1993

Throughout much of 1993, The Residents were focused on supervising the development of the Freak Show CD-ROM. The UWEB fanclub ceased its operations early in the year, with Uncle Willie returning as a columnist for the newly founded Ralph America (which was partnered with Euro Ralph, founded in 1992), and concluding the UWEB period with the comprehensive biography / career retrospective book Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated Guide to The Residents.

This is also allegedly the year of N. Senada's death.^[1]

Timeline

The final UWEB newsletter, Volume 4 no.3 is issued. Uncle Willie announces his dwindling enthusiasm for the fan club, but confirms to be still working for Ralph and Cryptic as columnist and archive keeper.
- Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated Guide to The Residents is finally completed and offered to UWEB subscribers, along with a companion CD of music excerpts.
- Santa Dog '92 is offered as a gift to subscribers, marking the end of the fan club.
- The Residents agree to score a ten-episode nature series for Discovery Channel scheduled to air on May of next year.
- The Freak Show CD-ROM is scheduled for October.
Ralph America is formed, handling future Residents projects in the US (Euro Ralph handling affairs overseas).

Buy or Die catalog number 20 is issued.
Ondřej Hrab visits The Cryptic Corporation's offices, and pitches a theatrical adaptation of Freak Show for the Archa Theater in Prague. He is shown an early version of the Freak Show CD-ROM for reference material.

The Residents make plans with David Lynch for a film entitled The Teds, but the project is soon abandoned.

The Residents contribute the 4-song EP Prelude to "The Teds" for They Might Be Giants' Hello Recording Club.

2nd: In a Rolling Stone interview, Les Claypool of Primus cites The Residents as one of his key inspirations.^[2]
The Residents record "Love Me, Please Love Me" as a contribution to a Michel Polnareff tribute album which goes on unreleased for several years.
Euro Ralph releases a remix of the "Holy Kiss of Flesh" single, as well as a CD reissue of The Third Reich 'n' Roll with new "German-friendly" artwork.

Herbert Gehr hosts "Sound & Vision" at the Deutsches Filmmuseum in Frankfurt, Germany. At this art event The Residents' music videos are shown and the Freak Show CD-ROM is previewed.^[3]
Ian Shirley's book Meet the Residents: America's Most Eccentric Band! is published by SAF.

Prelude to "The Teds" (CD, Hello Recording Club, HEL-38, subscription-only exclusive)
Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated Guide To The Residents (CD, Ralph America, CD RZ 9302, compilation, included with the book of the same name)

George & James (CD, Euro Ralph, CD 002)
- First CD re-issue of the album.
The Third Reich 'n' Roll (CD, Euro Ralph, CD 002, 3,000 copies produced)
- New artwork and cover art.
Holy Kiss Of Flesh (Remix) (3" CD, Euro Ralph, SP 002)
- Remix of the original release.

That's Pop Biz (CD, Pop Biz, MAS 00002/P, compilation)
- Includes "Kaw-Liga (Prairie Mix)".
Hello 1993 Sampler (CD, Hello Recording Club, compilation, sampler)
- Includes the track "Teddy".