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usually keep my ballot in @wxpnfm.bsky.social's yearly countdowns to myself until the results are in but I think for the cover song one I'm gonna cast it out into the wind. Voting closes tomorrow! #XPNCountdown
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
usually keep my ballot in @wxpnfm.bsky.social's yearly countdowns to myself until the results are in but I think for the cover song one I'm gonna cast it out into the wind. Voting closes tomorrow! #XPNCountdown
when your absolute dumbest swing yet actually makes it into the pop poll:
October 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
when your absolute dumbest swing yet actually makes it into the pop poll:
Okay, I did miss that the "summer's almost over" vibes of Bumbershoot, actually. Glad it was both good and relatively affordable this year!
September 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Okay, I did miss that the "summer's almost over" vibes of Bumbershoot, actually. Glad it was both good and relatively affordable this year!
Jeff Gerstmann's return to Giant Bomb being him playing an IRL fishing minigame and winning a nightmare prize is so beautiful
June 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Jeff Gerstmann's return to Giant Bomb being him playing an IRL fishing minigame and winning a nightmare prize is so beautiful
tottenham hotspur football club............
June 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
tottenham hotspur football club............
#1C000LEST BONUS CONTENT
So I ranked about 725 songs and since I did that I know what my top 50 would have been like if I chose to split between the four countdowns as evenly as possible. Or, at least ,what the songs would be! Here's that.
So I ranked about 725 songs and since I did that I know what my top 50 would have been like if I chose to split between the four countdowns as evenly as possible. Or, at least ,what the songs would be! Here's that.
May 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
#1C000LEST BONUS CONTENT
So I ranked about 725 songs and since I did that I know what my top 50 would have been like if I chose to split between the four countdowns as evenly as possible. Or, at least ,what the songs would be! Here's that.
So I ranked about 725 songs and since I did that I know what my top 50 would have been like if I chose to split between the four countdowns as evenly as possible. Or, at least ,what the songs would be! Here's that.
#1C000LEST
1. "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell (1968, finished 7th in its poll. 12 PTS)
Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, the Wrecking Crew. The ache on "I know I need a small va-CA-tion," the violins, so much more. I wrote a bit on this one and why it has to be my personal #1 so that's attached too.
1. "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell (1968, finished 7th in its poll. 12 PTS)
Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, the Wrecking Crew. The ache on "I know I need a small va-CA-tion," the violins, so much more. I wrote a bit on this one and why it has to be my personal #1 so that's attached too.
May 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
#1C000LEST
1. "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell (1968, finished 7th in its poll. 12 PTS)
Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, the Wrecking Crew. The ache on "I know I need a small va-CA-tion," the violins, so much more. I wrote a bit on this one and why it has to be my personal #1 so that's attached too.
1. "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell (1968, finished 7th in its poll. 12 PTS)
Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, the Wrecking Crew. The ache on "I know I need a small va-CA-tion," the violins, so much more. I wrote a bit on this one and why it has to be my personal #1 so that's attached too.
oh I did one of those slider pop culture character personality tests like I do every other year. I'm guessing this time I had "reclusive" higher than last time.
(also Jughead from Riverdale and I'd say "oh it's cool an ace character got high up this time" except isn't he not in that?)
(also Jughead from Riverdale and I'd say "oh it's cool an ace character got high up this time" except isn't he not in that?)
May 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
oh I did one of those slider pop culture character personality tests like I do every other year. I'm guessing this time I had "reclusive" higher than last time.
(also Jughead from Riverdale and I'd say "oh it's cool an ace character got high up this time" except isn't he not in that?)
(also Jughead from Riverdale and I'd say "oh it's cool an ace character got high up this time" except isn't he not in that?)
#1C000LEST 2. "Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane" by The Beatles (1967, finished 16th in its poll. 11 PTS)
In this picture it looks like George knows he too has an interpretation of his childhood memories that'd make a great A-side, if only. He's probably right but John and Paul's *are* amazing.
