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This week we\\u2019re 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\\u2014although we probably missed some\\u2014and 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\\u2019s back(!), Drake\\u2019s 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\\u2019s \\u201cInformer,\\u201d and Tom Jones\\u2019 \\u201cSex Bomb.\\u201d
\\nSome things we mention:
\\nAll March Faxness essays are available on the site: http://marchxness.com\\xa0
\\nFollow March Xness on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marchxness\\xa0
\\nMarch Faxness Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3rNwexRZ9dmA0nvssrPlDK\\xa0
\\nDenry\\u2019s March Fadness essay on Snow\\u2019s \\u201cInformer\\u201d: http://marchxness.com/snowvsedwinmccain
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