1. John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom (New York: Harper Perennial, 2004), p. 18.
2. https://pleasekillme.com/gay-metal/
3. https://variety.com/2017/film/news/michael-alago-who-signed-metallica-and-white-zombie-gets-the-documentary-treatment-in-who-the-fk-is-that-guy-1202497423/
1. Saunders, Mike (May 1971). “Kingdom Come review”. Creem. Archived from the original on 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
1. Patti Smith, Early Work 1970-1979, 2nd edition (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995); “To the Reader”, p. x.
2. Liner notes, Horses, Arista Records (1975).
3. Phone call with Patti Smith, March 1994.
4. Pier Paolo Pasolini, Roman Poems (San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2001).
5. Patti Smith, The Coral Sea, Revised Edition (New York: W.W. Norton, 2012), “The Final Flower,” p. 23.
1. http://thequietus.com/articles/20590-alan-vega-obit-obituary-suicide
2. https://www.vulture.com/2016/07/alan-vega-suicide-frontman-dead-at-78.html
1. https://www.therialtoreport.com/2017/02/19/marc-stevens/
1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/3e75b380-f622-4345-a383-4f948fc1013c
2. http://archive.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2010/03/07/taking_a_side-walk_stroll_on_the_seedy_side_of_the_combat_zone/
1. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/arts/music/arturo-vega-spokesman-and-designer-for-the-ramones-dies-at-65.html
1. By Michael Alago, 1979. Author’s collection.
1. Tim Sommer, Press Review, Sounds, May 30, 1981. http://www.fodderstompf.com/GIG%20LIST/rit81.html
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ru6TuywY-0&feature=youtube
3. Tim Sommer, Press Review, Sounds, May 30, 1981. http://www.fodderstompf.com/GIG%20LIST/rit81.html
4. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/arts/music/20pil.html
1. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/18/nyregion/city-seeks-to-dislodge-drug-trade-by-demolishing-tenement-havens.html
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/nyregion/iggy-lou-joey-and-danny.html
1. John Sex was a cabaret singer and performance artist until he died in 1990, at the age of thirty-four from AIDS complications.
2. http://articles.latimes.com/1988-10-12/news/mn-3319_1_wayland-flowers
3. http://observer.com/2017/02/capitalism-has-suppressed-black-musicians/
1. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/arts/music/just-what-they-needed.html
2. Mary Dearborn, Mailer: A Biography, Reprint edition (New York: Mariner Books, 2001), p. 353.
1. Island Records president (1990–1991), Mercury co-president (1991), Def American Minster of Truth (1992–1994).
1. From the documentary, Who the Fuck Is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago, directed by Drew Stone, produced by Michael Alex.
2. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time-113614/metallica-master-of-puppets-1986-3-194128/
3. The bus driver was cleared of any wrongdoing.
4. http://ultimateclassicrock.com/metallica-bassist-cliff-burton-dies-in-a-bus-accident/
1. https://loudwire.com/best-thrash-albums-not-released-by-big-4/
2. https://www.apnews.com/7214ac27d974afc9c5c0aa08cf633643
1. https://www.avert.org/professionals/history-hiv-aids/overview#footnote6_4xcwand
2. http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/3370/under-the-piers-alvin-baltrops-gay-new-yorks
3. “Known for her selfless devotion to her patients, Dr. Starrett is loved by many New Yorkers. She has been acknowledged for her work with the Health Services Award of the Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats, the Michael Hirsch Award from Body Positive, the Emery Hetrick Award from the Hetrick-Martin Institute, and she was recognized at World AIDS Day 2005 by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.” http://amfar.org/in-the-spotlight/awards-of-courage/2007-honoring-with-pride-barbara-starrett,-m-d-/
4. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/224/4648/475; https://www.theaidsinstitute.org/education/aids-101/where-did-hiv-come-0
5. https://cvi.asm.org/content/23/4/249
1. http://shin-gallery.com/Artist/ArtistsView.aspx?ArtistCd=45
2. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jan/30/fat-felt-fall-earth-making-and-myths-joseph-beuys
3. https://tayandhergay.blogspot.com/2012/11/plight-by-joseph-beuys-1985.html
4. Joseph Beuys, Propyläen; 1. Aufl edition (1975).
5. Joseph Beuys, Verlag Ullstein GmBH, Frankfurt-am-Main-Berlin-Wein, Propylåen Verlag (1975).
6. Joseph Beuys, PrestelVerlag, München (1981).
7. Beuys also appeared in productions with Douglas Davis—father of co-writer, Laura—most famously in Documenta 6 in Kassel, Germany, along with Nam Jun Paik. https://www.eai.org/titles/a-conversation.
