And just in time for the new year. As we say so long to 2004, the various trends, fads, and celebrity slip ups probably come to mind. In true Chart style, here's a quick list of what I liked this year, and what I disliked. You may not agree. I don't care.
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80’s Artists Producing New Material
Duran Duran, Billy Idol, New Order…the 80’s are back with a vengeance! Like, totally outrageous!
Canadian Music
Between Canuck icons on tour and ass-kicking summer concerts, all I can say is: how aboot that, eh?
Star Wars on DVD
Embrace your inner geek! You secretly know you’d love to wield Luke’s lightsabre. Take that in any way you choose.
Candy Bar Spin-Offs
Hello peanut butter Kit Kat and white chocolate Reese cups!
A Real Christmas Tree
It’s just a great FU to the plastic ones that look like toilet brushes.
Asian Restaurants
Well, aren’t I cosmopolitan?
Sephora Comes to Canada
True bliss, I have found thee.
Knowing the Band
Yeah, see that nod of acknowledgement? That was directed at us, not you. Go sit with the other pathetic groupie-wannabes.
Indie Music Stores
Getting back at the man one small step at a time.
Chris Murphy’s Haircut
100% hot grease with only half the hair? I can dig that.
Cult/Indie Flicks
It’s like, screw you mainstream cinema!
Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica
The antics of the music industry’s favourite dumb blonde bombshell compiled into a half hour for our amusement.
Tim Hortons
Grammar error in the chain’s name aside, it kicked the crap out of Krispy Kreme, and continues to do so south of the border as well. Long live Timmy’s!
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Self-Proclaimed “Rock Chicks”
Dying your hair black does not make you hardcore when you carry around a Louis Vuitton bag. And just because you are shown
holding a guitar on your album cover does not mean you actually know how to
play it.
Self-Indulgent Hip-Hop
We’ve seen your yachts, your mansions, and your bling-bling. We know you make more money than the rest of us. Shut up.
Canadian Artists Being Incredibly Popular Outside Canada
Traitors. Leaving us alone to stomach that Aguilera-Britney-Simpson shit.
Increasingly Degrading Reality TV
Definitive proof that humanity is spiraling into shallow oblivion.
Mr. Wendy
Thank you. You made me hate Wendy’s.
Text Messaging
Heaven forbid you actually dial someone’s number and speak to them.
Maroon 5
Any person who’d sleep with Adam Levine is either blind, or has that nasty white milky film covering their eyes.
And that my friends, was the year that was 2004! Let's hope that 2005 rocks harder! Happy New Year!