[
  {
    "title": "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Night_a_DJ_Saved_My_Life_(book)",
    "type": "Book",
    "topic": "primer",
    "why": "Not us, but the standard history of the DJ; the 2022 edition adds women's role. Link goes to a page describing the book."
  },
  {
    "title": "Energy Flash, US title Generation Ecstasy (Simon Reynolds)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Flash",
    "type": "Book",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "Not us, but the rave-culture history from Detroit and Chicago through US EDM. Link goes to a page describing the book."
  },
  {
    "title": "The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound (John Kane)",
    "url": "https://www.mmone.org/?p=8816",
    "type": "Book",
    "topic": "primer",
    "why": "Not us, but the biography of festival sound's founding engineer. Link goes to local history coverage of Hanley and the book."
  },
  {
    "title": "Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III (Robert Greenfield)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owsley_Stanley",
    "type": "Book",
    "topic": "lineage",
    "why": "Not us, but the full biography of the Wall of Sound's architect. No publisher page was checked; link goes to a page that lists it."
  },
  {
    "title": "Dead Heads Newsletter #19 (December 1974): Wall of Sound technical specs",
    "url": "https://deadsources.blogspot.com/2012/12/1974-wall-of-sound-technical-specs.html",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "lineage",
    "why": "Not us, but the closest thing to a primary spec sheet for the Wall of Sound, written mid-tour by the band's own camp."
  },
  {
    "title": "Owsley Stanley Foundation",
    "url": "https://owsleystanleyfoundation.org/about-owsley/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "lineage",
    "why": "Not us, but Bear's mixing philosophy and an archive of soundboard tapes you can actually hear."
  },
  {
    "title": "Mix: Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound PA to be auctioned",
    "url": "https://www.mixonline.com/live-sound/grateful-deads-wall-of-sound-pa-to-be-auctioned",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "lineage",
    "why": "Not us, but a clear account of how the Wall was laid out, what it weighed and why it died."
  },
  {
    "title": "Water & Music: Daft Punk's Coachella set and the live-tech arms race",
    "url": "https://www.waterandmusic.com/15-years-ago-daft-punks-coachella-set-helped-spark-an-arms-race-for-live-music-technology",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "lineage",
    "why": "Not us, but the best-sourced account of how the pyramid was built and what it did to the industry, with its designer interviewed."
  },
  {
    "title": "Princeton: Alan Krueger examines the pricing of concert tickets (Rockonomics, 2002)",
    "url": "https://www.princeton.edu/news/2002/09/24/economist-alan-krueger-examines-pricing-concert-tickets",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "lineage",
    "why": "Not us, but the foundational economics of why tickets and shows inflated."
  },
  {
    "title": "Mixmag: how Instagram is changing the design of festivals and clubs",
    "url": "https://mixmag.net/feature/how-instagram-is-changing-the-design-of-festivals-and-clubs",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "lineage",
    "why": "Not us, but designers and promoters explaining, in their own words, why scenery is built for the phone."
  },
  {
    "title": "Smithsonian NMAAHC: What is the Mothership and why is it in the museum?",
    "url": "https://music.si.edu/video/what-mothership-and-why-it-national-museum-african-american-history-and-culture",
    "type": "Museum",
    "topic": "lineage",
    "why": "Not us, but the museum's own short explainer on the prop as artifact, including that its object is a 1990s replica."
  },
  {
    "title": "NPR: Remembering Larry Levan",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2011/12/06/143205414/remembering-larry-levan-the-jimi-hendrix-of-dance-music",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "Not us, but first-hand quotes on the Paradise Garage's sound and its DJ's EQ habits."
  },
  {
    "title": "Moog Foundation timeline",
    "url": "https://moogfoundation.org/timeline/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "primer",
    "why": "Not us, but a clear, dated history of electronic instruments."
  },
  {
    "title": "Library of Congress: History of the Cylinder Phonograph",
    "url": "https://www.loc.gov/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/articles-and-essays/history-of-edison-sound-recordings/history-of-the-cylinder-phonograph/",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "primer",
    "why": "Not us, but careful, caveated dates from the people who hold the objects."
  },
  {
    "title": "Library of Congress: Emile Berliner and the Gramophone",
    "url": "https://www.loc.gov/collections/emile-berliner/articles-and-essays/gramophone/",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "primer",
    "why": "Not us, but the flat-disc story told with its patents and dates."
