
A Shortcut Through The 21st Century-The First Decade
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Length: 03:03:17
A three hour-long retrospective of the entire decade, beginning with the 2000 election and recounts, featuring Al Gore, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and other candidates, through 911, Homeland Security, into the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions, right through the arrival of Barack Obama, the death of Michael Jackson and the Miracle on the Hudson, this Shortcut through the first decade of the 21st century mixes up the emotional highs and lows; the elections and the resulting political turmoil, the ongoing war and the struggles for peace, the growing concern over global warming and the environment, the changes in science & technology, the perfume & the poison, the shocking scandals and bad behavior, Britney, Brad & Angelina, Miss USA, You Tube, and the continuing decline of western civilization---its all here!
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(28:43)
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(59:47)
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(59:36)
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Piece Description
A three hour-long retrospective of the entire decade, beginning with the 2000 election and recounts, featuring Al Gore, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and other candidates, through 911, Homeland Security, into the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions, right through the arrival of Barack Obama, the death of Michael Jackson and the Miracle on the Hudson, this Shortcut through the first decade of the 21st century mixes up the emotional highs and lows; the elections and the resulting political turmoil, the ongoing war and the struggles for peace, the growing concern over global warming and the environment, the changes in science & technology, the perfume & the poison, the shocking scandals and bad behavior, Britney, Brad & Angelina, Miss USA, You Tube, and the continuing decline of western civilization---its all here!
4 Comments
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very unique content, I truly enjoyPlease tell me you will continue creating such wonderful art! I am getting older and older and time seems to go by so quickly. It's really nice how I can listen to your music and actually feel younger. Thank you. |
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Art in news.Wonderful work! |
Timing and Cues
the program is broken into three parts:
first segment 1:00:30 (2009 intro-2000-2002)
second segment :59:28 (2003-2005)
third segment 1:00 (2006-2009)







Deborah Buckmaster
Posted on January 31, 2010 at 08:07 PM | Permalink
Absolutely A Wonderful Piece of Work
I heard the third part of this series on my way home today. It is absolutely the best peice of creativity that I have ever heard. It was touching the way it was all compiled together. Keep up the excellent work. I really look forward to hearing more like this.