Remember My Chemical Romance? It's been a while, but we do. Formed in 2001, the New Jersey punk/emo/goth band made its claim to fame with 2004's Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, followed by 2006's concept album, based around a character who is dying of cancer, The Black Parade. more ›

Awwww, cute: "Seattlest" as Google search term in 2001. (Try plugging in "Department of Homeland Security," "9/11 Truthers," "Perez Hilton," or "Sarah Palin bikini." Oh how the times have changed!) As a bonus, laugh with us at how chunky Google's logo looked back in the day. more ›

This site claims to explain what 2001 is about, in Flash. When it opened, the NY Times' Renata Adler pegged it "somewhere between hypnotic and immensely boring," comparing the space voyage to a kid's time at a '50s camp. Yet it's hard even to think of a movie with comparable sweep: from the dawn of consciousness (i.e., 1968) to a manned spacecraft sent to Jupiter; or of a movie than has so firmly established itself in our cultural awareness. Obviously going to space camp is pretty exciting. more ›

Seattlest David: What's up, computer? more ›