  },
  {
    "title": "Radio World: In Search of the Truth About Fessenden",
    "url": "https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/in-search-of-the-truth-about-fessenden",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "primer",
    "why": "Not us, but a model of how to check a famous first, and why the 1906 Christmas Eve broadcast is in doubt."
  },
  {
    "title": "COMSOL: The Loudspeaker Celebrates 100 Years of Use and Influence",
    "url": "https://www.comsol.com/blogs/the-loudspeaker-celebrates-100-years-of-use-and-influence",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "primer",
    "why": "Not us, but a readable history of the moving-coil loudspeaker and the first public address demonstrations."
  },
  {
    "title": "Wikipedia: Savoy Theatre",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoy_Theatre",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "primer",
    "why": "Not us, but good on the 1881 electrification and why the stage stayed on gas until December."
  },
  {
    "title": "RBMA Daily archive",
    "url": "https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "primer",
    "why": "Not us, but a deep archive of interviews and histories on sound systems, house and techno; no longer updated."
  },
  {
    "title": "UK legislation: Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, section 63",
    "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/section/63",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "Not us, but the \"repetitive beats\" law itself, current text, straight from the source."
  },
  {
    "title": "Filter: the state of festival drug checking (2024)",
    "url": "https://filtermag.org/festival-drug-checking/",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "access",
    "why": "Not us, but the clearest recent account of how the RAVE Act still chills harm reduction at US events."
  },
  {
    "title": "RBMA Daily: The Evolution of DJ Mixers",
    "url": "https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2019/06/evolution-of-dj-mixers",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "booth",
    "why": "Not us, but the best single read on mixer history and the rotary revival; the archive is no longer updated."
  },
  {
    "title": "Resident Advisor: Industry Standards, The CDJ (2013)",
    "url": "https://ra.co/features/1910",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "booth",
    "why": "Not us, but a series on the gear that defined the booth; we could not load the article body to check it."
  },
  {
    "title": "Technics: History of the SL-1200",
    "url": "https://www.technics.com/global/home/60th-anniversary/technics-brand-story/history-of-the-sl-1200.html",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "booth",
    "why": "Not us, but the official illustrated history of the turntable; read it knowing it is a brand source."
  },
  {
    "title": "Roland: The 303 Story",
    "url": "https://www.roland.com/au/promos/303day/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "booth",
    "why": "Not us, but Roland's own account of the box that made acid house."
  },
  {
    "title": "Digital DJ Tips",
    "url": "https://www.digitaldjtips.com/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "booth",
    "why": "Not us, but the most current practical source on DJ gear, firmware and streaming compatibility."
  },
  {
    "title": "Deep Symmetry: DJ Link Packet Analysis",
    "url": "https://djl-analysis.deepsymmetry.org/",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "network",
    "why": "Not us, but the only real public description of how CDJs talk to each other, built from packet captures, not official."
  },
  {
    "title": "Deep Symmetry: Beat Link Trigger User Guide",
    "url": "https://blt-guide.deepsymmetry.org/beat-link-trigger/README.html",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "network",
    "why": "Not us, but the most practical troubleshooting guide for getting a laptop onto a CDJ network."
  },
  {
    "title": "AlphaTheta: PRO DJ LINK Setup Guide",
    "url": "https://cdn.rekordbox.com/files/20251117092919/PRODJLINK_SetupGuide_ver2_en.pdf",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "network",
    "why": "Not us, but the manufacturer's own wiring and player-number instructions, with current device limits."
  },
  {
    "title": "ESTA Technical Standards Program: published documents",
    "url": "https://tsp.esta.org/tsp/documents/published_docs.php",
    "type": "Standard",
    "topic": "network",
    "why": "Not us, but the official home of DMX512-A, RDM, sACN and ACN, with current editions."
  },
  {
    "title": "Show Networks and Control Systems (John Huntington)",
    "url": "https://www.livedesignonline.com/updated-edition-show-networks-and-control-systems-by-john-huntington",
    "type": "Book",
    "topic": "network",
    "why": "Not us, but the standard textbook on entertainment control across lighting, sound, machinery and pyro. Link goes to a review of the 2012 edition."
