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
New substack just went out to the Xness fans with news from our Tucson launch and a flashback to @professor_wisland 's March Fadness 90s banger on Everything But the Girl's "Missing" (Todd Terry Club Mix)
Join us online Tues 4/7 at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern for our zoom March Xness Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music anthology launch! URL for registration in the image, yo!
DAS IT. THE BUZZER. IT'S @celinedion 's "My Heart Will Go On" that's still standing after an epic battle from @actualbenfolds 's "Brick." Congratulations to the Queen of 90s Sadness, and to @mfitejohnson for bringing it all month. It's HARD to win this thing. 64 essays enter. 1 essay leaves. And it's a banger.
Congrats to Cicily Bennion too for an awesome tournament. Heck of a battle. You left it all out there on the court.
Final score: Celine 784, Folds 484.
A champion is crowned. ALL HAIL.
That's right y'all. Everything has led up to this. All the battles. All the listening. All the reading. All the training. All the voting. All the sadness.
Two songs and essays remain. They've bested all opponents. They've survived close games.
(1) Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" and @mfitejohnson took out (16) Silver Jews, (8) REM, (13) Kristin Hersh, (3) Counting Crows, and (1) Guns n' Roses. Now they have to mess with BRICK.
(6) Ben Folds Five's "Brick" and
Cicily Bennion took down (11) Skid Row, (14) Mazzy Star, (7) Sade, (5) Bush, and (13) Ani DiFranco to get here. Now they're up against their toughest opponent: CELINE.
Which heart or building material will go on to cut down the nets at 9am tomorrow AZ time (NOON Eastern)? Having read both essays and listened to both songs, WHICH IS THE SADDEST?
Who will get the ring???
YOU DECIDE.
A new I Heart Sad Songs and I Cannot Lie / Sadness Final Four front/back t-shirt + 2 new mugs in the Xness merch store (marchxness dot com slash merch).
MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION FINAL FOUR FINAL SCORE
BEN FOLDS FIVE 389, Ani DiFranco 348
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Congrats to @actualbenfolds and Cicily Bennion on playing a great game. We'll see you Monday for the Championship!
Sending out condolences and respect to @sdoncolo who went HARD this tournament for @anidifranco . Great writing. Well played. We will remember.
The championship is set for MONDAY. Until then, stay strong!
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
MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION FINAL FOUR FINAL SCORE
My Heart Will Go On 346,
November Rain 280
The last day of the Final Four games just tipped off, so best get to it while ye can. Plenty of time to rest in the offseason.
