tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post4657139647833615211..comments2024-03-27T13:28:50.405-07:00Comments on Alienated in Vancouver: The Residents Return to Vancouver: a Homer Flynn interview, with added Poor Know GraphicsAllan MacInnishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-51145793231792635502016-04-15T09:23:10.662-07:002016-04-15T09:23:10.662-07:00Movie is great, lot of revealing stuff; for me the...Movie is great, lot of revealing stuff; for me the best of it is the early footage of the band, which I had in no way seen before, but the whole thing is very nicely handled, and has a good solid through line, doesn't get too digressive or so forth (which has been an issue with a few music docs I've seen lately, like the one about the Damned. A music doc should run around 95 minutes max and know what to leave for the extras; The Residents doc scores on both counts. It has DISCIPLINE!). <br /><br />The show was great too, even without Chuck (who has some health issues, but he's got an able replacement, Rico). The film plus concert together, mind you, makes for a very full meal for the audience, so come with stamina, or drink coffee, because the Residents do a full set, or at least did in Vancouver... it more or less followed the track listing on the Shadowland CD, tho' with a few tweaks ("Constantinople" made the set, "Betty's Body" didn't). Randy really gave it his all, though - he's quite the showman; and the video component - little ghostly narratives that punctuated songs - was consistently interesting. <br /><br />Merch, tho', compared to their 2011 show here, was slightly less varied, and will be more exciting to noobs than seasoned fans. Fewer limited edition CDs, no vinyl, only a couple t-shirt designs, and if I recall, only the doc on Blu and DVD, no Icky Flicks or other video material. (Who knows, by the time they get over there they might resupply). But there WAS merch, so that's good! High points of the merch table visit for me - ie the stuff I actually bought - were the novelisation of Bad Day on the Midway, which I figured is prolly going to be harder to find in shops in Canada than some of the other items, and the doc; the Blu has lots of extended scenes and cool-seeming extras that I'm eager to check out. <br /><br />On the other hand, they did have a Lonely Teenager CD, back in print (I guess) in different packaging, and a Demons Dance Alone, both of which are terrific albums, if you don't already have them (and if they still have them around by the time they get over there). Lonely Teenager had cooler packaging than the old jewel case version I got, too, though not so much cooler that I upgraded. But there were only a couple of CDs I didn't actually already have (The Bunny Boy, say). Mostly it was about ten different titles, all to be expected: the CD of Shadowland, Eskimo... nothing too obscure. I had thought I might buy a Tweedles! but no Tweedles! manifested itself. <br /><br />All the same, overall it was a great night! Hope you feel the same way.<br /> Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-33533114999102602092016-04-15T05:24:05.006-07:002016-04-15T05:24:05.006-07:00Thanks! So how was the show and movie?Thanks! So how was the show and movie?Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00991049764074747336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-11090807805190268572016-04-14T11:22:22.765-07:002016-04-14T11:22:22.765-07:00Sure thing, Bear Cub! I like merch too! Sure thing, Bear Cub! I like merch too! Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-28567499401254208732016-04-14T10:52:11.449-07:002016-04-14T10:52:11.449-07:00Good interview! Let us know if they did bring mer...Good interview! Let us know if they did bring merch to Canada... seeing them in Montreal next Friday and was hoping to nab a bunch of things.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00991049764074747336noreply@blogger.com