The 2nd of February will no longer be known as an American holiday, but a day where we declared with one voice that we will not go quietly into that night, we will not vanish without a fight, we're going to live on...we're going to survive...TODAY WE CELEBRATE OUR GROUNDHOG DAY!!!!!!

Dan was quirky and vibrant. And he reveled in certain oddities, like t-shirts. He has an insane collection of "parking lot t-shirts" and we did an entire episode of Gallen of Questions about it. You can watch it here. Dan will be missed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDZ0...

Scrolling through Twitter, finding the ancient texts, discovered a quintessential Dan tweet.

Dan was one of the all time best. He made so many people love Philly because he loved Philly so much. So many great articles over the years about the Wildwood boardwalk, bootleg t-shirts and the Neshaminy Mall.

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

DHS: "The armed subject violently resisted."

Run 'em up! Fill 'em in!

Annual Reminder: Do not drive drunk tonight. Do not even joke about driving drunk tonight.

I like the Wizard of Oz.

Tonight! Join @djrobertdrake.bsky.social for his 33rd annual 24-hour nonstop live takeover of XPN for The Night Before from midnight to midnight. Listen live worldwide, watch it all on the JingleCam. They even have the quad speakers set up on the North Pole! Listen/watch here: xpn.org

#Xpncountdown Did the Indigo Girls invent folk punk? Titus Andronicus covering "Closer to Fine" is what made me realize it.

#xpncountdown The Nirvana Unplugged almost felt apart at the last minute. And the man who brought it all back together was Bobcat Goldwaith www.avclub.com/turns-out-bo...

#xpncountdown The Chili Peppers have an excellent rhythm section. One of the best ever. And they have had a string of great guitarists. That is why they are one of the few bands that can successfully cover a Stevie Wonder song. They also handle Sly & the Family Stone as well.

#xpncountdown You're lucky they left the tape deck. And the Creedence!

#xpncountdown What you're hearing is a cover of "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel. But what Jeffrey Gaines was actually playing was "Bonin' in the Boneyard" by Fishbone. (That's a joke about Say Anything.)

#xpncountdown I voted for Common People by William Shatner last year for the top songs of the 2000s. I was really surprised it did not show up on the countdown.

#xpncountdown It's Philadelphia rock and roll history that "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" is a cover song. The story involves the Hooters and Robert Hazard. And it was originally recorded in Manayunk. The story might as well include a Wawa and a Frank's Black Cherry Wishniak.

#XPNCountdown The Clash's version of "Police and Thieves" is really great, but the original by Junior Marvin is so much better. And the best way to enjoy it is by listening to the entire Rockers soundtrack.

#xpncountdown Last week's Free at Noon artist The Budos Band often finish their set with a really epic version of Vanilla Fudge's "Keep Me Hanging On" .

#XPNCountdown Aerosmith didn't have enough money to fly the whole band to film the video for "Walk This Way" with Run DMC. So only Steven Tyer and Joe Perry appear in the video. The rest of Aerosmith is played by Smashed Gladys.

Faith No More does a great cover of "I Started a Joke" by the Bee Gees. The video features a very young Martin Freeman. #XPNcountdown youtu.be/JKDo6g4CCeU

#xpncountdown Faith No More does some of the best AM Gold covers. They are always a great surprise during their concerts.

#xpncountdown "Lake of Fire" is the third best Meat Puppets cover by Nirvana during the Unplugged.

#xpncountdown 40 Ounces to Freedom was a great collection of cover songs. Toots Hibbert, Bad Religion, the Descendents, The Melodians. That cassette introduced me to a bunch of new artists.

#xpncountdown The number 1 song on the covers poll is going to be the Phish, Norah Jones, Cat Power and Brandi Carlisle collaboration: "Blackbird Hallelujah Sun"

#xpncountdown Everybody is complaining about all these Phish covers. But it could be worse. They could be Phish originals.

#xpncountdown "Wagon Wheel" is the beacon for Farmer's Market/ Brewery Beer Garden music. Goes great with some tacos al pastor and/or bahn mi.

#xpncountdown BEAVIS! LAS VEGAS!!

#xpncountdown If a Message to You, Rudy is at 428, the Specials cover I picked is probably not making the list.

#xpncountdown Ian Campbell was a Scottish folk singer in the 1950's and 60's. He sang about workers' rights. He released about a dozen albums. His sons Robin and Duncan formed UB40. Ali Campbell later joined the band. The first UB40 album sold more copies than all of Ian's combined.

#XPNcountdown The Drunk History about "Sunday Morning Coming Down" is fantastic. youtu.be/klcIjmbq_Hg

#xpncountdown I completely forgot just how bad this Limp Bizkit cover of Faith is. Just horrible. And it keeps getting worse.

#xpncountdown One of the great mysteries of music is that one of the few bands capable of doing a good Stevie Wonder cover song is the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

#xpncountdown The Grateful Dead version of Dancing in the Streets sounded like a song from THE SIMPSON FAMILY SMILE-TIME VARIETY HOUR. frinkiac.com/video/S08E24...

#xpncountdown My brother hated "Everytime You Go Away" so much when we were kids. I used to get in trouble because I would sing it to him in the car and he would start screaming.

#xpncountdown Peter Tosh was the inspiration for the Walt Jabsco Two-Tone logo.

#xpncountdown Sharon Jones has so many great covers that I don't even realize it is a cover of a familiar song until the middle of the song. She really made the songs her own.

#xpncountdown Are we gonna get the infamous Beach Boys version of "California Dreaming"? The one mentioned in Punk Rock Girl.

#xpncountdown Annual reminder that the Clash once performed a concert to let everybody know that Eric Clapton was trash. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

#xpncountdown I'm holding onto hope that Ruin's version of Famous Blue Raincoat makes the countdown. Best version of it. youtu.be/UHM1VTeeI4c

#xpncountdown This DC Talk song is worse than going to church. Feels longer too.

#xpncountdown For their appearance on Soul Train, Fishbone were asked to lip synch to "Freddie's Dead". They set up the drums sideway and spent most of the performance running in circles. youtu.be/20-QoFoP1SI

#XPNCountdown Music recording history: The first MP3 ever made was a recording of Tom's Diner.

#XPNCountdown Tom Brenneck plays guitar for Charles Bradley on the cover of "Heart of Gold". He also plays guitar for the Budos Band, who are on Free at Noon tomorrow and at Union Transfer.

#XPNCountdown I got to see Charles Bradley cover "Heart of Gold" with Dinosaur Jr on the Dinosaur 30th anniversary concert. youtu.be/B-HJ2ImyIck

#xpncountdown Butch Walker finally gets us into the Brewpub Beer Garden/ Farmer's Market music territory. Sounds like buying something with locally sourced honey.

Purple-kun, an energetic purple cyclist, is the mascot for sporting goods chain Murasaki Sports.