legendary music publicist Howard Bloom on his memoir Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me (4/16/20)

Jethro Tull’s manager Derek Sutton called Howard Bloom “the greatest press agent that rock and roll has ever known.” Howard was science nerd who knew nothing about pop when he founded the biggest PR firm in the music industry, representing legends like 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 and Chaka Khan. But despite his unexpected status as a music mogul, Howard Bloom saw himself as a man on a unique mission—a search for the gods inside of all of us. Howard’s new memoir “Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me: A Search for Soul in the Power Pits of Rock and Roll” is the story of his scientific expedition into the dark underbelly of fame where new myths and movements are made. Join us for a conversation with a true original in this installment of Leonard Lopate on WBAI.