  },
  {
    "title": "Yamaha: Dante Network Design Guide, selecting network devices",
    "url": "https://au.yamaha.com/en/business/audio/resources/self-training/dante-network-design-guide/101-network-switches.html",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "network",
    "why": "Not us, but switch selection, QoS, EEE and IGMP explained in a way that applies to any real-time show network."
  },
  {
    "title": "ENTTEC: Art-Net vs sACN, which should you use?",
    "url": "https://support.enttec.com/dmx/edmx-art-net-sacn-networking/art-net-vs-sacn-which-should-you-use",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "network",
    "why": "Not us, but the plainest side-by-side comparison of the two lighting-over-Ethernet protocols."
  },
  {
    "title": "Automated Lighting (Richard Cadena)",
    "url": "https://www.routledge.com/Automated-Lighting-The-Art-and-Science-of-Moving-and-Color-Changing-Lights/Cadena/p/book/9781138850903",
    "type": "Book",
    "topic": "light",
    "why": "Not us, but the standard text on moving lights, LEDs, optics and lighting networks."
  },
  {
    "title": "PLSN Backstage History: the Vari-Lite story",
    "url": "https://timeless.mydigitalpublication.com/article/Backstage+History/4111881/721065/article.html",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "light",
    "why": "Not us, but well-sourced trade history of how a sound company invented the touring moving light."
  },
  {
    "title": "ETC: A casual history of moving lights",
    "url": "https://blog.etcconnect.com/2020/09/history-of-moving-lights",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "light",
    "why": "Not us, but a short, readable timeline from the 1920s patents onward."
  },
  {
    "title": "FDA: Laser Light Shows",
    "url": "https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/home-business-and-entertainment-products/laser-light-shows",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "lasers",
    "why": "Not us, but the official US variance and reporting process and forms."
  },
  {
    "title": "eCFR: 21 CFR Part 1040",
    "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-J/part-1040/section-1040.11",
    "type": "Standard",
    "topic": "lasers",
    "why": "Not us, but the current legal text for US laser products, with its amendment history."
  },
  {
    "title": "ILDA: lasershowsafety.info",
    "url": "https://www.lasershowsafety.info/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "lasers",
    "why": "Not us, but plain-language US law, worldwide audience-scanning rules, the incident database and LSO classes."
  },
  {
    "title": "ILDA Technical Standards",
    "url": "https://www.ilda.com/technical.htm",
    "type": "Standard",
    "topic": "lasers",
    "why": "Not us, but the laser file formats, projector connector and network stream specs."
  },
  {
    "title": "HSE INDG224: The safety of laser lighting displays",
    "url": "https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg224.htm",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "lasers",
    "why": "Not us, but the UK legal framing for display lasers and the pointer to PLASA's guide."
  },
  {
    "title": "ROE Visual: LED technology thesaurus",
    "url": "https://roevisual.com/en/knowledge-and-support/thesaurus-led-technology-for-virtual-production-xr-film",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "video",
    "why": "Not us, but clear definitions of refresh, scan, bit depth, moiré, genlock, COB and GOB."
  },
  {
    "title": "Planar: lower scan means higher performance for on-camera LED",
    "url": "https://www.planar.com/blog/2023/lower-scan-means-higher-performance-for-on-camera-led/",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "video",
    "why": "Not us, but the best plain explanation of why cameras and phones see bands on LED walls."
  },
  {
    "title": "Resolume manual",
    "url": "https://resolume.com/support/en/manual",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "video",
    "why": "Not us, but the practical VJ manual: mapping, NDI, Syphon and Spout, DMX and timecode."
  },
  {
    "title": "Derivative: Visualizing Amon Tobin's ISAM",
    "url": "https://derivative.ca/community-post/visualizing-amon-tobins-isam-v-squared-team/60785",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "video",
    "why": "Not us, but a detailed look inside a landmark projection-mapped show."
  },
  {
    "title": "TPi Magazine",
    "url": "https://www.tpimagazine.com/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "video",
    "why": "Not us, but the trade magazine for live production, with detailed production profiles of tours."
  },
  {
    "title": "VJ: Audio-Visual Art and VJ Culture (Michael Faulkner and D-Fuse)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VJing",
    "type": "Book",
    "topic": "video",
    "why": "Not us, but a cited history of VJing. No publisher page was checked; link goes to a page that cites it."
