Amanda
@apinblueskies.bsky.social
Philly girl in the Green Mountains. Wildlife Biologist, knitter and bad pun enthusiast. Here for the #XPNCountdown, #FatBearWeek, GBBO, and F1.
She/her.
She/her.
GBBO season - over
F1 season - in the books with new World Driver Champion
#XPNCountdown of 885 greatest covers - in the books.
F1 season - in the books with new World Driver Champion
#XPNCountdown of 885 greatest covers - in the books.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
GBBO season - over
F1 season - in the books with new World Driver Champion
#XPNCountdown of 885 greatest covers - in the books.
F1 season - in the books with new World Driver Champion
#XPNCountdown of 885 greatest covers - in the books.
Since I had to work during the top 30 of the #XPNCountxown, I plan to listen to the posted recordings of that section this weekend . Thanks for making these recordings available, XPN crew! Another year without. brice winning! 😜
December 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Since I had to work during the top 30 of the #XPNCountxown, I plan to listen to the posted recordings of that section this weekend . Thanks for making these recordings available, XPN crew! Another year without. brice winning! 😜
I’ve been in an out for the past twenty songs. Song #35 is where I leave off. Time to go work and outdoor event that will have me like this by the end of the #XPNcountdown. See ya on the other side!
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December 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I’ve been in an out for the past twenty songs. Song #35 is where I leave off. Time to go work and outdoor event that will have me like this by the end of the #XPNcountdown. See ya on the other side!
Time for some math:
(Hallelujah covers 🤝 Jolene covers 🤝) 🤝 #XPNCountdown
(Hallelujah covers 🤝 Jolene covers 🤝) 🤝 #XPNCountdown
December 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Time for some math:
(Hallelujah covers 🤝 Jolene covers 🤝) 🤝 #XPNCountdown
(Hallelujah covers 🤝 Jolene covers 🤝) 🤝 #XPNCountdown
Thanks to the webpage function and some comments here - like the fact I missed Donna Summer’s McArthur Park - I’ve updated my #XPNCountdown list.
And yes, the Weezer cover of Africa isn’t stunning. I’m surprised it’s 93. But it’s fund and did get new people to engage with the original soo 😇
And yes, the Weezer cover of Africa isn’t stunning. I’m surprised it’s 93. But it’s fund and did get new people to engage with the original soo 😇
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Thanks to the webpage function and some comments here - like the fact I missed Donna Summer’s McArthur Park - I’ve updated my #XPNCountdown list.
And yes, the Weezer cover of Africa isn’t stunning. I’m surprised it’s 93. But it’s fund and did get new people to engage with the original soo 😇
And yes, the Weezer cover of Africa isn’t stunning. I’m surprised it’s 93. But it’s fund and did get new people to engage with the original soo 😇
#XPNCountdown in the mid-100s did not disappoint. That was an excellent hour of commuting music - Gipsy Kings cover of Hotel California to The Rolling Stones cover of Ain’t to Tired to Beg.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#XPNCountdown in the mid-100s did not disappoint. That was an excellent hour of commuting music - Gipsy Kings cover of Hotel California to The Rolling Stones cover of Ain’t to Tired to Beg.
12/9/2024 - white-knuckle drive home in a snow storm listening to a few wild trabsitions on the #XPNCountdown
12/10/205 - welp. Looks like this will be a tradition now….
12/10/205 - welp. Looks like this will be a tradition now….
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
12/9/2024 - white-knuckle drive home in a snow storm listening to a few wild trabsitions on the #XPNCountdown
12/10/205 - welp. Looks like this will be a tradition now….
12/10/205 - welp. Looks like this will be a tradition now….
Yeaa!!! Nataliieeee! - that’s what’s going on at 153!! #XPNCountdown
December 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Yeaa!!! Nataliieeee! - that’s what’s going on at 153!! #XPNCountdown
Finally checking one off my list! Tiffany’s cover of” I Think We’re Alone Now” at 227! #XPNCountdown
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Finally checking one off my list! Tiffany’s cover of” I Think We’re Alone Now” at 227! #XPNCountdown
Cracking the 200s on #XPNCountdown is where the part’s at! La Bamaba!
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December 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Cracking the 200s on #XPNCountdown is where the part’s at! La Bamaba!
Post drive #XPNCountdown question: it’s ok if The Allman Brothers jam but not Phish? Is it the length? I do agree some jams go on too long but… - good jam is a good jam…
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December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Post drive #XPNCountdown question: it’s ok if The Allman Brothers jam but not Phish? Is it the length? I do agree some jams go on too long but… - good jam is a good jam…
Oh. I do enjoy this Phish noodle - Also Sprach Zarthustra #XPNCountdown
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December 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh. I do enjoy this Phish noodle - Also Sprach Zarthustra #XPNCountdown
Normally I enjoy The Lumineers. That toy piano brought back memories of the old church practice piano and now both my ears and nerves are on edge #XPNCountdown
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December 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Normally I enjoy The Lumineers. That toy piano brought back memories of the old church practice piano and now both my ears and nerves are on edge #XPNCountdown
Oh this is so fun! Angelique Kidjo covering Talking Heads “Once in a Lifetime” #XPNCountdown 💃🏼
December 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Oh this is so fun! Angelique Kidjo covering Talking Heads “Once in a Lifetime” #XPNCountdown 💃🏼
I’ve missed chunks of the #XPNCountdown, so I have to find a resource to check off my submissions. Songs 1-5 are ones I spent a long time not knowing were covers and 6-7 are covers I deeply enjoy.
