För arkiven, så här var det: året 2003
Uppdaterad 2011-03-08 | Publicerad 2004-01-03
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Ja, det är väl klart att det är slapphet.
Ja, det är väl klart att det är lättare att bara lista en massa bra saker än att knepa ihop en riktig krönika.
Men så här var det: året 2003.
Årets skiva: "Get rich or die trying": 50 Cent.
Årets låtar: "Crazy in love": Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z; "Apologies of a thug", "Thoia Thong", "Ignition", "Step in the name of love": R. Kelly; "Hey ya" (shake it like a Polaroid picture!): OutKast; "Under control", "12.51", "Whatever happened", "Between love and hate": The Strokes; "Oh what a world", "I don"t know what it is", "14th street": Rufus Wainwright; "Sleeping with the lights on", "I was just thinking", "You"re the ocean": Teitur Lassen; "Big Sur", "One horse town": The Thrills; "Comfortably numb", "Take your mama out", Tits on the radio": Scissor Sisters; "Can"t stop loving you", "After Los Angeles": Joe Firstman; "Your the storm", "Communication": Cardigans; "Save it for a rainy day", "Will I see you in heaven": Jayhawks; "Allt dom bygger upp", "Haninge Punx": Florence Valentin; "I need your love", "Echoes": The Rapture; "Deliverance": Bubba Sparxxx; "Intervention": Madonna; "Gal you a lead: T.O.K.; "Make it clap": Busta Rhymes; "Rhythm Bandits": Junior Senior; "Suga Suga": Baby Bash; "No letting go": Wayne Wonder; "Pon de river pon de bank": Elephant Man; "Telephone": Shelby Lynne; "Wish you were here": Ryan Adams; "Love vibration": Josh Rouse; "Seven nation army": The white stripes, "I love this bar": Toby Keith; "Diamond Joe": Bob Dylan; "In those jeans": Ginuwine; "All my life": Freeway; "Where is the love": Black Eyed Peas feat. Justin Timberlake; "What da hook gon be": Murphy Lee; Thank you mamma: Sizzla; "When we were winning": Broder Daniel; "Boylife in America": Cody Chesnutt; "I put your picture away: Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow; "The Remedy": Jason Mraz; "Dancefloors": My morning jacket; "Rush around": Edie Brickell; "Say yes": Tim Burgess; "Brave new girl": Britney Spears; "One more chance": Michael Jackson.
Årets konserter: R. Kelly, Madison Square Garden (MSG); Simon & Garfunkel, MSG, Bruce Springsteen, Giants Stadium; Jay-Z, MSG, The Thrills & Adam Green, Bottom Line; 50 Cent m.fl, Nassau Colliseum.
Årets tv: "South Park", "Simma lugnt, Larry", "Daily show" med Jon Stewart, "Boomtown" (nedlagt), "Kid Notorious", "Joan of Arcadia", "Vita Huset", "Lyon"s den" (nedlagt), David Letterman, "Alias", Conan O"Brien, "A simple life", "Saturday night live", "The Office".
Årets läsning: New York Times Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, Esquire, Vanity Fair, New Yorker, "Det dolda rummet": Louise Welsh; "The spooky art": Norman Mailer; "Lies and the lying liars who tell them": Al Franken; "Kunde jag älska skulle jag älska det här": Jan Stenmark; "Hopplös och hatad av alla": Toby Young; "The Vice guide to sex and drugs and rock and roll"; "King of torts": John Grisham; "Never mind the Pollacks": Neal Pollack; "Frukost på en främmande planet": Ulf Lundell.
Årets filmer: "City of God", "Mystic river", "American splendor", "Love actually", "Big fish", "Lost in translation", "School of rock", "Seabiscuit", "Master and commander", "Morvern Callar", "Cold mountain", "The good thief", "Hulk", "A mighty wind", "Anger management", "In America", "Kill Bill - Vol. 1", "Something"s gotta give", "13", "The last samurai".
Yes. För arkiven, så här var det: året 2003.
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