March Sadness 90s Edition
@marchxness.bsky.social
The premiere yearly tournament of music and memory. 2026's tournament is Sad Songs of the 90s. Lottery for tourney spots in July 25.
Selection committee: @meganc.bsky.social & @angermonsoon.bsky.social
Selection committee: @meganc.bsky.social & @angermonsoon.bsky.social
"Death may be the only true certain thing in life, but for most people even death reserves a surprise in its time and place of arrival. Not for Wendy."
Joshua Turner On the Important of Not Knowing (and Concrete Blonde's "Tomorrow Wendy":
marchxness.com/the-essays#/...
Joshua Turner On the Important of Not Knowing (and Concrete Blonde's "Tomorrow Wendy":
marchxness.com/the-essays#/...
November 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"Death may be the only true certain thing in life, but for most people even death reserves a surprise in its time and place of arrival. Not for Wendy."
Joshua Turner On the Important of Not Knowing (and Concrete Blonde's "Tomorrow Wendy":
marchxness.com/the-essays#/...
Joshua Turner On the Important of Not Knowing (and Concrete Blonde's "Tomorrow Wendy":
marchxness.com/the-essays#/...
"The love you had for these bands was so tender and so loyal."
Whoa here we go into to the first of our extracurriculars for March Sadness: @lydiapaar.bsky.social on Modest Mouse, STRFKR, and marchxness.com/the-essays#/...
Whoa here we go into to the first of our extracurriculars for March Sadness: @lydiapaar.bsky.social on Modest Mouse, STRFKR, and marchxness.com/the-essays#/...
October 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"The love you had for these bands was so tender and so loyal."
Whoa here we go into to the first of our extracurriculars for March Sadness: @lydiapaar.bsky.social on Modest Mouse, STRFKR, and marchxness.com/the-essays#/...
Whoa here we go into to the first of our extracurriculars for March Sadness: @lydiapaar.bsky.social on Modest Mouse, STRFKR, and marchxness.com/the-essays#/...
July 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Vienna, Austria is a good place to be dead."
3/30 returns @jonreinhardt.bsky.social and Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" to you: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/30 returns @jonreinhardt.bsky.social and Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" to you: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"Vienna, Austria is a good place to be dead."
3/30 returns @jonreinhardt.bsky.social and Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" to you: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/30 returns @jonreinhardt.bsky.social and Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" to you: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"1. Just on the cusp of berry season, the town square of my sleepy little village in western New York burbled over with a small sea of saris on the day of my wedding in 2005."
3/29 is an outstanding day for Aimee Nezhukumatathil on the Macarena to get a second chance: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/29 is an outstanding day for Aimee Nezhukumatathil on the Macarena to get a second chance: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"1. Just on the cusp of berry season, the town square of my sleepy little village in western New York burbled over with a small sea of saris on the day of my wedding in 2005."
3/29 is an outstanding day for Aimee Nezhukumatathil on the Macarena to get a second chance: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/29 is an outstanding day for Aimee Nezhukumatathil on the Macarena to get a second chance: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/38 2xNess drop featuring Robert Puccinnelli on Outkast: marchxness.com/2xness-outka...
March 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
3/38 2xNess drop featuring Robert Puccinnelli on Outkast: marchxness.com/2xness-outka...
"The same spring that you died, my sister, Shayla, and I had tickets to see Girl Talk at the Wilma Theatre."
3/27 brings back Brittney Uecker on Girl Talk: marchxness.com/2xness-girlt...
3/27 brings back Brittney Uecker on Girl Talk: marchxness.com/2xness-girlt...
March 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"The same spring that you died, my sister, Shayla, and I had tickets to see Girl Talk at the Wilma Theatre."
3/27 brings back Brittney Uecker on Girl Talk: marchxness.com/2xness-girlt...
3/27 brings back Brittney Uecker on Girl Talk: marchxness.com/2xness-girlt...
"Being a part of this tournament reminded me that writing can be—gasp—fun." Hell yeah. If only AWP were in Baltimore this year (next year!) this would be a great convergence.