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I’ve missed chunks of the #XPNCountdown, so I have to find a resource to check off my submissions. Songs 1-5 are ones I spent a long time not knowing were covers and 6-7 are covers I deeply enjoy.
Following the 2025 #XPNCountdown and learning so much this year! Led Zeppelin’s “Dazed and Confused” being a cover is the big discovery
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December 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Following the 2025 #XPNCountdown and learning so much this year! Led Zeppelin’s “Dazed and Confused” being a cover is the big discovery
Last week in the UK: what is monkey bread!??
Me: who makes a savory monkey bread!??
This week in the UK: flapjacks! School memories!
Me:…..I apparently don’t know what a flapjack is.
Hint: I typically see flapjacks used to refer to a thicker with pancake. No oats anywhere. #GBBO
Me: who makes a savory monkey bread!??
This week in the UK: flapjacks! School memories!
Me:…..I apparently don’t know what a flapjack is.
Hint: I typically see flapjacks used to refer to a thicker with pancake. No oats anywhere. #GBBO
September 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Last week in the UK: what is monkey bread!??
Me: who makes a savory monkey bread!??
This week in the UK: flapjacks! School memories!
Me:…..I apparently don’t know what a flapjack is.
Hint: I typically see flapjacks used to refer to a thicker with pancake. No oats anywhere. #GBBO
Me: who makes a savory monkey bread!??
This week in the UK: flapjacks! School memories!
Me:…..I apparently don’t know what a flapjack is.
Hint: I typically see flapjacks used to refer to a thicker with pancake. No oats anywhere. #GBBO
YAY! Yach Rock day! #TBTXPN
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My brain: “huh! I definitely would not include “Regulate” in the Yacht Rock category, but ok XPN…”
*Michael McDonald starts singing*
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My brain: “huh! I definitely would not include “Regulate” in the Yacht Rock category, but ok XPN…”
*Michael McDonald starts singing*
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July 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
YAY! Yach Rock day! #TBTXPN
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My brain: “huh! I definitely would not include “Regulate” in the Yacht Rock category, but ok XPN…”
*Michael McDonald starts singing*
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My brain: “huh! I definitely would not include “Regulate” in the Yacht Rock category, but ok XPN…”
*Michael McDonald starts singing*
What a fun week of music! Thank you @wxpnfm.bsky.social and this lovely community for making this #XPNCountdown an adventure.
December 13, 2024 at 12:05 AM
What a fun week of music! Thank you @wxpnfm.bsky.social and this lovely community for making this #XPNCountdown an adventure.
Delayed Confessions: I voted for Dawes “A Little Bit of Everything” and Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well - 10 minute version)” knowing the emotional impact. I did not expect us all to vote for that to be a back to back gut punch!! #XPNCountdown
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December 12, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Delayed Confessions: I voted for Dawes “A Little Bit of Everything” and Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well - 10 minute version)” knowing the emotional impact. I did not expect us all to vote for that to be a back to back gut punch!! #XPNCountdown
One of my favorite memories is that this was my friend’s father/daughter dance at her wedding. It quickly turned into an all out rager on the dance floor and the DJ had to shoo us for dinner 🤣
#XPNCountdown
#XPNCountdown
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December 12, 2024 at 11:37 PM
One of my favorite memories is that this was my friend’s father/daughter dance at her wedding. It quickly turned into an all out rager on the dance floor and the DJ had to shoo us for dinner 🤣
#XPNCountdown
#XPNCountdown
Standing desk activated for this one! #Robyn #XPNCountdown
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December 12, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Standing desk activated for this one! #Robyn #XPNCountdown
I absolutely love the journey we’ve been on with music. I never heard “Song for Zula” by Phosphorescent, but thanks to #XPNCountdown I have yet another band added to the list to explore. See also: Elbow, Royksopp, Michael Kieanuka…
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December 12, 2024 at 7:34 PM
I absolutely love the journey we’ve been on with music. I never heard “Song for Zula” by Phosphorescent, but thanks to #XPNCountdown I have yet another band added to the list to explore. See also: Elbow, Royksopp, Michael Kieanuka…
Let’s goooo!! That’s 7/10 for me so far with M83’s Midnight City #XPNCountdown
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December 12, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Let’s goooo!! That’s 7/10 for me so far with M83’s Midnight City #XPNCountdown