In this picture it looks like George knows he too has an interpretation of his childhood memories that'd make a great A-side, if only. He's probably right but John and Paul's *are* amazing.
May 20, 2025 at 6:49 AM
#1C000LEST 2. "Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane" by The Beatles (1967, finished 16th in its poll. 11 PTS)
In this picture it looks like George knows he too has an interpretation of his childhood memories that'd make a great A-side, if only. He's probably right but John and Paul's *are* amazing.
In this picture it looks like George knows he too has an interpretation of his childhood memories that'd make a great A-side, if only. He's probably right but John and Paul's *are* amazing.
#1C000LEST
3. "Tightrope" by Janelle Monae (2010, finished 38th in its poll. 11 PTS)
Always a lock to be my #1 #FEAROFMUS21C pick! I can't think of any other first impression an artist in the last 25 years has made on me that's better than this. Long live the funkiest horn section in Metropolis.
3. "Tightrope" by Janelle Monae (2010, finished 38th in its poll. 11 PTS)
Always a lock to be my #1 #FEAROFMUS21C pick! I can't think of any other first impression an artist in the last 25 years has made on me that's better than this. Long live the funkiest horn section in Metropolis.
May 19, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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3. "Tightrope" by Janelle Monae (2010, finished 38th in its poll. 11 PTS)
Always a lock to be my #1 #FEAROFMUS21C pick! I can't think of any other first impression an artist in the last 25 years has made on me that's better than this. Long live the funkiest horn section in Metropolis.
3. "Tightrope" by Janelle Monae (2010, finished 38th in its poll. 11 PTS)
Always a lock to be my #1 #FEAROFMUS21C pick! I can't think of any other first impression an artist in the last 25 years has made on me that's better than this. Long live the funkiest horn section in Metropolis.
#1C000LEST
4. "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure (1987, finished 92nd in its poll. 11 PTS)
The final #UNCOOLTWO50 rep! Pure euphoria from start to finish! I can't not smile while listening to it! Dunno if I can say the same for Bob and the gang though, given my usual photo search.
4. "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure (1987, finished 92nd in its poll. 11 PTS)
The final #UNCOOLTWO50 rep! Pure euphoria from start to finish! I can't not smile while listening to it! Dunno if I can say the same for Bob and the gang though, given my usual photo search.
May 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
#1C000LEST
4. "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure (1987, finished 92nd in its poll. 11 PTS)
The final #UNCOOLTWO50 rep! Pure euphoria from start to finish! I can't not smile while listening to it! Dunno if I can say the same for Bob and the gang though, given my usual photo search.
4. "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure (1987, finished 92nd in its poll. 11 PTS)
The final #UNCOOLTWO50 rep! Pure euphoria from start to finish! I can't not smile while listening to it! Dunno if I can say the same for Bob and the gang though, given my usual photo search.
#1C000LEST 5. "Crazy" by Patsy Cline (1961, finished 127th in its poll. 11 PTS)
I mean, we *went* crazy with the last pick so, y'know. My favorite country singer of all time singing the hell out of something by one of the best country songwriters of all time (pretty good singer himself too!)
I mean, we *went* crazy with the last pick so, y'know. My favorite country singer of all time singing the hell out of something by one of the best country songwriters of all time (pretty good singer himself too!)
May 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
#1C000LEST 5. "Crazy" by Patsy Cline (1961, finished 127th in its poll. 11 PTS)
I mean, we *went* crazy with the last pick so, y'know. My favorite country singer of all time singing the hell out of something by one of the best country songwriters of all time (pretty good singer himself too!)
I mean, we *went* crazy with the last pick so, y'know. My favorite country singer of all time singing the hell out of something by one of the best country songwriters of all time (pretty good singer himself too!)
dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called
#1C000LEST 6. "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and the Revolution (1984, finished 168th in its poll)
look, Prince has a lot of good songs but only one of them without fail makes me glad to be alive the way this one does.