It's Jeremy Bennett on Baltimora, back for a second chance: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
It's Jeremy Bennett on Baltimora, back for a second chance: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"Being a part of this tournament reminded me that writing can be—gasp—fun." Hell yeah. If only AWP were in Baltimore this year (next year!) this would be a great convergence.
It's Jeremy Bennett on Baltimora, back for a second chance: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
It's Jeremy Bennett on Baltimora, back for a second chance: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"Certainly, if you want to think too hard about it, “Joy to the World” poses some curious questions. Where did the bullfrog get the wine?"
3/23 possibly the world could use some more joy these days, so we (re)present Danielle Evans on "Joy to the World": marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/23 possibly the world could use some more joy these days, so we (re)present Danielle Evans on "Joy to the World": marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Certainly, if you want to think too hard about it, “Joy to the World” poses some curious questions. Where did the bullfrog get the wine?"
3/23 possibly the world could use some more joy these days, so we (re)present Danielle Evans on "Joy to the World": marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/23 possibly the world could use some more joy these days, so we (re)present Danielle Evans on "Joy to the World": marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"Starblood” is not so much a song as it is a descent.…To be terrorized is to be stunned with the possibility of immense harm."
3/22 we revisit Gabriel Palacios on The Cranes #cranesband: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/22 we revisit Gabriel Palacios on The Cranes #cranesband: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Starblood” is not so much a song as it is a descent.…To be terrorized is to be stunned with the possibility of immense harm."
3/22 we revisit Gabriel Palacios on The Cranes #cranesband: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/22 we revisit Gabriel Palacios on The Cranes #cranesband: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"the place he’s singing about? I know that place. My essay is there. Someday, I will be there too"
It's 3/21 and Samuel Rafael Barber wants to talk with you about "Spirit in the Sky" (again): marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
It's 3/21 and Samuel Rafael Barber wants to talk with you about "Spirit in the Sky" (again): marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"the place he’s singing about? I know that place. My essay is there. Someday, I will be there too"
It's 3/21 and Samuel Rafael Barber wants to talk with you about "Spirit in the Sky" (again): marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
It's 3/21 and Samuel Rafael Barber wants to talk with you about "Spirit in the Sky" (again): marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"By the time I got to actually write the Spacehog essay, I fucking hated Spacehog.…I like this essay because it’s about that weariness."
In the Meantime, 3/20, Ryan Grandick on Spacehog: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
In the Meantime, 3/20, Ryan Grandick on Spacehog: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"By the time I got to actually write the Spacehog essay, I fucking hated Spacehog.…I like this essay because it’s about that weariness."
In the Meantime, 3/20, Ryan Grandick on Spacehog: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
In the Meantime, 3/20, Ryan Grandick on Spacehog: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"Billy Ocean won’t talk to me. I don’t know if it’s entirely his fault; my attempts at contact have been through a descending ladder of legitimacy"
3/19 brings back @legaultd.bsky.social on Billy Ocean's truly spectacular "Loverboy" (CHECK THE VIDEO): marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/19 brings back @legaultd.bsky.social on Billy Ocean's truly spectacular "Loverboy" (CHECK THE VIDEO): marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Billy Ocean won’t talk to me. I don’t know if it’s entirely his fault; my attempts at contact have been through a descending ladder of legitimacy"
3/19 brings back @legaultd.bsky.social on Billy Ocean's truly spectacular "Loverboy" (CHECK THE VIDEO): marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/19 brings back @legaultd.bsky.social on Billy Ocean's truly spectacular "Loverboy" (CHECK THE VIDEO): marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"This essay is about love. Or, perhaps, it’s about the search for love (or not): about chasing love (or not); finding love (or not); settling for love (don’t settle)"
3/18 flashback to Megan Culhane Galbraith on Katy Perry's "Not N Cold" from March Danceness 00s:
marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/18 flashback to Megan Culhane Galbraith on Katy Perry's "Not N Cold" from March Danceness 00s:
marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"This essay is about love. Or, perhaps, it’s about the search for love (or not): about chasing love (or not); finding love (or not); settling for love (don’t settle)"
3/18 flashback to Megan Culhane Galbraith on Katy Perry's "Not N Cold" from March Danceness 00s:
marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/18 flashback to Megan Culhane Galbraith on Katy Perry's "Not N Cold" from March Danceness 00s:
marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"I still love “Mickey,” full of real high school cheerleaders, with Toni Basil’s irrepressible uncanny valley presence at the center."
