In Minute 63 of The Whole Shebang, Mike valiantly fills the otherwise music-video-y 63rd minute of Velvet Goldmine with discussions of THREE distinct Satellites of Love: the titular Intelligence System from VALIS and how Philip K. Dick used Brian and Angie Bowie and Brian Eno as inspirations for his creepy antagonists; Barbelith, the “end boss” of Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles; and the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crew’s own Satellite of Love. Then Jenny parries with a tenuous connection (through fairground rides and rock and roll) to the Beatles’ (and Charles Manson’s) “Helter Skelter.” And then we cover the paparazzi and the history of the term as it relates to another film about glamour and image, La Dolce Vita.
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