#1C000LEST 6. "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and the Revolution (1984, finished 168th in its poll)
look, Prince has a lot of good songs but only one of them without fail makes me glad to be alive the way this one does.
May 16, 2025 at 5:43 AM
dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called
#1C000LEST 6. "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and the Revolution (1984, finished 168th in its poll)
look, Prince has a lot of good songs but only one of them without fail makes me glad to be alive the way this one does.
#1C000LEST 6. "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and the Revolution (1984, finished 168th in its poll)
look, Prince has a lot of good songs but only one of them without fail makes me glad to be alive the way this one does.
#1C000LEST 7. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye (1968, finished 4th in its poll)
There's a muted quality this song has to me that really makes it work. Beneath every perfect component -- the vocals, the organ, the strings -- is the sound of a wound quietly, pridefully being nursed.
There's a muted quality this song has to me that really makes it work. Beneath every perfect component -- the vocals, the organ, the strings -- is the sound of a wound quietly, pridefully being nursed.
May 15, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#1C000LEST 7. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye (1968, finished 4th in its poll)
There's a muted quality this song has to me that really makes it work. Beneath every perfect component -- the vocals, the organ, the strings -- is the sound of a wound quietly, pridefully being nursed.
There's a muted quality this song has to me that really makes it work. Beneath every perfect component -- the vocals, the organ, the strings -- is the sound of a wound quietly, pridefully being nursed.
#1C000LEST 8. "Groove is in the Heart" by Deee-Lite (from the global village in the age of communication, NEW YORK CITY) (1990, finished 3rd in its poll)
a foundational "oh, THIS is what my deal is" song find! Sometimes I almost forget Q-Tip's in it because there's just *so much song* in this song.
a foundational "oh, THIS is what my deal is" song find! Sometimes I almost forget Q-Tip's in it because there's just *so much song* in this song.
May 14, 2025 at 4:50 AM
#1C000LEST 8. "Groove is in the Heart" by Deee-Lite (from the global village in the age of communication, NEW YORK CITY) (1990, finished 3rd in its poll)
a foundational "oh, THIS is what my deal is" song find! Sometimes I almost forget Q-Tip's in it because there's just *so much song* in this song.
a foundational "oh, THIS is what my deal is" song find! Sometimes I almost forget Q-Tip's in it because there's just *so much song* in this song.
#1C000LEST
9. "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus (1979, finished 85th in its poll)
oh it's real Goth Talk hours now. I love how arch the lines are, and I love that there's nine minutes of it. It's like the song *itself* refuses to die and instead just keeps writhing around. Undead, undead, undead...
9. "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus (1979, finished 85th in its poll)
oh it's real Goth Talk hours now. I love how arch the lines are, and I love that there's nine minutes of it. It's like the song *itself* refuses to die and instead just keeps writhing around. Undead, undead, undead...
May 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM
#1C000LEST
9. "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus (1979, finished 85th in its poll)
oh it's real Goth Talk hours now. I love how arch the lines are, and I love that there's nine minutes of it. It's like the song *itself* refuses to die and instead just keeps writhing around. Undead, undead, undead...
9. "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus (1979, finished 85th in its poll)
oh it's real Goth Talk hours now. I love how arch the lines are, and I love that there's nine minutes of it. It's like the song *itself* refuses to die and instead just keeps writhing around. Undead, undead, undead...
#1C000LEST
10. "Doo Wop (That Thing)" by (Ms.) Lauryn Hill (1998, finished 26th in its poll)
The kind of song that gets you to buy a concert ticket to hear it live 25 years later on the off-chance that the artist is actually going to show up within 3 hours of the advertised time to sing it.
