I was in the process of cleaning out my closet over the weekend when I came across a clump of my old magazines. Just for reference, I was a big fan of Blender Magazine (a '90s/'00s music magazine that went out of print in 2009) back in the day, and have quite a few back issues from the 2001-2004 time period. Anyways, as I was rifling through some of my old issues, I found this:

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This was Blender's "Hot 100" issue from July 2003, which counted down the most popular music, entertainment, technology, etc. during the Summer of '03. I saw this was a great time capsule, and a real snapshot of one of my favorite years of the '00s, so I thought I'd duplicate it here and see how accurate it looks in hindsight.

(Note: Even I don't have enough free time to type out all hundred items on the list, so I'll just stick to the most notable ones)

100) The Libertines (British Garage Rock group)
98) Jay-Z
92) "TRL" Punk Rock (Good Charlotte, The Ataris)
90) Fanny Pack (British girl Hip-Hop group)
85) Von Dutch Trucker Hats
84) Screamo (The Blood Brothers, Taking Back Sunday)
83) Robbie Williams (British Pop star)
76) Damon Dash
75) Mandy Moore
68) Video Game Soundtracks (GTA: Vice City, NBA Live 2003)
66) The Darkness (British Rock group)
65) Avril Lavigne Copycats (Skye Sweetnam, Katy Rose)
63) Southern Rock Revival (Drive-By Truckers, Kings of Leon)
62) T-Mobile Sidekick
57) Kanye West and Just Blaze
56) Fountains of Wayne
55) P. Diddy
52) Pepsi Smash (WB Network music program)
46) Jewel
42) Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey
41) Kelly Osbourne
37) Mainstream Christian Rock (Evanescence, Chevelle, Creed)
36) Junior Senior (Danish Pop group)
34) DVD/CD hybrids
32) John Mayer
31) Dashboard Confessional
30) Joe Budden
29) The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
24) Pharrell Williams
23) Punk'd
22) Bubba Sparxxx
20) Jennifer Lopez
19) Staind
18) Justin Timberlake
17) Pink
16) The Strokes
15) Fred Durst
13) Mya
12) Eminem
11) Gwen Stefani

And now, the top 10 hottest things from Summer 2003 according to Blender...

10) R. Kelly
09) The Dixie Chicks
08) Led Zeppelin (Release of the "Led Zeppelin DVD" concert series)
07) Britney Spears
06) Radiohead
05) The White Stripes
04) 50 Cent
03) American Idol
02) iTunes Music Store
01) Beyonce (As you probably could've guessed ;D)

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Here's some music I remember my parents or other family members playing a lot throughout Summer 2003. Usually at family gatherings. Some of these songs I heard at stores or restaurants at the time as well.

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I visited my aunt in Manchester, England that year. I had a lot of fun :)

I watched Freaky Friday, I love that movie.

Here's some movies that I was hooked into big time during that summer. I know a few of these I post here I'd consider as really cheesy or bad now, but at the time I was that young you know I didn't give af.

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Man, I loved all of those movies! Especially Finding Nemo of course :) P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney. P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney. P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney.

They're coming out with a sequel right? Finding Dorry. If it's any good it will redeem the whole year ;D

Why the hell would anybody call Taking Back Sunday screamo? Out of the big bands of the time (The Used, Thursday, Poison the Well, Glassjaw) Taking Back Sunday had the least amount of screaming! At least all those bands are real Emo, unlike the First to Last and Aiden crap of the Myspace era. 8-P 8-P 8-P

Also, calling The Ataris and Good Charlotte "TRL Punk" does not still well with me! Who was the editor? I have to give him a stern talking to.

Man, I loved all of those movies! Especially Finding Nemo of course :) P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney. P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney. P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney.


Two thousand three was just too much for mee!  ;D

Two thousand three was way too Xtreme!

there was so much more to explore that kept ya from being bored!

Sizzling temperatures break UK record in 2003.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3138865.stm

Here's some music I remember my parents or other family members playing a lot throughout Summer 2003. Usually at family gatherings. Some of these songs I heard at stores or restaurants at the time as well.

I thought Move Your Feet came out in 2004. That's when I first seen the music video. And White Chicks made it seem as if the song was just released.

