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Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time?

Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time?

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jason Hartley, Chuck Klosterman (Foreword by)Publish date:2010-05-18Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9781439102367ISBN-10:1439102368UPC:9781439102367Book Category:Social Science, Humor, MusicBook Subcategory:Popular CultureSize:8.44 x 6.60 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SCPPR1EAGD
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The Advanced Genius Theory, hatched by Jason Hartley and Britt Bergman over pizza, began as a means to explain why icons such as Lou Reed, David Bowie, and Sting seem to go from artistic brilliance in their early careers to "losing it" as they grow older. The Theory proposes that they don't actually lose it, but rather, their work simply advances beyond our comprehension. The ramifications and departures of this argument are limitless, and so are the examples worth considering, such as George Lucas's Jar Jar Binks, Stanley Kubrick's fascination with coffee commercials, and the last few decades of Paul McCartney's career. With equal doses of humor and philosophy, theorist Jason Hartley examines music, literature, sports, politics, and the very meaning of taste, presenting an entirely new way to appreciate the pop culture we love . . . and sometimes think we hate. The Advanced Genius Theory is a manifesto that takes on the least understood work by the most celebrated figures of our time.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9781439102367ISBN-10:1439102368UPC:9781439102367Book Category:Social Science, Humor, MusicBook Subcategory:Popular CultureSize:8.44 x 6.60 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SCPPR1EAGD
Jason Hartley is a writer, musician, and online marketer. He holds a BA in English from the University of South Carolina. He has worked professionally as a dancer and choreographer, and has studied at the American Dance Festival, Dance Space, Inc., and Movement Research. He has written for Esquire, Spin.com, and VH-1's Best Week Ever blog. Since 2004, Jason has maintained his own website, Advanced Theory Blog. Originally from South Carolina, he now lives in Georgia.

Chuck Klosterman is the bestselling author of many books of nonfiction (including The Nineties, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, I Wear the Black Hat, and But What If We're Wrong?) and fiction (Downtown Owl, The Visible Man, and Raised in Captivity). He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Guardian, The Believer, Billboard, The A.V. Club, and ESPN. Klosterman served as the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine for three years, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons.
Publisher: Scribner Book Company

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