as the #TBTXPN deLorean goes back to the future of Biff World, i just want to say THANK YOU! to @wxpnfm.bsky.social for another SUPERFUN summer midweek f***ist hell distraction.
Later, TBTXPN! and see all oyouse at #XPNFEST!!
though #NIN isn't really in the inner black circle of XPN rotation, im glad #SusanTedeschi is. they played 3 from Hope & Desire today!
i discovered her in 1998 tuning in by accident to XPN. Both have been a constant source of joy for me since.
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GOGOL BORDELLO!!
they write socio-political songs, but they're also one of the best most fun PARTY bands to go see live!
even when Eugene goes stripped down acoustic, it's still a raucous gypsy time.
whenever they're anywhere close i go! these folks party HARD!
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Three songs by Bloc Party from Silent Alarm today on #TBTXPN . (2005)
Time for a few more Dan!
@wxpnfm.bsky.social
Another song from 2005 that I discovered thanks to @wxpnfm.bsky.social, but probably won't hear on today's #TBTXPN, is "Radio" by Pitty Sing, a short-lived Brooklyn-based band. Apparently, it came pre-loaded on some off-brand MP3 players like the Zune. I loved it, though.
youtu.be/KP_otNSsG_o
I figured I missed it at some point today, but has @wxpnfm.bsky.social really not played anything from Songs for Silverman by @actualbenfolds.bsky.social on today's 2005 #TBTXPN ? "Landed"..."Jesusland"?
If so, there are four hours to correct this.
youtu.be/0vPygzPSg8M?...
see what you will about Coldplay, their shows are SPECTACULAR!
to me their records sound mellow and sleepy. was i in for a SHOCK when i saw them live for the first time. so much disconnect from the albums to their live shows!
went to see them in concert for the rest of the 2000s.
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Heck yeah Art Brut!
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my FAVORITE #BrandiCarlile song!
when she opened for Susan Tedeschi at World Cafe i/EVERYBODY WAS BLOWN AWAY!
but my fondest memory of that night was when i saw her after her set in a quiet and empty World Cafe lobby, just milling around. The fame and bright future was yet to follow.
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I’ll be there too although not in the pit. Last saw them at the spectrum in 2000.
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NINE INCH NAILS!
one band i never fail to go to every show close to the area.
GOING TO SEE THEM NEXT WEEK **IN THE PIT**!
*oddly enough not played much on XPN, but that's EXACTLY why im an XPN member - to complement the music i already know. hearing NIN on XPN is a treat! Thanks, Mike V!
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I find it amazing how memories from 20 years ago come flooding back while listening to this. It was such a different, vibrant, eclectic, beautiful world back then. What the heck happened? Thanks to @wxpnfm.bsky.social for #TBTXPN . What is life without MUSIC?
Me: rocking out to recent tunes on WXPN.
WXPN: reminds me it's #tbtxpn and these tunes are 20 years old.
Me:
No way is XPN playing "Hold On" two hours before I see the Alabama Shakes at the Greek in Berkeley... Greetings from the top of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs! #TBTXPN
Hearing all of these “XPN Classics” on today’s #TBTXPN is kind of like falling back in love with your first crush… WELL DONE @wxpnfm.bsky.social - fun, fun day of radio magic. #summer25
Yes, I do strongly associate "Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes with WXPN. #TBTXPN
We have reached the stomp clap portion of #tbtxpn
#TBTXPN once again giving my Apple Music subscription a full work-out.
One of today's 'new to me' artists:
music.apple.com/us/album/cla...
WXPN playlist showing "The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson being played on the station at 12:33 p.m. EDT on August 14, 2025.
Aww..."The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson on @wxpnfm.bsky.social ...our first-dance song! #TBTXPN #XPNClassics
If you want to watch it... youtu.be/eVU-GPZ7sUc?...
JEM's 'It's a Ride' ruled the @wxpnfm.bsky.social airwaves for a hot minute in 2003. It's a banger Xpn Classic! #tbtXPN
With @wxpnfm.bsky.social doing “XPN Classics” for throwback Thursday, here’s the set i first heard in 1998, when the “scan” on my rental car radio landed on 88.5 FM while driving to PHL. Hooked ever since. #TBTXPN
@kristenkurtis.bsky.social played this very early this morning on @wxpnfm and it was probably the first album I went out and purchased immediately upon hearing it on the Xpn airwaves. @wxpnfm.bsky.social
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(To clarify, the original was on #TBTXPN but I think this cover is better) #DavidByrne #NatalieMerchant
@wxpnfm.bsky.social making me bust out my CD collection for Xpn Classics #tbtXPN
Who remembers June Rich! @somevelvetblog.bsky.social
Can we have this #TBTXPN theme every week? Kristen Kurtis is just crushing it this morning. There’s not a better radio station on the planet. LONG LIVE WXPN 88.5 on the Philly dial! #XPNClassics
32 Flavors. Heck yes. If you want to listen to some good music turn on XPN today, or frankly any day. #tbtxpn #xpnclassics
Another stone cold Xpn classic! NO LOVE TODAY by Chris Smither. I love the way he sings "Ba-nana" @wxpnfm.bsky.social
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Barely Breathing was probably one of the biggest mainstream hits Xpn was playing in the mid 90s. @wxpnfm.bsky.social
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Turned on the radio to hear Loreena McKennitt's beautiful voice and immediately thought "This is such a throwback to classic 90s WXPN" forgetting it was #TBTXPN. @kristenkurtis.bsky.social clearly understood the assignment for #XPNClassics and knows we could all use more McKennitt in our lives.
