Chapter Seven: Rave America [Los Angeles, California—December 31, 1992]

120.     “A friend called me”: Prince and Roberts, “Mad Hatters”

124. “The air is highly charged": Cynthia Robins, "The Ecstatic Cybernetic Amino Acid Test" (San Francisco Examiner, February 16, 1992)

124. “It’s a scene that could send a kid": Ned Zeman with Rebecca Crandall and Ednalyn Bala, "Through the Looking Glass" (Newsweek, April 26, 1992)

125.     By 1992, Bentley was hosting: Zel McCarthy, “Jason Bentley Talks About His 5 Years as KCRW Music Director” (Billboard Code [website], December 4, 2013)

128.     selling twenty times more: Greg Kot, “Brave New Whirl” (Chicago Tribune, August 2, 1992)

128.     325,000 copies: Charles Aaron, “Drums and Wires” (Spin, October 1996)

130.     “This is for Rodney King”: Jeff Chang, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (St. Martin’s Press, 2005), p. 368

130.     renamed South Los Angeles: Matea Gold and Greg Braxton, “Considering South-Central by Another Name” (Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2003)

131.     Eastside party crew Latin Pride: Dennis Romero, “How Pasquale Rotella Built His Rave Empire” (LA Weekly, September 12, 2013)

133.     “We are leapfrogging into the Nineties”: J. Martin McOmber, “A New Year's Eve to Really Rave About : Ring In '93 at a Theme Park, Hangar or Anywhere in Between” (Los Angeles Times, December 28, 1992)

134.     Some kids were doing Special K: Prince and Roberts

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