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[The end of the decade!]
The end of a decade: Comparing and contrasting ‘00 to ‘09
Thu, Dec 10, 2009 (midnight)
Bret Michaels played the Pearl at the Palms on January 31, 2009.
Photo: Ryan Olbrysh
2000: $15 at Tower Records 2009: 99 cents at iTunes
2000: Richard Hatch wins $1 million on Survivor 2009: Taya Parker wins Bret Michaels on Rock of Love 3
2000: Eminem’s “Stan”: A tale of a disturbed fan who kills himself and his pregnant girlfriend 2009: The Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom, Boom, Pow”: “When when I step inside the room them girls go apeshit, uh”
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2000: Buy VCR tapes 2009: Clear DVR space
2000: Dave Eggers reinvents the memoir with A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 2009: Sarah Palin de-invents it with Going Rogue
2000: Professor Xavier’s big bald head 2009: Dr. Manhattan’s big blue penis
2000: Brokaw, Jennings, Rather 2009: Stewart, Colbert
2000: High-grossing crime film: Traffic ($124 million) 2009: High-grossing crime film: Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($143 million)
2000: Evander Holyfield 2009: Brock Lesnar
2000: The fucking Sopranos on HBO 2009: The freaking Sopranos on A&E
2000: The Sims, live your daily life virtually 2009: Wii Fit, get off your non-virtual ass and live
2000: Whasuup? 2009: FML
2000: Kobe and Shaq 2009: Tiger and Rachel and Jamie and Holly and …
2000: Charles M. Schulz dies; no new Peanuts 2009: B.C. ... still going ...
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