2014
Appearance
January
- 3rd: The Indiegogo campaign for the Theory of Obscurity film reaches its goal.
- 5th: A remix of "Jelly Jack" (based on the Brumalia version) is released under Charles Bobuck's Radio Thoreau project.
- 18th: Bobuck's Maxine and CB Suite are packaged together in a double CD (with two bonus tracks) and sold on the Ralphlet Bandcamp.
- 21st: Dates for the Shadowland mini-tour in Europe are announced.
March
- 29th: Through a YouTube video, Randy Rose explains the Shadowland tour as being "part three of the Randy, Chuck & Bob Trilogy" which concerns the three main stages of life in reverse order: death, sex, and birth.
April
- 15th: The Wonder of Weird is released as a double CD through the Ralphlet.
- 18th: Actor Dustin York appears in an episode of RandyLand as a special guest; York would soon work further with The Residents on other film and video projects.
May
- 2nd: The Residents perform Shadowland in Gent, Belgium.
- 3rd: The Residents perform Shadowland in Den Haag, the Netherlands.
- 4th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Dusseldorf, Germany.
- 5th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Gallen, Switzerland.
- 6th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Laussanne, Switzerland.
- 8th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- 10th: The Residents perform Shadowland in Nantes, France.
- This show is professionally recorded and later released as a CD.
- The original Santa Dog EP is reissued in a recreation of the original pressing by Superior Viaduct. Residue is also reissued with bonus content.
June
- 3rd: Charles Bobuck's Codgers on the Moon is remastered, expanded and reissued on CD and vinyl by MVD.
July
- The Cryptic Corporation donates an Ultimate Box Set to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
- Ralph On-Demand is announced to be shutting down.
- 5th: Charles Bobuck's pre-show music for Shadowland, The Highway, is released on the Ralphlet.
- 8th: The complete soundtracks for Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats? and The Census Taker are fit together in a single CD and released by MVD.
September
- 9th: Marching to the See — a single-disc condensation of the Wonder of Weird live album — is released on MVD.
October
- 7th: Charles Bobuck's second solo album, Roman de la Rose, is released on MVD; album notes are posted on The Residents' website.
- 11th: Charles Bobuck launches his own website, as well as his new Bandcamp store.
- 12th: A new Bandcamp store is opened as a new outlet for the Radio Thoreau project; a live version of "Man's World" from 2001 is released (styled "Manz Whirled").
- 13th: A rejected Wonder of Weird demo for "My Brother Paul" is released under the Radio Thoreau project.
- 14th: A remix of "Jambalaya" is released under the Radio Thoreau project.
- 16th: A special "Live 3D" 100-channel mix of Eskimo is presented at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
- 17th: Two new Radio Thoreau singles are released: a remix of "His Latest Flame" (titled "Marie"), and a live version of "Blue Rosebuds" from the upcoming Shadowland album.
- 21st: Charles Bobuck offers a free remix of "Sinking Solo" to promote the MVD release of Codgers on the Moon.
- 24th: Charles Bobuck offers a free "old vinyl" mix of "Cymbals Ring" to promote Roman de la Rose.
- 27th: A free Radio Thoreau remix of "Picnic in the Jungle" (13th Anniversary Show version) is offered through the week of Halloween.
November
- 4th: The 12 Days of Brumalia is reissued on MVD, with the Prelude to "The Teds" EP as bonus content.
- 6th: The Residents release the first of several sampler tracks summarizing their key projects in 150-second-long chunks. This Radio Thoreau project is apparently meant as a soundtrack to the Theory of Obscurity film; however, these tracks are not heard in the film. Each sampler track presents three albums in a total of seven minutes. Two sampler tracks are released on this day under Radio Thoreau: "The Sycamore Street Studio (1974-1977)" and "The Grove Street Studio (1978-1980)".
- 10th: Two new sampler tracks are released: "Performance Art (1982-1990)" and "Interactive Media (1991-1997)".
- 14th: "The Big Band (1998-2003)" is released.
- 15th: "Storyteller (2005-2008)" is released.
- 17th: "Party Band (2009-2015)" is released.
- 25th: Two new sampler tracks, titled "And Also... (1974-2015)" Volumes 1 and 2, are released.
December
- 5th: Title in Limbo is reissued on Austrian indie label Klanggalerie as part of their Renaldo & The Loaf reissue campaign.
- 17th: The 13th Anniversary Show - Cleveland, a bootleg recording, is released on the Radio Thoreau Bandcamp.