Official News BOG, March 2004
The Residents' Official News BOG 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), following the company's purchase of the residents.com domain name from fan site RZWeb (now defunct).
Around March 2004, this blog became known as the Official News BOG. In this form, the blog became The Cryptics' (and thus, The Residents') main outlet for communication with their fans until the website's redesign in 2008.
This page collects posts made to this news blog in March 2004, as archived on archive.org, transcribed to this wiki by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.
Blog entries
Print in art show
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- HERE I COME
- Here I Come is a 9"X13" Iris/Glicee print on watercolor paper and will be on exhibition as part of The Rawk Show at Gallery Lombardi in Austin, Texas. The exhibit features original artwork and photography from over 50 musicians.
- Admission to the event is free. All artwork is for sale, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Lil Angel Bunny Foundation. (Just quoting the press release - BB)
- An opening party will take place at the gallery on Thursday, March 18, from 6-10PM, featuring live bands and female impersonators.
- Gallery Lombardi
- 910 W. Third Street
- Austin TX
- March 10-21
Posted: Wed - March 3, 2004 at 10:44 AM
The King & Eye: RMX
- In 1989 The Residents recorded an album of Elvis hits called The King & Eye. Anyone knowing The Residents work would not be surprised that there was no attempt at recreating the original arrangements. In fact a great deal of work went into rethinking the music and digging into the freudian aspects of the lyrics. The group wished to return the pain to the material which swirls around ideas of lost love and obsession. The album was tied together with a children's story about a baby who wanted to be king because he felt such deep emptyness.
- The Residents saw Elvis's life as a cautionary tale. A story of lost innocence, misplaced while searching for night time shadows. Even more amazing to The Residents, in death, Elvis became the ultimate Americana icon.
- In 2003, The Residents asked German remix whiz, PARALYZER, to listen to the original 24 track master and see what he would do to moderize their album to make it more relevant to life in the 21st century. Paralyzer accepted the challenge but asked that the group give him free rein to interprete the pieces. They excitedly agreed.
- The Residents only heard the result when Paralyzer finally presented his vision of Elvis to them, The King & Eye: RMX.
- WEB PRE-RELEASE SALE at EURO RALPH
- CD - EUR 14.00
- LP in Gatefold cover - EUR 14.00
- DeLuxe LP - EUR 32.00 (will update info on what makes the Deluxe version deluxe when I get more information)
- DeLuxe LP's are limited to hand numbered 333 copies.
- On sale at Euro Ralph March 23rd. Orders accepted starting the 10th of March. Store release will follow in a few weeks as will be noted here at Residents Bog.
Posted: Fri - March 5, 2004 at 08:19 AM
Euro Ralph releases vinyl WB:RMX
- Normal Euro Ralph CD - EUR 14.00
- LP in Gatefold cover - EUR 14.00
- DeLuxe LP - EUR 32.00
- The DeLuxes are limited to 333 copies. They are handnumbered and come with a bonus 12" 45rpm of Baby Skeletons and Dogs 2004 Remix with a "B" side of the unreleased track, Bijou.
- Available on the ER web site on the 23rd of March. Orders accepted online from the 10th of March.
- Store release will follow in a few weeks.
Posted: Sun - March 7, 2004 at 10:09 AM
King & Eye; RMX deluxe vinyl release
- The King & Eye:RMX Deluxe gatefold vinyl release will include a second 12" 45 of three more Paralyzer mixes of Elvis songs that are not on the album. It is also an edition of 333 numbered copies and pressed on colored vinyl.
- The tunes are:
- Blue Suede Shoes, Hound Dog, and Teddy Bear.
Posted: Mon - March 8, 2004 at 09:17 AM
Gratis Elvis
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- Quicktime 3GPP video - 2.5 MB
- The Residents' "Viva Las Vegas" (radio edit) from The King & Eye:RMX
- Trouble with Windows... see below:
Posted: Mon - March 8, 2004 at 09:51 AM
Elvis Lives
- Three short clips from The Residents' King & Eye:RMX as visualized by Paralyzer
Posted: Mon - March 8, 2004 at 07:15 PM
Quicktime for 3GPP playback
- Links to free Quicktime software
- This 3GPP format is very new so some of you are not having luck with it, though most of you seem to do just fine. Here are the places to download Quicktime with 3GPP playback for Windows and Mac.
Posted: Tue - March 9, 2004 at 06:12 PM
Beware the Eyed of March
- The Residents need some of you to help them. And some of you might need The Residents' help as well. All will be explained on the Ides of March.
- By the way...
