Flash of Genius And Other True Stories of Invention by John Seabrook, staff writer for The New Yorker, is acollection of true storiesabout where great ideas come from, and is the ba
Over the last two decades a new type of song has emerged. Today’s hits bristle with “hooks,” musical burrs designed to snag your ear every seven seconds. Painstakingly crafted to tweak the brain’s del
One night in the early 1990s, a young Swedish music producer put a demo tape into the cassette deck of his Nissan Micra to listen to on his drive home. Before he got there, Denniz PoP knew he wasn't i
In Deeper, John Seabrook, a staff writer for the New Yorker, takes us along on his personal journey down the information highway. In the beginning of this pioneering adventure into cyberspace, our her
In the old days, highbrow was elite and unique and lowbrow was commerical and mass-produced. Those distinctions have been eradicated by a new cultural landscape where "serious" artists show their wor
Over the last two decades a new type of hit song has emerged, one that is almost inescapably catchy. Pop songs have always had a "hook," but today’s songs bristle with them: a hook every sev
With a winning combination of bemusement, frustration, and affection, John Seabrook takes us along on his personal journey from "newbie" to old hand in cyberspace. Along the way, he sheds light on th
New Yorker staff writer John Seabrook tells a fascinating story of creativity and commerce that explains how songs have become so addictive.Over the last two decades a new type of song has emerged. To
