Chapter Fifteen: Electroclash Festival 2001 [New York City—October 10, 2001]

 288.     “Electroclash is escapism from today’s uncomfortable world”: Michael Paoletta, “Nü-Electro Sound Emerges" (Billboard, July 27, 2002)

290.     “about twelve milliseconds”: Jennifer Sullivan, “Mixing and Scratching MP3s” (Wired, March 31, 1999)

293.     Marvin charging Craig with not expediting artist contracts quickly enough: Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen, “Carl Craig Fires Back At Festival Organizers Who Fired Him” (MTV News, May 14, 2001)

293.     “Don't worry, because nothing will hold me back!”: paul.matheson, “[313] letter from carl” (313 post, May 25, 2001)

294.     Born in Detroit and raised in the Chicago suburbs: Bidder, House: The Rough Guide, p. 116

298.     “part performance shtick”: Bennett Simpson, “Fischerspooner: Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, USA” (Frieze #54, September-October 2000)

300.     “People gathered around and took photos”: Tricia Romano, “Rave Robbers” (Village Voice, July 11-17, 2001)

301.     “ELECTROCLASH COULD BE THE NEXT ‘GRUNGE’”: Tricia Romano: “Where’s Brooklyn At? Dance“ (Spin, July 2002)

302.     down 12 percent over 2000: Corey Moss, “Concert Attendance Dips Sharply in First Half of 2001” (MTV News, July 11, 2001)

302.     having sold only six percent of its tickets: David J. Prince, "Summertime Glow-Stick Blues" (Spin, November 2001, p. 48)

303.     On November 2, 2002, Regroup: A. James Fisher, SWAT Madness and the Militarization of the American Police: A National Dilemma (Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2010), p. 48-49

303.     thirty-seven of 182 seats: Eric Benson, “Planes, The” (New York, August 27, 2011)

305.     HAPPY HOUR SUNSHOWER 808s GIVE YOU POWER: Vice, November 30, 2001: “The Shark Issue”

306.     in a vinyl nurse’s uniform: Tania Biswas, "Hype For the Pickin': Electroclash 2001: Peaches, Morplay, Fischerspooner, and A.R.E. Weapons (Exit)" (Columbia Daily Spectator [Columbia University newspaper, October 18, 2001)

308.     “A Vegas show with the honesty”: Gavin McInnes, “Electroclash Festival: New York City” (New Musical Express, November 9, 2011)

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