On 3/17, happy Second Chanceness to Carolyn Kellogg's excellent essay on Toni Basil's "Mickey": marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
On 3/17, happy Second Chanceness to Carolyn Kellogg's excellent essay on Toni Basil's "Mickey": marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"I still love “Mickey,” full of real high school cheerleaders, with Toni Basil’s irrepressible uncanny valley presence at the center."
On 3/17, happy Second Chanceness to Carolyn Kellogg's excellent essay on Toni Basil's "Mickey": marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
On 3/17, happy Second Chanceness to Carolyn Kellogg's excellent essay on Toni Basil's "Mickey": marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"It’s not “cool” to like Poison…but all I can say is: Baby, talk dirty to me, yeah."
3/16 flashes back to Janine Annett on "Talk Dirty to Me" (with an exclusive cover of the song): marchxness.com/2xness-poison/
3/16 flashes back to Janine Annett on "Talk Dirty to Me" (with an exclusive cover of the song): marchxness.com/2xness-poison/
March 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"It’s not “cool” to like Poison…but all I can say is: Baby, talk dirty to me, yeah."
3/16 flashes back to Janine Annett on "Talk Dirty to Me" (with an exclusive cover of the song): marchxness.com/2xness-poison/
3/16 flashes back to Janine Annett on "Talk Dirty to Me" (with an exclusive cover of the song): marchxness.com/2xness-poison/
"Are you prepared to be ROCKED into the 21st century?" @angermonsoon.bsky.social was and is again:
3/15 brings back his essay on @billyidolfeed.bsky.social's "Heroin": marchxness.com/2xness-idol/
3/15 brings back his essay on @billyidolfeed.bsky.social's "Heroin": marchxness.com/2xness-idol/
March 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"Are you prepared to be ROCKED into the 21st century?" @angermonsoon.bsky.social was and is again:
3/15 brings back his essay on @billyidolfeed.bsky.social's "Heroin": marchxness.com/2xness-idol/
3/15 brings back his essay on @billyidolfeed.bsky.social's "Heroin": marchxness.com/2xness-idol/
"Five years on from writing about Freddy Fender, I feel a mix of anger and regret when re-reading my piece. I’ve had another five years to mull over what it means to have been raised in my Mexican-American family."
3/14, @kellyshire.bsky.social on Freddy Fender: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/14, @kellyshire.bsky.social on Freddy Fender: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Five years on from writing about Freddy Fender, I feel a mix of anger and regret when re-reading my piece. I’ve had another five years to mull over what it means to have been raised in my Mexican-American family."
3/14, @kellyshire.bsky.social on Freddy Fender: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/14, @kellyshire.bsky.social on Freddy Fender: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"I don’t think I speak only for myself when I say that many of us could do with getting some joy back these days."
3/13 we flashback to Chelsea Biondolillo's essay on @bettyelavette.bsky.social: marchxness.com/2xness-lavet...
3/13 we flashback to Chelsea Biondolillo's essay on @bettyelavette.bsky.social: marchxness.com/2xness-lavet...
March 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"I don’t think I speak only for myself when I say that many of us could do with getting some joy back these days."
3/13 we flashback to Chelsea Biondolillo's essay on @bettyelavette.bsky.social: marchxness.com/2xness-lavet...
3/13 we flashback to Chelsea Biondolillo's essay on @bettyelavette.bsky.social: marchxness.com/2xness-lavet...
"in your horny middle age, you will drop the needle on an old Afghan Whigs album and ask yourself why the only indie band of your youth that fucked were these guys."