  },
  {
    "title": "WHO Global Standard for Safe Listening Venues and Events",
    "url": "https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240043114",
    "type": "Standard",
    "topic": "sound",
    "why": "Not us, but the international benchmark for audience sound levels."
  },
  {
    "title": "Live DMA: Sound regulations in Europe",
    "url": "https://live-dma.eu/sound-regulations-in-europe",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "sound",
    "why": "Not us, but a country-by-country comparison of audience sound limits, from a 2019 snapshot."
  },
  {
    "title": "HSE: Noise in the music and entertainment sectors",
    "url": "https://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/musicsound.htm",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "sound",
    "why": "Not us, but the UK worker rules and the Sound Advice guidance for venues, including nightclubs."
  },
  {
    "title": "Precision Audio Services: understanding 2-element cardioid subwoofer arrays",
    "url": "https://www.precisionaudioservices.com/blog/understanding-2-element-cardioid-subwooferarrays",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "sound",
    "why": "Not us, but a clear practical explanation of why and how subs are steered."
  },
  {
    "title": "ESTA Electrical Power working group",
    "url": "https://tsp.esta.org/tsp/working_groups/EP/ep.html",
    "type": "Standard",
    "topic": "power",
    "why": "Not us, but the home of the entertainment Class A GFCI recommended practice."
  },
  {
    "title": "NIST NCSTAR 2: The Station nightclub fire",
    "url": "https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=100988",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "sfx",
    "why": "Not us, but the primary investigation that reshaped nightclub codes."
  },
  {
    "title": "MagicFX Stage Flame manual",
    "url": "https://finale3d.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MAGICFX_STAGE-FLAME_MANUAL.pdf",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "sfx",
    "why": "Not us, but a real-world example of arm and fire channels, tilt sensors, emergency stops and danger zones."
  },
  {
    "title": "Mesa Fire: cold spark devices",
    "url": "https://mesaaz.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/48452/638566485869200000",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "sfx",
    "why": "Not us, but a fire authority's plain-language case that cold spark is still pyro."
  },
  {
    "title": "NIOSH Pocket Guide: Carbon dioxide",
    "url": "https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0103.html",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "sfx",
    "why": "Not us, but the exposure limits behind any CO2 effects safety note."
  },
  {
    "title": "Stageco: Electric Daisy Carnival 2014 reference",
    "url": "https://stageco.com/references/electric-daisy-carnival-2014/463",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "stage",
    "why": "Not us, but rare builder-sourced numbers on an electronic mainstage build."
  },
  {
    "title": "Insomniac: building the kineticFIELD stage",
    "url": "https://insomniac.com/?p=42575",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "stage",
    "why": "Not us, but the promoter's own figures on crew, cranes, trucks and modular touring design."
  },
  {
    "title": "The Purple Guide",
    "url": "https://www.thepurpleguide.co.uk/about-the-purple-guide",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "safety",
    "why": "Not us, but the UK's event safety guide; it is subscription-based."
  },
  {
    "title": "Event Safety Alliance: standards and guidance",
    "url": "https://eventsafetyalliance.org/standards-guidance-1",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "safety",
    "why": "Not us, but US event safety guidance, standards and training."
  },
  {
    "title": "Musicians Institute: a beginner's guide to the show advance, stage plots and load-in",
    "url": "https://www.mi.edu/in-the-know/plan-live-concert-beginners-guide-show-advance-stage-plots-load/",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "paperwork",
    "why": "Not us, but a clear beginner's guide to the paperwork."
  },
  {
    "title": "ProSoundWeb: input lists and stage plots",
    "url": "https://www.prosoundweb.com/?p=93246",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "paperwork",
    "why": "Not us, but what working engineers actually want from those documents."
  },
  {
    "title": "Twitch: Introducing the Twitch DJ Program",
    "url": "https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2024/06/06/introducing-the-twitch-dj-program/",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "artist",
    "why": "Not us, but the primary source on licensed DJ livestreaming terms and revenue split."
  },
  {
    "title": "YouTube Help: Copyright issues with live streams",
    "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3367684",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "artist",
    "why": "Not us, but exactly how live interruptions and allowlisting work."
