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 in these tours, on ‘80s Broadway, and on ‘80s digital compact discs, Mike’s first gig: a pompous Zoo TV U2 and a fractious about-to-break-up Pixies opening for them, Jenny’s desperate hatred of U2, and then it’s back to Tommy Stone’s press conference, Arthur’s reaction to both his fellow “journalists” and Tommy Stone’s showmanship, Arthur’s “outing” of Tommy in Reynolds’s America and what it means for the metaphors of the 1980s gay experience, Tommy’s backstage arrangements and how they differ from 1970s decadence, Tommy’s resemblance to a televangelist, the moment where Tommy sees Brian in his own Dorian Gray cathode-ray image, the grim bar where Arthur ends up after the gig, and Mike waxes rhapsodic on the genius of Arkanoid.
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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 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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