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Granpa Gio
By: Mr. Blue Eye Date: December 12, 2016, 10:03 pm
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I'm curious about this blog and just wondered what others
thought about it.
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Re: Granpa Gio
By: moleshow Date: December 12, 2016, 10:42 pm
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(psst, could you move this to General Discussion? or maybe RZ
polls since it's related to The Residents)
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Re: Granpa Gio
By: Meisekimiu Date: December 13, 2016, 4:48 pm
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To be honest, I do think it is a bit odd that such a strange and
small blog would be linked all over The Residents' website
before it had even really started. And yes, it's rather strange
that Gio's picture on his "About" section happens to be a stock
image or that the domain registry information is rather...
interesting. (Copy and paste the small text if you wish to stop
suspending your disbelief). But in the end, it doesn't really
matter whether Gio is "real" or not. To quote the man himself:
[quote]Yes, The Residents do seem to be playing a game, but it
is not “guess who we are.” If that were the case, the game would
be over the moment someone guesses correctly, and where’s the
fun in that? The Residents’ game is actually “come pretend with
us,” which is much more satisfying because it doesn’t have to
end.[/quote]
So in the end, as a fan of The Residents, I consider him a real
person who really lived and journaled through The Residents'
entire discography. And their grandchild posts all of those
journal entries onto a blog.
Now... I do have to say that I do take some of Gio's assumptions
a bit more seriously than those of a standard fan. Something
about him just makes him seem... persuasive... so when he says
he thinks The Residents were maybe planning an album based on
dreams... well, his persuasiveness gets to me and now I think
that might have been a possibility!
Also on an unrelated note, the pictures on all the blog posts
have funny mouseover text and it took me a while to discover
this, so I'm assuming not many other people have realized this
as well.
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Re: Granpa Gio
By: Meisekimiu Date: December 25, 2016, 10:45 am
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Double post! Seems like Gio himself has commented on the subject
HTML http://www.gio80.com/grandpa-gio-and-the-residents/...
(I always thought it'd be funny if Gio started blogging about
himself but... I didn't think it'd happen!)
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Re: Granpa Gio
By: moleshow Date: December 25, 2016, 3:42 pm
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when doubts become reality...
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Re: Granpa Gio
By: citizensmurf Date: December 29, 2016, 10:38 am
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I never thought GG was one of the Rez, but it was always obvious
to me that none of these were historical writings, and were like
everything to do with the Rez, an obfuscation. Why would he not
speak about any of the UWEB titles if he were such a long term
fan? How did he obtain a copy of the original Santa Dog and
write about it 2 days after it was released? In the end, it
doesn't matter, it's just more writing about the Rez. I just am
finding all the hype around these non-musical activities
(Randy's videos, Fox/Bobuck duality....) to be less and less
engaging. I have always cared about the music, and less about
the mystery, as it hasn't been a mystery for a long time, and
the supposed mystery doesn't enhance the music in anyway.
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Re: Granpa Gio
By: moleshow Date: December 30, 2016, 7:35 pm
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one thing that Grandpa Gio said that i really agree with is that
it's really all about playing along, whether or not the mystery
is there for you. in a way, The Residents still pursue their
concept, but they fully take advantage of all available mediums.
on a conceptual level, i find that the music is enhanced by the
flavor of mystery they were using at the time.
luckily for you, there's a new album in March. maybe that'll get
your spirits up.
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