Brainstorm

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A Brainstorm is a sudden realization, thought or idea. Brainstorming is a group or individual creativity exercise. The word may have originated in the trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White where it was argued that Mr. Thaw was temporarily insane because of a "brainstorm". The word brainstorm may also refer to:

• Film:
  • Brainstorm (1983 film), directed by Douglas Trumbull
  • Brainstorm (1965 film), directed by William Conrad
  • Brainstorm, English title of the 2001 movie Bicho de Sete Cabeças
  • Brainstorm, alternate title of the 2002 movie Cypher
  • Brainstorm Films, a US production company

• Music:
  • Brainstorm (Latvian band)
  • Brainstorm (German band)
  • Brainstorm (US band)
  • Brainstorm, a rapper with Brothers Grym
  • Brainstorm, one of the pseudonyms used by the musician Moby
  • Brainstorm Artists International, a record label
  • Brainstorm (album), a 1991 album by rapper Young MC
  • "Brainstorm", a song by Hawkwind from their 1972 album Doremi Fasol Latido
  • "Brainstorm", a song by Kevin Ayers from his 2007 album The Unfairground

• Fictional characters:
  • Professor Branestawm, a fictional professor serialized in the novels of Norman Hunter
  • Brainstorm (Transformers), an Autoboth headmaster]] in the [Transformers fiction
  • Brainstorm, one of the aliens Ben Tennyson can turn into in the Cartoon Network series Ben 10: Alien Force.

• Other:
  • Brainstorm defence (1906), used in the trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White, based on a British use of brainstorm as a form of insanity
  • Brainstorm (TV series), a BBC television comedy quiz
  • Brainstorm (board game), a quiz-style board game

[edit] See also

• Brianstorm a 2007 single by the Arctic Monkeys; a play on the name Brian

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