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 problems of provenance in Mike’s Museum Corner, especially when it comes to alien artifacts, our return to the beginning of the film through the pin, memories of the fairytale narrator who’s never appeared again, and how that fits Velvet Goldmine’s postmodern aesthetic, how Mike doesn’t like The Neverending Story, how cute Ewan McGregor is as 1984 Curt, how Curt’s dual flashbacks to his lovers Brian and Arthur use the same film stock and how that signifies nostalgia, Curt’s peeing off the side of the Rainbow Theater and the role of urine in gay and in transgressive art from Warhol to Mapplethorpe to Serrano, how the pin represents something Arthur still cannot access within himself, and how the pin represents handing on an artistic, musical, and cultural legacy.
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The Whole Shebang Minute 100: Mike’s Only-Child Karaoke
The Whole Shebang Minute 99: The Brian Slade Survivors’ Club
The Whole Shebang Minute 98: The Widow in Leopard Print
The Whole Shebang Minute 97: The Words For The Day Are Primal and Diagetic
The Whole Shebang Minute 96: Tipper Sounds Like A Plucky Dog
The Whole Shebang Minute 95: This Ain’t My First Podcast
The Whole Shebang Minute 94: The Big Book of Brian Slade
The Whole Shebang Minute 93: Let Me Tell You About My Starchildren Game
The Whole Shebang Minute 92: The Six Makeups
The Whole Shebang Minute 91: Alien Glamstones and Ominous Organs
The Whole Shebang Minute 90: A Tenured Fancyperson
The Whole Shebang Minute 89: A Divorce Quote-Off
The Whole Shebang Minute 88: A Three-Dimensional Downfall
The Whole Shebang Minute 87: A Skirmish of Jens
The Whole Shebang Minute 86: I’m Just Looking For A Room At The Moment
The Whole Shebang Minute 85: Sinister As ****
The Whole Shebang Minute 84: The Biggest Pile of Coke Ever
The Whole Shebang Minute 83: No Robot Voices
The Whole Shebang Minute 82: A Complete Metaphor Flush
The Whole Shebang Minute 81: Glittery Leopards Are Real
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