- Every month has Ides. The Romans did not count the days of the month from 1 through 30. Instead, three days in every month had names:
- Kalends (1st day of the month)
- Nones (the 7th day in March, May, July, and October; the 5th in the other months)
- Ides (the 15th day in March, May, July, and October; the 13th in the other months)
- The remaining, unnamed days of the month were identified by counting backwards from the Kalends, Nones, or the Ides. For example, March 3 would be V Nones—5 days before the Nones (the Roman method of counting days was inclusive; in other words, the Nones would be counted as one of the 5 days). It was complicated.
- Shakespeare's famous line of "Beware of the Ides of March" is based on an earlier writing, Marcus Brutus, by Plutarch written at the time of the actual assassination of Caesar.
- "So what," you say? So nothing. I just thought it interesting, but here's an oddity for the obscurest fans just for paying attention. If you don't know what is "wrong" with this snip, you are not a true obscurest fan.
Posted: Wed - March 10, 2004 at 10:58 AM[1]
The Commercial DVD
- A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR
- Work has begun on a new DVD as a spin-off of 1980’s The Commercial Album. Though The Residents will be making lots of new one-minute movies for this project, there is just no way they can make movies for all 40, and they would like to have more than 40 if possible.
- The usual animation and film artists you have seen on CD-Rom and DVD projects in the past will be creating their special minutes. But even then, there are scores of movies needing to be made.
- As you know, Ralph America has run a couple of contests seeing what you people would do creating some art. So now, we here at Cryptic Corp. are wondering if maybe there is some talent out there in the animation, film making, video art arenas. If that makes you think we are talking about you, then continue to read.
- We feel we should stress that this is a professional though loosely conceived project and we are looking for special work in all styles.
- Here is an example:
- Bonne Nuit (800KB - 3GPP file requires the latest Quicktime)
- THE RULES:
- • If you have a reel of your work ready to show on CD-R or DVD, we will be happy to view it.
- • If you have no reel prepared but have professional work you can show, please put a few minutes on a CD-R or DVD and we will be happy to view it.
- • If you have no reel but have student work you can show, please put some on a CD-R or DVD and we will be happy to view it.
- • If you have no reel and no work to show but a really good idea, we don’t have enough time for you to learn the craft before we will need the work. Please do not send us anything, but start getting yourself in shape for the next time this offer comes around. More DVD’s are planned and there is always a need for fresh talent.
- • Only submissions made by the end of March will be considered, about two weeks from now.
- • We can’t watch super-8, VHS, or other formats that don’t slip into the CD/DVD tray on a computer.
- • If you have friends that might qualify, please invite them to send their reels.
- • And, oh yes, selected artists will only receive a small honorarium so don’t start thinking about getting wealthy. It is the usual scrounge-together project. But it is going to be cool.
- Mail to:
- I want to be commercial
- c/o The Cryptic Corporation
- 524 San Anselmo AV #109
- San Anselmo CA 94960
- We are looking forward to being greatly entertained by you all.
- Regards,
- The Cryptic Corporation
Posted: Mon - March 15, 2004 at 02:53 PM
Kewl T
- New Shirt from RA
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- Ralph America just sent this over for me to see. I know nothing about it other than they just made them. See how the arm reaches around from the back to the front. Unusual.
Posted: Fri - March 19, 2004 at 03:23 PM
Preaching to the Choir
- Yea, all of you already have this DVD so why should I bother running a bragging piece on it. Not likely that it will make you run out an buy another copy, right.
- Actually I just felt like putting something up on the bog. I mean, I know things. Like the King & Eye:RMX will be in stores around May 24th. That just seems so far away that if I were to tell you now you would just forget again. Or if I told you about the Viva Las Vegas (radio edit) that will be bundled with the King & Eye for the sale on Amazon in Germany, you would soon forget I said it. It is just too soon to say these things. So I keep my mouth shut. I'll give you some real news when I have some real news, and I don't think it will be too much longer until that day arrives.
Posted: Sun - March 21, 2004 at 11:25 AM
RIP Jim Ludtke
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- NEWSDOG - Jim Ludtke
- Jim Ludtke, long time conspirator with The Residents on such projects as Freak Show and Bad Day on the Midway, passed quietly in his sleep on March 25, 2004.
- Recently, The Residents and Jim had been working on bringing Freak Show to DVD.
- He will be greatly missed by everyone associated with The Residents and The Cryptic Corporation.
Posted: Mon - March 29, 2004 at 09:02 AM[2]
See also
Resources
- March 10th post (PDF file, 103 KB)
- March 29th post (PDF file, 115 KB)
External links and references
- The Residents' Official News BOG, archived March 19th 2004 by archive.org
- The Residents' Official News BOG, archived March 23rd 2004 by archive.org
- ↑ March 10th post, from a privately held website archive supplied to The Mysterious Spanish Ladies by a fan
- ↑ March 29th post, from a privately held website archive supplied to The Mysterious Spanish Ladies by a fan