10. "Doo Wop (That Thing)" by (Ms.) Lauryn Hill (1998, finished 26th in its poll)
The kind of song that gets you to buy a concert ticket to hear it live 25 years later on the off-chance that the artist is actually going to show up within 3 hours of the advertised time to sing it.
May 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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10. "Doo Wop (That Thing)" by (Ms.) Lauryn Hill (1998, finished 26th in its poll)
The kind of song that gets you to buy a concert ticket to hear it live 25 years later on the off-chance that the artist is actually going to show up within 3 hours of the advertised time to sing it.
10. "Doo Wop (That Thing)" by (Ms.) Lauryn Hill (1998, finished 26th in its poll)
The kind of song that gets you to buy a concert ticket to hear it live 25 years later on the off-chance that the artist is actually going to show up within 3 hours of the advertised time to sing it.
#1C000LEST
13. "Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller & his Orchestra (1939, finished 18th in its poll)
A song that evokes an entire era from a bandleader who would never see the end of it. Only fitting, maybe, that it's my final #LetsDoIt25 rep.
13. "Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller & his Orchestra (1939, finished 18th in its poll)
A song that evokes an entire era from a bandleader who would never see the end of it. Only fitting, maybe, that it's my final #LetsDoIt25 rep.
May 9, 2025 at 6:08 AM
#1C000LEST
13. "Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller & his Orchestra (1939, finished 18th in its poll)
A song that evokes an entire era from a bandleader who would never see the end of it. Only fitting, maybe, that it's my final #LetsDoIt25 rep.
13. "Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller & his Orchestra (1939, finished 18th in its poll)
A song that evokes an entire era from a bandleader who would never see the end of it. Only fitting, maybe, that it's my final #LetsDoIt25 rep.
#1C000LEST 14. "Once in a Lifetime" by the Talking Heads (1981, finished 4th in its poll)
of all the songs about being swept in the flow of time and being briefly cognizant of and awestruck (horrorstruck?) by it, just like you were the last time and will be the next time, this is maybe my fave.
of all the songs about being swept in the flow of time and being briefly cognizant of and awestruck (horrorstruck?) by it, just like you were the last time and will be the next time, this is maybe my fave.
May 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#1C000LEST 14. "Once in a Lifetime" by the Talking Heads (1981, finished 4th in its poll)
of all the songs about being swept in the flow of time and being briefly cognizant of and awestruck (horrorstruck?) by it, just like you were the last time and will be the next time, this is maybe my fave.
of all the songs about being swept in the flow of time and being briefly cognizant of and awestruck (horrorstruck?) by it, just like you were the last time and will be the next time, this is maybe my fave.
#1C000LEST
15. "Young Americans" by David Bowie (1975, finished 64th in its poll)
This was always my #1 Bowie pick for this. Asking Americans "Do you remember your President Nixon?" in a song released in 1975 is so funny and cutting.
(please don't ask me if I remember the bills I have to pay)
15. "Young Americans" by David Bowie (1975, finished 64th in its poll)
This was always my #1 Bowie pick for this. Asking Americans "Do you remember your President Nixon?" in a song released in 1975 is so funny and cutting.
(please don't ask me if I remember the bills I have to pay)
May 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#1C000LEST
15. "Young Americans" by David Bowie (1975, finished 64th in its poll)
This was always my #1 Bowie pick for this. Asking Americans "Do you remember your President Nixon?" in a song released in 1975 is so funny and cutting.
(please don't ask me if I remember the bills I have to pay)
15. "Young Americans" by David Bowie (1975, finished 64th in its poll)
This was always my #1 Bowie pick for this. Asking Americans "Do you remember your President Nixon?" in a song released in 1975 is so funny and cutting.
(please don't ask me if I remember the bills I have to pay)
#1C000LEST 16. "C.R.E.A.M." by Wu-Tang Clan (1994, finished 214th in its poll)
Sometimes I had to reckon with the fact that what I really love is the album version of a song and not the radio single, which led to cuts. But here the Inspectah Deck verse is the Inspectah Deck verse either way, so...
