Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me - by Howard Bloom (Paperback)

About the Book

A science nerd with no knowledge of popular music plunges into the dark underbelly of science and fame where new superstars are made and embarks on a hunt for the gods inside of you and me. In the process, he helps build or sustain the careers of over one hundred of the bigges...

Book Synopsis

Howard Bloom--called "the greatest press agent that rock and roll has ever known" by Derek Sutton, the former manager of Styx, Ten Years After, and Jethro Tull--is a science nerd who knew nothing about popular music. But he founded the biggest PR firm in the music industry and helped build or sustain the careers of our biggest rock-and-roll legends, including Michael Jackson, Prince, Bob Marley, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Billy Idol, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Queen, Kiss, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run DMC, ZZ Top, Joan Jett, Chaka Khan, and one hundred more. What was he after? He was on a hunt for the gods inside of you and me. Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me is Bloom's story--the strange tale of a scientific expedition into the dark underbelly of science and fame where new myths and movements are made.

Review Quotes

"It is amazing. The writing is revelatory. Isn't the out of body experience man's search for enlightenment? Call me Howard, I'd like to have a seven hour conversation with you." --Freddy DeMann, Manager of Madonna, Michael Jackson, and producer of twenty-two award-winning Broadway plays

"Howard Bloom is a genius . . . he's an elite storyteller and poetic writer. He's lived an extraordinary life, and in his new book Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me he immediately brings you right into the experiences with him, experiences that just so happen to be with some of the greatest and most unique artists of all time." --Jeff Delia, Manager of Grammy winners Bobby Rush & Dom Flemons, + A.J. Croce, Dustbowl Revival, and Sarah Grace

"I love it! A work of lyrical ecstasy and primal elegance. Tight prose, fast pace, penetrating insights, very, very absorbing, leaking, dripping, pulsating into the reader's mind this energy/thing called rock and roll. I LOVE THE BOOK!" --Mark Lamonica, winner of the Southern California Booksellers Association Nonfiction Award, photographer for Rio L.A.: Tales from the Los Angeles River

"Fantastic, every chapter is an eye-opener. Amazing. exciting, secret, and unbelievable revelations. I sit here spinning. Every chapter keeps you wanting more. I eat, breath, and live your every word; I see thru your eyes; I feel thru your energy. You are able to grab my by the balls and the brain at once. To pierce my soul and my rationality in one single move." --Suzie Dove Miles

"This is amazing! What a life Bloom has led! The names in Bloom's book have really given me what I can only describe as whiplash down memory lane! What a long strange trip it's been." --Sue Steinberg, former PR manager for Foreigner, one of the founders of MTV

"Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me: A Search for Soul in the Power Pits of Rock and Roll is a masterpiece. . . . It is fun, intelligent, deeply insightful, and humorous. From an author who has written about God, the Global Brain, the history of Capitalism, Islam, and of course how he invented the '60s, Howard Bloom adds another volume to a long shelf of great books. I lift the lighter and demand an encore!" --David Houle, Futurist, author of Moving to a Finite Earth Economy-Crew Manual: The Three Economies

"Great lessons, insights, and inspirations." --Steve Miller, artist, exhibited at the National Academy of Sciences, the Hong Kong Arts Centre, Rose Art Museum, the Centre International d'Art Visuels CARGO in Marseilles, and the CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux

"Fabulous! Read in one sitting." --Mike Sigman, former editor, Record World magazine, former CEO, LA Weekly

"A fun masterpiece, full of insights and ideas. A great work." --Jose Cordeiro, international fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS), author of La Muerte de la Muerte: La posibilidad científica de la inmortalidad física y su defensa moral (The Death of Death)

"Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me: A Search for Soul in the Power Pits of Rock and Roll is an astonishing, compelling, and super accessible read." --Jamilee Baroud, In a Click podcast

About the Author

Based in Park Slope, Brooklyn, Howard Bloom has been called "next in a lineage of seminal thinkers that includes Newton, Darwin, Einstein, [and] Freud" by Britain's Channel 4 TV, and "the next Stephen Hawking" by Gear magazine. One of Bloom's seven books, Global Brain, was the subject of an Office of the Secretary of Defense symposium with participants from the State Department, the Energy Department, DARPA, IBM, and MIT.