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Tom mentions reading Bob Stanley's 'short article on disco in his brilliant history of pop music' in preparation for the episode. This refers to Bob Stanley's comprehensive history of pop music, where he discusses disco's rise and fall.

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Referenced as having written a 'very controversial' and 'scabrous' biography of John Lennon. Goldman is mentioned in the context of his 1978 quote criticizing disco culture as narcissistic.

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Mentioned in discussion of San Francisco's Castro district and the gay scene there in the 1970s. Armistead Maupin is noted as someone who 'writes about Tales of the City' and lived in that area.