MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION HALFTIME SCORES
Bonnie Raitt 80, Portishead 38
Sade 101, Third Eye Blind 41
Tom Waits 103, Backstreet Boys 58
Billie Myers 84, Bob Dylan 72
Read, listen, vote by 9am 3/3 at marchxness.com
Bonnie Raitt 80, Portishead 38
Sade 101, Third Eye Blind 41
Tom Waits 103, Backstreet Boys 58
Billie Myers 84, Bob Dylan 72
Read, listen, vote by 9am 3/3 at marchxness.com
March 3, 2026 at 4:14 AM
You’re in luck - they just released the marchxness playlist. This year’s theme is sad 90s songs. Check @marchxness.bsky.social #marchxness
July 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You’re in luck - they just released the marchxness playlist. This year’s theme is sad 90s songs. Check @marchxness.bsky.social #marchxness
I'll be spinning this a lot in the coming months. Join in! Marchxness is so much fun, and interactive.
90s Sadness Spotify Playlist up y'all
July 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'll be spinning this a lot in the coming months. Join in! Marchxness is so much fun, and interactive.
Everybody! It’s @marchxness time! Time to vote ROCK (rock!) DJ! It will make you feel so nice. marchxness.com/1strd-gorill...
March 2, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Everybody! It’s @marchxness time! Time to vote ROCK (rock!) DJ! It will make you feel so nice. marchxness.com/1strd-gorill...
Kid is now teaching himself the choreography in the Bad Romance video #marchxness
March 22, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Kid is now teaching himself the choreography in the Bad Romance video #marchxness
That's the field. Some observations on the unpicked songs in the @marchxness longlist (1/2):
Sarah McLachlan: wow unpicked
Alice in Chains??
Toni Braxton's Unbreak My Heart???
Garth Brooks?
The Cure?
Live's "Lightning Crashes"?
Magnetic Fields?
Pearl Jam??
Radiohead??
Sarah McLachlan: wow unpicked
Alice in Chains??
Toni Braxton's Unbreak My Heart???
Garth Brooks?
The Cure?
Live's "Lightning Crashes"?
Magnetic Fields?
Pearl Jam??
Radiohead??
So here is your 64 lottery picks with their song choices updated as they come in. Congratulations to those who got lucky in the lottery this year! Those who didn't: pitch us EXTRACURRICULARS! We start running essays in September/October.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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March Sadness 90s Edition Lottery and Draft doc with Longlist
March Sadness 90s Edition Lottery and Draft doc with Longlist If yr name is drawn, we'll send you an email (and put it on the bsky). You've got 24 hours to get back to us with your pick (we're askin...
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July 29, 2025 at 4:58 AM
That's the field. Some observations on the unpicked songs in the @marchxness longlist (1/2):
Sarah McLachlan: wow unpicked
Alice in Chains??
Toni Braxton's Unbreak My Heart???
Garth Brooks?
The Cure?
Live's "Lightning Crashes"?
Magnetic Fields?
Pearl Jam??
Radiohead??
Sarah McLachlan: wow unpicked
Alice in Chains??
Toni Braxton's Unbreak My Heart???
Garth Brooks?
The Cure?
Live's "Lightning Crashes"?
Magnetic Fields?
Pearl Jam??
Radiohead??
FRIDAY UPDATE:
1) They were playing "the Humpty Dance" at the convenience store and nobody wanted to do the dance with me.
2) My MarchXness essay from 2019's Goth tournament gets the Second Chanceness treatment today! I've been loving reading everyone's work so far this March.
1) They were playing "the Humpty Dance" at the convenience store and nobody wanted to do the dance with me.
2) My MarchXness essay from 2019's Goth tournament gets the Second Chanceness treatment today! I've been loving reading everyone's work so far this March.
"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 9:35 PM
FRIDAY UPDATE:
1) They were playing "the Humpty Dance" at the convenience store and nobody wanted to do the dance with me.
