S4E9 - March Faxness Round 1 Recap

This week we’re talking about possibly the best essay-related week of the year: March Faxness round 1, in which 64 essays about cover songs faced off in a tournament. We try to touch on our favorites—although we probably missed some—and discuss the bracket and upcoming games. Also: Elvis Costello gets spicy on Twitter, we all get spicy about the Mountain Goats, dork rodeos, community college bowl, Denry’s back(!), Drake’s reading list, Kamp Kilmer, Justin tries to understand NFTs, Elena explains the Chicken Van, some country music talk, is the shopping cart a dance?, roof-raising techniques, and Elena does mini-covers of Evan Dando, Snow’s “Informer,” and Tom Jones’ “Sex Bomb.” Some things we mention: All March Faxness essays are available on the site: http://marchxness.com  Follow March Xness on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marchxness  March Faxness Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3rNwexRZ9dmA0nvssrPlDK  Denry’s March Fadness essay on Snow’s “Informer”: http://marchxness.com/snowvsedwinmccain Find out more at https://i-ll-find-myself-when-i-m-dead.pinecast.co