christmas in a week and i’ve barely done shopping for anyone…

was hit with a strange and inexplicable wave of nostalgia on my way to work this morning

snow!!!

was at barnes & noble last night and seriously contemplated buying the jane birkin special edition playboy magazine but then i pictured myself having to walk up to the register with it and show id to prove i’m over 18 so i put it back

thank you oomfs for standing by while i relentlessly posted about the xpn countdown for a week straight. the countdown is over and i promise i’ll stop posting about it now.

my final list appearances! hoping to hear some of the ones that didn’t make it on the morning show today :) #xpncountdown

oh fuck it’s not even playing yet and i’m already crying #xpncountdown

not my favorite sinéad cover (not while don’t cry for me argentina is around) but damn this makes fear up every time i hear it #xpncountdown

my list as we move into the top ten eek!!! #xpncountdown

holy shit this might be the greatest run of music ever played on the radio #xpncountdown

tainted love into twist and shout is so goated #xpncountdown

so true bangles… the sky really IS a hazy shade of winter #xpncountdown

wait… the saxophone… #xpncountdown

of COURSE bruce springsteen is here #xpncountdown

this above the sundays… #xpncountdown

now that wild horses has played, i can share a quick story: i thought this was a sundays song. my dad told me it was a rolling stones song and laughed at me. i’m feeling really vindicated rn because as luck would have it… it’s neither!! #xpncountdown

WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILD HOOOOOOOOORSESSSSSSSSS COULDN’T DRAG ME AWAYYYYYYYYY #xpncountdown

iz :’) #xpncountdown

FIONA APPLE NATION RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISE #xpncountdown

shoutout to my high school german exchange partner whose name was konstantin. i hated that mf. i think of him every time i hear this song. #xpncountdown

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT FANS WE ARE SO BACK #xpncountdown

OH SHITTT SOME UNEXPECTED JOHN COLTRANE HEAT #xpncountdown

the white stripes and their cover of jolene are carrying the torch for the #begayforthreeminuteschallenge #xpncountdown

why’d he say THAT with the hard f 😭 #xpncountdown

not the version i voted for, but at this point i’m just happy to be hearing crimson & clover sung by anyone at all!! #xpncountdown

xpn listeners are going to make january 6 look like a toddlers’ playdate #xpncountdown

JIMI HENDRIX RAHHHHHH 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅💥💥💥💥💥💥 #xpncountdown

counting crows’ cover of big yellow taxi… thus begins the b101-ification of wxpn #xpncountdown

this song needs to end NOW #xpncountdown

TIL bob dylan won a nobel prize???!!! #xpncountdown

imo the luke combs version of fast car shouldn’t be this high but to each their own ig… #xpncountdown

holy fuck this cover of the chain is incredible #xpncountdown

what a great lana song to make me forget that it’s freezing out 🫩 #xpncountdown

how it felt going from desperado to you’re no good #xpncountdown

LET SOMEBODY LOOOOOOVE YOUUUUUU #xpncountdown

*chuckles* i’m in danger #xpncountdown

you’re a little late… i’m already torn… #xpncountdown

forgive me if i’m wrong, but didn’t sid vicious kill someone? did we collectively forget about this? #xpncountdown

god i LOVE the beatles’ cover of roll over beethoven #xpncountdown

WAAAAAOH BAM!!! #xpncountdown

if you hate the beach boys you will die and go to hell #xpncountdown

lucy followed by sinéad wow we couldn’t be more blessed #xpncountdown

LUCY FUCKING DACUS COVERING BRUCE FUCKING SPRINGSTEEN #xpncountdown

this 99 luftballons cover is so egregious 😭 #xpncountdown

i’m still holding out hope for ethel cain’s cover of for sure making an appearance but i can’t lie it’s feeling sort of dire at this point #xpncountdown

how it feels to listen to the righteous brothers’ unchained melody #xpncountdown

i’m seated. the theater employees are scared and asking me to leave because it’s “not april yet” but i’m simply too seated.

linda ronstadt my goat ❤️ #xpncountdown

was wondering why this song sounded so familiar and then it hit me… baby c’est vous! #xpncountdown

Next year we ban phish #XPNCountdown