1 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 10. London: Area-graph, p. 19.
2 Hoare, Philip and Chris Heath (2006). Catalogue. London: Thames and Hudson, p. 176.
3 Staunton, Terry (1993). ‘The Smiths You Can Dunce To’. New Musical Express, May 29, pp. 28-30, p. 29.
4 Pet Shop Boys and Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Very. Parlophone. 724353051129. UK.
5 Staunton, Terry (1993). ‘The Smiths You Can Dunce To’, p. 29.
6 Bracewell, Michael (2000). The Nineties: When Surface Was Depth. London: Flamingo, p. 38.
7 Heath, Chris (1990). Pet Shop Boys, Literally. London: Penguin, p. 147.
8 Ibid., p. 178.
9 Ibid., p. 184.
10 Heath, Chris (1991). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 7. London: Areagraph, pp. 3-4.
11 Heath, Chris (1990). Pet Shop Boys, Literally, p. 147.
12 Staunton, Terry (1993). ‘The Smiths You Can Dunce To’, p. 29.
13 Anderson, Kyle (2007). Grunge: The End of Rock and Roll. London: Aurum, p. 36.
14 Marin, Rick (1992). ‘Grunge: A Success Story’. New York Times, November 15.
15 Anderson, Kyle (2007). Grunge: The End of Rock and Roll, p. 35.
16 Barker, Hugh and Yuval Taylor (2007). Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music. London: Faber and Faber, p. 2.
17 Shupe, Rich (1993). ‘Grunge: 1992-1993, RIP’, New York, March 29, p. 24.
18 Barker, Hugh and Yuval Taylor (2007). Faking It: The Quest for Authen-ticity in Popular Music, p. 2.
19 Ibid., p. 4.
20 Pet Shop Boys and Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Very.
21 Barker, Hugh and Yuval Taylor (2007). Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music, p. 3.
22 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 10, p. 19.
23 Lynne Easton, their make-up artist.
24 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 12. London: Area-graph, pp. 15-16.
25 O’Connor, John J. (1992). ‘With Paul Simon, MTV Slips Into Its Cardigan’. New York Times, June 3.
26 Ibid.
27 Karger, Dave (1997). ‘Unplugging MTV’. Entertainment Weekly, January 17.
28 Barber, K. (2011). ‘Rock History 101: MTV Unplugged’. Consequence of Sound.
29 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys Versus America. Miami: Music Book Services, p. 66.
30 Ibid., p. 102.
31 Ibid., p. 187.
32 Bracewell, Michael (2000). The Nineties: When Surface Was Depth, p. 38.
33 Heath, Chris (1990). Pet Shop Boys, Literally, p. 147.
34 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys Versus America, p. 221.
35 Pet Shop Boys, Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Very.
36 Heath, Chris (1999). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 21. London: Areagraph, p. 3
37 Burston, Paul (1994). ‘Honestly’. In Attitude 1.4, pp. 62-69, p. 66.
38 Ibid., p. 64.
39 Jackson, Alan (1986). ‘Of Mice and Men’. In NME December 20, pp. 50-51, p. 50.
40 Burston, Paul (1994). ‘Honestly’, p. 68.
41 Ibid., p. 68.
42 Ibid., p. 68.
43 Cosgrove, Stuart and Joe Ewart (1986). ‘Now Is the Time for All Good Men to Come to the Aid of the Party’. In NME, December 20, pp. 52-71.
44 Gill, John (1995). Queer Noises. London: Cassell, pp. 1-9.
45 Cosgrove, Stuart and Joe Ewart (1986). ‘Now Is the Time. . .’, p. 52.
46 Gill, John (1995). Queer Noises, p. 3.
47 Ibid., p. 6.
48 Maupin, Armistead, quoted in Gill, John (1995). Queer Noises, p. viii.
49 Near, Holly, quoted in Gill, John (1995). Queer Noises, p. viii.
50 Burston, Paul (1994). ‘Honestly’, p. 66.
51 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 10, p. 20.
52 Ibid., p. 20.
53 Burston, Paul (1994). ‘Honestly’, p. 66.
54 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 11, p. 10.
