FLEX THAT CHAMP RING

hell to the yeah

Awesome to see & hear @marchxness.bsky.social essays that I've been thinking about for YEARS read tonight by their authors. Have you picked up your copy of the anthology yet? If not you can get it here & you'll be glad you did:

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this is outstanding work

Join our March Xness Anthology Zoom launch in 24 minutes! Register here for url: tinyurl.com/hitrepeat

Tomorrow night on Zoom! Hear my lovely spouse @martinseay.bsky.social read from the astoundingly good @marchxness.bsky.social anthology with lots of other brilliant writers!

Upcoming 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!

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we welcome it

zooming copy of the yellow Xness anthology book; MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY LAUNCH, Feat. Dan Chaon, Steven Church, Melissa Faliveno, Danielle Geller, W. Todd Kaneko, Elena Passarello, Amy Rossi, and Martin Seay. April 7, 7pm CT, register at tinyurl.com/hitrepeat

TOMORROW: @marchxness.bsky.social Anthology launch event at 7pm CT! Featuring @danchaon.bsky.social, @stevenchurch.bsky.social, @mlfaliveno.bsky.social, @dellegeller.bsky.social, @toddkaneko.bsky.social, @elenavox.bsky.social, @mossyair.bsky.social + @martinseay.bsky.social!

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I get to be online with all these cool people on Tuesday evening (4/7, 7pm CT) for the launch of the March Xness anthology Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music from Split Lip Press. I can’t promise that my kids won’t barge in and wreak havoc. Register at:

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@marchxness.bsky.social

YEAH WE DOIN IT

Tucson Xness frenz take note of our upcoming in person event 4/19 (and zoom launch reading 4/7 for everyone NOT in Tucson which is most of you!)

Amanda Shires, “Strange Dreams” X Roy Orbison, “Only the Lonely”/“Crying” Day Two of National Songs That Talk About Other Songs Month

Hello, @marchxness.bsky.social friends! I decided instead of doing “Poetry Month,” I’m doing “Songs that Talk About Other Songs Month,” and if you want to come share favorites or just chat music, I’d love the March Xness to slide into April Ridiculousness. open.substack.com/pub/katiedar...

TUCSON SHOW OUT; everyone else we are doing a Zoom launch TUESDAY at 5pm Pacific

nice well met

Incredibly proud to be a part of this wild ride of a book! #steinmania

us too turns out

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

Christian Death: Blood on our hands and the Figurative Theatre Examining Goth’s rocking-est, scariest, gay-est band and the legacy of Rozz Williams.

"Rozz was a very young gay man singing about blood, loneliness, guilt and death at the start of “Gay Cancer” aka the AIDS crisis."
To mark the anniversary of his death I updated the essay I wrote about Rozz Williams and Christian Death for @marchxness.bsky.social's March Vladness contest.

concur

It's not that I'm bitter about being beaten by Ben Folds (Five) in March Sadness, it's just that I LOVE Langley Schools Music Project & own it on both CD and vinyl & think you should all vote for it!

First pic: A moody black and white photo of Ben Folds, a skinny man with short black hair who has a kind of dapper look even though he's just wearing a t-shirt. He is at a piano, thoughtfully staring at the keys. In the extreme foreground, taking up most of the image, is a glass of liquid on top of the piano. Behind him is a window with horizontal blinds. Second pic: A collage of black and white photographs of children of various ages, probably around 8-12 years old. Some of them are playing instruments like guitar and bass and drums, some are clapping, some are grouped together singing.

The Best Album of 2001 Round 1 Match #8
#48 Ben Folds, ROCKIN' THE SUBURBS
VS.
#81 The Langley Schools Music Project, INNOCENCE AND DESPAIR

Go here to vote:
forms.gle/m4FUXJ83BSiS...

surely

you called?

late to the game but we will allow it

as are we!

A large tan dog poses with the March Xness anthology, HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC. The dog looks thrilled and his tongue is lolling out of his doofy mouth.

Kodiak is really pumped about the @marchxness.bsky.social anthology!

if you wanna throw it on the (just started) longlist doc we'll give it a listen: docs.google.com/document/d/1...