residents: direction, screenplay, music, sets, costumes · Graeme Whifler: lighting, sets, second unit direction · Diane Flynn: costumes · John Kennedy: editing
**Settings**
Vileness Flats (Mother's House · Ninnie's House · Banquet Hall · Willy's Hot Spot) · Motel · The Cave · The Desert · The Window of Never
**Soundtrack music**
"Aircraft Damage" · "The Importance of Evergreen" · "Eloise" · "Kamikaze Lady" · "Lonely At The Top" · "Fever" · "Russian Love Song" · *X Is For Xtra* ("Theme From X" · "Slow Texture" · "**Asonarose**" · "Soundtrack Music Piece 17")
**Related works**
The Boarding House performance · *Santa Dog* · *Meet The Residents* · *Not Available* (*X Is For Xtra*) · *The Third Reich 'n Roll* (video) · "March de la Winni" · Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! performance · *Fingerprince* · *Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats?* (soundtrack · *PAL TV LP*) · *Video Voodoo* · *Twenty Twisted Questions* · *Icky Flix* (soundtrack · "The Knife Fight" · *RZ VF*) · *Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents* · *Double Trouble* ("Junior's Double Trouble Nightmare" · trailer) · *Triple Trouble* (soundtrack)
**Related articles**
Atomic Shopping Carts · The Bell Boys · Residents, Uninc. · "My Mammy"· Sycamore St. studio · Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · The Ugly Grey Theater