8. http://www.artnet.com/artists/joseph-beuys/
1. Philip Geftner, “George Dureau: The Photographs,” Aperture, May 24, 2016, p. 11.
2. https://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/32507/1/george-dureau-the-artist-said-to-have-influenced-mapplethorpe-the-most
3. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/arts/design/george-dureau-black-1973-1986.html
4. http://arthurrogergallery.com/2014/04/george-dureau-new-orleans-master-painter-photographer-died-times-picayune/
5. Philip Gefter, George Dureau, The Photographs (New York: Aperture, 2016), First Edition.
6. https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=george-valentine-dureau&pid=170659712&fhid=5630
1. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/arts/design/george-dureau-black-1973-1986.html
2. https://www.pictadesk.com/post/BWCjBiwl-Kq
1. Rosemary Passatino, “Swans: Burning World” Spin, August 1989, p. 82.
2. Deele Fadele, Nick Soulsby, Swans: Sacrifice And Transcendence: The Oral History (Minneapolis, MN: JAWBONE Press, 2018), p. 154.
3. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/three-members-of-the-southern-rock-band-lynyrd-skynyrd-die-in-a-mississippi-plane-crashie
1. Author’s Collection.
2. Ibid.
1. https://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2012/04/04/catching-rough-gods-michael-alago
2. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/06/arts/cabaret-nina-simone.html
3. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/02/08/at-her-first-recital-12-year-old-nina-simone-refused-to-start-singing-after-her-parents-were-moved-from-the-front-row-to-make-room-for-whites/
4. https://www.biography.com/people/nina-simone-9484532
5. “A Single Woman” liner notes by Ntozake Shange.
6. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/a-single-woman-252835/
7. http://jamesgavin.com/page6/page58/page58.html
8. Letter from Nina Simone, 1993. Author’s collection.
9. Phone call with Nina, February 22, 1995. Author’s collection.
10. https://www.theguardian.com/music/1999/jul/03/meltdownfestival1999.meltdownfestival
11. http://boscarol.com/ninasimone/pages/nina/concerts/1999-Royal.html
12. Ibid.
1. Tom Eubanks, Ghosts of St. Vincent’s (New York: BookBaby, 2017), Kindle Edition, p. 77.
2. https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/history/hiv-and-AIDS-timeline
3. Eubanks, Ghosts of St. Vincent’s, p. 96.
4. Ibid., p. 97.
5. PCP (or pneumocystis pneumonia) is the most common opportunistic infection in people with HIV. Without treatment, over 85% of people with HIV would eventually develop PCP. It has been the major killer of people with HIV. However, PCP is now almost entirely preventable and treatable. (http://www.AIDSinfonet.org/fact_sheets/view/537)
6. https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/drugs/25/pentamidine/0/professional
7. Eubanks, Ghosts of St. Vincent’s, p. 147.
8. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/at-height-of-AIDS-crisis-nurse-ran-secret-leftover-drug-pipeline/
9. Toxoplasmosis is considered to be a leading cause of death attributed to foodborne illness in the United States. More than 30 million men, women, and children in the U.S. carry the Toxoplasma parasite, but very few have symptoms because the immune system usually keeps the parasite from causing illness. (https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/index.html)
10. Excerpt from personal journal.
11. “Observation Poem” by Michael Alago.
12. Zidovudine is used to treat HIV, the virus that can cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Zidovudine is also given during pregnancy to prevent an HIV-infected woman from passing the virus to her baby. Zidovudine is not a cure for HIV or AIDS. (https://www.drugs.com/mtm/zidovudine.html)
13. http://time.com/4705809/first-AIDS-drug-azt/
14. Ibid.
15. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-rise-and-fall-of-azt-it-was-the-drug-that-had-to-work-it-brought-hope-to-people-with-hiv-and-2320491.html
16. https://www.fda.gov/forpatients/illness/hivAIDS/history/ucm151079.htm#95
17. https://www.healthline.com/health/hiv-aids/understanding-the-aids-cocktail
18. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6021a2.htm.
