22. @stereolad.bsky.social selects @lowtheband.bsky.social's Just Like Christmas (2009), returning them to the March Xness tournament for the first time in a minute (this is also an @angermonsoon.bsky.social favorite!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iipp...
Low - Just Like Christmas
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Alright it's more lottery picks time for the March Xmas tournament! 17. @mishupishu.bsky.social 18. @sselisker.bsky.social 19. Christopher Stevenson 20. Brigitte Lewis 21. James Butler-Gruett 22. Allison Kirkland 23. @stereolad.bsky.social 24. @utopiaminus.bsky.social
I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year
I’m not sure there’s any goose value in obsessing over this investor slide deck but I cannot stop looking at it!
Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · last mo.SoftBank’s investor presentation is one of the greatest things ever made. I’ve been thinking about it all day. These are the real slides shown in a speech where Masayoshi Son said he wouldn’t retire for at least another decade. The goose stuff is truly demented. Bravo group.softbank/media/Projec...
To my Pride folks. You are loved. There ain't no other you. You are so fierce you got these wockaflockas shook and whatnot. Go on with yo' bad selves.
Vampire Weakened, my new tribute band, is now available for bookings any time between dawn and dusk.
March Xness in April?!? Everything is possible.
Tucson Essay Club@tucsonessayclub.bsky.social · 4mo agoUpcoming Lit events: 4/7 @marchxness.bsky.social anthology Launch & Zoom reading; 4/11 Morgan Day at Stacks Oro Valley; 4/12 Tucson Essay Movie Club at Casa Video; 4/19 Music, Essays, Karaoke. Get on the substack to keep up with what's coming up in Tucson! open.substack.com/pub/tucsones...
Incredibly proud to be a part of this wild ride of a book! #steinmania
March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 4mo agoAnd allow us to remind you that it's release week for Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: the March Xness anthology. It's like this whole tournament got shrunk down into book form! Thanks to @splitlippress.com for bringing this beauty into the world: www.splitlippress.com/product-page...
OK for fun: top funniest tweet ever? I am torn between "moon's haunted" and "Denise I was at your wedding."
I love that kazoos are banned, but you're allowed to bring a whole-ass trombone into the stadium
Sara Sanchez@bcbsara.bsky.social · 5mo agoPSA: f you are headed to the World Baseball Classic you can bring your bongos, but you've got to leave your vuvuzela at home:
Do a bracket. Read 64 essays. Play some weepies while you do. Enjoy smart creative writing while you feel the tug of the apocalypse.
March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 5mo agoYOU GOT A COUPLE HOURS
"Now…the sadness of that 36-year-old song is sadly perfect for where we find ourselves. Revisiting “Road Movie to Berlin” helps me put words to the fresh grief that seems to get lodged in my throat each day." Tammy Oler on the surprising sadness of TMBG: marchxness.com/thenicest/
The Nicest of the Damned: Tammy Oler on “Road Movie to Berlin” and the Sadness of Now — March Sadness 90s Edition
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“Dad, I’m In Jail” by Was (Not Was)
Laura Lorson@lauralorson.net · 6mo ago"Hunter" by Bjork or "Repent Walpurgis" by Procol Harum
"Hunter" by Bjork or "Repent Walpurgis" by Procol Harum
Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 6mo agookay if you could magically become the greatest figure skater in the world for a day and deliver one banger performance that would live on forever, and if you could truly let your freak flag fly to choose ANY music you wanted, what are you skating to I might do “Black Jack Davy” by Steeleye Span
Obviously there’s a lot more horrific and stressful things going on in the world but maybe hearing Loverboy at the sushi bar today is the final straw for me
I mostly just post the hashtag #steinmania
Laura Lorson@lauralorson.net · 6mo agoGeneralize your skeets. What's your most typical, most average skeet? "Hello, everything is terrible, here is a recipe and some housekeeping advice. (Insert quote from either a 20-minute prog rock song or a classic novel) Also, I have an ongoing beef with the Spelling Bee"
Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers: Broadcast Alvvays Otoboke Beaver Detroit Cobras The Softies
Laura Lorson@lauralorson.net · 6mo agoFive concerts you've seen with women lead singers: Bikini Kill Bjork Lush Diamanda Galas Skunk Anansie
