Catchy songs have been around as long as there's been music, but what makes a song stick in our minds remains a bit of a mystery. I recently chaperoned the all-night graduation party at my daughter's ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...