In the final minute of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny thank their generous Patreon supporters, their lovely, talented and glam guest hosts, and talk a little bit about Velvet Goldmine, watching it for the podcast, and how their opinions of

The Whole Shebang Minute 119: Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Highly Intentional

Dec 22nd, 2016 14m 39s

In Minute 119 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny talk more about the soundtrack and about buying it back in the early ‘00s, about what vinyl we want for Christmas, and then talk about what Bowie songs could have possibly been used if he’d al

The Whole Shebang Minute 118: Microfiche vs. Swordfights

Dec 21st, 2016 15m 7s

In Minute 118 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny finish up the technical credits, talking about film locations, why they shot the Manchester scenes in Manchester, the psychogeographical history of London, a total diversion into forbidding ca

The Whole Shebang Minute 117: I Shouldn’t Have Laughed At The Clapper Loader

Dec 20th, 2016 21m 22s

In Minute 117 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny continue their look into the closing credits, encountering the progeny of Nicolas Roeg in an unexpected place and we go into Hollywood nepotism, talking a little about Duncan Jones, then Mike

The Whole Shebang Minute 116: Grips and Gaffers and Boys, Oh My!

Dec 19th, 2016 26m 26s

In Minute 116 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny begin their journey into Velvet Goldmine’s closing credits by talking about Steve Harley and some of the other social realist films of the 1990s that used 1970s-heavy soundtracks, then closing

The Whole Shebang Minute 115: Fade Away Never

Dec 16th, 2016 12m 25s

In Minute 115 of The Whole Shebang, Jenny and Mike say goodbye to the actual action of the film with a thought about a Victorian and English Gothic aesthetic as captured by Americans like Todd Haynes and Terry Gilliam, Jenny talks about being

The Whole Shebang Minute 114: The Curtain Call

Dec 15th, 2016 9m 10s

In Minute 114 of The Whole Shebang, Jenny and Mike talk about our final looks at Mandy and the Flaming Creatures watching Jack onstage, the honor given to Brian, Curt, and Malcolm in the silkscreen projections on the curtain at the end of the

The Whole Shebang Minute 113: JENNY’S THEORY!!!! OMG.

Dec 14th, 2016 10m 8s

In Minute 113 of The Whole Shebang, Jenny and Mike look at Arthur’s dopey joyful grin, at Arthur’s closing narration and the idea of allowing oneself personal and sexual freedom, how Brian got to have it both ways and how that interacts with t

The Whole Shebang Minute 112: All Kinds of Shenanigans

Dec 13th, 2016 11m 45s

In Minute 112 of The Whole Shebang, Jenny and Mike talk about Arthur’s Great Refusal of the Oscar Wilde pin, the beauty of old-style vinyl-playing jukeboxes and Mike’s childhood jukebox-and-pizza memories, the masterful nostalgic reprise of “2

The Whole Shebang Minute 111: Plosive and Penultimate

Dec 12th, 2016 17m 55s

In Minute 111 of The Whole Shebang, Jenny and Mike look at the history of the legendary green pin (and our awesome pins available on Patreon), take a side trip to Mike’s intimidating leather jacket-wearing college years, talk about the problem

The Whole Shebang Minute 110: Changing Worlds, Changing Selves

Dec 9th, 2016 10m 5s

In Minute 110 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny talk about what kind of swear words English people can’t say authentically, Curt’s use of an Oscar Wilde quote in talking to Arthur and his possible tacit support for Brian’s artistic change,

The Whole Shebang Minute 109: The Curt Wild Zoom

Dec 8th, 2016 8m 31s

In Minute 109 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny look at Arthur and Curt’s long-promised reunion ten years after their rooftop tryst, Arthur’s flabbergasted approach and Curt’s 1984 look with a ponytail, and the fact that Curt doesn’t reme

The Whole Shebang Minute 108: Don’t Be A Dick At The Wrap Party

Dec 7th, 2016 16m 2s

In Minute 108 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny break down the scene where Arthur gives his Tommy Stone press pass to a young Tommy Stone fan, who just happens to be Whole Shebang friend of the podcast Nadia Williams! In this episode, all i

