and Aaron Wolfson on Neutral Milk Hotel's King of Carrot Flowers Pt 1 marchxness.com#/1stround-le...
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
August 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
and Aaron Wolfson on Neutral Milk Hotel's King of Carrot Flowers Pt 1 marchxness.com#/1stround-le...
Moutet - Kyrgios gonna be sthing sthing lmao 🍿🍿
Shelton plays next wednesday #1stRound
#atp #stuttgart
Shelton plays next wednesday #1stRound
#atp #stuttgart
June 7, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Moutet - Kyrgios gonna be sthing sthing lmao 🍿🍿
Shelton plays next wednesday #1stRound
#atp #stuttgart
Shelton plays next wednesday #1stRound
#atp #stuttgart
I wrote about them here -- marchxness.com#/1stround-bl...
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
May 27, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I wrote about them here -- marchxness.com#/1stround-bl...
April 25, 2026 at 6:30 AM
I wrote about dad and his death in my first @marchxness.bsky.social competition a few years back...
I gotta get back to writing, cause as I read this, I'm struck at how the words your past self puts down on paper become promises that your future self can consider.
marchxness.com/1stround-car...
I gotta get back to writing, cause as I read this, I'm struck at how the words your past self puts down on paper become promises that your future self can consider.
marchxness.com/1stround-car...
March 18, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I wrote about dad and his death in my first @marchxness.bsky.social competition a few years back...
I gotta get back to writing, cause as I read this, I'm struck at how the words your past self puts down on paper become promises that your future self can consider.
marchxness.com/1stround-car...
I gotta get back to writing, cause as I read this, I'm struck at how the words your past self puts down on paper become promises that your future self can consider.
marchxness.com/1stround-car...
It’s my brothers favorite band and he recently wrote a wonderful essay about it for a contest if your interested. It’s a really cool idea for a contest. marchxness.com/1stround-len...
3/1, 1st Round: (9) NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL 164, (8) Annie Lennox 61 — March Sadness 90s Edition
marchxness.com
March 14, 2026 at 6:35 PM
It’s my brothers favorite band and he recently wrote a wonderful essay about it for a contest if your interested. It’s a really cool idea for a contest. marchxness.com/1stround-len...
Why oh why, @marchxness.bsky.social committee, must this be a 1st round matchup! One of these beautiful essays by @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social & @emilylauracosta.bsky.social will undeservedly bow out of the tournament this morning. Score is close, SO READ & VOTE NOW!
marchxness.com/1stround-sou...
marchxness.com/1stround-sou...
3/10, 1st Round: (2) Soul Asylum vs (15) Patty Loveless — March Sadness 90s Edition
marchxness.com
March 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Why oh why, @marchxness.bsky.social committee, must this be a 1st round matchup! One of these beautiful essays by @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social & @emilylauracosta.bsky.social will undeservedly bow out of the tournament this morning. Score is close, SO READ & VOTE NOW!
marchxness.com/1stround-sou...
marchxness.com/1stround-sou...
Hey, hi, good morning! Have you read my @marchxness.bsky.social essay on Patty Loveless's immensely sad song "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" and voted for it yet? There's still time if you are so inclined! Read @emilylauracosta.bsky.social's essay on Soul Asylum, too! marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
March 11, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Hey, hi, good morning! Have you read my @marchxness.bsky.social essay on Patty Loveless's immensely sad song "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" and voted for it yet? There's still time if you are so inclined! Read @emilylauracosta.bsky.social's essay on Soul Asylum, too! marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
I'm pretty convinced by (and in love with) @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social's argument: "And that’s what makes this the ne plus ultra of break-up songs, sadder than all the rest: it dares to distribute the blame equally."
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
March 11, 2026 at 4:06 AM
I'm pretty convinced by (and in love with) @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social's argument: "And that’s what makes this the ne plus ultra of break-up songs, sadder than all the rest: it dares to distribute the blame equally."
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
Possibly of interest to you marchxness.com/1stround-bli...