  },
  {
    "title": "Pioneer DJ: CDJ-3000 product page",
    "url": "https://www.pioneerdj.com/en/product/player/cdj-3000/black/overview/",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "artist",
    "why": "Not us, but the full firmware changelog, for booth-readiness checks."
  },
  {
    "title": "AlphaTheta: KUVO Technology B.V. notice",
    "url": "https://alphatheta.com/en/information/kuvo-technology-b-v/",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "artist",
    "why": "Not us, but the current state of club track identification for royalties."
  },
  {
    "title": "Music Business Worldwide: setlist reporting is not an optional extra",
    "url": "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/setlist-reporting-isnt-an-optional-extra-its-a-fundamental-part-of-the-live-music-economy",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "artist",
    "why": "Not us, but PRS's case for why setlists drive live royalties, with 2024 figures."
  },
  {
    "title": "Ableton Live 12 Manual: Session View",
    "url": "https://www.ableton.com/en/live-manual/12/session-view/",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "artist",
    "why": "Not us, but the reference for clip-based live performance."
  },
  {
    "title": "Love Saves the Day (Tim Lawrence, Duke University Press, 2003)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loft_(New_York_City)",
    "type": "Book",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "The definitive history of the Loft and New York disco, the source behind much of what is written about both. Link goes to a page that cites it."
  },
  {
    "title": "NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project: Paradise Garage",
    "url": "https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/paradise-garage/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "Short and authoritative on who the club was for and what it meant."
  },
  {
    "title": "City of Chicago: The Warehouse landmark designation report (2023)",
    "url": "https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/zlup/Historic_Preservation/Publications/The_Warehouse_Report.pdf",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "An official primary source with rare production detail on the room house was named after."
  },
  {
    "title": "RBMA Daily: Duke Reid, Sir Coxsone Dodd and the beef patty (David Katz)",
    "url": "https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2013/02/duke-reid-sir-coxsone-dodd-beef-patty",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "Careful sound system history from a leading reggae historian."
  },
  {
    "title": "FACT: A beginner's guide to King Tubby (David Katz)",
    "url": "https://factmag.com/2015/05/19/king-tubby-beginners-guide-dub-reggae",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "How dub was made, including the myths about Tubby that Katz corrects."
  },
  {
    "title": "London Museum: The origins of Notting Hill Carnival",
    "url": "https://londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/london-stories/origins-notting-hill-carnival",
    "type": "Museum",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "How Caribbean sound system culture took root in London."
  },
  {
    "title": "Techno Rebels (Dan Sicko)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_techno",
    "type": "Book",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "The standard book history of Detroit techno. Link goes to a page that cites it."
  },
  {
    "title": "The Local Scenes and Global Culture of Psytrance (Graham St John, Routledge, 2010)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_trance",
    "type": "Book",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "The academic standard on Goa and psytrance. Link goes to a page that cites it."
  },
  {
    "title": "The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Dance Music (eds. Hillegonda Rietveld and Toby Young, 2026)",
    "url": "https://cambridgeblog.org/2026/03/the-cambridge-companion-to-electronic-dance-music/",
    "type": "Book",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "Current, global and multi-perspective, and the clearest account of the \"EDM\" label."
  },
  {
    "title": "Sisters with Transistors (dir. Lisa Rovner, 2020)",
    "url": "https://www.wfae.org/2021-02-09/sisters-with-transistors-pioneers-of-electronic-music",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "A film on the women who pioneered electronic sound. Link goes to NPR coverage of the film."
  },
  {
    "title": "Resident Advisor: female:pressure FACTS 2024 report",
    "url": "https://ra.co/news/80390",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "The long-running count of gender balance on festival line-ups."
  },
  {
    "title": "Babylon (1980), Lovers Rock (2020) and Bass Culture (Lloyd Bradley, 2001)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_system_(Jamaican)",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "Two films and a book on sound system culture in Britain. Link goes to a page that lists them; no publisher page was checked."
  },
  {
    "title": "Maestro (dir. Josell Ramos, 2003)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Grasso",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "A documentary featuring Francis Grasso, David Mancuso and others. Link goes to a page that lists it."
  },
  {
    "title": "This Is Our House (Hillegonda Rietveld, 1998)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_house",
    "type": "Book",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "An academic history of house music. Link goes to a page that cites it."
