Intermission: Extraneous Music from the Residents' Mole Show explained

Intermission: Extraneous Music from the Residents' Mole Show
Type:	ep
Artist:	The Residents
Cover:	Residents intermission.jpg
Released:	October 1982
Recorded:	June 1981–August 1982
Genre:	Avant-garde
Label:	Ralph^[1]
Prev Title:	The Tunes of Two Cities
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Title in Limbo
Next Year:	1983

Intermission: Extraneous Music from the Residents' Mole Show is an EP by The Residents, released in 1982.^[2] It features music from the opening, closing, and intermission portions of the Mole Show. It was the first in a line of albums that would bear the warning that it was not part three of the Mole Trilogy.^[3]

The infant on the cover is Jana Flynn, daughter of The Residents' spokesperson and manager Homer Flynn.

All the EP's songs were issued as bonus tracks on the original 1987 CD release of Mark of the Mole.

Punk band NoMeansNo covered "Would We Be Alive?" twice: once on an EP of the same name, then again on their In the Fishtank 1 EP.

Track listing

1. "Lights Out" (Prelude)
2. "Shorty's Lament" (Intermission)
3. "The Moles Are Coming" (Intermission)
4. "Would We Be Alive?" (Intermission)
5. "The New Hymn" (Recessional)

Notes and References

1. Book: Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967. Dominic. Molon. Kamilah. Foreman. Diedrich. Diederichsen. Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago. Ill.). Anthony. Elms. Richard. Hell. Dan. Graham. Matthew. Higgs. Jutta. Koether. Bob. Nickas. Mike. Kelley. Jan. Tumlir. December 29, 2007. Yale University Press. 978-0300134261. Google Books.
2. Web site: TrouserPress.com :: Residents. www.trouserpress.com.
3. Web site: Behind The Eye Of Hardy Fox, Composer For America's Weirdest Band. NPR.org.