Here's some music I remember my parents or other family members playing a lot throughout Summer 2003. Usually at family gatherings. Some of these songs I heard at stores or restaurants at the time as well.

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For some reason, I never really heard Lumidee's song when I was a kid.

Oh I had to "push bump" this thread. Sorry for the dick move.  8)

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Watching all those commercials, I'm curious: were people on this board getting nostalgic for 2003 back in 2006? Like, were they saying "Ahh, remember when Hey Arnold, dial-up Internet, Pokemon with Misty, and Surge were all still around? I miss the good ol' days of 3 years ago."

Nobody could probably put it into perspective at the time, but those years feel like a million years apart in retrospect. You can also see this in superhero movies; 2003-04 movies like "Daredevil" and "Catwoman" had goofier, campier, wholly different tones from gritty 2005-06 movies like "Batman Begins".

The year I graduated. Great movies!

The Hillary Duff song reminded me, it was the summer when the Lizzie McGuire movie came out on VHS.

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Decent movie, though you probably need to watch the show first to appreciate it.

That Hot Summer of '03 had me like
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Was an enjoyable year.

Oh I had to "push bump" this thread. Sorry for the dick move.  8)

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From these commercials I'm getting a lot of xtreme, goofy, colorful vibes. You, Jordan, and EMAN are gonna kill me with nostalgia. Summer of 2003 was one of my most favorite times.

That Hot Summer of '03 had me like
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Was an enjoyable year.


So much sweat.

I'm not a Beyoncé fan, but her first album was very fun pop.

From these commercials I'm getting a lot of xtreme, goofy, colorful vibes. You, Jordan, and EMAN are gonna kill me with nostalgia. Summer of 2003 was one of my most favorite times.


I got a bunch more sh!ts from the early 00's that'll make you super nostalgic, Toon. 8) Though, only a small portion is from 2003 as I focus mostly on 2000/2001/2002.

Family Guy started to rise in popularity. I think it even rose early in the year already.

From these commercials I'm getting a lot of xtreme, goofy, colorful vibes. You, Jordan, and EMAN are gonna kill me with nostalgia. Summer of 2003 was one of my most favorite times.


Unlike the summers of 2002 or 2004, throughout summer 2003 my family & I didn't go on vacations, didn't have any major family events, and we stayed in town the whole time. So I spent my summer of '03 in the house a lot playing with my toys, watching a lot of TV, playing my GameCube, or playing outside in the playground. The kid culture was gold at the time.

Dragon Ball Z ended.  :\'(

Dragon Ball Z ended.  :\'(


Technically it did, but it wasn't replaced by DBGT until late 2003 or early 2004. Reruns of DBZ were still on TV throughout all of 2003 so I didn't care. Besides, as a kid watching anime (which I wasn't the biggest fan of), I didn't understand the saga or chronological story, I just cared about watching random episodes of the characters fighting and using their powers. The same goes for other action shows like Justice League or Samurai Jack, I was hyped to see the action, but the story-line or jokes I didn't care about.

I believe half of the people hated DBGT because it wasn't until they started getting on the internet and noticing the hate for the show as a popular opinion by the majority of internet users therefore they started joining the crowd, while the other half of the people hated DBGT because they fully understood and comprehended the story & changes, so they had a valid reason for hating it. I'm pretty sure if you were still in your peak childhood you wouldn't care if it was the original DB, DBZ, or DBGT. I liked all of those, but looking back DBZ was the best of all. Since you're older than me you probably understood what was going on better than I did. In 2005 DBZ returned to CN uncensored, which was even more epic.

Since you brought this conversation up, I'll say that 2003 was probably the absolute best year for action and anime cartoons on CN. It was a fully balanced lineup of comic book (DC/Marvel) cartoons, American action cartoons, and Japanese anime cartoons whether it was kiddy or mature. TOM 3 debuted with the last year of Toonami on weekdays, including SVES with Saturday night long action which aired throughout the whole year.

Didn't crunk become popular?

Technically it did, but it wasn't replaced by DBGT until late 2003 or early 2004. Reruns of DBZ were still on TV throughout all of 2003 so I didn't care. Besides, as a kid watching anime (which I wasn't the biggest fan of), I didn't understand the saga or chronological story, I just cared about watching random episodes of the characters fighting and using their powers. The same goes for other action shows like Justice League or Samurai Jack, I was hyped to see the action, but the story-line or jokes I didn't care about.

