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For better or worse, Napster changed the music industry forever—and made Radiohead global superstars

You could spend hours walking the aisles of a record store in 2000. Vinyl records had long been…

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They cheer and they lead: Bring It On ushered cheer culture into the mainstream

Imposing practice schedules, crunching bones, manipulation, politics, near-reckless ambition: Netflix’s…

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The Y2K bug ended up being the millennium’s biggest anticlimax

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,138,864-week series, Wiki Wormhole.

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“We’re uncool”: Almost Famous and High Fidelity celebrate music—but they’re warnings, too

Spinning vinyl looks great on camera: The concentric spirals, the way the light glints off the surface. It’s…

Erik Adams

8/15/20 12:00PM

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Oops, they did it again: The 15 best songs to hit the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 in 2000

MusicFeaturesPower Hour

Oops, they did it again: The 15 best songs to hit the Billboard Hot 100 in 2000

Perusing the lists of hit songs from years gone by can be an illuminating experience—not just to be reminded of what…

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Patrick Gomez,

Gwen Ihnat,

Shannon Miller,

Randall Colburn,

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8/15/20 8:40AM

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What pop culture just screams 2000 to you?

As a part of our ongoing Y2K Week coverage, we’re asking:

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Lossy, translated: Why filmmakers embraced digital video in 2000

Once nostalgia enters the picture, it doesn’t matter whether or not a format sucks. Just look at the cottage…

Katie Rife

8/14/20 4:45PM

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TVFeaturesOne Season Wonders

Why<i> Freaks And Geeks</i> is the teen show that endures

TVFeaturesOne Season Wonders

Why Freaks And Geeks is the teen show that endures

Thanks to streaming deals, DVD/Blu-ray releases, and a documentary, Freaks And Geeks keeps finding a new audience…

Danette Chavez

8/14/20 12:00PM

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s <i>Lift Your Skinny Fists… </i>remains the band’s most prophetic work

MusicFeaturesPermanent Records

Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s Lift Your Skinny Fists… remains the band’s most prophetic work

The American release of Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s second full-length album, Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas…

Andrew Paul

8/14/20 8:00AM

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GamesWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?

The original <i>Crazy Taxi </i>is a lost time capsule of the year 2000

GamesWhat Are You Playing This Weekend?

The original Crazy Taxi is a lost time capsule of the year 2000

Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent…

Sam Barsanti

8/14/20 12:00AM

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FilmFeaturesWhen Romance Met Comedy

Edward Norton made his directorial debut by walking a priest, a rabbi, and a Dharma into a Y2K rom-com

It only took three years for Edward Norton to solidify his entire Hollywood persona. After his explosive debut in Pri…

Caroline Siede

8/14/20 12:00AM

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FilmFeaturesPalme Thursday

Björk crooned her way to victory at the greatest Cannes Film Festival of all time

Forty whole minutes pass before Dancer In The Dark asserts its aspirations to the grand MGM musical tradition. Up…

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10 episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm that show the dangers (and pleasures) of spite

Curb Your Enthusiasm was supposed to be a stand-up special. It was on New York City’s smallest stages, after all,…

Randall Colburn

8/13/20 2:56PM

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GamesFeaturesOn the Level

In Y2K, <i>Deus Ex </i>taught gaming the true meaning of Liberty

GamesFeaturesOn the Level

In Y2K, Deus Ex taught gaming the true meaning of Liberty

Gaming has always had a tricky time with labels. Take the ways critics have Frankensteined together various genre…

William Hughes

8/13/20 1:52PM

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TVFeatures24 Hours Of TV

The gap year: 24 hours of Y2K TV

The year 2000 was a transitional one for TV, which might speak to the number of teen-centered stories on the air.…

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The mountain music of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack eclipsed the movie

Released 20 years ago this October, the Coen brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a Depression-era saga of three…

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Revisit Nickellennium, a Y2K documentary featuring kids with no idea how bad it was about to get

On New Year’s Day, 2000, there was plenty of reason to feel hope for the future. We’d just managed to evade a global…

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The best movies of 2000

Just about everyone agrees that 1999 was a great year for movies. We here at The A.V. Club do not beg to differ: We…

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Katie Rife,

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Lawrence Garcia,

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Noel Murray,

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Shanghai Noon made perfect use of its mismatched stars, Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…

Noel Murray

8/11/20 2:00PM

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MusicFeaturesPermanent Records

Deftones’ <i>White Pony</i> is the only nu-metal record you don’t have to be ashamed of owning

MusicFeaturesPermanent Records

Deftones’ White Pony is the only nu-metal record you don’t have to be ashamed of owning

It seems every few months on Twitter another “four high school albums” prompt makes the rounds, inspiring…

Ashley Naftule

8/11/20 6:00AM

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