FYI THE LOTTERY FOR MARCH XMAS (DEC 2026) BEGINS 8/1/26. Last call to enter: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Find out here or on the substack from Molly McCloy what the best dyke heartbreak anthem of 1990s is (you may be surprised): marchxness.com/the-essays#/...

Substack tourney recap coming your way this weekend but we wanted to invite you to our HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC ZOOM book launch TUES 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern. Register: tinyurl.com/hitrepeat

The winning bracket (by @legaultd.bsky.social) got the Championship game and result correct, 2 of the final 4, and 4 of the Elite 8 correct. Well done sir. You will receive a special prize (we'll be in touch)!

THAT'S THE BUZZER! MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION HAS CROWNED A NEW CHAMPION! FINAL SCORE: CELINE DION, "My Heart Will Go On" and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social 784, Ben Folds Five, "Brick" and @cicilybennion.bsky.social 474. Congratulations to both our finalists for an outstanding game.

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SCORES, 145’ TO PLAY: My Heart Will Go On 750, Brick 436 Folds gonna need some magic to pull a comeback for the ages. Could it still happen? Listen, read, vote by 9am AZ / Noon Eastern at marchxness.com#/sadnesscham...

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION CHAMPIONSHIP HALFTIME SCORE My Heart Will Go On 679, Brick 360 Big lead for Celine but we've seen Brick do numbers in the second half. We'll be watching. Vote by 9am AZ time / NOON Eastern 3/31 at marchxness.com

Enjoying this shade from Cicily Bennion's video this am which is simultaneously cast on Canada and the US: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKLf...

THE March Sadness National Championship: (6) Ben Folds Five's "Brick" & @cicilybennion.bsky.social against (1) Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" & @mfitejohnson.bsky.social! Listen to the songs! Read the essays! Which is the saddest? YOU DECIDE (by 9am AZ time 3/31): marchxness.com#/sadnesscham...

And 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 while we're getting tomorrow's Championship Game ready we just dropped some new merch in the merch store: the I Heart Sad Songs and I Cannot Lie / Final Four shirt (feat. this year's Final Four) + 2 Sadness Mugs (a camping mug and a ceramic one): marchxness.com/merch

Just wanna note that at least 11 of you correctly picked at least one half of the championship, and at least three of you picked both correct Championship songs. Lumans, McConvey, and LeGault all have it coming down to Dion vs Ben Folds Five. Impressive. (Shout out to Tiff Fehr for this work!)

TIE GAME 275-275 with 100' to play. Get ye vote on if you have any feelings in you: marchxness.com#/final4-fold...

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION FINAL FOUR HALFTIME SCORE You Had Time 226, Brick 210 Close, hard-fought game here by two essays and songs that have shown their quality throughout the tourney. It's anyone's game. Vote by 9am AZ time SAT at marchxness.com

Tipping off our other Final Four matchup NOW: (6) Ben Folds Five, Brick vs (13) Ani DiFranco, You Had Time. Read, listen, and vote by noon eastern time Saturday to send the sadder of the two to the Championship: marchxness.com#/final4-fold...

FINAL FOUR SCORES, 90' TO PLAY: My Heart Will Go On 294 November Rain 246 Rain on the ropes! Vote by 9am! Either way a 1 seed will have to fall. marchxness.com

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION FINAL FOUR HALFTIME SCORE My Heart Will Go On 217, November Rain 188 Vote by 9am AZ time FRI at marchxness.com

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION ELITE 8 DAY 2 HALFTIME SCORES Glycerine 149, Brick 125 You Had Time 131, The World I Know 88 Who makes it into the Final Four? Vote by 9am AZ time WED at marchxness.com

More Elite 8, here we go: Listen, read, VOTE! marchxness.com#/elite8-coll...

More Elite 8, here we go: Listen, read, VOTE! marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...

110' to go and here are your Elite 8 scores. For good measure we just tipped off today's games, which you can find at marchxness.com

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION ELITE 8 HALFTIME SCORE Round Here 164, My Heart Will Go On 150 November Rain 103, Moments of Pleasure 67 You’ve got a bit more than 12 hours to play. Read, listen, and vote by 9am AZ time 3/24 at marchxness.com

ELITE 8! Kate Bush vs. Guns N' Roses - Listen, read, VOTE! marchxness.com#/elite8-gnrv...

Two games today as we begin the ELITE 8! Celine Dion vs. Counting Crows - Listen, read, VOTE! marchxness.com#/elite8-crow...

Coming up tomorrow: THE ELITE 8! Kate Bush vs GnR! Celine vs Counting Crows! marchxness.com

Today from the backlist (March Fadness 90s Edition) it's @nikwalk.bsky.social on The Proclaimers: marchxness.com/march-fadnes...

good game, good game

Weird thing that all of the artists who played Lilith Fair are now out of the bracket. Surprisingly, Ani DiFranco never did, and neither did Kate Bush. Could that be why they are still dancing in March Sadness 90s Edition?

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION SWEET 16 DAY 4 SCORES, 120’ to go: Glycerine 131, Adam’s Song 91 You Had Time 119, Sappy 92 Nirvana and Blink-182 on the ROPES Read, listen, vote by 9am today at marchxness.com to register your preferred sadness!

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION SWEET 16 DAY 4 HALFTIME SCORES: Glycerine 100, Adam’s Song 53 You Had Time 101, Sappy 81 Read, listen, vote by 9am 3/21 at marchxness.com