So I saw The Residents live last night

This Is Not Here · 12.07.2008, 11:25 PM

They were absolutely brilliant, though utterly mad, as to be expected. They lost their iconic eyeball masks in favour of dressing up as rabbits instead, it was an eleborate rock-opera-type-thingy about a man with an unhealthy obsession with bunnies searching for his missing brother. It's really difficult to explain The Residents, let alone their live shows, but it was so great to see them, I thought I'd never get the oppertunity. I'll post some pictures soon if you'd like...

Dead-Air · 12.07.2008, 11:29 PM

Of course you should post the pictures! I can't believe they changed their look. Very interesting.

This Is Not Here · 12.07.2008, 11:31 PM

Pictures will happen in the next few days I promise.
And they always change their look, they've never exclusively dressed in the eyeball masks. It's whatever suits their album/performance.

This Is Not Here · 12.07.2008, 11:48 PM

okay heres a few pics for now:

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Inhuman · 12.07.2008, 11:50 PM

You're a lucky one and I wish I saw them. They always had the best ideas / concepts for albums and shows. Unhealthy obsession with bunnies...I thought my fetish was unique.

This Is Not Here · 12.07.2008, 11:50 PM

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This Is Not Here · 12.07.2008, 11:53 PM

I also took loads of black and white film photos, I need to get in the darkroom and develop them, I shall post them up too once I have.

SuperCreep · 12.08.2008, 12:03 AM

I saw them back in October. Fucking amazing show. I love the new album.

GeneticKiss · 12.08.2008, 12:08 AM

Those outfits remind me of Donnie Darko...

atsonicpark · 12.08.2008, 08:29 AM

I went to Chicago to see them. In the top 5 best shows ever.

EyeballGrowth · 12.08.2008, 10:48 PM

Anyone ever see the footage from the 80's where they had the fish masks with the glowing eyes and the cowboy hats? The mouths were fully animatronic, it's truly a disturbing sight

atsonicpark · 12.09.2008, 03:56 AM

Yeah. I have all their dvd's.

This Is Not Here · 12.12.2008, 02:59 PM

I've put a few more photos up of the London show over in 'Post Yr Art Or Die'.

pokkeherrie · 12.12.2008, 09:33 PM

I enjoyed them a lot, even though it was a total different performance than I'd expected, much more straight-forward. I hadn't realised that they were only going to perform work from The Bunny Boy.

Musically it was therefore less interesting (to me), but the overall performance was pretty great and the story very entertaining.

batreleaser · 12.13.2008, 10:48 AM

I would love to seem them. In all honesty though, I really had no idea the Residents still did any shows, I thought they were pretty much a recording project at this point.

12.07.2008, 11:25 PM	#1
This Is Not Here invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames, London Posts: 2,586	They were absolutely brilliant, though utterly mad, as to be expected. They lost their iconic eyeball masks in favour of dressing up as rabbits instead, it was an eleborate rock-opera-type-thingy about a man with an unhealthy obsession with bunnies searching for his missing brother. It's really difficult to explain The Residents, let alone their live shows, but it was so great to see them, I thought I'd never get the oppertunity. I'll post some pictures soon if you'd like... __________________ http://images.google.co.uk/url?sourc...zLTl_B146tcuiw ~~Record of the moment~~
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12.07.2008, 11:29 PM	#2
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	Of course you should post the pictures! I can't believe they changed their look. Very interesting. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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12.07.2008, 11:31 PM	#3
This Is Not Here invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames, London Posts: 2,586	Pictures will happen in the next few days I promise. And they always change their look, they've never exclusively dressed in the eyeball masks. It's whatever suits their album/performance. __________________ http://images.google.co.uk/url?sourc...zLTl_B146tcuiw ~~Record of the moment~~
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12.07.2008, 11:48 PM	#4
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12.07.2008, 11:49 PM	#5
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12.07.2008, 11:50 PM	#8
Inhuman invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,807	You're a lucky one and I wish I saw them. They always had the best ideas / concepts for albums and shows. Unhealthy obsession with bunnies...I thought my fetish was unique. __________________ Inhuman no longer dwells on here. http://about.me/robinbastien
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12.07.2008, 11:53 PM	#11
This Is Not Here invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames, London Posts: 2,586	I also took loads of black and white film photos, I need to get in the darkroom and develop them, I shall post them up too once I have. __________________ http://images.google.co.uk/url?sourc...zLTl_B146tcuiw ~~Record of the moment~~
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12.08.2008, 12:03 AM	#12
SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	I saw them back in October. Fucking amazing show. I love the new album. __________________
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12.08.2008, 12:08 AM	#13
GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	Those outfits remind me of Donnie Darko... __________________ https://handinthefates.bandcamp.com<--music
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12.08.2008, 08:29 AM	#14
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I went to Chicago to see them. In the top 5 best shows ever. __________________
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12.08.2008, 10:48 PM	#15
EyeballGrowth the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 992	Anyone ever see the footage from the 80's where they had the fish masks with the glowing eyes and the cowboy hats? The mouths were fully animatronic, it's truly a disturbing sight
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12.09.2008, 03:56 AM	#16
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Yeah. I have all their dvd's. __________________
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12.12.2008, 02:59 PM	#17
This Is Not Here invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames, London Posts: 2,586	I've put a few more photos up of the London show over in 'Post Yr Art Or Die'. __________________ http://images.google.co.uk/url?sourc...zLTl_B146tcuiw ~~Record of the moment~~
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12.12.2008, 09:33 PM	#18
pokkeherrie invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,289	I enjoyed them a lot, even though it was a total different performance than I'd expected, much more straight-forward. I hadn't realised that they were only going to perform work from The Bunny Boy. Musically it was therefore less interesting (to me), but the overall performance was pretty great and the story very entertaining.
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12.13.2008, 10:48 AM	#19
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	I would love to seem them. In all honesty though, I really had no idea the Residents still did any shows, I thought they were pretty much a recording project at this point.
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