Howard Bloom

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Howard Bloom (born 1943) is a former publicist and author.

From 1973 to 1976, Bloom started public and artist relations departments for Gulf & Western's fourteen record companies and ABC Records. In 1976, Bloom founded The Howard Bloom Organization, Ltd., the largest public relations firm in the record industry. His clients included Michael Jackson, Prince, Bette Midler, John Mellencamp, Bob Marley, David Byrne, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Billy Idol, Joan Jett, Luther Vandross, George Michael, Lionel Richie, Hall & Oates, Kool and the Gang, the Simon & Garfunkel Reunion Tour, the 25th Anniversary of the Beatles Invasion of the United States, Queen, AC/DC, Kiss, Aerosmith, Supertramp, Genesis, Phil Collins, Styx, Supertramp, REO Speedwagon, Joan Armatrading, Simply Red, Chaka Khan, ZZ Top, Spirogyra, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and Run DMC.

[edit] Writings

Bloom has written three books, The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History, Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century, and the recently self-published How I Accidentally Started the Sixties.

[edit] External links

• HowardBloom.net - 'Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind' (Howard Bloom's homepage)
• BigBangTango.net - 'Big Bang Tango Media Lab'
• Interview with Howard Bloom - Topic was 'The Lucifer Principle' on BookTalk.org