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- ↑ "Tim Lawrence: Love Saves The Day: A History Of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-79". The A.V. Club. 28 May 2004.
- ↑ "Tome On The Range | Review & Excerpt: Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell". The Quietus. 16 December 2009.
- ↑ Matos, Michaelangelo (October 9, 2016). "'Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor' Charts a Kinetic Scene in the Early '80s". The New York Times.
