The Al Goldstein Diaries: Blogs, 2005 - 2009

By Al Goldstein

As founder and publisher of the influential Screw Magazine, Al Goldstein was a lightning rod of the sexual revolution and a legend of the underground press. But by the turn of the millennium, changing times and costly lawsuits had depleted his fortune and destroyed his empire. After a year spent homeless, Goldstein resurfaced in 2005 with a blog on a pornographic search engine, in which he reckoned with being an analog smut-peddler in a digital world. The Al Goldstein Diaries rescues and preserves the last writings of a significant figure in American culture. Alternately boastful and self-pitying, Goldstein offers alarmingly candid recollections of his glory days, with stories of wives, girlfriends, colleagues, and famous friends long gone. We follow the publication of his autobiography, the dissolution of his fifth and final marriage, and his little-remembered 2008 campaign for the presidency. Along the way, he expounds on sex, politics, a changing porn industry, and the many mistakes that led him to his sad fate. Long vanished from the internet, these writings display every personal failing that led to Goldstein's downfall. Vile, obscene, and indefensible, Al Goldstein's last testament is recommended only to the most incurable of Goldmaniacs. You know who you are.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CY4L2HRW
• ISBN13: 9798884763746
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 184 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"