March Sadness 90s Edition

Pumped that my extracurricular pitch for @marchxness.bsky.social was given the green light. It's going to bite! (like in a good way)

This was... like... a country-sized dagger straight to the heart. Sheesh!

This Ani DiFranco song might be the saddest song I've ever heard.

yeah it is

this sounds exactly right. Saw her in Grand Rapids in 1994 and it was an amazing show. Super intimate. Got it differently.

One like, one horror thought.

Reading your essay about it made us want to read Loop (or the novels more generally)!

good

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!

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??

YouTube video by SadeVEVO Sade - No Ordinary Love - Official - 1992

Here it is, our last pick for 2026's March Sadness: with the very last spot Danielle Deulen selects Sade's "No Ordinary Love" (1992): www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WcW...

I'll be spinning this a lot in the coming months. Join in! Marchxness is so much fun, and interactive.

next March I'll be writing about my mom's early 90s crush, Sammy Kershaw, and about garage sale culture; the yard sale as public marker of having sorrowful life changes seen & recognized by your community; the costs of making that transactional; idk my divorce probably. We're gonna go deep.

90s Sadness Spotify Playlist up y'all

whoops had to make it public should work now

Here's the full March Sadness 90s Edition youtube playlist pending our last selection: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

oh rad! We're still waiting on one person to get in with their pick, but should be there in the next day or so.

certainly up there & def gets points with us for its AZ connex

YouTube video by SammyKershawVEVO Sammy Kershaw - Yard Sale

With the 56 pick (corrected) @camelliagrass.bsky.social selects Sammy Kershaw, Yard Sale (1991): www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF1C...

YouTube video by Silver Jews - Topic The Wild Kindness

Picking 41st Samuel Rafael Barber selects The Silver Jews' "The Wild Kindness" (1998): www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDDU...

oh shit Hooverphonic!

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YouTube video by Portishead - Topic Roads

With the 64th pick Danielle Geller selects Portishead's "Roads" (1994): www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nxW...

YouTube video by GinBlossomsVEVO Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy (Official Music Video)

Here's Ryan Carter coming in with Gin Blossoms' "Hey Jealousy" (1992) with the 55th pick: ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah5gAkna3jI

YouTube video by RHINO Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? (Official Music Video)

With the 49th pick @erindorney.bsky.social selects Paula Cole's "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" (1996): www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUmK...

YouTube video by Collective Soul Collective Soul - The World I Know (Official HD Music Video)

With the 57th pick @jamcharlesworth.bsky.social selects Collective Soul's "The World That I Know" (1995): www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7TL...

Whoops we mixed up some correspondence and accidentally posted one incorrect pick: it's Barry Montgomery who selected Grandpaboy, not @camelliagrass.bsky.social, whose pick is still outstanding. Sorry about that.

YouTube video by Fiona Apple - Topic On The Bound

With the 52nd pick Drew Krewer selects Fiona Apple's "On the Bound" (1999): www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c6O...

It's ok buddy we still love you

our anthology won't be out until March; otherwise that'd be an awesome place to start. (Todd's is in there naturally!)