Howard Bloom
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Born | Buffalo, New York, U.S. | June 25, 1943
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Subject | Sociology, evolutionary psychology |
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Howard Bloom (born June 25, 1943) is an American author. He was a music publicist in the 1970s and 1980s for singers and bands such as Prince,[1] Billy Joel,[2] and Styx.[3][4] He has published a book on Islam, The Muhammad Code, an autobiography, How I Accidentally Started The Sixties, and three books on human evolution and group behavior: The Genius of the Beast, Global Brain, and The Lucifer Principle.
Early life
Bloom was born to a
Career
Public relations
In 1974 Bloom was made the head of public relations of
Bloom was also a publicist for Michael Jackson,[9][10] Cyndi Lauper,[10] Talking Heads,[10] Lionel Richie,[11][12] ZZ Top,[13] Bette Midler, AC/DC, Simon & Garfunkel,[14] John Mellencamp,[15][16] Earth, Wind & Fire,[17] and Kiss.[13] He handled Bob Marley during his Uprising Tour.[18][19]
Bloom has been described in a biography of Billy Joel as "the public relations
In 1979,
Books
Bloom has written a number of books, including: The Genius of the Beast, Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century, and The Lucifer Principle. His books discuss ideas ranging from human nature to what makes rock and roll artists successful. According to Bloom: "Everything from the wolf-pack behavior of music business executives to the lemming-like conduct of hypocritical journalists helped shape my insights" and that "[t]he real magic of rock happens at a concert, where if the performers are successful, individuals ... merge in a pulse of common emotion ... This consolidation mirrors the force that create much of both human good and evil".[22] He founded the International Paleopsychology Project, an Internet group "to study the development of the universe from its conception to the present". Individuals crediting him with inspiration include the scientist Peter Corning[23] and science fiction writer Greg Bear.[24]
His fourth book, The God Problem: How A Godless Cosmos Creates, was issued August 24, 2012.[25]
His memoir, How I Accidentally Started The Sixties, was published in 2017.[26]
Personal life
Bloom developed
Bloom considers himself a non-militant yet "stone-cold atheist"
An article by Bloom published in Omni magazine, "The importance of hugging", suggested that "Islamic cultures treat their children harshly, they despise open displays of affection ... the result is violent adults", and as a consequence, "An entire people may have turned barbaric for the simple lack of a hug."[31] This claim led the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee to organize a sit-in at Omni's New York head office.[32] His article has been described as "not unlike some forms of religious anti-Semitism",[33] and together with similar comments in his book The Lucifer Principle, "an example of Orientalist (and racist) literature".[34] Bloom has written that "Arab pressure groups asked ever so politely ... that nothing that I write be published again. They offered to boycott my publisher's products — all of them — worldwide. And they backed their warning with a call for my punishment in seventeen Islamic countries."[35]
Books
- Bloom, Howard K. (2020). Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1493051670.
- Bloom, Howard K. (2017). How I Accidentally Started The Sixties. Rare Bird Books. ISBN 978-1945572913.
- Bloom, Howard K. (2016). The Muhammad Code: How a Desert Prophet Brought You ISIS, al Qaeda, and Boko Haram. Port Townsend, Wash.: Feral House. OCLC 965732548.
- Bloom, Howard K. (2012). The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos Creates. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books. OCLC 764387290.
- Bloom, Howard K. (2010). The Genius of the Beast : A Radical Re-vision of Capitalism. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. OCLC 318873448.
- Bloom, Howard K. (2000). The Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century. New York, N.Y.: Wiley. OCLC 43207426.
- Bloom, Howard K. (1995). The Lucifer Principle : A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History. New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press. OCLC 30436518.
References
- ^ a b Nilsen, Per (2003) Dance Music Sex Romance: Prince: The First Decade. SAF Publishing
- ^ a b c d Smith, Bill (2007). I Go To Extremes: The Billy Joel Story. Robson Books.
- ^ a b c d Whitaker, Serling. (2007) Styx: The Grand Delusion: The Unauthorized True Story of Styx. Booksurge
- ^ End of the World is Less than 2 Billion Years Away Predicts Howard Bloom December 18, 2012
- ^ a b Psychology Today: "The God Problem: An Interview with Howard Bloom - How does the universe account for its own creation? August 28, 2012
- ^ Howard Bloom, Foreman, Richard (Mar 21, 2010). The Genius of the Beast (SWF/FLV/Flash). New York, New York, United States: C-SPAN. Event occurs at 13:38. 292561-1. Archived from the original (Interview) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
SO I GOT INVOLVED IN COSMOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY AT THE AGE OF 10.
- ^ a b "Biography of Howard Bloom". howardbloom.net. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- ^ (August 24, 1974) "Major shuffle sees ABC consolidation". Billboard. p. 3
- The Sunday Herald.
- ^ a b c Anna Sommerville (January 17, 2000). "The truth is out there and it is much stranger than fiction" The Scotsman.
- ^ Green, Paul (February 22, 1986). "Cutbacks at Kragen & Co. Billboard", 98 [8] pp. 1, 77
- ^ (February 24, 1986) "Richie gets new manager; Ends Gragen association". Jet.
- ^ The Sunday Herald.
- ^ Wiley
- ^ Goldberg, Danny (2009). Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside the Rock and Roll Business. Penguin Books
- ^ Jim Pettigrew (1989). The Billboard Guide To Music Publicity. Billboard Books.
- St. Petersburg Times.
- ^ White Timothy (2000) Catch a fire: The life of Bob Marley. Omnibus Press
- ^ Kozak Roman, (December 12, 1980) Bob Marley keeps on promoting Jamaican reggae around the globe. Billboard
- New York Magazinevol 12 issue 13. March 26, 1979.
- ^ Personal Computing. Vol 10. (1986). p. 58
- ^ Adcroft, Patrice (February 1995) Giving Beelzebub equal time: Howard Bloom's journey to the heart of darkness in the Lucifer Principle. Spin vol 10 (11) p. 86.
- ^ Corning, P. A. (2006) Holistic Darwinism: synergy, cybernetics, and the bioeconomics of evolution. University of Chicago Press
- ^ Bear, G. (2004) Darwin's Children. Del Rey Books.
- OCLC 764387290.
- ISBN 9781947856042.
- ^ a b Montero, Douglas (June 4, 2001). "Red tape gums up trip down aisle". New York Post.
- ^ Purnick, Joyce (June 11, 2001). "To Say 'I Do' In New York, Be Healthy". The New York Times.
- ^ (August 28, 1986) Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Christian Science Monitorp. 10
- ^ Bloom Howard (February 1989). "The importance of hugging". Omni, 11, 2, pp 30-31
- ^ Willford, Catherine M. (April 1989). "Focus on Arabs and Islam". Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. p. 25a.
- ^ McCarus, Ernest Nasseph (1994). The Development of Arab-American Identity. University of Michigan Press. p. 128
- ^ Louise Cainkar (2009). Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American and Muslim American Experience After 9/11. Russell Sage Foundation.
- ^ Bloom, Howard. "Islamic Censorship — How Allah Has Nipped Your Right to Know" (Web article originated April 2003 edition of Abuse Your Illusions). The Birdman.org. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
External links
- Houle, David (September 6, 2007). "Howard Bloom On The Future Of Energy: Turn Poisons Into Pleasure And Excrement Into Energy". Science 2.0
- Udell, Jon (September 28, 2009). "The Global Brain". Conversations Network.