Howard Bloom

Howard Bloom (born 1943) in Buffalo, New York), is a science writer, former magazine editor and author.

Biography

Bloom attended Reed College, though he left that college in 1962. From 1964 to 1968, Bloom went to college at New York University. On graduation, he co-founded Cloud Studio, which the "New York Times" described as an "alternative-culture art-and-design studio that wedded an interest in comics and theater to commercial art and illustration."Fact|date=July 2008 In 1970, Bloom appeared on the cover of "Art Direction" magazine.Fact|date=July 2008

In 1971, Bloom took over as editor of "Circus Magazine", a rock and roll monthly, though he knew nothing about rock and roll at the time, and learned after taking the job. Bloom created a radically new format and was credited by veteran "Rolling Stone" editor Chet Flippo in his masters thesis on the history of rock journalism with "creating a new magazine genre--the heavy metal magazine." Under Bloom's editorial leadership, and that of "Circus" publisher Gerald Rothberg, [ [http://rockcriticsarchives.com/features/circus/circus-intro.html Steven Ward. Running Away With The Circus: An Oral History of Circus Magazine. RockCritics.com] ] "Circus" increased in circulation 211% by 1973. "Creem" magazine and "Hit Parader" copied Bloom's format.Fact|date=July 2008

From 1973 to 1976, Bloom started public and artist relations departments for Gulf & Western's fourteen record companies and ABC Records, and launched the careers of Stephanie Mills and Chaka Khan. 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.

Writings

Bloom has written two books, "The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History" and "Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century."

His publications in science range from "Conversation (dialog) model of quantum transitions" with George Malinetskii and Pavel Kurakin of the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences [ [http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0504088 Pavel V. Kurakin, George G. Malinetskii, and Howard Bloom. "Conversation (dialog) model of quantum transitions". Arxiv.org.] ] and "The Xerox Effect: On the Importance of Pre-Biotic Evolution", [ [http://physicaplus.org.il/zope/home/en/3/mabat_bloom_en Howard Bloom. The Xerox Effect: On the Importance of Pre-Biotic Evolution. PhysicaPlus, Volume 3.] ] to "Instant evolution. The influence of the city on human genes: a speculative case". [ [http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0732118X01000046 Howard Bloom. "Instant evolution. The influence of the city on human genes: a speculative case," New Ideas in Psychology, Volume 19, Issue 3, December 2001, Pages 203-220.] ]

References

External links

* [http://howardbloom.net HowardBloom.net "Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind" (Howard Bloom's homepage)]
* [http://bigbangtango.net BigBangTango.net "Big Bang Tango Media Lab"]
* [http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20080118-000002.html Nando Pelusi Ph.D. Howard Bloom. Online condensation derived from Psychology Today Magazine, Jan/Feb 2008]
* [http://www.wie.org/bios/howard-bloom.asp What Is Enlightenment. Howard Bloom: Biography & Resources.]
* [http://www.thespaceshow.com/guest.asp?q=393 David Livingston. Howard Bloom. The Space Show.]
* [http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0504088 Pavel V. Kurakin, George G. Malinetskii, and Howard Bloom. “Conversation (dialog) model of quantum transitions”]
* [http://physicaplus.org.il/zope/home/en/3/mabat_bloom_en Howard Bloom. "The Xerox Effect: On the Importance of Pre-biotic Evolution." PhysicaPlus--Online Magazine of the Israel Physical Society. Issue No. 3, January 10, 2004.]
* [http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0732118X01000046 Howard Bloom. Instant Evolution: The Influence of the City on Human Genes"; New Ideas In Psychology, September 13, 2001.]
* [http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guests/25.html Bloom’s 39 appearances on Premiere Radio Networks’ "Coast-to-Coast"]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/comics/cloudstudio/EYES_ONLY/eyes_only.html Cloud Studio Archives]
* [http://www.bigbangtango.org/website/OmnologistManifesto.htm Howard Bloom; "The Omnologist Manifesto"]
* [http://www.entelechyjournal.com/howardbloom.html Howard Bloom. "The Roots of Omnology"; Entelechy: Mind & Culture, 2005.]
* [http://www.bigbangtango.net/website/G-U-T/pre_GUT.htm Howard Bloom's Grand Unified Theory of Everything in the Universe Including the Human Soul]
* [http://www.scientificblogging.com/david_houle/howard_bloom_on_the_future_of_energy_turn_poisons_into_pleasure_and_excrement_into_energy David Houle. Howard Bloom on the Future of Energy: Turn Poisons Into Pleasure and Excrement Into Energy. Scientific Blogging. September 6, 2007.]
* [http://ecoartworld.org/?p=249 Howard Bloom Interview on the relationship between the arts and science. Eco-Artworld-CarboNation. October 29, 2007.]
* [http://www.booktalk.org/transcripts/transcript1.php Interview with Howard Bloom on "The Lucifer Principle" on BookTalk.org]
* [http://www.scientificblogging.com/howard_bloom Howard Bloom. Global Brain--Howard Bloom's column. Scientific Blogging.]