acknowledgments

 

THANKS TO: Laura Nolan, who started all of this and held my hand throughout; Steve Wasserman, for encouragement when it meant the most; Johnny Temple, for taking the plunge and for his friendship; also thanks to Johanna Ingalls, Ibrahim Ahmad, Aaron Petrovich, Alice Wertheimer, and Susannah Lawrence at Akashic Books; Evan Malmgren, for research assistance; Steve Earle, for continual inspiration; my colleagues at Gold Village, Jesse Bauer, Cyndy Villano, and Shelby McElrath, for putting up with this; Warren Grant and Lori Ichimura, for looking after me all these years; Raghu Markus, for his support and for the example he sets; Hilda Charlton, across many dimensions; David Silver, for walking on so many paths with me; Margery Tabankin, for her radiant spirit and friendship; Eric Alterman, for very helpful notes and emotional support; Michael Simmons, for going above and beyond and saving my ass repeatedly. Love and thanks to the late Jack Newfield, Stanley Sheinbaum, Tom Hayden, Tim Leary, and Allen Ginsberg, for letting me into their lives.

Gratitude to my Fieldston friends, who helped me remember how we felt in high school: Joel Goodman, Peter Kinoy, Susan Solomon, Joshua Greene, Laura Rosenberg, June Christopher, and the late Gil Scott-Heron.

Thanks for talking to me: Lou Adler, Rosanna Arquette, Heather Booth, Joe Boyd, Denardo Coleman, Robbie Conal, Peter Coyote, Sara Davidson, Pamela Des Barres, Jodie Evans, Jim Fouratt, Todd Gitlin, Barry Goldberg, J.J. Goldberg, Nigel Grainge, Gary Greenberg, David Henderson, Earl Katz, Paul Krassner, Zach Leary, Elliot Mintz, Mtume, Ram Dass, Glenn Silber, Grace Slick, Andy Stern, Wavy Gravy, Cora Weiss, and Bill Zimmerman.

Thanks to Dr. Michael Eigen, for the encouragement.

And thanks especially to Karen Greenberg, whose love, intelligence, and patience nurtured every moment of the process and to whom no amount of thanks is sufficient.