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2000 happenings of note

Mad cows

Yes, this was a thing. Mad cow disease. Sounds like a Denny Crane thing, but it was a huge deal for at least 10 European countries, and kept some Texas ranchers up at night.

Presidential election

George W. Bush defeats Al Gore in a divisive race that finally gets decided in the Supreme Court. There will probably never be a more contested Presidential election this century.

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2000 Films

The 22 films I most loved

28 Days
Almost Famous
Amores Perros
Best in Show
Billy Elliott
Cast Away
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Emperor’s New Groove
Erin Brockovich
Frequency
Gladiator
Les gleaners et la glaneuse (The Gleaners and I)
High Fidelity
Meet the Parents
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Patriot
Shanghai Noon
Thirteen Days
Traffic
Wonder Boys

Honorable mention

The Beach
Bring It On
Chicken Run
George Washington
Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
Girlfight
Love & Basketball
Miss Congeniality
Mission Impossible II
The Perfect Storm

Quills (has stayed with me at a deep level of consciousness; both disturbing and inspiring treatise on Art and the will to create)

Remember the Titans
Return to Me
Tigerland
X-Men
You Can Count On Me
What Women Want

All ages

Chicken Run
The Emperor’s New Groove
The Miracle Maker

Guilty pleasures

Dude, Where’s My Car?
The Girl Next Door
Me, Myself & Irene
Pitch Black
Reindeer Games
Road Trip
Romeo Must Die

Holiday

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Want to see

Beau Travail (France)
Chuck & Buck
In the Mood for Love
Ratcatcher
Requiem for a Dream

Disappointing and/or underwhelming

American Psycho
Bedazzled
Big Momma’s House
Eye of the Beholder
Little Nicky
Men of Honor
The 6th Day

ESSENTIAL MUSIC OF 2000

My fave albums

Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Radiohead - Kid A

Honorable mention

The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Coldplay - Parachutes
Deftones - White Pony
Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man
Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From the Sea
Weezer - Green Album
The White Stripes - De Stijl

My favorite 44 songs of 2000

1. By Your Side - Sade

2. Change (In the House of Flies) - Deftones

3. Chartsengrafs - Grandaddy

4. Christian Girls - Hefner

5. Crawling - Linkin Park

6. The Crystal Lake - Grandaddy

7. Don’t Let Go - Weezer

8. Everything in Its Right Place - Radiohead

9. Idioteque - Radiohead

10. In the Sun - Joseph Arthur

11. Island in the Sun - Weezer

12. Letter From An Occupant - the New Pornographers

13. Ms. Jackson - Outkast

14. The Masses Against the Classes - Manic Street Preachers

15. Photograph - Weezer

16. Rose Rouge - St. Germain

17. Since I Left You - the Avalanches

18. The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism - the New Pornographers

19. Speed of Light - Joseph Arthur

20. Try Again - Aaliyah

21. Yellow - Coldplay

2000 PLAYLISTS BY MONTH

January

1. Everything in Its Right Place - Radiohead

2. The Crystal Lake - Grandaddy

3. Beautiful Day - U2

4. Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead

February

1. By Your Side - Sade

March

1. I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack

April

1. Christian Girls - Hefner

May

1. Points of Authority - Linkin Park

2. Ms. Jackson - Outkast

3. Try Again - Aaliyah

4. Oops!… I Did It Again - Britney Spears

5. Runaway - Linkin Park

June

1. Papercut - Linkin Park

2. Feel Good Hit of the Summer - Queens of the Stone Age

3. Forgotten - Linkin Park

4. The Body Says No - the New Pornographers

July

1. By Myself - Linkin Park

2. Letter From An Occupant - the New Pornographers

3. Island in the Sun - Weezer

4. The Masses Against the Classes - Manic Street Preachers

5. The National Anthem - Radiohead

6. In the End - Linkin Park

August

1. Crawling - Linkin Park

2. Photograph - Weezer

3. The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism - the New Pornographers

4. Change (In the House of Flies) - Deftones

September

1. Idioteque - Radiohead

2. Chartsengrafs - Grandaddy

3. Since I Left You - the Avalanches

4. Don’t Let Go - Weezer

5. In the Sun - Joseph Arthur

October

1. Morning Bell - Radiohead

2. Speed of Light - Joseph Arthur

November

1. Optimistic - Radiohead

2. Yellow - Coldplay

December

1. Rose Rouge - St. Germain

Spiritual

1. Shackles (Praise You) - Mary Mary

2. Hanging by a Moment - Lifehouse

3. Speed of Light - Joseph Arthur

4. In the Sun - Joseph Arthur

NSFW

1. Stan - Eminem f. Dido

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