The Time Machine stops in 2005 this time. You probably had Coldplay's X&Y on your iPod. Speaking of the iPod, Caesars had a near hit thanks to an Apple commercial the song was featured in. Kanye West’s sophomore album was no slump — and Ye was busy; he also produced Common’s Be album. The Virtual band Gorillaz were big in Japan and bigger in the U.K. Fiona Apple followed her own arrow with her Extraordinary Machine album. Beck revisited his East L.A. youth on his Guero album, and the Austin, Texas, band Spoon made their best album yet. The Chicago White Sox won their first World Series since 1917. Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast, including New Orleans, where 80% of the city was submerged by the flood. George W. Bush began his second term as President. It’s all 2005, our year on this episode of Time Machine from the Current.

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