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Einstein, Michael Jackson & me : a search for soul in the power pits of rock and roll / Howard Bloom.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML429.B615 A3 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bloom, Howard K., 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bloom, Howard K., 1943-.
- Bloom, Howard K.
- Press agents--Biography.
- Press agents.
- Popular music.
- Rock music.
- Mysticism in music.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 421 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Guilford, Connecticut : Backbeat Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]
- Contents:
- 1 Michael Jackson Is Dead p. 1
- 2 Confessions of a Musical Klutz p. 9
- 3 Hunting the Gods Inside p. 11
- 4 How I Accidentally Started the Sixties p. 17
- 5 The Einstein Imperative p. 21
- 6 A Tale of Two Hormones-A Brief History of Pop p. 39
- 7 Inventing the Heavy-Metal Magazine p. 49
- 8 The Kennedy Assassination, the Watergate Break-in, and, Well, Ummm, Me ... Sort Of p. 53
- 9 How Vince Furnier Became Alice Cooper p. 61
- 10 The Case of the Headless Record Company p. 69
- 11 You Fucking Nun ... Stephanie Mills, Napoleon, and The Wiz p. 77
- 12 Dot Records and Country Crossover-Breaking Out of the Bible Belt p. 87
- 13 Blood in the Corridors p. 93
- 14 ZZ Top-Taking Texas to the World p. 107
- 15 The Birth of Disco-Firemen Come Out of the Closet p. 119
- 16 Ralph MacDonald-The Man with Atomic Clock Fingers p. 125
- 17 Working Miracles-Saturday Night Fever p. 133
- 18 Chris Blackwell and Betty Davis-The Man Who Made Reggae p. 137
- 19 Buddha Records-The Face Drained by the Mob p. 143
- 20 The Secret Policeman's Ball-Planting Amnesty International p. 149
- 21 Genesis-The Band That Wouldn't Talk p. 151
- 22 Peter Gabriel-The Rocker Who Got Computers Right p. 153
- 23 The Police-Punk and the Dad Who Co-Founded the CIA p. 157
- 24 Al Green and Cream Records-The Mecca of Memphis p. 163
- 25 Soul and Passion Points-Meet the Geese Who Fall in Love With, Well, With You p. 167
- 26 Supertramp-Escaping the Industrial Nightmare p. 173
- 27 Simon and Garfunkel Reunite p. 179
- 28 The Man Who Bit the Head Offa Bat-Ozzy Osbourne p. 183
- 29 Joan Jett-The Story of the Singing Fist p. 187
- 30 Lessons from Joan Jett-Power Moms p. 193
- 31 REO Speedwagon-The House That Slid Into a Better Neighborhood p. 197
- 32 Styx-The Man Who Saw the Future p. 203
- 33 Queen, Soul, South America p. 213
- 34 Bob Marley-Turning Dying Into Living p. 217
- 35 Earth, Wind, and Fire-the Path to Prince p. 229
- 36 Prince p. 233
- 37 Prince's Puppets p. 241
- 38 Purple Rain p. 251
- 39 Rap-Shit All Over Your Face p. 267
- 40 John Mellencamp-Hurt So Good p. 275
- 41 Bob Guccione Jr.-The Slaughter of the Hutu and the Tutsis p. 295
- 42 How MTV Came to Be p. 301
- 43 Billy Idol-The Client Who Almost Died p. 303
- 44 Billy Joel-Dumbed Down by Love ... and by Christie Brinkley p. 309
- 45 Lionel Richie-I Failed p. 315
- 46 Bette Midler and the Talking Dog p. 319
- 47 The Stars I Could Not Grok p. 325
- 48 The PMRC-The Witches of Washington p. 331
- 49 Who Killed Michael Jackson? p. 339
- 50 Michael Jackson's Sexual Crucifixion p. 361
- 51 Perceptual Imprisonment p. 367
- 52 Sickness-The Blade of CFS p. 371.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781493051670
- 1493051679
- OCLC:
- 1112204005
- Publisher Number:
- 99984776097
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