3/12 brings back @modaviau.bsky.social on The Afghan Whigs: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/12 brings back @modaviau.bsky.social on The Afghan Whigs: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"in your horny middle age, you will drop the needle on an old Afghan Whigs album and ask yourself why the only indie band of your youth that fucked were these guys."
3/12 brings back @modaviau.bsky.social on The Afghan Whigs: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/12 brings back @modaviau.bsky.social on The Afghan Whigs: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"We run around looking like something you’d see in a post-apocalyptic aftermath, which is sometimes what it feels like to grow up in the town we’re from."
The people asked for @coriwinrock.bsky.social on Hole's "Gold Dust Woman" again, and that's what you get today: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
The people asked for @coriwinrock.bsky.social on Hole's "Gold Dust Woman" again, and that's what you get today: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"We run around looking like something you’d see in a post-apocalyptic aftermath, which is sometimes what it feels like to grow up in the town we’re from."
The people asked for @coriwinrock.bsky.social on Hole's "Gold Dust Woman" again, and that's what you get today: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
The people asked for @coriwinrock.bsky.social on Hole's "Gold Dust Woman" again, and that's what you get today: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
Before the song ended I encountered 2 giant wooden hands, on poles like the legs of billboards, thirty feet high. Both hands flipped giant middle fingers.
3/10 flashback to @jdfish9.bsky.social on Ini Kamoze's "Here comes the Hotstepper" in March Fadness 90s (2017): marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/10 flashback to @jdfish9.bsky.social on Ini Kamoze's "Here comes the Hotstepper" in March Fadness 90s (2017): marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Before the song ended I encountered 2 giant wooden hands, on poles like the legs of billboards, thirty feet high. Both hands flipped giant middle fingers.
3/10 flashback to @jdfish9.bsky.social on Ini Kamoze's "Here comes the Hotstepper" in March Fadness 90s (2017): marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/10 flashback to @jdfish9.bsky.social on Ini Kamoze's "Here comes the Hotstepper" in March Fadness 90s (2017): marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"Approaching things in new ways is scary: I think it’s worth the risk. "
3/9 it's @katiedarbymullins.bsky.social's ode to Robbie Williams's "Rock DJ" from March Danceness 00s: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/9 it's @katiedarbymullins.bsky.social's ode to Robbie Williams's "Rock DJ" from March Danceness 00s: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"Approaching things in new ways is scary: I think it’s worth the risk. "
3/9 it's @katiedarbymullins.bsky.social's ode to Robbie Williams's "Rock DJ" from March Danceness 00s: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
3/9 it's @katiedarbymullins.bsky.social's ode to Robbie Williams's "Rock DJ" from March Danceness 00s: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"We are beleaguered by these years we’ve lived through…and it is because of this, not in spite of it, that I’m doubling down on “Walking in Memphis”."
Let's go Walking in Memphis (again) and in earnestness in 2017 and 2025 with @lisaoneill.bsky.social: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
Let's go Walking in Memphis (again) and in earnestness in 2017 and 2025 with @lisaoneill.bsky.social: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
March 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"We are beleaguered by these years we’ve lived through…and it is because of this, not in spite of it, that I’m doubling down on “Walking in Memphis”."
Let's go Walking in Memphis (again) and in earnestness in 2017 and 2025 with @lisaoneill.bsky.social: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
Let's go Walking in Memphis (again) and in earnestness in 2017 and 2025 with @lisaoneill.bsky.social: marchxness.com/thegames#/2x...
"Nick Cave is still someone worth writing about."
On 3/7 we bring back @elenavox.bsky.social's essay on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Red Right Hand": marchxness.com/2xness-cave/
On 3/7 we bring back @elenavox.bsky.social's essay on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Red Right Hand": marchxness.com/2xness-cave/
March 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"Nick Cave is still someone worth writing about."
On 3/7 we bring back @elenavox.bsky.social's essay on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Red Right Hand": marchxness.com/2xness-cave/
On 3/7 we bring back @elenavox.bsky.social's essay on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Red Right Hand": marchxness.com/2xness-cave/