3/10, 1st Round: (8) Blink-182 vs (9) Nick Cave — March Sadness 90s Edition
marchxness.com
March 11, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Possibly of interest to you marchxness.com/1stround-bli...
the last lines of this @erinkeane.bsky.social essay on "November Rain," phew. (and also the whole thing.) as someone who writes often about women's experiences of rock excess, I have a hard time reconciling my GNR fandom. this explores tht tension so well
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
3/10, 1st Round: (1) Guns n’ Roses vs (16) Sammy Kershaw — March Sadness 90s Edition
marchxness.com
March 11, 2026 at 1:17 AM
the last lines of this @erinkeane.bsky.social essay on "November Rain," phew. (and also the whole thing.) as someone who writes often about women's experiences of rock excess, I have a hard time reconciling my GNR fandom. this explores tht tension so well
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
a @camelliagrass.bsky.social @marchxness.bsky.social essay is truly one of my favorite things. and then you add Sammy Kershaw to the mix. this essay made me cry, made me nod, made me revel in the language.
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
3/10, 1st Round: (1) Guns n’ Roses vs (16) Sammy Kershaw — March Sadness 90s Edition
marchxness.com
March 11, 2026 at 12:41 AM
a @camelliagrass.bsky.social @marchxness.bsky.social essay is truly one of my favorite things. and then you add Sammy Kershaw to the mix. this essay made me cry, made me nod, made me revel in the language.
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
Thanks to @camelliagrass.bsky.social for introducing me to Sammy Kershaw, who was just a bit before my time, in her wonderful essay on "the way memory attaches to stuff." I honestly had no idea there was such a feminist male country singer at work in the early 90s!
marchxness.com#/1stround-gn...
marchxness.com#/1stround-gn...
MARCH SADNESS 90s NEW GAMES ARE UP THREAD (2/4):
GnR, "November Rain" / @erinkeane.bsky.social
VS
Sammy Kershaw, "Yard Sale" /
@camelliagrass.bsky.social
Read, Listen, Vote by 9am 3/11:
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
GnR, "November Rain" / @erinkeane.bsky.social
VS
Sammy Kershaw, "Yard Sale" /
@camelliagrass.bsky.social
Read, Listen, Vote by 9am 3/11:
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
March 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Thanks to @camelliagrass.bsky.social for introducing me to Sammy Kershaw, who was just a bit before my time, in her wonderful essay on "the way memory attaches to stuff." I honestly had no idea there was such a feminist male country singer at work in the early 90s!
marchxness.com#/1stround-gn...
marchxness.com#/1stround-gn...
"Dang. The problem is not what we presumed."
having grown up on Patty Loveless, I knew I was going to be here for @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social's @marchxness.bsky.social essay (though I didn't expect it to be quite so relatable!)
marchxness.com/1stround-sou...
having grown up on Patty Loveless, I knew I was going to be here for @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social's @marchxness.bsky.social essay (though I didn't expect it to be quite so relatable!)
marchxness.com/1stround-sou...
3/10, 1st Round: (2) Soul Asylum vs (15) Patty Loveless — March Sadness 90s Edition
marchxness.com
March 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM
"Dang. The problem is not what we presumed."
having grown up on Patty Loveless, I knew I was going to be here for @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social's @marchxness.bsky.social essay (though I didn't expect it to be quite so relatable!)
marchxness.com/1stround-sou...
having grown up on Patty Loveless, I knew I was going to be here for @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social's @marchxness.bsky.social essay (though I didn't expect it to be quite so relatable!)
marchxness.com/1stround-sou...
Check out @erinkeane.bsky.social on "November Rain" and Axl Rose as Hamlet—an essay as epic as the song it covers! The sadness of faded glory, and of glory that really never should have been...
marchxness.com#/1stround-gn...
marchxness.com#/1stround-gn...
