mid-aughts

Founded in the mid-aughts, the duo issued two albums while Boeckner co-captained Canadian supergroup Wolf Parade.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 172 Phil Ramone 2011

The fad-du-jour of the mid-aughts featured a "virtual world" in which people could create cartoon avatars that interacted with other participants in a variety of activities, from buying and selling virtual goods to conducting online love affairs.

Dorie Clark: How to Avoid Social Media Overload Dorie Clark 2011

Full disclosure: I worked in the music industry for over a decade from the early 1990s to the mid-aughts, first as a freelance journalist and then as a PR agent, both independently and in-house at record labels.

Marlynn Snyder: Hip-Hop Music and Culture, From the Beginning Marlynn Snyder 2011

The Birmingham-based ensemble was founded in the mid-aughts and recorded a trove of fun to collect.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 146 Phil Ramone 2010

That meant a patchwork-and-denim coat in 2000, ruffles and cleavage in the mid-aughts, and elaborate gowns and tailored dresses over the last year.

PHOTOS: Mila Kunis's Style Evolution Hilary Moss 2011

Full disclosure: I worked in the music industry for over a decade from the early 1990s to the mid-aughts, first as a freelance journalist and then as a PR agent, both independently and in-house at record labels.

Marlynn Snyder: Hip-Hop Music and Culture, From the Beginning Marlynn Snyder 2011

Through the mid-aughts the price of oil rose sharply as the economy expanded across most of the planet and demand for oil rose correspondingly — until the price got so high that it helped drag the world economy into recession.

Priorities « PubliCola 2010

When New York rock trio Battles joined forces with solo guitarist/singer/ loopmaker Tyondai Braxton in the mid-aughts, it was an inspired fusion resulting in one of the fiercest live bands in the city.

Hip-Hop Heroes, Alt-Rockers and Some Dark Angels Andy Beta 2011

Full disclosure: I worked in the music industry for over a decade from the early 1990s to the mid-aughts, first as a freelance journalist and then as a PR agent, both independently and in-house at record labels.

Marlynn Snyder: Hip-Hop Music and Culture, From the Beginning Marlynn Snyder 2011

That meant a patchwork-and-denim coat in 2000, ruffles and cleavage in the mid-aughts, and elaborate gowns and tailored dresses over the last year.

PHOTOS: Mila Kunis's Style Evolution Hilary Moss 2011