The Whole Shebang Minute 107: Indie Bands Don’t Revolve

Dec 6th, 2016 20m 19s

In Minute 107 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny sit through the rest of Tommy Stone’s presser, talk about massive stadium tours of yesteryear, including Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour in 1987 and U2’s Zoo TV Tour in 1992, the spectacle involved

The Whole Shebang Minute 106: A Tartan Rug and a Thermos of Bovril

Dec 5th, 2016 19m 46s

In Minute 106 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny finish up their time with Maxwell Demon’s goodbye number, the sprinkling of flower petals gets us talking about the secret origin of confetti and the fragility of avians, we look at Arthur in

The Whole Shebang Minute 105: Phantom of the Opera vs. Close Encounters

Dec 2nd, 2016 12m 38s

In Minute 105 of The Whole Shebang, Jenny and Mike take dueling interpretations of the grand chandelier that appears at the end of this minute and use it as an excuse to talk about two of their favorite movies, Jenny gets into why she hates Cl

The Whole Shebang Minute 104: Romantic Folderol

Dec 1st, 2016 10m 29s

In Minute 104 of The Whole Shebang, Jenny and Mike begin their look at Maxwell Demon’s swan song, “Tumbling Down” by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Alan Parsons’s involvement as producer, Maxwell Demon’s visual presentation in this sequence a

The Whole Shebang Minute 103: The Easy Mode of Undressing

Nov 30th, 2016 11m 56s

In Minute 103 of The Whole Shebang, Jenny and Mike look at Arthur’s very sexful way of taking off his shirt and how difficult the “crossed-arm” method is to pull off smoothly, Curt’s brief flashback (or flashforward) as Arthur and Curt come to

The Whole Shebang Minute 102: Fan-tasy

Nov 29th, 2016 9m 18s

In Minute 102 of The Whole Shebang, Jenny and Mike take a look at Arthur’s continued approach to Curt on the rooftop, Curt’s continued asking of personal questions of Arthur, Arthur’s engaging in dropping mescaline and how far he’s come since

The Whole Shebang Minute 101: Is It Carthur or Arurt?

Nov 28th, 2016 13m 31s

In Minute 101 of The Whole Shebang, Jenny and Mike look at the aftermath of Brian’s incognito visit to the Death of Glitter show, Mandy and Curt’s continued definition of themselves in terms of Brian, Arthur’s reticence about Brian and paralys

The Whole Shebang Minute 100: Mike’s Only-Child Karaoke

Nov 25th, 2016 16m 16s

In Minute 100 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny take just a brief moment to celebrate their hundredth episode and examine Jenny and Mike’s respective singing talents and Mike’s taking karaoke entirely too seriously, before cracking into: th

The Whole Shebang Minute 99: The Brian Slade Survivors’ Club

Nov 24th, 2016 16m 7s

In Minute 99 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny examine the arrival of Brian Slade in trenchcoated and be-fedora’d disguise at the Death of Glitter show, exactly who if anyone noticed him, how the end of “Gimme Danger” gives the film audienc

The Whole Shebang Minute 98: The Widow in Leopard Print

Nov 23rd, 2016 10m 5s

In Minute 98 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny look at Curt’s continued performance of “Gimme Danger,” the arrival of Mandy and her relatively low-key arrival at the Death of Glitter concert, what everyone’s funereal roles are at the Death

The Whole Shebang Minute 97: The Words For The Day Are Primal and Diagetic

Nov 22nd, 2016 9m 57s

In Minute 97 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny hope you like “Gimme Danger,” because you’re about to get a hell of a lot of it, first tackling the lyrics and whether they’re about heroin or a relationship and what that means for Curt, the S

The Whole Shebang Minute 96: Tipper Sounds Like A Plucky Dog

Nov 21st, 2016 16m 59s

In Minute 96 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny start off with a seemingly-huge tangent to the “stranger danger” paranoia of their childhoods (thanks to the presence of “Gimme Danger” in this minute), then we dive into Arthur’s frantic phone