The Residents' News Machine is an official news blog dedicated to the activities of The Residents, which has been active at the group's official website since January 13th 2017.
This page collects posts made to this blog in June 2022, archived from the original page by a Mysterious Spanish Lady.
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50th Anniversary Trading Cards[]
Tuesday, June 14 2022, 6:12pm
IT'S IN THE CARDS!!! ...as they say. AND THE CARDS ARE HEEERREE!!!!
It's the big 2022... TWO-OH plus a DOUBLE DEUCE!... and what does that mean? Well, it means The Residents are celebrating 50 years of EERIE, ODD and OFTEN INSCRUTABLE EYEBALL EXISTENCE, that's what it means! That's right, FIFTY YEARS! And to celebrate FIFTY YEARS The Residents bring to you... FIFTY CARDS!
Huh? "Cards?" you say? Yes, The Residents have created their very own TRADING CARD SET! FIFTY CARDS in total, jam-packed with FIFTY YEARS of Residents' mania, madness, mystery, moose turds and outright moxie. FIFTY CARDS for FIFTY YEARS! Celebrate FIFTY YEARS of Residents' albums, performances, multimedia, just-plain-unexplainable-weirdness, and more... all in one compact set!
Only available for a limited time - 100 sets available online and for 60 days. (Sets will be unnumbered.)
SF Book signing next week[]
Friday, June 17 2022, 7:21am
Melodic Virtue and Haight Street Art Center, along with partner Amoeba Music (https://www.amoeba.com), are delighted to announce an exclusive book signing for The Residents: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol.1 with Homer Flynn, creative director of Poor? NO! Graphics, and Aaron Tanner.
Fans can purchase copies of the book, have it signed by Flynn and Tanner, and tour an exhibition curated by Flynn of rare Residents posters from their half-century history. In keeping with the Center's mission to honor the city's rich history of poster art, the event will be commemorated by a new poster, designed by noted Bay Area artist Zoltron, which will be available for sale.
June 25 at Haight Street Art Center, San Francisco. Signing at 6 pm.
Doors will open at 6PM and the exhibition will be open to the public.
Customers will be have two options for purchase:
- Residents Book: $75
- Residents Book & Zoltron Poster: $125
Please note: The Haight Street Art Center will have an allocation of 100 posters only. These will be printed on site, signed and numbered by Zoltron and only available for purchase when bundled with the Residents book. The Book/Poster bundle will be limited to 1 per person. Books will have no limit.
https://haightstreetart.org/blogs/news/the-residents-a-public-book-signing-and-exhibition
