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A list of trending topics with ‘Media Criticism’ at the top

lol what

Every day until it happens

If we're nominating for 70s songs, I nominate Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love."

Ooh groovy

Motion to replace the cultural space currently held by Proud to Be An American by Lee Greenwood with Let Your Love Flow by the Bellamy Brothers

“Out Of Time” was released 35 years ago TODAY. Are we really gonna celebrate by letting it lose in the second round of March Sadness?!?! Two hours to give your anniversary gift of a vote for “Country Feedback” @marchxness.bsky.social

The other 3 games finishing up today look mostly under control but REM vs Celine has been doing big swings all night, and now Celine's up again over a surging REM 197-173 with 99' to play: marchxness.com/round2-dionv...

I loved this.

“One of my most steadfast beliefs is that a perfect sad song is one that does not tell you how to feel but instead lets you find your feelings—the difference between songs about sad things, perhaps, and truly sad songs.”

Aka internet heaven

Chants:

REM!
REM!
REM!
REM!

(The other essay is very good too but I need this song in my feed awhile longer)

Everyone needs a feed here that’s actually fun. Then try switching to that as your default for even 1 day. It’s March Xness Tournament time and my March Sadness feed is just smart passionate people talking about ‘90s songs and essays championing them. Opening Bluesky to that default view rules.

Ah okay so it’s a virtuous cycle of sorts

*to

Oh my gosh I didn’t know you could change it do default

I love them all.

concise, elegant, accurate

It's like this every night, every year

Um yikes I’m glad I have not looked into this

After I’ve been out here a bit I become unfit for regular city life, happens every time

Omg yes whatever that angel wants

Tall succulent against blue sky

Diesel truck stop under fluffy white clouds

An old grain mill under wispy clouds

Clouds desert plants yellow grass wire fence

Way out west

Today I learned

murderous coward babies

….you’re welcome?

you can also go fooding at the placery!

oh my god these murderous babies

“Later I would have Stoppard to help me make sense of Shakespeare, but in the beginning, I had Guns N’ Roses palace intrigue—Izzy’s out, Steven’s out, Axl’s out of control, Slash doesn’t want to talk about it—to guide me, emotionally if not textually, into Denmark.”

We wore a lot of insane things in the 80s and I look back on all of it fondly

I did and no regrets they’re kind of fun actually