  },
  {
    "title": "Pump Up the Volume (Channel 4, 2001)",
    "url": "https://creators.vice.com/en/article/jpydm8/i-was-there-when-house-took-over-the-world-music-documentary",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "A house-history documentary series; its scope and director were not verified. Link goes to VICE coverage."
  },
  {
    "title": "High Tech Soul: The Creation of Techno Music (dir. Gary Bredow, 2006)",
    "url": "https://videolibrarian.com/reviews/documentary/high-tech-soul-the-creation-of-techno-music",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "A documentary with May, Atkins and Saunderson; Video Librarian found it \"more valuable for sociology than for music\". Link goes to that review."
  },
  {
    "title": "A London Some 'Ting Dis (1994)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_music",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "A BFI-listed documentary on jungle. Link goes to a page that cites it."
  },
  {
    "title": "Tresor Berlin: The Vault and the Electronic Frontier (dir. Mike Andrawis, 2004)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tresor_(club)",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "A documentary on the club. Link goes to a page that lists it."
  },
  {
    "title": "The White Island (Stephen Armstrong)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Fiorito",
    "type": "Book",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "A popular history of Ibiza. Link goes to a page that cites it."
  },
  {
    "title": "DJ Mag: DJ Alfredo, Ibiza legend and father of Balearic beat, dies aged 71",
    "url": "https://djmag.com/news/dj-alfredo-ibiza-legend-and-father-of-balearic-beat-dies-aged-71",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "An obituary that sums up Alfredo's career and influence."
  },
  {
    "title": "Hardcore Never Dies (2023)",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabber",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "A film set in 1990s Rotterdam's gabber scene. Link goes to a page that notes it."
  },
  {
    "title": "Design Museum: Electronic, From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers",
    "url": "https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/electronic-from-kraftwerk-to-the-chemical-brothers",
    "type": "Museum",
    "topic": "scenes",
    "why": "A Philharmonie de Paris exhibition covering Detroit, Chicago, Paris, Berlin and the UK; it names the Detroit and Chicago pioneers but does not foreground queer origins."
  },
  {
    "title": "Mixcloud: Should DJs be using the sync button? (2026)",
    "url": "https://www.mixcloud.com/blog/2026/03/25/should-djs-be-using-the-sync-button",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "technique",
    "why": "A balanced list of the arguments for and against sync."
  },
  {
    "title": "Mixmag: DJ Craze says sync is your friend (2019)",
    "url": "https://mixmag.net/read/dj-craze-sync-is-your-friend-embrace-news",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "technique",
    "why": "A champion turntablist's nuanced view of sync."
  },
  {
    "title": "Dubspot: Harmonic Mixing with DJ Endo, Part 1",
    "url": "https://blog.dubspot.com/harmonic-mixing-w-dj-endo-part-1",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "technique",
    "why": "The Camelot rules explained."
  },
  {
    "title": "Stereogum: US vinyl sales surpass $1 billion for the first time since 1983",
    "url": "https://www.stereogum.com/2492328/us-vinyl-sales-surpass-1-billion-for-the-first-time-since-1983/news",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "technique",
    "why": "The 2025 RIAA vinyl figures."
  },
  {
    "title": "disguise help: Transports overview",
    "url": "https://help.disguise.one/Content/Configuring/Transports/Transports-overview.html",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "showcontrol",
    "why": "How a media server chases LTC or MTC and takes cues."
  },
  {
    "title": "Pangolin: Timecode laser shows using BEYOND software",
    "url": "https://pangolin.com/blogs/news/timecode-laser-shows-using-beyond-software",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "showcontrol",
    "why": "The basics of SMPTE timecode on an audio track, for lasers."
  },
  {
    "title": "PLSN: Illenium Ascend tour (2020)",
    "url": "https://plsn.com/?p=320050",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "showcontrol",
    "why": "A documented timecoded electronic tour with its full crew list."
  },
  {
    "title": "PLSN: Swedish House Mafia Paradise Again (2022)",
    "url": "https://plsn.com/?p=359843",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "showcontrol",
    "why": "A live-operated arena electronic production in detail."
  },
  {
    "title": "TPi: Eric Prydz HOLO (2018)",
    "url": "https://www.tpimagazine.com/?p=27781",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "showcontrol",
    "why": "A flagship show run live rather than timecoded."