55 Heath, Chris and Pet Shop Boys (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Very.
56 Fowler, Norman (2014). Aids: Don’t Die of Prejudice. London: Biteback, p. 24.
57 Pet Shop Boys and Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Introspective. Parlophone. 724353050726. UK.
58 Burston, Paul (1994). ‘Honestly’, p. 69.
59 Curran, James, Julian Petley and Ivor Gaber (2005). ‘Positive and Negative Images’. In Culture Wars: The Media and the British Left. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 158-184, p. 160.
60 Ibid.
61 Ibid., p. 161.
62 Buckley, William F, Jr (1986). ‘Crucial Steps in Combating the Aids Epidemic; Identify All the Carriers’. New York Times, March 18.
63 Fowler, Norman (2014). Aids: Don’t Die of Prejudice, p. 12.
64 Ibid., pp. 5-7.
65 Ibid., p. 121.
66 Yin, Zheng et al (2014). HIV in the United Kingdom: 2014 Report. London: Public Health England, pp. 10, 31.
67 Staunton, Terry (1993). ‘The Smiths You Can Dunce To’, p. 30.
68 Burston, Paul (1994). ‘Honestly’, p. 69.
69 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 11, p. 10.
70 Ibid.
71 Pet Shop Boys and Chris Heath (2001), sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Actually. Parlophone. 724353050627. UK.
72 Redhead, Steve (1990). The End-of-the-Century Party. Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 6.
73 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 11, p. 13.
74 Pet Shop Boys, Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Very.
75 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 11, p. 13.
76 Pet Shop Boys, Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Very.
77 Kroker, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker (1987). ‘Panic Sex in America’. In Kroker, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker (eds), Body Invaders: Panic Sex in America. New York: St Martin’s Press, pp.10-19, pp. 14-15.
78 Ibid., p. 14.
79 Pet Shop Boys, Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Very.
80 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 11, p. 22.
81 Berens, Kate and Geoff Howard (2008). The Rough Guide to Videogaming. London: Rough Guides, p. vii.
82 Pet Shop Boys, Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Very.
83 Kroker, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker (1987). ‘Panic Sex in America’.
84 Kroker, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker (1987). ‘Theses on the Disappearing Body in the Hyper-Modern Condition’. In Kroker, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker (eds), Body Invaders: Panic Sex in America, p. 20.
85 Ibid., p. 21.
86 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 11, p. 16.
87 Ibid.
88 Pet Shop Boys and Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Please. Parlophone. 724353050429. UK.
89 Pet Shop Boys, Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Very.
90 Berens, Kate and Geoff Howard (2008). The Rough Guide to Video-gaming, p. 12.
91 Murray, Janet H. (1997). Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace. New York: The Free Press, p. 71. Quoted in Wolf, Mark J. P. and Bernard Perron (2003). The Video Game Theory Reader. Routledge: London and New York, p. 16.
92 Worringer, Wilhelm (1908). Abstraction and Empathy: A Contribution to the Psychology of Style, translated by Michael Bullock. Chicago: Elephant Paperbacks, Ivan R Dee, Inc., p. 14. Quoted in Wolf, Mark J. P. (2003). ‘Abstraction in the Video Game’. In The Video Game Theory Reader, p. 60.
93 Wolstenholme, Phil (1994). Sleevenotes to Various: Motion: Electronic Listening Music for the Eyes. Warpvision. WARP 23V. UK.
94 Slade, David (1994). Sleevenotes to Various: Motion: Electronic Listening Music for the Eyes. Warpvision. WARP 23V. UK.
95 Pet Shop Boys and Chris Heath (2003). Commentary to Pet Shop Boys: ‘Liberation’ video. On Pet Shop Boys: PopArt – The Videos. Parlophone. 724349093096. UK.
96 Lahti, Martti (2003). ‘As We Become Machines’, in Wolf, Mark J.P. and Bernard Perron (eds), The Video Game Theory Reader, p. 159.
97 Ibid., p. 164.
98 Warnes, Anthony, Maureen Crane, Naomi Whitehead and Ruby Fu (2003). Homelessness Factfile. London: Crisis, p. 19.
99 Eaton, George (2012). ‘Sir George Young appointed new Chief Whip’. New Statesman.
100 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 11, p. 14.
101 Ibid.
102 McSmith, Andy and Justin Huggler (2003). ‘Sleaze scandal strips Dame Shirley Porter of her title’. The Independent on Sunday, July 6.