I believe half of the people hated DBGT because it wasn't until they started getting on the internet and noticing the hate for the show as a popular opinion by the majority of internet users therefore they started joining the crowd, while the other half of the people hated DBGT because they fully understood and comprehended the story & changes, so they had a valid reason for hating it. I'm pretty sure if you were still in your peak childhood you wouldn't care if it was the original DB, DBZ, or DBGT. I liked all of those, but looking back DBZ was the best of all. Since you're older than me you probably understood what was going on better than I did. In 2005 DBZ returned to CN uncensored, which was even more epic.

Since you brought this conversation up, I'll say that 2003 was probably the absolute best year for action and anime cartoons on CN. It was a fully balanced lineup of comic book (DC/Marvel) cartoons, American action cartoons, and Japanese anime cartoons whether it was kiddy or mature. TOM 3 debuted with the last year of Toonami on weekdays, including SVES with Saturday night long action which aired throughout the whole year.


DBGT aired sometime in 2003 in Canada, I think it was May or June, I remember it being toward the end of Grade 5, or it might have been September. I was also hyped for the mythical "Dragon Ball AF". When you'd search that on Kazaa you'd get super cool Japanese clips of the latter episodes of GT, and the subtitles would tell you how that's Super Saiyan 5 or Super Saiyan 6 LOL

They used the Japanese theme song in the Canadian dub of GT (but with English text) for a few weeks, which is the only thing I like about the show ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJcuDgVYjgII

I hated it because 1) it had far less action than DBZ, 2) Goku was a kid again. 3) Pam was pathetic. 4) Did I mention it had far less action? It was just boring watching it.

If I was influenced by social opinion, then it was offline hate rather than online. That's one of the things I also missed. When DBZ was airing, I'd always go down to my cousin's house to watch it with them, or they'd come over to mine, and we'd get other kids fom the neighbourhood as well. The hype for each new episode was always huge, and the way they would build up hype for each episode, it was the greatest. By the time DBGT had aired, the hype was still there for the first few episodes, but after that everyone had just moved on.

Yeah "Get Low" was really popular that year. Even though it had started long before. But 2003-2005 really.

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Some other hits that summer:

Chingy "Right Thurr"
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Black Eyed Peas "Where Is The Love?"
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Yeah "Get Low" was really popular that year. Even though it had started long before. But 2003-2005 really.

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Black Eyed Peas "Where Is The Love?"
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I remember by 2006, crunk wasn't popular anymore.

If I was influenced by social opinion, then it was offline hate rather than online. That's one of the things I also missed. When DBZ was airing, I'd always go down to my cousin's house to watch it with them, or they'd come over to mine, and we'd get other kids fom the neighbourhood as well. The hype for each new episode was always huge, and the way they would build up hype for each episode, it was the greatest. By the time DBGT had aired, the hype was still there for the first few episodes, but after that everyone had just moved on.


Here was the intro to the uncut version of DBZ that aired CN (Toonami) in 2005. It was always on Saturday nights and I loved it.

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Unfortunately it was short lived, since it was off the lineup by 2006. After all, the original DBZ from 1998-2003 was edited. 

Damn, that's super cool! The original theme song was very lame. What's the difference between the uncut and the original though? Is it going to show Bulma's undies? 8-P ;D

Why the hell would anybody call Taking Back Sunday screamo? Out of the big bands of the time (The Used, Thursday, Poison the Well, Glassjaw) Taking Back Sunday had the least amount of screaming! At least all those bands are real Emo, unlike the First to Last and Aiden crap of the Myspace era. 8-P 8-P 8-P

Also, calling The Ataris and Good Charlotte "TRL Punk" does not still well with me! Who was the editor? I have to give him a stern talking to.


Late 2000s Taking Back Sunday was awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ldjbjwim4k

Damn, that's super cool! The original theme song was very lame. What's the difference between the uncut and the original though? Is it going to show Bulma's undies? 8-P ;D


Nope, they just reran the original 1998-2003 episodes and uncensored it. Even all the violence and cuss language were shown on there too. It was the last show on CN (Toonami) at 10:30pm E.T. before came on at 11pm.