THE RESIDENTS silk screened armband 1978-1985 snakefinger avant fluxus
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The Residents silk screened armband privately printed by Ralph Records (no catalogue number) in USA, 1985. ****** Armband:ex ****** One of the legendary Resident's eyeball masks was stolen due to a lapse of security during the 13th Anniversary tour in 1985. Mr Skull was invented and was initially called Mr No Eyes. Black armbands were worn by The Residents and Snakefinger to honor the stolen eye. The eyeball was taken from a dressing room, but it was returned and whoever took it felt very guilty about it. It was a big deal at the time. The Residents were on a tour and using four eyeballs. If one goes missing, you have three people with eyeballs and one without. Those eyeballs were all custom jobs from a production house in Hollywood. What did happen in that situation is that the Residents, being very good at adapting, realized they had this large fiberglass skull. They painted it black and one person started wearing it, becoming known as “Dead-Eye Dick”. Dead-Eye Dick represented the loss of innocence of The Residents because his eyeball was stolen. Loss of innocence meant also an esthetic change in sound strategies and The Residents were never again what they were before. An historical frontier in our culture and the ultra rare silk screened armband marking that passage is offered here. ****** Please wait to receive my invoice before sending the payment after the auction ends. Attention! Real postage costs are not USD 4 as all the items are located in Doha, Qatar (which has a very safe and professional post system). Postage costs registered: to Europe and Japan is USD 7,50 / to America and Oceania is USD 9,50. ****** More ebay auctions of ultra rare LP and K7 editions in the coming weeks. Next auction: Sound Poetry and Mail Art, Henri Chopin, Bernard Heidsieck, OU, Fylkingen, VEC tapes, Trax, M.B., Haters, etc… ****** Thank you for your kind attention and good luck with your bids.
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