In 2007, Director/artist Lynn Hershman-Leeson heard of a strange situation of an artist being arrested as a bioterrorist due to the fact that his "art" used harmless mold. She gathered a number of friends to make a film to bring more
attention to the artist's plight. Among the friends were Tilda Swinton and The Residents who had worked with Ms Hershman on her previous film, Conceiving Ada.
The Rivers of Hades: An aural art piece, Chaos Is Not Just A Theory, was written by The Residents in 2007 to accompany the release of The Residents toy figures designed by Steve Cerio. The sound installation was not included
in the final gallery presentation, however, and the essence of the much larger project was reduced to this piece, The Rivers of Hades. Haeckel's Tale: The Showtime Channel has a long running horror TV series, Masters of Horror. The
season included a Clive Barker story, Haeckel's Tale. Director, John McNaughton (Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer), was employed to oversee the project. McNaughton called in The Residents to score the film after having worked with them
on a previous film, Condo Painting. For unknown reasons, the score was not used for the broadcast. Of these three 2007 projects overseen by Charles Bobuck, only The Rivers of Hades has been released on CDR in an extremely
limited fan edition. This is the first release of Haeckel's Tale and Strange Culture on CD.
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CD 1:
01. Residents, The - Haeckel's Tale
02. Residents, The - Haeckel's Tale
03. Residents, The - Haeckel's Tale
04. Residents, The - Haeckel's Tale
05. Residents, The - Haeckel's Tale
06. Residents, The - Haeckel's Tale
07. Residents, The - Haeckel's Tale
08. Residents, The - Haeckel's Tale
09. Residents, The - Haeckel's Tale
10. Residents, The - Haeckel's Tale
11. Residents, The - Strange Culture
12. Residents, The - Strange Culture
13. Residents, The - Strange Culture
14. Residents, The - Strange Culture
15. Residents, The - Strange Culture
16. Residents, The - Strange Culture
CD 2:
01. Residents, The - The Rivers Of Hades: Acheron
02. Residents, The - The Rivers Of Hades: Cocytus
03. Residents, The - The Rivers Of Hades: Lethe
04. Residents, The - The Rivers Of Hades: Styx
05. Residents, The - The Rivers Of Hades: Phlegethon
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