Me hearing @kristenkurtis.bsky.social morning show promo on Sunday evening

In anticipation of their Mann show on 9/4 the HAIM sisters - Alana, Este, and Danielle - talked with Kristen Kurtis @kristenkurtis.bsky.social about their new album and coming to play Philly. xpn.org/2025/08/19/h...

I’m honored to say this is me with my kitty Zuma’s head 😻 Can’t believe it’s still there, or that it exists in the first place! Thank you forever, Lugo!!

@wxpnfm.bsky.social @kristenkurtis.bsky.social So awesome hearing Gail Ann Dorsey. She is so insanely talented. Really deserves to be huge. If you’ve never heard her sing the Freddy Mercury parts of Under Pressure live with David Bowie, go treat yourself. youtu.be/zg7lt9lg3gA?...

Gail Ann Dorsey told me she listens to me on @wxpnfm.bsky.social!!! Screaming and crying. Happy early International Women’s Day from your Philly ladies y’all

Two of the people I loved the most in 1995 have absolutely crushed my heart. One of them is Gwen Stefani. One day I’ll feel safe enough to publicly name the other one. For now I’ll say … be careful what you wish for. And you probably don’t want to meet your heroes (I’ve never met her).

You may have just heard @kallao.bsky.social & @kristenkurtis.bsky.social on the @wxpnfm.bsky.social morning show talking about #WXPN 's role om the birth of boygenius... here's a clip of @somevelvetblog.bsky.social talking a bit more about that moment! riverside.fm/shared/expor...

PHILLY OVER EVERYBODY!!!

Saw this when I was leaving work in Philly today — The PPA is RUTHLESS, y’all, they even ticketed the WIENERMOBILE! 🌭

Saying his name: Trayvon Martin should be turning 30 today. RIP

A text I just got from the city of Philadelphia lmao #GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly

Alabama Shakes played a surprise reunion show?? This news just lit me up like a Christmas tree!!

lmaooooo y’all I just got my screen time notification and I spent ~*7.5*~ hours a day on my phone last week because of the #XPNcountdown and I think I need to be extremely offline the rest of the year

What albums did Kristen Kurtis @kristenkurtis.bsky.social choose as her favorite albums of the year? Here's her list. xpn.org/2024/12/13/b...

Now that the #XPNCountdown is over, it's time to roll out the XPN Hosts Best of 2024. From The Cure and Kacey Musgraves to MJ Lenderman, Waxahatchee, and more, here are our picks for best albums of the year. xpn.org/category/pro...

Thank you all! Talk to you tomorrow morning 😘📻🎶💕

Gotta tell y’all, when @kallao.bsky.social came up with the idea for this year’s countdown, he said “Seven Nation Army” was the first song that came to his mind. He created this moment!! You rock dude #XPNcountdown

It is hilarious that HEY YA! landed between two of the most beautiful love songs written and recorded in the last 25 years 🤣 #XPNcountdown

Jason Isbell is the real deal. Love this guy. And “If We Were Vampires” absolutely deserves to be top 5. “Maybe time running out is a gift I’ll work hard ‘til the end of my shift” Gutted. Every time I hear it. #XPNcountdown

There is something so powerful about knowing RADIO brings ppl together to listen to a song like The Joke in real time, so we can know that someone else is feeling the exact same feelings at the exact same time. God bless radio and God bless @wxpnfm.bsky.social #xpncountdown

THERE IT IS. #XPNcountdown

This song was the ARRIVAL of an ARTIST. Still getting chills right now listening to those haunting backing vocals on “Take Me to Church!” #XPNcountdown

As we head toward the top 10, I wanna say, I’ve seen a remarkable number of you saying it’s been a hard year. Me too! But you, @wxpnfm.bsky.social members & #XPNcountdown enthusiasts? Your kindness, support, and humor have provided much needed levity for everyone in this lucky community. THANK YOU.

This is my kitty Zuma who almost Mr. Blue’d me right before Thanksgiving. She is happy to be hearing more Amy Winehouse on #XPNcountdown

I didn’t vote for Wilco in the #XPNcountdown because I had faith you all would, and you took care of my favorite. “Jesus, Etc.” at 20! Thank you 🥰

7/10 so far. Still waiting for my Hozier, Amy, and Phoebe picks. Starting to get worried about “Smoke Signals” #XPNcountdown

I want to keep hanging out here #XPNcountdown but some y’all just killing me with these takes

The Fame Monster is still my favorite thing she’s done. If you’ve never really listened to Gaga, start with that 8 track EP/mini-album. It came so soon after her debut album. She’s a genius #XPNcountdown

I was doing afternoons on KZZU in Spokane and we’d just wound down the 4th single from The Fame when my boss was like “Hey we just got a new Gaga song and I want you to play it” and I was like “what??” and then I did and I was like “WHAT?!?!” #XPNcountdown

I’M A FREE BITCH, BABY!!! #XPNcountdown

EVERYTHING. IN ITS. RIGHT. PLACE I am dying again with this run of #XPNcountdown

I miss this Coldplay. The last album of theirs I loved. “Viva la Vida” is GORGEOUS. Sends my soul soaring #XPNcountdown

We call that classy brass!! Janelle Monae with another of my picks, “Tightrope.” That bass is SOMETHING. Really, the whole arrangement is thrilling and the lyrics are uplifting af. #XPNcountdown

Just got out of our MEETING and see that I just missed “I Will Follow You Into the Dark,” one of my 10 picks, and the one my fellow Catholic school survivor husband @seancwells.bsky.social and I have designated as “our song” 😭💕 #XPNcountdown

Another off my #XPNcountdown top 10 🥰 It’s been 4 years since we got a Fiona album and it will probably be another 6 before she adds the next record to her pristine discography but I will wait ~however~ long it takes

If you think YOUR employer scheduling meetings during #XPNcountdown is bad, tell me why FOLKS AT @wxpnfm.bsky.social scheduled meetings yesterday and today?!?!?!

Yet AGAIN I miss playing one of my top 10 songs by a few minutes. JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE ROCKS SO HARD!! Probably best for the studio speakers that I’m not in there right now for this one on #XPNcountdown …

Ok #XPNcountdown fam, now that we’re inside the top 150, what songs from your lists are you worried won’t make it?

#XPNcountdown (thanks @dhm.bsky.social!)

Janellllllllllle “You gaslight and 'bout to meet your match You fuck up the kitchen, then you should do the dishes” 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 #XPNcountdown

Better you than me on this stretch @kallao.bsky.social I’d’a been openly weeping into the hot mic #XPNcountdown

jfc #XPNcountdown is now beating my dead body with “Crains in the Sky.” TEAM SOLANGE IN THE ELEVATOR.

Thank you again to XPN member Brian who sold me his Billie Eilish tickets at face value so I could take my 13yo niece to see her favorite for her very first concert this past October. One of my favorite memories in my entire life, forever and ever. #XPNcountdown

OK AND NOW I AM WEEPING 😭 Tori into *this* Billie song?? I am dead. Deceased. #XPNcountdown

YAAYYY I JUST GOT CHILLS @kallao.bsky.social the music video for “A Sorta Fairytale” guest stars Adrien Brody and it’s delightfully weird #XPNcountdown ❤️ Tori

@kallao.bsky.social A MINOR LMAOOO

I love you so much @kallao.bsky.social. #XPNcountdown

Have fun the rest of this week, y’all 😘 #XPNcountdown