Chapter Sixteen: Coachella [Indio, California—April 29 and 30, 2006]

312     “The United States lost something with 9/11”: Tobias C. Van Veen, review of Speaking in Code (Dancecult Vol. 2, No. 1, 2011)

313     “We have literally never seen anything like this”: Ryan Grim, “Who’s Got the Acid?" (Slate, April 1, 2004)

313     The R.A.V.E. Act lost two sponsors: Christina Diettinger, “Disco Donnie and the Days of Rave” (Gambit [New Orleans], February 3, 2004)

315.     “You don’t want to dis Eminem”: Gavin Edwards, “Q&A: Chris Rock” (Rolling Stone, September 4, 2003)

316.     “At the end of the day”: sketch from Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC, August 30, 2002)

316.     “called me a pussy (this was off camera)”: Moby, “the vma’s" (Moby.com Journal, August 29, 2002)

317.     Friedrichshain/Kreuzberg area along the river Spree: Sean Nye, review of Lost and Sound: Berlin, Techno, und der Easyjetset by Tobias Rapp (Dancecult vol. 1 no. 1, 2009)

317.     “retained [house music’s] essential features”: Philip Sherburne, “The Rules of Reduction” (The Wire #209, July 2001)

318.     In 2006, a Berlin apartment cost 200 to 400 Euros: Cameron MacDonald, “Far From Home" (XLR8R #101, October 2006)

318.     Hawtin’s earphones fritzed out: Tobias C. Van Veen, “Minimalism, Noise and Attitude—A Manuscript for Mutek 2004” (Dusted, June 14, 2004)

319.     “They never believed it”: Holger Wick and Maren Sextro, dir., Slices—Pioneers of Electronic Music Vol. 1: Richie Hawtin (Electronic Beats DVD, 2006)

319.     1.7 million passengers in 2003: Tobias Rapp, Lost & Sound: Berlin, Techno, and the Easyjet Set (Berlin: Innervisions, 2010), p. 78-79

320.     USC could draw up to ten thousand: Tom Scanlon, “A massive mix: Promoter puts on Seattle’s biggest raves" (Seattle Times, May 31, 2002)

320.     Queensrÿche and Soundgarden: Clark Humphrey, “Obits” (The Stranger, October 24-30, 2002)

320.     In 1993 he and other partners: Tricia Romano, “He Was Never Afraid” (The Stranger, December 4, 2013)

321.     “something akin to the birth of house music”: Philip Sherburne, “Finding a New Genre at MUTEK” (Neumu, June 7, 2002)

322.     “listening to two hundred records”: Brandon Ivers, “A Touching Display" (XLR8R #111, October 2007)

324.     Last Night’s Party (launched October 2004): Melena Z. Ryzik, “You Glitter in Nighttown” (New York Times, October 30, 2005)

324.     The Cobrasnake (launched January 2004): Chuck, Benjamin, Virgil, “Interview! > Mark the Cobra Snake!” (The Brilliance! [blog], n.d.)

324.     “It’s more about having” and “It’s a downhill slide”: Tricia Romano, “Celebrity Spin” (Village Voice, February 7, 2006)

326.     August 20, just south of Provo, Utah: Fisher, SWAT Madness, p. 49-52

328.     Two days in advance: Chris Harris, “Kanye West Added To Saturday’s Coachella Lineup” (MTV News, April 27, 2006)

329.     behind the Outback Steakhouse on Collins Avenue: Jean Carey, “Behind the Curtain” (Miami New Times, March 17, 2005)

329.     paramedics who hauled a kid on a stretcher: Jose D. Duran, “How Russell Faibisch Built Ultra Music Festival—and Whom He’s Battled Along the Way” (Miami New Times, March 24, 2013)

329.     by 2006, it was drawing thirty thousand: author unknown, “The Cure, Tiësto Set for Miami’s Ultra Festival” (Billboard, December 21, 2006)

330.     “Bangalter and Guy-Man … communicate”: Andrew Vontz, “Daft Punk" (Spin, December 2007)

332.     “Not to get hyperbolic”: Peter Macia, “Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival” (Pitchfork, May 3, 2006)

332.     “performed in a makeshift spaceship”: Melissa Maerz, “Coachella Goes Pop” (Spin, June 2006)

332.     symbols of the breakdown between divisions separating “pop” and “indie”: see Richard Cromelin, “Pop goes a haven of rock“ (Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2006) and Maerz

334-335.     On August 4, Kanye met Thomas and Guy in person: Mark Pytlik, “Daft Punk” (Pitchfork, October 2, 2007)

335.     leaped from a thousand a week: Vontz

335.     “I don’t think Daft Punk were more melodic”: Busy P (Pedro Winter), Red Bull Music Academy London, 2010

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