MARCH SADNESS 90s NEW GAMES ARE UP THREAD (2/4):
GnR, "November Rain" / @erinkeane.bsky.social
VS
Sammy Kershaw, "Yard Sale" /
@camelliagrass.bsky.social
Read, Listen, Vote by 9am 3/11:
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
GnR, "November Rain" / @erinkeane.bsky.social
VS
Sammy Kershaw, "Yard Sale" /
@camelliagrass.bsky.social
Read, Listen, Vote by 9am 3/11:
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
March 10, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Check out @erinkeane.bsky.social on "November Rain" and Axl Rose as Hamlet—an essay as epic as the song it covers! The sadness of faded glory, and of glory that really never should have been...
marchxness.com#/1stround-gn...
marchxness.com#/1stround-gn...
Didn’t expect a Shakespearean take on Guns ‘n’ Roses, but that’s @marchxness.bsky.social for you.
“Hamlet a tortured rock star, Axl a prince wrestling with his demons. Both of them making their problems everyone’s.”
@erinkeane.bsky.social
marchxness.com#/1stround-gn...
“Hamlet a tortured rock star, Axl a prince wrestling with his demons. Both of them making their problems everyone’s.”
@erinkeane.bsky.social
marchxness.com#/1stround-gn...
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
March 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Didn’t expect a Shakespearean take on Guns ‘n’ Roses, but that’s @marchxness.bsky.social for you.
“Hamlet a tortured rock star, Axl a prince wrestling with his demons. Both of them making their problems everyone’s.”
@erinkeane.bsky.social
marchxness.com#/1stround-gn...
“Hamlet a tortured rock star, Axl a prince wrestling with his demons. Both of them making their problems everyone’s.”
@erinkeane.bsky.social
marchxness.com#/1stround-gn...
This @emilylauracosta.bsky.social essay on "Runaway Train" is harrowing in so many ways; the astute meditations on sadness and fear struck me most:
"Does sadness, if not given room, if its origins are not explained and accepted, turn into this sort of fear?"
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
"Does sadness, if not given room, if its origins are not explained and accepted, turn into this sort of fear?"
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
MARCH SADNESS 90s NEW GAMES ARE UP THREAD (1/4):
Soul Asylum, "Runaway Train" / @emilylauracosta.bsky.social
VS
Lee Ann Womack, "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" /
@kathleenmrooney.bsky.social
Read, Listen, Vote by 9am 3/11:
marchxness.com/1stround-sou...
Soul Asylum, "Runaway Train" / @emilylauracosta.bsky.social
VS
Lee Ann Womack, "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" /
@kathleenmrooney.bsky.social
Read, Listen, Vote by 9am 3/11:
marchxness.com/1stround-sou...
March 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
This @emilylauracosta.bsky.social essay on "Runaway Train" is harrowing in so many ways; the astute meditations on sadness and fear struck me most:
"Does sadness, if not given room, if its origins are not explained and accepted, turn into this sort of fear?"
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
"Does sadness, if not given room, if its origins are not explained and accepted, turn into this sort of fear?"
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
"It’s a moving double portrait of a lose-lose situation, and I adore it for its irreducibility."
Sometimes things end and it's not clear why. Either there's no evident reason, or there's too many evident reasons to sort out.
And you can maybe only show it thru art.
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
Sometimes things end and it's not clear why. Either there's no evident reason, or there's too many evident reasons to sort out.
And you can maybe only show it thru art.
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
Patty Loveless’s country ballad “You Don’t Even Know Who I Am” is one of the saddest songs in human history & today, it needs your vote in the @marchxness.bsky.social tournament to determine the saddest song of the 90s. Please read my essay, then vote for Patty & me! marchxness.com/1stround-sou...
3/10, 1st Round: (2) Soul Asylum vs (15) Patty Loveless — March Sadness 90s Edition
marchxness.com
March 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"It’s a moving double portrait of a lose-lose situation, and I adore it for its irreducibility."
Sometimes things end and it's not clear why. Either there's no evident reason, or there's too many evident reasons to sort out.
And you can maybe only show it thru art.
