Reader’s index
Altered State
Every song, film and book the book names. In the order it names them. Each one carries the sentence that puts it in the argument, set exactly as printed.
The book
How to use it
100
46
10
27
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Foreword
(a long time afterwards) Looking back on a culture that had not yet peaked -
Prologue
a night in the eighties Manchester, 1988: the first pill, and what it did -
1
the technologies of pleasure Disco, Chicago house, Detroit techno and the making of MDMA -
2
summer of love Ibiza, Shoom and the summer Britain changed key -
3
magical mystery tour Orbital raves, entrepreneurs and the tabloid backlash -
4
journey to the east Football terraces, the north and the spread of the drug -
5
freaky dancing Manchester, the Haçienda and the price of Madchester -
6
techno travellers Free festivals, sound systems and the Criminal Justice Act -
7
urban blues Hardcore, jungle, UK garage and the London underground -
8
the chemical generation Superclubs, casualties and the culture going overground