November 9, 2009
If you're like me, you can't remember everything that happened in music over the last 10 years. Was Sisqo's "The Thong Song" really in the same decade as Arcade Fire? The answer to that is yes!
Thankfully, some tech-savvy folks at NPR have made the task of remembering 2000 to '09 a whole lot easier. Click the image below to check out the timeline:
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