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Praise
for Danny Goldberg's "Danny
Goldberg has written with pinpoint accuracy an important memoir filled
with fascinating insights. Through his unfettered access into the corridors
of power - be they the Washington insiders or the Hollywood elite - Danny
provides the reader with an eyewitness account of history as it unfolds,
from the unique perspective of one who has the influence to shape that
same history. His searing insights and straight forward recommendations
for the future of the left should be required reading for anyone concerned
with the state of democratic politics in this country. This book exemplifies
the notion that the pen truly is mightier than the sword." "Danny
Goldberg has spent thirty years fighting for your freedom. It's about
time you got up off your ass and joined him. Reading this book is a good
start." " The
Democratic party has two choices: Get a clue or die. Danny Goldberg's
new book is a stirring, brilliant, last-chance plea to Democrats that
if they are unwilling to do their job-be a voice for working people, young
people, women, the elderly, the poor, and people of color, (in other words
from the MAJORITY of the country)-then their days as a Party are numbered.
Years from now, if the Democrats have long faded from American memory,
anthropologists and historians will ask, "Didn't any of them read
this book by Danny Goldberg?" "In
this lively and intelligent report from the front-lines of the culture
wars, Danny Goldberg reminds us once again how the battle for freedom
of expression needs to be refought every day. I don't know for sure if
God is on Goldberg's side, but after reading this book, I sure am." "'Dispatches
from the Culture Wars' is an effervescent blend of pop culture memoir
and political manifesto -- with a bracing call-to-arms chaser mixed in.
Danny Goldberg fearlessly challenges his fellow Democrats to stop acting
like GOP-wanna-bees and get back to the party's progressive roots -- or
risk irrelevancy. If Lester Bangs and Maureen Dowd had a love child, he'd
have written this book." "Danny
Goldberg's memoir contains the powerful reflections of the most progressive
activist in the recording industry. His candor, vision and sense of humor
is infectious. There is simply nothing else like it! It is required reading
for those concerned with transforming America into a genuine democracy" "We
can't know where our culture is headed if we don't know how we got to
where we are. Dispatches From The Culture Wars can get us there." "This
is the history of the world that I have lived in all my life; the planet
where the atmosphere is composed of equal parts, politics and art." "'Dispatches
from the Culture Wars' is a riveting report from the frontlines. Whether
you stand to the left, right or center in America's culture wars, Danny
Goldberg's book is a must-read for anyone who cares about civil liberties,
the First Amendment, and rock and roll." What was
the Sixties? It was "I am a Walrus" blaring from the record
store in Chapel Hill. It was hearing some guy yell "No pictures!"
at an anti-war meeting. It was the smell of trampled grass on the Washington
Mall during the March on the Pentagon. It was hearing the word "Fascist"
spoken in regular conversation. It was the zip in the air knowing the
draft was coming to get you. It was seeing "Hair" your last
day in New York on the way to Africa and the Peace Corps. And if you've
got a big heart and even a decent memory, it's a moveable feast. Just
read Danny Goldberg's big bad bite of it. An important
book by a wonderful writer we all thought was a record company executive.
A litany of missteps and disasters which is, thank God, a page-turner. "Goldberg
authoritatively dissects the disconnect between progressive politics and
younger voters." "Rock,
rap, reactionaries, and liberals all get a thrashing in Goldberg's insightful
Dispatches from the Culture Wars." "An
effecting memoir of Goldberg's experiences within the clash of popular
culture and politics...the great value of his book is as an insider's
tour of American cultural life from the Sixties to the present."
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