The Residents Blog, February 2009
The Residents' Blog was a news blog maintained by Big Brother of The Cryptic Corporation beginning in August 2003 (originally titled The Residents' Official News Blog and Website Wrapper, then The Residents' Official News BOG and later Official News Blog).
The BOG became the Cryptics' (and thus, The Residents') main outlet for communication with their fans until the website's redesign early in this month. At this point (at least according to the website's header after the redesign) the blog was simply called The Residents Blog.
This page collects posts made to this news blog in February 2009, as archived on archive.org, transcribed to this wiki by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.
Blog entries
What it all means
Feb/01/09 08:44 AM
- What did I learn from this little survey?
- People think The Bunny Boy (2008-2009) project is the best thing The Residents have ever done. But is it? Maybe it is just the most recent. We’ll give it some time and see how it holds up. The other big winner is Animal Lover (2005). What is remarkable is that both of these are from the current era. In the past, people usually gravitate toward the Classic era, the more naïve recordings from the '70's. Those do still show strong support, especially The Third Reich 'n' Roll (1976), Not Available (1978), Eskimo (1979) and The Commercial Album (1980).
- The '80's and '90's are primarily represented by Freak Show (1991) and by The Mole Trilogy (1981-1985). Wormwood (1998), CUBE E (1989-1990) and God in 3 Persons (1988) also get some love.
- The surprise is that High Horses (2001) and The 12 Days of Brumalia (2004) both score high considering that neither is a "major" release.
- The other thing to see in these lists is the power of the record company, Mute. They released both The Bunny Boy and Animal Lover, the two strongest vote getting projects. They also re-released beautifully packaged versions of The Third Reich 'n' Roll, Eskimo, The Commercial Album, Freak Show, and The Mole Trilogy. All were released in the last five years.
- What titles are missing from my expectation? Duck Stab (1978) did not receive the quantity of votes I expected. The usual favorite seems to have gotten pushed down by the strong recent releases, especially The Bunny Boy. Demons Dance Alone with it's dynamic tour could have been a top scoring project but it only did average. I expected that The Residents personal favorite, The Voice of Midnight, would have popped up on someone's list (probably on both best and worst lists, such is its nature).
- Well, I guess that is it. Maybe we will try another listing for the start of 2010, a new decade begins. Just think, by 2019 maybe you will have 10 more projects to consider for your list.
- Remember, this survey is not scientific. Music is a personal experience. There are no right or wrong favorites.
- The lists are all archived in the Historical.
Arkansas
Feb/05/09 07:27 AM
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- The Residents will return starting February 16 with ARKANSAS, a continuation of Bunny’s quest to find his brother which was the focus of the web series, album and tour in 2008, The Bunny Boy.
- Bunny, under the guidance of a psychic, has determined that his brother is in Arkansas. Bunny believes he has to save his brother as well as prevent the apocalypse. A tall order for one small Bunny.
- The new episodes will start on February 16 and continue every Monday, Wednesday and Friday here at www.residents.com.
Bunny Archive on-line
Feb/09/09 05:58 PM
- The Bunny archive has returned to Residents.com.
Full Screen Episodes
Feb/18/09 08:20 AM
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- At last we get a glimpse of the man behind the camera. Bunny’s secret room is maybe not such a secret after all. Anyway, check out the full screen episodes at:
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See also
External links and references
- The Residents Blog, archived February 4th 2009 by archive.org
- The Residents Blog, archived February 18th 2009 by archive.org
