Long term, The Residents collaborator Molly Harvey is facing a serious health battle and needs your support - contribute to her GoFundMe campaign here! www.gofundme.com/f/support-mo...

THEORY OF OBSCURITY: A FILM ABOUT THE RESIDENTS Smith San Rafael Film Center hosted screening of THEORY OF OBSCURITY: A FILM ABOUT THE RESIDENTS, enlivened by an enthusiastic audience and insightful post-screening Q&A

Poster for Theory of Obscurity @hollywoodtheatre.org

Watching Theory of Obscurity about the band The Residents. I’m reminded of Broad’s words: I hold that it is of the utmost value for the philosopher to study the abnormal in all subjects. … it is such facts as dreams, hallucination, mirror-images, etc., which prevent …

Theory of Obscurity filmmakers take the stage at SXSW. #TheoryofObscurity #ResidentsDocumentary

That time The Residents were featured at SXSW

Theory of Obscurity filmmakers with Homer Flynn at San Francisco International Film Festival. #SFIFF #MusicDocumentary

Jerry Casale from DEVO talks Residents and Devo taking similar paths : vimeo.com/121517557?sh...

The original Boarding House Reel. 1/2" videotape.

Residents Art Collective 8-track studio where Duck Stab was recorded.

UNCUT Magazine: REVIEW: Theory of Obscurity www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/theo...

Exterior of Residents' Sycamore studio where Vileness Fats was filmed. Photo is from the period of time when the most activity was occurring.

Skinny from 'Hello Skinny' speaks out! vimeo.com/87588399

Josh Freese talks Residents. #JoshFreese vimeo.com/120605200

Gerry Casale from Devon talks Residents. #DEVO

Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! (live performance) Rather Ripped Records' fifth anniversary party at the Longbranch Saloon in Berkeley, California, on June 7th 1976. The majority of the footage on this tape has never been seen. We've seen it. #TheResidents

"'Theory of Obscurity' does a fantastic job of showing the various facets of The Residents' art and music, and crams quite a bit into the ninety-minute runtime. The disc is also packed with exclusive bonus feature." -HorrorGeekLIfe Magazine www.horrorgeeklife.com/2020/03/23/b...

Uncut Magazine. Play 'Invisible Stars' from 'Wolf of St. Elmo'. It's so cool. www.uncut.co.uk/features/the...

Another photo of The Residents unmasked.

Penn Jillette talks Residents: vimeo.com/118848748

Rob Crow from Pinback talks Residents and the Theory of Obscurity. VIDEO: vimeo.com/120896438 #Pinback

Glad you enjoyed our film!

H and H outside the tour bus at Burg Theater, Wien, Austria.

Wow-ish!

Possible identity of The Residents

Very rare for a band to open for The Residents. But 숨[su:m] opened for The Residents on March 20th 2015, at Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas for @sxsw.com prior to screening of the documentary film 'Theory of Obscurity.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY_B...

The Residents at @sxsw.com Paramount Theater LIVE

The story behind the 'Hello Skinny' music video. Director of the video, Graeme Whifler talks about how he found 'Bridget.' #TheResidents #HelloSkinny #musicvidehistory www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnwd...

The Residents. Golden Gate Bridge.

TRAILER: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg4n...

Our film on marquee of Paramount Theater, Austin, TX. #SXSW

From @rollingstone.com.web.brid.gy !!!! #TheoryOfObscurity

Neat Article #TheoryOfObscurity #SXSW #TheResidents

#Eyeball #MusicDocumentary #Kei$ha #Primus #DeVo #SXSW #JerryHarrison #RobCrow #TheResidents

Theory of Obscurity team at San Francisco International Film Festival. #SFFILM #SFFILMFilmFestival #TheoryOfObscurity #MusicDocumentary #Documentaryfilm

VIDEO TAPE BOX from The Residents "Mummy Show" First pubic performance under the name "The Residents." Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! Can't You See That It's True; What The Beatles Did To Me, "I Love Lucy" Did To You Rather Ripped Records fifth anniversary party, Longbranch Saloon, Berkeley, California

If you loved @theoryofobscurity.bsky.social A Film About The Residents, you are going to adore @alexwinter.com Zappa documentary. Make time to watch this film! www.magpictures.com/zappa/

Nice article about our film by Brooklyn Vegan www.brooklynvegan.com/the-resident... @brooklynvegan.bsky.social

Yes, it's the actual Boarding House tape. The very first Residents show ever in San Francisco. 1/4" reel-to-reel.

Gerald Casale, of Devo, sitting to be interviewed for our film, Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents. #MusicDocumentary #DEVO #GeraldCasale #TheoryOfObscurity

Hardy Fox at after hours party after The Residents played the Burgtheater in Austria, May 14th 2013. There is a mistake in the film Theory of Obscurity, where it identifies this show as 2014. But the date was May 14th, 2013. The other two folks are from the Needcompany Dance Troupe.

Producers of Theory of Obscurity at SXSW #SXSW #DocumentaryFilm #MusicDocumentaries #HomerFlynn #FilmFestival Barton Bishoff Don Hardy Josh Keppel Homer Flynn

The original videotape machine used to produce #VilenessFats Half Inch Reel to Reel. Source: Hardy Fox

#TheResidents #TheoryofObscurity #PennGilette #JerryHarrison #MusicDocumentaries