Velvet Goldmine

But the first thing I saw him in was Ve- Vel- Goldmine, where he was pretty gross.

[laughs] Like, I love Velvet Goldmine.

Yeah.

Great movie.

And to her it made sense, um, that I was an alien and that I had to, um, you know, get a dossier of information and, and give it back to my alien overlords at some point.

You know, that's the kind of theory in the movie Velvet Goldmine, is that people like Oscar Wilde and David Bowie are these fabulous aliens who were sent to Earth to advance the culture and make the world a better place and make it, make it a bit more sparkly and glam.

Did you-

I didn't know, I didn't actually know that

There is no correlation, I swear.

What about your father, though? What, how was he when he found out?

Well, I never told him directly because I knew that was a, that was a lost cause, um, in my head, which, you know, in a, in a, in a, in a happy kind of coming-of-age movie, you might get that kind of result where you, you don't expect it and, you know, everybody's happy at the end of the day.

But I think he found out that I was gay, uh, either through my brother or through Facebook, um, 'cause we live in those times now.

the exaggerated pronunciation there you go then that's always going to be there you know the makeup my philosophy is that you put cosmetics on by weight and the best looks are done without the use of a mirror

My final David Bowie nugget for you is I know that you appeared in the Todd Haynes film Velvet Goldmine.

Very much so.

Which is obviously loosely based.

Well, we got feedback on this on our Discord server.

Andy Pant said, as a director, Todd Haynes either knocks my socks off, Velvet Goldmine, May, December, or bores me to death.

Mildred Pierce, I'm not here.

Fortunately, Safe is one of those films that bores me.

We also pulled from like movies like.

I remember for me personally, one of my inspirations was from Velvet Goldmine,

which is one of

my favorite movies.

But it's so good.

He also says about this reporter missing the show, "I figured Spotify some T-Rex, same diff." Also, by the way, music people out there, if you like Velvet Goldmine, the movie, you will love this show, and you should watch it.

Mm.

Um, have you seen Velvet Goldmine? No.

I had a roommate who would just play it [laughs] over and over for 24/7 on a loop for a while, and I still like it, which is how you know it's a good movie.

Damn.

Yes.

My final David Bowie nugget for you is I know that you appeared in the Todd Haynes film Velvet Goldmine.

Very much so.

Which is obviously loosely based.

And also, throughout watching this, I remembered, um, Ewan McGregor was in this other movie called Gold-

...

Velvet Goldmine.

That is the movie that started my obsession with...

Oh, God, what's the band's name that's in Velvet Goldmine? Ah, I can't remember the name of the band.

Like a glam rock band?

Yeah, they're a glam rock band.