2) My MarchXness essay from 2019's Goth tournament gets the Second Chanceness treatment today! I've been loving reading everyone's work so far this March.
1) They were playing "the Humpty Dance" at the convenience store and nobody wanted to do the dance with me.
2) My MarchXness essay from 2019's Goth tournament gets the Second Chanceness treatment today! I've been loving reading everyone's work so far this March.
F was not impressed by "the song about underpants" in this round, sorry Sisquo #marchxness #marchdanceness
March 7, 2024 at 4:05 AM
F was not impressed by "the song about underpants" in this round, sorry Sisquo #marchxness #marchdanceness
Some observations on the unpicked songs in the @marchxness longlist (2/2)
Red House Painters?
Springsteen?
Sundays?
The Verve Pipe?
Lucinda Williams?
Just saying there are some absolute BANGERS on there just waiting to have an extracurricular essay written about them. Pitch us!
Red House Painters?
Springsteen?
Sundays?
The Verve Pipe?
Lucinda Williams?
Just saying there are some absolute BANGERS on there just waiting to have an extracurricular essay written about them. Pitch us!
July 29, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Some observations on the unpicked songs in the @marchxness longlist (2/2)
Red House Painters?
Springsteen?
Sundays?
The Verve Pipe?
Lucinda Williams?
Just saying there are some absolute BANGERS on there just waiting to have an extracurricular essay written about them. Pitch us!
Red House Painters?
Springsteen?
Sundays?
The Verve Pipe?
Lucinda Williams?
Just saying there are some absolute BANGERS on there just waiting to have an extracurricular essay written about them. Pitch us!
I really should have included "two-time MarchXness loser" in my bio
December 5, 2024 at 2:05 AM
I really should have included "two-time MarchXness loser" in my bio
Maybe Lisa Loeb *wasn't* all that sad in the 1990s, wearing those tortoiseshell glasses in Ethan Hawke's enormous SoHo apartment.
But YOU were, and you know it!
#marchxness #marchsadness
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But YOU were, and you know it!
#marchxness #marchsadness
marchxness.com/2ndround-gil...
3/11, 2nd Round: (12) Vince Gill vs (4) Lisa Loeb — March Sadness 90s Edition
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March 11, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Maybe Lisa Loeb *wasn't* all that sad in the 1990s, wearing those tortoiseshell glasses in Ethan Hawke's enormous SoHo apartment.
But YOU were, and you know it!
#marchxness #marchsadness
marchxness.com/2ndround-gil...
But YOU were, and you know it!
#marchxness #marchsadness
marchxness.com/2ndround-gil...
@chrislkeller.com's essay on Wilco's "Via Chicago" is, well it's everything an essay about a sad 1990s song should be. Bravo.
#marchxness
marchxness.com#/2ndround-wi...
#marchxness
marchxness.com#/2ndround-wi...
bsky.app
March 17, 2026 at 2:36 AM
@chrislkeller.com's essay on Wilco's "Via Chicago" is, well it's everything an essay about a sad 1990s song should be. Bravo.
#marchxness
marchxness.com#/2ndround-wi...
#marchxness
marchxness.com#/2ndround-wi...
Good god, I'm sorry that you had a story to write that epitomizes sadness to the fullest... but I think your essay is the best essay in the history of marchxness!
March 7, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Good god, I'm sorry that you had a story to write that epitomizes sadness to the fullest... but I think your essay is the best essay in the history of marchxness!
I’m the most stoked for this Marchxness than I’ve ever been. This is my genre for sure. Seeing all the picks and I am excited to read!
July 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I’m the most stoked for this Marchxness than I’ve ever been. This is my genre for sure. Seeing all the picks and I am excited to read!
REPOST WITH CORRECTIONS: I made a custom feed for all March Xness fans and players to follow. Go to Feeds and search for March Xness. All posts by any user that include a marchxness.com link or mention keywords: March Xness, MarchXNess or Danceness should appear in the feed.
