The Art of the Record Store

Just got my tickets to see King Khan & The Shrines. I can only hope Mudo will be in attendance.

Assuming he’s telling the truth (which is always the qualifier when it comes to the Residents), this is pretty mindblowing.

randyresident:

(It all started here)

RESIDENTS HISTORY - part  1

Okay, people seemed to like that Residents’ article I posted from Pitchfork, so I thought what with this being the 40th anniversary and all, it might be cool to do a few Residents’ history lessons. I’ve got a few personal items I’ve held onto over the years so I’ll be showing them along with a little story about each one.

This is the ORIGINAL picture of Santa Dog (if you don’t know what Santa Dog is, you’re running way behind -  get with the program). We found this photo (and it’s not a STUPID INSTAGRAM! - instant vintage? NO WAY!) in our first studio at 20 Sycamore St in San Francisco (look it up on Google Maps) and used it for the cover of our first ever record release - Santa Dog (duh!). More later

Oh, man— we got a copy of this CD in the dollar bin at the store, and it is every bit as ridiculous and terrible as you would imagine. The “girls” are clearly a group of thirtysomething studio singers, and their attempts at cashing in on youth culture are hilariously out of touch (particularly “The Texting Song,” which features lines like “Don’t tell us to BRB!” and “We’re gonna make you LOL!”). I’m not going to tell you to pick this CD up, because dear Lord no, but it’s probably worth a Youtube search, provided there’s no one around to hear you.

Via horrible-things, which is pretty much my favorite Tumblr ever.

Correction: That’s the album of EVERY day.

You’re blowing my mind right now, Barry.