  },
  {
    "title": "Ticket Fairy: Lighting for BPM festivals, timecode vs busking",
    "url": "https://www.ticketfairy.com/blog/lighting-for-bpm-festivals-timecode-vs-busking.md",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "showcontrol",
    "why": "The trade-offs and a redundancy checklist; a promoter blog, so lower authority."
  },
  {
    "title": "FAA: Part 107 waivers",
    "url": "https://www.faa.gov/uas/commercial_operators/part_107_waivers",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "newtech",
    "why": "The US rules a drone show has to waive."
  },
  {
    "title": "UK Civil Aviation Authority: Specific category overview",
    "url": "https://caa.co.uk/drones/specific-category/specific-category-overview",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "newtech",
    "why": "When swarms and near-crowd flights need authorization in the UK."
  },
  {
    "title": "ControlGeek: It's Not a F*cking Hologram, Part II (John Huntington, 2012)",
    "url": "https://www.controlgeek.net/blog/2012/4/17/its-not-a-fcking-hologram-part-ii.html",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "newtech",
    "why": "The plain physics of Pepper's ghost versus holography."
  },
  {
    "title": "What Hi-Fi?: Behind the scenes with Dolby Atmos at Ministry of Sound (2016)",
    "url": "https://www.whathifi.com/features/behind-scenes-dolby-atmos-ministry-sound",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "newtech",
    "why": "How object-based club audio worked for DJs."
  },
  {
    "title": "Gough Lui: Teardown of a PixMob LED wristband (2025)",
    "url": "https://goughlui.com/2025/01/14/teardown-pixmob-led-wristband-aurora-v1-7/",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "newtech",
    "why": "An independent look inside crowd LED bands: infrared control, batteries and waste."
  },
  {
    "title": "Unreal Engine: Moment Factory and Phish at Sphere (2024)",
    "url": "https://www.unrealengine.com/de/spotlights/moment-factory-redefines-live-concerts-with-real-time-visuals-for-phish-at-sphere",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "newtech",
    "why": "A detailed vendor case study of real-time engine visuals at Sphere."
  },
  {
    "title": "Hypebot: Live Performance Agreements, A Brief Look (Justin M. Jacobson, 2018)",
    "url": "https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/04/live-performance-agreements-a-brief-look.html",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "money",
    "why": "An attorney's plain-English tour of fees, deposits and settlement."
  },
  {
    "title": "Hypebot: A Brief Look at Live Performance Agreements, Part 2 (Justin M. Jacobson, 2018)",
    "url": "https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/04/a-brief-look-at-live-performance-agreements-part-2.html",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "money",
    "why": "The second half: riders, cancellations and radius clauses."
  },
  {
    "title": "Prism.fm: Tips on building a concert budget template",
    "url": "https://prism.fm/blog/venue-insights/tips-on-building-concert-budget-template/",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "money",
    "why": "How a promoter builds a budget and a settlement, with a worked versus deal; a vendor guide, so check the math."
  },
  {
    "title": "DJ Mag: IMS Business Report 2026",
    "url": "https://djmag.com/news/global-electronic-music-industry-value-hits-record-151-billion-ims-business-report-reveals",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "money",
    "why": "The headline numbers for the electronic music economy, including Ibiza."
  },
  {
    "title": "Mixmag: What DJs really earn (2015)",
    "url": "https://mixmag.net/feature/what-djs-really-earn",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "money",
    "why": "Dated and illustrative, but the rare tiered picture of DJ income from a reputable outlet."
  },
  {
    "title": "Pollstar: Production Live! 2023 recap",
    "url": "http://news.pollstar.com/2023/02/22/production-live-recap-fuel-prices-labor-gear-2023-outlook/",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "money",
    "why": "Production managers on post-pandemic costs and labor."
  },
  {
    "title": "FTC: Rule banning junk ticket and hotel fees",
    "url": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/12/federal-trade-commission-announces-bipartisan-rule-banning-junk-ticket-hotel-fees",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "money",
    "why": "What US buyers should now see at checkout."
  },
  {
    "title": "Attitude is Everything: Live Events Access Charter",
    "url": "https://attitudeiseverything.org.uk/industry/live-events-access-charter/",
    "type": "Standard",
    "topic": "access",
    "why": "The UK's government-endorsed access standard for venues and festivals."
