Chapter Twelve: Woodstock '99 [Rome, New York—July 22 to 25, 1999]

 226.     “I am completely prepared”: massive magazine [Matt Bonde], “Re: MASSIVE MAGAZINE” (MW-Raves post, December 1, 1996)

227.     Sun Electric and Aphex Twin: Greg Earle, “Stupid moronic postings about MTV's AMP show” (PB-CLE-Raves post, September 21, 1996)

227.     Astralwerks’ Detroit: Beyond the Third Wave: Aaron M. Bennett, “(313) amp on Mtv” (313 post, September 5, 1996)

227.     “Oh no. Does this mean I’ve gone commercial?”: Will Web, “Re: (313) amp on Mtv” (313 post, September 6, 1996)

227.     “The best thing we can do is guide the expansion”: Ray Vonie, “Re: Media alert: Burning Man on TV” (SF-Raves post, December 8, 1996)

228.     “I've heard about people getting arrested”: **sugar bear!***, “Re: |NER| Re: the rave scene” (PB-CLE-Raves post, July 26, 1996)

228.     “Oh no! Our scene”: Xian Zombie (Christian Zombie Vampyres!), “What's this shit?” (PB-CLE-Raves post, September 21, 1996)

228.     “Underground? Co-opted by the mainstream?”: Chris Sattinger, “Re: mtv and techno” (MW-Raves post, September 9, 1996)

228.     “Still, bleeping noise”: Chris Sattinger, “Re: mtv and techno” (MW-Raves post, September 10, 1996)

228.     MW-Raves had 500 subscribers: Jeff Gage, “Re: Q: # of mw-raves users?” (MW-Raves post, November 20, 1996)

228.     SF-Raves 400: John S. Lee, “Re: shitty post --> sober raving & E” (SF-Raves post, December 4, 1996)

228.     and NE-Raves 300: tranced/danny, “Re: |NER| consideration?” (NE-Raves post, January 25, 1996)

230.     “We even tried not to be on Astralwerks”: Woo

231.     In October, the Prodigy’s “Firestarter”: “Billboard Video Monitor” (Billboard, October 26, 1996)

231.     within six weeks, it joined the Buzz Bin: MattieNYC, “(nyc) Mute/NovaMute ?'s” (NYC-Raves post, December 4, 1996)

231.     Just before Christmas: Chris Sattinger, “Fwd: (idm) The End is Near.” (MW-Raves post, December 21, 1996)

231.     out by spring: MattieNYC

231.     sales of the second Prodigy album: Reilly, “Will Pulsing Techno”

232.     On December 23, Alternative Nation; and AS HEARD ON K-ROCK: Jami Losurdo, “(nyc) it's so sad” (NYC-Raves post, December 24, 1996)

234.     48,000 copies: Geoff Mayfield, “Between the Bullets” (Billboard, April 26, 1997)

235.     Upon hearing this track: Michele Myers, “The Big Beat Revolution: 11 Essential Songs” (NPR Music, August 19, 2011)

235.     “Electronica's appeal is, let's face it, inherently limited”: David Browne, review of the Chemical Brothers’ Dig Your Own Hole (Entertainment Weekly, April 18, 1997)

239.     handing sluggish fans soda and bottled water: praxis, "Re: (313) BIG TOP; BIG FLOP." (313 post, August 31, 1997)

239.     On August 31, Concerts East: Jami Losurdo, "(nyc) Big Top Statement" (NYC-Raves post, September 2, 1997)

239.     a cardboard sign apologized for the inconvenience: Jill, "(nyc) big flop" (NYC-Raves post, September 1, 1997)

240.     Some twenty-five hundred Bay Area Rapid Transit employees: Norton Sandler and Askai Touré, “S.F. Strikers Win Victory For All Labor” (The Militant, September 28, 1997)

240.     more than a quarter-million San Franciscans: Jane Gross, “Rail Strike Has San Francisco Commuters Creeping Along Alternative Routes” (New York Times, September 9, 1997)

240.     lambasted Big Top from the stage: Wayne D. Correia, "review: Juno Reactor and Moby at the Edge" (SF-Raves post, November 19, 1997)

240.     Though Nocturnal ’97 moved location three times; and Nocturnal Wonderland 1997 drew 5,500: Phil Gallo, “‘Big Top’ Like a Techno Trade Show” (Variety, September 16, 1997)

243.     “When I made Animal Rights”: Michaelangelo Matos, “Turning the Tables” (City Pages, May 26, 1999)

244.     nearly seventeen hundred radio stations: Ehrick V. Long, Pop Standards: Music and Commerce in the Age of Rock (Ph.D. dissertation: UM-Ann Arbor, 2008), p. 226

245.     “Three years ago, ticket prices”: Dave Goodman, “Elton John Had Top Grossing U.S. Concerts” (The Moscow Times, December 30, 1998)

245.     there was no relief to speak of: Luc Sante, Kill All Your Darlings (Yeti Books, 2007), p. 110-119

245.     More then ten thousand people: Steven Hyden, “Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation? Part 10: 1999: By the time we got to Woodstock 99” (The A.V. Club, February 22, 2011)

246.     eight women reported being raped: Hyden

246.     “the most open drug usage I've ever seen”: Corbin69, “(nyc) that Woodstock thang” (NYC-Raves post, July 26, 1999)

247.     a fourteen-foot U-Haul truck carrying a half-pipe: Moodie and Callahan

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