Sometimes I had to reckon with the fact that what I really love is the album version of a song and not the radio single, which led to cuts. But here the Inspectah Deck verse is the Inspectah Deck verse either way, so...
May 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
#1C000LEST 16. "C.R.E.A.M." by Wu-Tang Clan (1994, finished 214th in its poll)
Sometimes I had to reckon with the fact that what I really love is the album version of a song and not the radio single, which led to cuts. But here the Inspectah Deck verse is the Inspectah Deck verse either way, so...
Sometimes I had to reckon with the fact that what I really love is the album version of a song and not the radio single, which led to cuts. But here the Inspectah Deck verse is the Inspectah Deck verse either way, so...
#1C000LEST
17. "Didn't It Rain" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight w/ The Sam Price Trio (1947, finished 64th in its poll)
It's Sunday and you know there's always time on Sunday for the meeting point of gospel and rock'n'roll. The Tharpe/Knight duet interplay at its most joyously propulsive.
17. "Didn't It Rain" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight w/ The Sam Price Trio (1947, finished 64th in its poll)
It's Sunday and you know there's always time on Sunday for the meeting point of gospel and rock'n'roll. The Tharpe/Knight duet interplay at its most joyously propulsive.
May 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
#1C000LEST
17. "Didn't It Rain" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight w/ The Sam Price Trio (1947, finished 64th in its poll)
It's Sunday and you know there's always time on Sunday for the meeting point of gospel and rock'n'roll. The Tharpe/Knight duet interplay at its most joyously propulsive.
17. "Didn't It Rain" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight w/ The Sam Price Trio (1947, finished 64th in its poll)
It's Sunday and you know there's always time on Sunday for the meeting point of gospel and rock'n'roll. The Tharpe/Knight duet interplay at its most joyously propulsive.
#1C000LEST
18. "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order (1986, finished 247th in its poll)
I love every version of this song, at any length, covered by nearly anyone. If anything the 7-inch single's length is the thing that keeps it out of the top ten because I *could* be hearing it for longer...
18. "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order (1986, finished 247th in its poll)
I love every version of this song, at any length, covered by nearly anyone. If anything the 7-inch single's length is the thing that keeps it out of the top ten because I *could* be hearing it for longer...
May 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#1C000LEST
18. "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order (1986, finished 247th in its poll)
I love every version of this song, at any length, covered by nearly anyone. If anything the 7-inch single's length is the thing that keeps it out of the top ten because I *could* be hearing it for longer...
18. "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order (1986, finished 247th in its poll)
I love every version of this song, at any length, covered by nearly anyone. If anything the 7-inch single's length is the thing that keeps it out of the top ten because I *could* be hearing it for longer...
check, check check, one two
(a-WOOoooh... a-WOOoooh...)
#1C000LEST 19. "Cannonball" by The Breeders (1993, finished 5th in its poll)
The cream of the crop of '90s alt. Now at the point where any of these songs could make top ten on the right day and I'm just agonizing over what I place where.
(a-WOOoooh... a-WOOoooh...)
#1C000LEST 19. "Cannonball" by The Breeders (1993, finished 5th in its poll)
The cream of the crop of '90s alt. Now at the point where any of these songs could make top ten on the right day and I'm just agonizing over what I place where.
May 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
check, check check, one two
(a-WOOoooh... a-WOOoooh...)
#1C000LEST 19. "Cannonball" by The Breeders (1993, finished 5th in its poll)
The cream of the crop of '90s alt. Now at the point where any of these songs could make top ten on the right day and I'm just agonizing over what I place where.
(a-WOOoooh... a-WOOoooh...)
#1C000LEST 19. "Cannonball" by The Breeders (1993, finished 5th in its poll)
The cream of the crop of '90s alt. Now at the point where any of these songs could make top ten on the right day and I'm just agonizing over what I place where.