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Dispatches from the Culture Wars: How the Left Lost Teen Spirit by Danny Goldberg (Miramax Books)Do Politics Belong in Music?
Record producer Danny Goldberg never shies away from a political battle. He helped wage against Tipper Gore over rock lyrics in the 1980s and more recently, his own record label, Artemis, has sparked controversy by releasing both the Steve Earle song "John Walker's Blues,” and Cornel West's rap album, which Harvard president (and former Clinton treasury secretary) Larry Summers said "embarrassed" the university. His book Dispatches from the Culture Wars: How the Left Lost Teen Spirit is a critique of the Democratic Party's failure to stay in touch with pop culture as a way of reaching its base. He joins us today along with New York Times pop music critic Jon Pareles, who has written extensively about protest music of late.
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