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
Sometimes things end and it's not clear why. Either there's no evident reason, or there's too many evident reasons to sort out.
And you can maybe only show it thru art.
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
Come for the Patty Loveless, stay for the Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Larry Brown!
Read my @marchxness.bsky.social essay on "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" and then vote for it (if you agree with me that it really is the saddest):
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
Read my @marchxness.bsky.social essay on "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" and then vote for it (if you agree with me that it really is the saddest):
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
March 10, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Come for the Patty Loveless, stay for the Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Larry Brown!
Read my @marchxness.bsky.social essay on "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" and then vote for it (if you agree with me that it really is the saddest):
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
Read my @marchxness.bsky.social essay on "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" and then vote for it (if you agree with me that it really is the saddest):
marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
WHEW damn. @emilylauracosta.bsky.social that is a (literal) hell of a @marchxness.bsky.social essay on "runaway train." giving me all kinds of questions of the relationships between sorrow and fear & protection & inexplicable evil. marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
March 10, 2026 at 8:38 PM
WHEW damn. @emilylauracosta.bsky.social that is a (literal) hell of a @marchxness.bsky.social essay on "runaway train." giving me all kinds of questions of the relationships between sorrow and fear & protection & inexplicable evil. marchxness.com#/1stround-so...
Refreshing my sale table since we're getting trounced in early voting. You see that pic of my mom & Sammy Kershaw there in my author bio section? You better believe there's more pics of my mom with Sammy Kershaw than just that. I'll post a few more in the replies.
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
3/10, 1st Round: (1) Guns n’ Roses vs (16) Sammy Kershaw — March Sadness 90s Edition
marchxness.com
March 10, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Refreshing my sale table since we're getting trounced in early voting. You see that pic of my mom & Sammy Kershaw there in my author bio section? You better believe there's more pics of my mom with Sammy Kershaw than just that. I'll post a few more in the replies.
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
marchxness.com/1stround-gnr...
"anything where you can hear the artist breathe is sad. Like Glenn Gould, I said. Nora said, Glenn was a mumbler..."
Extremely neat how @lateration.bsky.social's @marchxness.bsky.social essay on Nick Cave's "Nobody's Baby Now" is only very glancingly about that song:
marchxness.com#/1stround-bl...
Extremely neat how @lateration.bsky.social's @marchxness.bsky.social essay on Nick Cave's "Nobody's Baby Now" is only very glancingly about that song:
marchxness.com#/1stround-bl...
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
March 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
"anything where you can hear the artist breathe is sad. Like Glenn Gould, I said. Nora said, Glenn was a mumbler..."
Extremely neat how @lateration.bsky.social's @marchxness.bsky.social essay on Nick Cave's "Nobody's Baby Now" is only very glancingly about that song:
marchxness.com#/1stround-bl...
Extremely neat how @lateration.bsky.social's @marchxness.bsky.social essay on Nick Cave's "Nobody's Baby Now" is only very glancingly about that song:
marchxness.com#/1stround-bl...
"I never conquered, rarely came, and honestly that’s fine." Emma Allman's @marchxness.bsky.social essay on Blink-182's "Adam's Song" really knows how to work a callback
marchxness.com#/1stround-bl...
marchxness.com#/1stround-bl...
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
March 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
"I never conquered, rarely came, and honestly that’s fine." Emma Allman's @marchxness.bsky.social essay on Blink-182's "Adam's Song" really knows how to work a callback
marchxness.com#/1stround-bl...
marchxness.com#/1stround-bl...
In which I am in love with both essays but can't even vote for the Erin because THEY ARE BOTH ERINS. That's right, three Erins playing in one March Sadness round. marchxness.com/1stround-car...
3/10, 1st Round: (5) Mariah Carey vs (12) Crash Test Dummies — March Sadness 90s Edition
marchxness.com
March 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
In which I am in love with both essays but can't even vote for the Erin because THEY ARE BOTH ERINS. That's right, three Erins playing in one March Sadness round. marchxness.com/1stround-car...