OTHER LIVE OF INTEREST
UNCLE SAM MOLE SHOW - (1983)
The Uncle Sam Mole Show was a spectacular show, possibly the best performance of the entire tour. It was for the opening of the New Music America Festival in Washington D.C.
Some video footage exists.
THE EYEBALL SHOW - (1986)
Wave Records in Tokyo commissioned two weeks of live shows in Japan. The start of what became the 13th Anniversary Tour.
Some video footage exists.
SNAKEY WAKE - (1987)
When The Residents' long-time friend and collaborator Philip C. Lithman -- Snakefinger -- died of a heart attack in 1987 the group was unable to make it to England for his funeral. His funeral bothered many of Lithman's friends, in part because there was little acknowledgement of his musical career and no mention of his nickname, Snakefinger, which he had used professionally ever since he was given it in 1971.
To rectify these problems the band, and other musicians Snakefinger had worked with, held their own performance/gathering, known as "The Snakey Wake", in San Francisco on August 24th, 1987. The wake took place in a large club. The Residents arrived dressed in black, wrapped in black netting, and carrying black umbrellas. They started the performance with Hank Williams Sr.'s Six More Miles to the Graveyard, followed by their versions of some old English laments. During the laments two Residents inflated large black balloons (also wrapped up in black netting and umbrellas) with helium.
Snakefinger's friends would approach with mementos of the guitarist which were put into a package and tied to the balloons. At the end of the show the balloons were released and floated off into the night.
UWEB released a CD of a studio version of the concert as The Snakey Wake CD and an excerpt of the actual live performance appears on Liver Music.
No video.
BOUDISQUE PARTY 20th ANNIVERSARY PARTY - (1987)
This was a special performance by The Residents to help celebrate the anniversary of Boudisque (aka Torso) who were the European label for Residents projects. The show on November 18th, 1987, was the first performance of Buckaroo Blues, which became part one of Cube-E.
No official video.
TELE 5 - Off Beat Night (1988)
Buckaroo Blues was commissioned by a German television station, Tele 5. It was aired on March 15, 1988, after the band had premiered the show at the Boudisque performance. The Tele 5 broadcast also included the songs Jambalaya and Burning Love and excerpts from it appear on the The Eyes Scream documentary.
Video taped and released.
LINCOLN CENTER - (1989)
The Residents were invited to perform at Lincoln Center for the Serious Fun Festival. They started thinking about the possibility of a tour featuring music about American music and, to this end, they added a second song cycle called Black Barry to the show in order to fill it out to a full hour. Barry was a series of Residential versions of black music (gospel songs, blues, and jazz) just as Buckaroo Blues was covers of cowboy music. The two were premiered together at Alice Tully Hall on July 21st, 1989.
No video.
TY'S FREAK SHOW - (1991)
On November 17th, 1991, the Japanese computer company NEC staged a special invitation-only concert at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. The concert was known as Ty's Freak Show after co-director Ty Roberts and featured The Residents performing songs from the Freak Show album. They were accompanied by Laurie Amat, who had been the song stylist for God in 3 Persons, in her first live performance. The band used costumes left over from The 13th Anniversary Tour and Cube-E which they modified to suit the new songs.
The show was video taped with a new NEC video deck and, as The Residents performed, Todd Rundgren edited the footage into a live video mix right on stage using NEC's Light Source editing software. Those live mixes were later released by Apple Computer in a series of limited edition Quicktime CD-ROMs and also appear as bonus tracks on Twenty Twisted Questions.
Video Taped and mostly released.
TECH MUSEUM DISFIGURED NIGHT - (1997)
A benefit for the Tech Museum in San Jose became the start of the Disfigured Night Show.
No video.
SGT. PEPPER TRIBUTE - (2007)
The Residents made a three minute appearance performing "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" with the London Sinfoniette in Milan, Italy on September 21, 2007.
For the Benefit of Mr. Kite arranged by Rupert Cross. The London Sinfoniette was conducted by Jurjen Hempel.
Audience video only.
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