[DID NOT ATTEND: September 3, 2021] The Residents [rescheduled from May 1, 2020, May 14, 2021; and September 3, 2021]
After four tries and almost three years The Residents finally came to Philly.
And somehow I missed the announcement entirely. Whoops.
I actually had several options for shows on this night, so The Residents problem were never going to be on my list, but it’s always nice to know that they’re out there, Holding up the Underground.
Plus, I was lucky enough to see them for a Free at Noon earlier that day. So I got to experience some (25 minutes) of a Residents show. And that was probably enough. Not that I didn’t enjoy it, but I don’t need to see more after my experience. (I thought it would be a little more insane, to be honest).
Opening for the band was a screening of their film Triple Trouble.
I don’t know anything about the film except for this review here
Loosely described it’s the story of Randall “Junior” Rose, son of a recently deceased rock star Randy Rose (a key figure in recent Residents mythology), a priest who has lost his faith, who is convinced a fungus is about to destroy humanity (it’s not particularly hard to see the connections to Covid here). This record is ostensibly the soundtrack but more correctly feels like an audio companion: part drama, part conspiracy in and of itself and dense with meaning and references.
When I saw St. Vincent a while back, she opened her show with a movie she had made. It was fun to watch, although it was also weird watching a movie standing up.
I imagine this would be just as odd.
But that’s The Residents for you.
And here’s a trailer for that film.
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