Behold: the official March Danceness 00s Edition Tournament Bracket: marchxness.com
February 25, 2024 at 11:40 PM
REPOST WITH CORRECTIONS: I made a custom feed for all March Xness fans and players to follow. Go to Feeds and search for March Xness. All posts by any user that include a marchxness.com link or mention keywords: March Xness, MarchXNess or Danceness should appear in the feed.
lololololol Marchxness gets really psychologically complex tbh
March 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
lololololol Marchxness gets really psychologically complex tbh
Kid is consoling himself with yesterday's loss of Bad Romance by... watching Bad Romance. #marchxness #marchdanceness
March 21, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Kid is consoling himself with yesterday's loss of Bad Romance by... watching Bad Romance. #marchxness #marchdanceness
The voters are about to eliminate the best essay in the history of marchxness 🤦
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March 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The voters are about to eliminate the best essay in the history of marchxness 🤦
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I stumbled across this powerful marchxness essay when looking up the singer, Jermaine Stewart. marchxness.com/jermaine
Jermaine Stewart, AIDS, and the Anti-Sex Backlash of the 1980s by Cheryl Graham — March Second Chanceness
marchxness.com
November 16, 2024 at 6:46 PM
I stumbled across this powerful marchxness essay when looking up the singer, Jermaine Stewart. marchxness.com/jermaine
Editing my (to me) epic Sisters of Mercy essay for the forthcoming @marchxness anthology and I'm reminded that I wrote this kind of for James Butler-Gruett, and I went pretty hard, I think! Give it a read: marchxness.com/copy-of-swee...
April 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Editing my (to me) epic Sisters of Mercy essay for the forthcoming @marchxness anthology and I'm reminded that I wrote this kind of for James Butler-Gruett, and I went pretty hard, I think! Give it a read: marchxness.com/copy-of-swee...
I am of course reading all of the essays as well, but it's pretty fun letting my six year old determine the better song for dancing. So far we have almost always agreed. #marchxness #marchdanceness
March 6, 2024 at 3:57 AM
I am of course reading all of the essays as well, but it's pretty fun letting my six year old determine the better song for dancing. So far we have almost always agreed. #marchxness #marchdanceness
Ok, so we have one more last-minute opening for March Danceness. Throwing it out here first; will tweet later. If you want it, be in touch ASAP marchxness@thediagram.com
February 9, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Ok, so we have one more last-minute opening for March Danceness. Throwing it out here first; will tweet later. If you want it, be in touch ASAP marchxness@thediagram.com
To all continuing #Danceness victors, congratulations, esp. @aeweisgerber.bsky.social—go on and get it! An honor to compete! #marchxness
Round 3! marchxness.com
Round 3! marchxness.com
March Danceness
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and
occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
March 3, 2024 at 4:17 PM
To all continuing #Danceness victors, congratulations, esp. @aeweisgerber.bsky.social—go on and get it! An honor to compete! #marchxness
Round 3! marchxness.com
Round 3! marchxness.com
In the contest of Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" vs the cha cha slide, there was no contest as F got up and literally danced around the living room the entire time to the cha cha slide #marchxness #marchdanceness
March 5, 2024 at 2:00 AM
In the contest of Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" vs the cha cha slide, there was no contest as F got up and literally danced around the living room the entire time to the cha cha slide #marchxness #marchdanceness
marchxness day 2 round 1 final scores! Voting in live for day 3!
DAY 2 FINAL SCORES
Blu Cantrell 129, DM 65
Usher 150, Tilly & the Wall 41
Destiny’s Child 156, Girl Talk 81
Fatboy Slim 150, Jewel 59
Strong showing from the top seeds again. Congratulations to the victors! We'll see you in the next round.
Blu Cantrell 129, DM 65
Usher 150, Tilly & the Wall 41
Destiny’s Child 156, Girl Talk 81
Fatboy Slim 150, Jewel 59
Strong showing from the top seeds again. Congratulations to the victors! We'll see you in the next round.
March 3, 2024 at 7:15 PM
marchxness day 2 round 1 final scores! Voting in live for day 3!