In Minute 39 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny continue their trip through the music video for “The Ballad of Maxwell Demon,” this time taking a closer look at the Bowie-reference-laden lyrics to the song and Bowie’s taking inspiration from William S. Burroughs in using the “cut-up technique” in his lyrics and performances, the interplay of Apollonian and Dionysian impulses in the persons of haughty fop Brian Slade and the serpentine Maxwell Demon, the origins of the blue reptile in the work of both Lindsay Kemp and Leigh Bowery, the legacy of the Club Kids, and Bowie’s tenuous connections to stage magic and illusion.
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The Whole Shebang Minute 120: Byeee
The Whole Shebang Minute 119: Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Highly Intentional
The Whole Shebang Minute 118: Microfiche vs. Swordfights
The Whole Shebang Minute 117: I Shouldn’t Have Laughed At The Clapper Loader
The Whole Shebang Minute 116: Grips and Gaffers and Boys, Oh My!
The Whole Shebang Minute 115: Fade Away Never
The Whole Shebang Minute 114: The Curtain Call
The Whole Shebang Minute 113: JENNY’S THEORY!!!! OMG.
The Whole Shebang Minute 112: All Kinds of Shenanigans
The Whole Shebang Minute 111: Plosive and Penultimate
The Whole Shebang Minute 110: Changing Worlds, Changing Selves
The Whole Shebang Minute 109: The Curt Wild Zoom
The Whole Shebang Minute 108: Don’t Be A Dick At The Wrap Party
The Whole Shebang Minute 107: Indie Bands Don’t Revolve
The Whole Shebang Minute 106: A Tartan Rug and a Thermos of Bovril
The Whole Shebang Minute 105: Phantom of the Opera vs. Close Encounters
The Whole Shebang Minute 104: Romantic Folderol
The Whole Shebang Minute 103: The Easy Mode of Undressing
The Whole Shebang Minute 102: Fan-tasy
The Whole Shebang Minute 101: Is It Carthur or Arurt?
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