January 2005 - Atmosphere (photo album)

That music video was amazing when it came on in the morning

And then, the guy kissing the Xbox box will regret buying it in 10 months with the Xbox 360's release... 😂

You know, not to rehash an old argument, but assuming for argument's sake that the Y2K era lasted just a couple years into the new millennium, it is evident that the early 2000s do belong together as a cultural chunk (I know, maturing sound, etc., but they do seem to flow into one another much more than what came next). I always peg September 2004 as the moment when the early 2000s shifted into the core 2000s (Green Day's American Idiot, the re-election of GWB two months later, etc.), and not for no reason.

One thing that reinforces that conclusion right out of the gates is the fashion depicted in these photos. If the core and late 2000s are known for anything, it is the emo/scene aesthetic, which gave way to hipsters the following decade (more about this in my eventual blog post). But what I spy in the mid-bottom photos (the one with timestamp 01/06/2005 and the one below it) appears to be goth or goth-inspired fashion, a decidedly '90s/early 2000s fashion statement. Even the chick in pink with the wooden staff seems almost like pastel goth or something. And if there is one thing I remember clearly and unmistakably about the earlier half of that decade, it was that goth was the dominant subculture among suburban white kids before emo supplanted it.

- 100%, late 2004 is when EMO exploded with My Chemical Romance clones walking the halls,  it is funny you say American Idiot because I remember that song as well being the jump off point to kick us into the core 2000s. By early Jan 2005 it was evident we were in the core 2000s.