19. https://www.avert.org/professionals/history-hiv-AIDS/origin#footnote5_dwfqgbf
20. Eubanks, Ghosts of St. Vincent’s, p. 179.
1. http://articles.latimes.com/1994-07-13/business/fi-15128_1_warner-music
1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112818/
2. Prejean, Helen (1993). Dead Man Walking. Random House. ISBN 0-679-75131-9
3. https://www.sisterhelen.org/biography/
1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mike-shipley-mn0000485325/biography
2. http://www.ew.com/article/2002/03/08/here-comes-zoo/
3. http://gothamist.com/2016/07/18/jack_douglas_john_lennon_interview.php
4. https://www.quora.com/What-did-it-smell-like-on-9-11-after-the-collapse
5. The photograph appears as the last shot of Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB’s, directed by Mandy Stein. (2009).
6. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/arts/music/30kristal.html
7. https://www.livescience.com/22522-hurricane-katrina-facts.html
8. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/29/the-hurricane-katrina-x-codes-art-politics-controversy-and-now-reform/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.691424651a12
9. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/fats-domino-katrina-dead-hurricane-new-orleans-refuse-evacuate-george-w-bush-home-piano-a8019586.html
1. https://www.hope-rehab-center-thailand.com/king-baby-syndrome/
2. http://nymag.com/news/features/41007/
3. https://www.economist.com/prospero/2018/07/20/danny-fields-and-seymour-stein-champions-of-punk-look-back
4. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/nyregion/01murder.html?hp
5. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1568078/Linda-Stein-ex-Ramones-manager-murdered.html
6. https://nypost.com/2007/11/04/last-vow-of-top-broker/
7. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/nyregion/24stein.html
1. Lisa is a dear friend I had known when she did publicity work for Elektra Records and Geffen Records. Lisa had picked up Cyndi as a client and referred me for A&R work.
2. https://www.advocate.com/music/2017/7/25/cyndi-lauper-when-things-get-really-bad-artists-respond
3. http://electraphonicrecording.com/
4. https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/20415-rig-rundown-jonny-lang
5. http://www.thecountryblues.com/artist-reviews/charlie-musselwhite-memphis-charlie/
6. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/11/allen-toussaint
7. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/charles-skip-pitts-mn0000451317/biography
8. http://archive.commercialappeal.com/entertainment/stax-music-great-guitarist-charles-skip-pitts-dies-ep-386069037-324172411.html/
9. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/30/cyndi-lauper-memphis-blues-cd-review
10. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2014/05/16/a-one-woman-protest-at-the-lorraine-motel/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.87254b0dfd33
11. https://www.localmemphis.com/news/local-news/mlk50-room-306-at-the-lorraine-motel/953076942
12. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/03/us/eviction-empties-motel-where-dr-king-died.html
13. http://www.sebreephoto.com/copied-blog/2016/9/9/28-years-130-days-and-counting
14. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? (Boston: Beacon Press, 1967).
1. Excerpts from private journals. Author’s collection.
2. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1798128/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_qt_sm#quotes
3. Ibid.
4. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/sports/joe-weider-founder-of-a-bodybuilding-empire-dies-at-93.html
1. https://www.zdnet.com/article/its-official-polaroid-will-stop-manufacturing-instant-film-at-end-of-year/
2. https://us.polaroidoriginals.com/pages/about-us
3. https://wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/gallaghers-re-opens-in-partnership-with-vfiles-5804364/
4. http://noize.buzz/Issues/cn52full.pdf
1. https://legendsarising.com/2012/08/31/review-xxx-all-ages-the-boston-hardcore-film/
2. https://variety.com/2017/film/news/michael-alago-who-signed-metallica-and-white-zombie-gets-the-documentary-treatment-in-who-the-fk-is-that-guy-1202497423/
1. Anna Godbersen, Splendor (New York: HarperCollins, 2009).
2. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alzheimers-disease/expert-answers/sundowning/faq-20058511
1. “The Serenity Prayer” by Reinhold Niebuhr.
2. A qualification is the speaker’s personal story up to the point when they enter AA.