103 Adams, Guy (2006). ‘After 12 years, Dame Shirley is back in Westminster’. The Independent. August 8.
104 Murdoch, Alison, Liz Connell, Jean Davis and Joanne Maher (1994). We Are Human Too. London: Crisis, p. 6.
105 Fooks, Gary and Christina Pantazis (1999). ‘The criminalisation of homelessness, begging and street living’. In Marsh, Alex and Patricia Kennett (eds), Homelessness: Exploring the New Terrain. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 123-160, p. 126.
106 Murdoch, Alison, Liz Connell, Jean Davis and Joanne Maher (1994). We Are Human Too, p. 7.
107 Ibid., p. 1.
108 HC Deb (1993-94) 235 col. 352.
109 Murdoch, Alison, Liz Connell, Jean Davis and Joanne Maher (1994). We Are Human Too, p. 2.
110 Sassen, Saskia (1991). The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo. Princeton: Princeton University Press, p. 254.
111 Hamnett, Chris and D. Cross (1998). ‘Social polarisation and inequality in London: the earnings evidence, 1979-95’. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 16, pp. 659-680, p. 673.
112 Ibid., p. 675.
113 Hamnett, Chris (2003). Unequal City: London in the Global Arena. Abingdon: Routledge, p. 17.
114 Hatherley, Owen (2013). ‘Revolution to Revelation: Pet Shop Boys and Politics’. Electronic Beats.
115 Ibid.
116 Heath, Chris (1990). Pet Shop Boys, Literally, p. 127.
117 Barker, Hugh and Yuval Taylor (2007). Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music, p. 266.
118 Heath, Chris (1990). Pet Shop Boys, Literally, p. 147.
119 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 10, p. 19.
120 Ibid.
121 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 11, p. 14.
122 Sassen, Saskia (1991). The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo, p. 254.
123 Murdoch, Alison, Liz Connell, Jean Davis and Joanne Maher (1994). We Are Human Too, p. 15.
124 Ibid., p. 14.
125 Pet Shop Boys and Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Bilingual. Parlophone. 724353051228. UK.
126 Randeep, Ramesh (2011). ‘Homelessness could spread to middle class, Crisis study warns’. The Guardian, August 31.
127 Fone, Byrne R. S. (1983). ‘“This Other Eden”: Arcadia and the Homosexual Imagination’. In Stuart Kellogg (ed), Literary Visions of Homosexuality. New York: The Haworth Press, Inc, pp. 13-34.
128 Ibid., p. 13.
129 O’Donovan, Connell (1999). ‘“Go West – This is Our Destiny”: Arcadia, Gay Flight, and the Idea(l) of California’.
130 Fone, Byrne R. S .(1983). ‘“This Other Eden”: Arcadia and the Homo sexual Imagination’, p. 13.
131 O’Donovan, Connell (1999). ‘“Go West – This is Our Destiny”. . .’.
132 Pet Shop Boys and Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Very.
133 O’Donovan, Connell (1999). ‘“Go West – This is Our Destiny”. . .’.
134 Studer, Wayne (2015). ‘Go West’. Commentary: Interpretation and Analysis of Every Song by Pet Shop Boys.
135 Pet Shop Boys and Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Very.
136 Ibid.
137 Heath, Chris (1993). Pet Shop Boys Versus America, p. 71.
138 Burston, Paul (1994). ‘Honestly’, p. 66.
139 Studer, Wayne (2015). ‘Postscript’. Commentary: Interpretation and Analysis of Every Song by Pet Shop Boys.
140 Matusavage, Philip (2013). ‘Pet Shop Boys – Electric’. MusicOMH.
141 Gill, Jaime (2009). ‘Pet Shop Boys – Yes: BBC Review ’. BBC.
142 Soto, Alfred (2006). ‘Pet Shop Boys – Fundamental’. Stylus Magazine.
143 Robinson, Peter (2003). ‘Pet Shop Boys – Disco 3’. NME.
144 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2002). ‘Pet Shop Boys – Release’. AllMusic.
145 Pet Shop Boys and Chris Heath (2001). Sleevenotes to Pet Shop Boys: Very.
146 Heath, Chris (2009). Pet Shop Boys, Literally issue 34. London: Areagraph, pp. 53-54.
147 Unfortunately this video, which contains some of the closest analogues to the Pet Shop Boys’ Very clips, has never been reissued on DVD, but there are transfers circulating on YouTube for those who care to look.