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8. Aljean Harmetz, “Reagan Entertained by Singer He Once Pardoned,” New York Times, March 8, 1982, https://www.nytimes.com/1982/ … /reagan-entertained-by-singer-he-once-pardoned.html.
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10. Aaron Latham, “‘There Is Tape in the Oval Office,’” New York Magazine, June 17, 1974.
11. Ibid.
12. Yergin, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power.
13. Sandbrook, Mad as Hell: The Crisis of the 1970s and the Rise of the Populist Right.
14. “King Faisal Warns U.S. of Oil Cutoff,” New York Times, August 31, 1973, https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/31/archives/king-faisal-warns-us-of-oil-cutoff.html.
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20. Bennighof, The Words and Music of Paul Simon.
21. Jeff McCarty, Interview with the Author for 1973 on Changes in Film Technology.
22. Johnston, Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution.
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24. “Lyndon LaRouche,” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche#1973:_Political_shift;_%22Operation_Mop-Up%22.
25. Killen, 1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and the Birth of Post-Sixties America.
26. Ibid.
27. Ibid.
28. “Remembering River Phoenix, 23 Years After His Death,” Vanity Fair, October 31, 2016.
29. Jonas Schoen-Philbert, “25 Songs with the Tritone,” Uberchord, February 13, 2015, https://www.uberchord.com/blog/tritone-songs/.
30. Wall, Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe.
31. Lewis, Led Zeppelin: A Celebration.
32. “Aleister Crowley,” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley#CITEREFMedway2001.
33. Walker, What You Want Is in the Limo: On the Road with Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, and the Who in 1973, the Year the Sixties Died and the Modern Rock Star Was Born.
34. Sharp with Simmons and Stanley, Nothin’ to Lose: The Making of KISS, 1972–1975.
35. Tom Vickers, Interview with the Author for 1973 on Funkdelic.
36. Jake Austen, “If Nobody Else Is Willing to Say This Out Loud, I’ll Step up to the Plate. Barack Obama Is Totally Ripping Off Sammy Davis Jr.,” Vice, May 1, 2008, https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yvnzey/sammy-devil-jr-v15n5.
37. Killen, 1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and the Birth of Post-Sixties America.
38. Cameron Crowe, “David Bowie: Ground Control to Davy Jones,” Rolling Stone, February 12, 1976, https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-bowie-ground-control-to-davy-jones-77059/.
39. The Mayor of Sunset Strip, directed by George Hickenlooper (2003).
40. Peter S. Greenberg, “Clockwork Rodney’s,” Newsweek, January 7, 1974.
41. Hoskyns, Waiting for the Sun: A Rock ’n’ Roll History of Los Angeles.
42. Ryan Richardson, https://www.star1973.com/.
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44. Ibid.
45. Ibid.
46. Thea De Gallier, “‘I Wouldn’t Want This for Anybody’s Daughter’: Will #MeToo Kill off the Rock’n’Roll Groupie?,” Guardian, March 15, 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/15/i-wouldnt-want-this-for-anybodys-daughter-will-metoo-kill-off-the-rocknroll-groupie.
47. Mattix, “I Lost My Virginity to David Bowie.”
48. Davis, Hammer of the Gods.
49. Wall, When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin.
50. Mattix, “I Lost My Virginity to David Bowie.”
51. Ibid.
52. McNeil and McCain, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk.
53. “The Runaways’ Jackie Fuchs Claims She Was Raped by Manager Kim Fowley in 1975,” Guardian, July 9, 2015.
54. Biskind, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex–Drugs–and Rock ’n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood.
55. Hearn, The Cinema of George Lucas.
56. Baxter, Mythmaker: The Life and Work of George Lucas.
57. Biskind, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex–Drugs–and Rock ’n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood.
58. Ibid.
59. “Remarks to Oprah Winfrey,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, February 26, 2008.
60. “Northern Soul: 40 Years of the Sound of Wigan Casino,” September 20, 2013, http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/0/24164508.
61. Ibid.
62. Chris M. Junior, “Hop Aboard the Midnight Train to Georgia with Gladys Knight & The Pips,” Goldmine, April 14, 2010.
63. Marc Myers, “Anatomy of a Song: ‘Midnight Train to Georgia,’” Wall Street Journal, August 8, 2013, https://www.wsj.com/articles/anatomy-of-a-song-midnight-train-to-georgia-1376004450.
64. Marsh, The Heart of Rock and Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made.