  },
  {
    "title": "ADA.gov: Ticketing guidance under the 2010 ADA regulations",
    "url": "https://archive.ada.gov/ticketing_2010.htm",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "access",
    "why": "The US rules on pricing, selling and holding wheelchair and companion seats."
  },
  {
    "title": "Epilepsy Society: Photosensitive epilepsy factsheet (2025)",
    "url": "https://epilepsysociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/2025-04/PhotosensitiveepilepsyApril2025.pdf",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "access",
    "why": "Flash-rate bands, the HSE club recommendation and the Ofcom TV rules in one place."
  },
  {
    "title": "The Loop",
    "url": "https://www.wearetheloop.org/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "access",
    "why": "The UK drug-checking charity, with its history, drug alerts and training."
  },
  {
    "title": "DanceSafe",
    "url": "https://dancesafe.org/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "access",
    "why": "US peer harm reduction, drug checking and consent education at events."
  },
  {
    "title": "Zendo Project",
    "url": "https://zendoproject.org/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "access",
    "why": "The psychedelic peer-support model and its principles for welfare teams."
  },
  {
    "title": "Good Night Out Campaign",
    "url": "https://www.goodnightoutcampaign.org/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "access",
    "why": "Accreditation and training on preventing sexual violence at venues and festivals."
  },
  {
    "title": "Powerful Thinking: The Show Must Go On (2015)",
    "url": "https://www.powerful-thinking.org.uk/resources/the-show-must-go-on-report/",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "green",
    "why": "The baseline UK festival emissions report and the source of the \"up to 80%\" travel figure."
  },
  {
    "title": "Yourope: A Greener Festival carbon analysis (2023)",
    "url": "https://yourope.org/know-how/agf-report-new-insight-into-festival-carbon-footprint/",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "green",
    "why": "The updated breakdown that counts food properly and puts audience travel at about 41% on average."
  },
  {
    "title": "University of Manchester: Tyndall Centre results for Massive Attack's ACT 1.5",
    "url": "https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/tyndall-centre-roadmap-helps-deliver-lowest-carbon-live-music-event-of-its-kind/",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "green",
    "why": "Measured outcomes of a battery-powered, rail-first show for more than 32,000 people."
  },
  {
    "title": "Mixmag: Clean Scene, Last Night a DJ Took a Flight (2021)",
    "url": "https://mixmag.net/read/touring-djs-51-000-flights-2019-clean-scene-report-news",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "green",
    "why": "The DJ-specific flight emissions study."
  },
  {
    "title": "Powerful Thinking: Glastonbury Festival energy case study",
    "url": "https://www.powerful-thinking.org.uk/casestudy/glastonbury-festival/",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "green",
    "why": "How festival power is metered and right-sized."
  },
  {
    "title": "ETCP: Rigging Candidate Handbook",
    "url": "https://etcp.esta.org/certify/documents/rigging/ETCP_Handbook_Rigging.pdf",
    "type": "Docs",
    "topic": "careers",
    "why": "The point tables, exam format, fees and renewal rules."
  },
  {
    "title": "PLASA: National Rigging Certificate",
    "url": "https://www.plasa.org/nrc/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "careers",
    "why": "UK rigger levels, assessment centers and costs."
  },
  {
    "title": "ProSoundWeb: Audinate announces revamped Dante training program (2025)",
    "url": "https://www.prosoundweb.com/audinate-announces-revamped-dante-training-program/",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "careers",
    "why": "The free three-level audio networking certification."
  },
  {
    "title": "LIA: Z136 SSC-10, Entertainment, Displays and Exhibitions",
    "url": "https://z136.lia.org/committees/standards-subcommittee/ssc-10-entertainment-displays-exhibitions",
    "type": "Standard",
    "topic": "careers",
    "why": "The status of the US entertainment laser safety standard."
  },
  {
    "title": "Music Support",
    "url": "https://www.musicsupport.org/",
    "type": "Site",
    "topic": "careers",
    "why": "The UK helpline and festival Safe Hubs for music workers."
  },
  {
    "title": "Mix: Live events industry set for #RedAlertRESTART (2020)",
    "url": "https://www.mixonline.com/live-sound/live-events-industry-set-for-redalertrestart-tonight",
    "type": "Article",
    "topic": "careers",
    "why": "The September 2020 crew protest and its demands."
  }
]