The songs? The essays? IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE.

That’s it for the Boys. We had fun! Congrats to Tom Waits and to @paleoctopi.bsky.social on his winning essay. Onward!

The essay on Backstreet Boys is SO funny and smart, especially for all us TRL girlies. I think it will earn your vote for it & @doritoshangover.bsky.social to pull off the comeback victory! Half an hour left in voting!

How do I summon the #bsbhive on here? We need your votes! #teambsb #backstreetboys #sos

The Boys need your help! Vote by 11 AM ET tomorrow! #backstreetboys #bsb #marchxness

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I had to choose Backstreet Boys here- didn't listen specifically to them at any point, but couldn't escape them either and this essay captured me now and them across time. Read the essay and vote for BSB in March Sadness! @marchxness.bsky.social

What I’m learning reading these essays is that we were ALL in band, and so I have to propose that we one day tackle March Marchness, wherein the catalog of John Philip Sousa would simply eat itself.

I remember “Kiss the Rain” vividly and see myself SO CLEARLY in Allison’s essay, but my vote may be swayed by Kate Braverman (with whom I was lucky enough to correspond when we published her work in TriQuarterly a lifetime or two ago). Decisions!

I went SJ, NMH, Bush, and ‘flowers, but all these essays were wonderful. Great kickoff day.

🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 You’ve got 24 hours to vote BSB. 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺

Tomorrow! 🤘

I think we all know what the right choice is here. TOMORROW.

It’s on. Vote vote vote! (My BSB essay is up tomorrow. Set your alarms now.)

March 2. Mark your calendar. 🕺 #bsb #backstreetboys #teamkevin

Farewell to Bud Cort. I’m sad about James Van Der Beek too, but Harold was my Dawson. 🖤

#amwriting #bsb #teamkevin

New playlist Y2K POP 1999-2002 - big stars and LOTS of ultra deep cuts, made in collaboration with @nicoletremaglio.bsky.social of Nicstalgia! 🩷 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1EQ... 💖 Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/... 💗 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 💜 nicstalgia.substack.com

Heads up, team! New DHS funding bill deadline just dropped... Friday, February 13th Get calling. 🔥📞🔥 Updated script @ 5calls.org abcnews.go.com/Politics/hou...

Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”

If you want a little distraction from the terrors of the world here's the SW region of the upcoming @marchxness.bsky.social 90s March Sadness tournament

What's the status of ICE funding? The House passed a standalone DHS funding bill last week. But then they COMBINED the DHS bill with 5 other less controversial funding bills to trap the Senate. Now the Senate has til Jan 30 to vote on a 6-bill package that funds ICE *and* most other gov programs...

No member of Congress should allow the Trump administration and this lawless paramilitary squad to continue stomping on our rights and terrorizing our communities. They have endangered everyone in America. Call your Senators to DEFUND ICE. Info, numbers, and scripts @ 5calls.org

Bad

My toddler watching me try to figure out which song from the Trolls soundtrack is being requested

Very cool of my bootlicking head cold to last throughout my holiday PTO but clear out the night before work

Evan Dando’s memoir is worth the price of admission solely for the list of band names being considered before “Lemonheads” was suggested.

My toddler has reported that the singers of “Video Killed the Radio Star” are “a robot” and “Elmo,” in that order.

I don’t even know what to do with this information. God help us all.

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Hell yessss #xpncountdown

YESSSS (currently next to me) #xpncountdown

Yes. The @rufus-wainwright.bsky.social version of “Hallelujah” was the first one that I fell in love with. #xpncountdown

Fully prepared for the rest of the #xpncountdown to be versions of “Hallelujah”

Hell yes. #xpncountdown

Ah yes, the mellifluous tones of Billy Corgan (this still makes me cry) #xpncountdown

Making sure to like all the Eric Clapton hate posts #xpncountdown

I’m counting this as a Nick Cave appearance on the #xpncountdown.

Working and listening to the @wxpnfm.bsky.social covers countdown with my fingers crossed for the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds version of “In the Ghetto” (a girl can dream)

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Congratulations to Northwestern on being extorted!

So far, the most shocking thing about Saltburn is the fact that it’s a period piece because it’s set in 2006.

The trauma for everyone involved is staggering here.

YESSSS

Pierre Robert forever.

There is no defending this fascist bullshit. Fuck this.

Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work https://theonion.com/relaxing-tea-better-fucking-work-1819579209/