Brian Kelley
@briankelleynj.com
Blogger, podcaster, writer, PR person, runner/triathlete and musician in central NJ. Rider University/The Rider News alumnus. Making music as Ferocious Designs.
https://briankelleynj.com
https://ferociousdesigns.com
https://briankelleynj.com
https://ferociousdesigns.com
New 18z NAM 3K shows decent shift north with our weekend storm, putting focus for higher snow totals from around Philly thru the I-195 corridor in Central NJ. Model run shows 4-5" in that area. Right now, I'm leaning toward high-end of NWS forecast there. 18z ICON nudged north, too. #phillywx #njwx
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Christian's studio back then was in a loft of a watehouse/workshop his dad leased. Since we recorded live in studio, to isolate the Leslie speaker I played the organ thru, I had to be on the 1st floor with just these machines & materials around me with just a desk lamp for light. From that night...
December 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Christian's studio back then was in a loft of a watehouse/workshop his dad leased. Since we recorded live in studio, to isolate the Leslie speaker I played the organ thru, I had to be on the 1st floor with just these machines & materials around me with just a desk lamp for light. From that night...
This morning, @kristenkurtis.bsky.social is playing #xpncountdown 1-vote wonders, & this is making me miss Diego Garcia. He just stepped away from music after his second solo album came out in 2013. And now some DJ w/ the same name creeps into my streaming feed because it can't tell the difference.
December 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This morning, @kristenkurtis.bsky.social is playing #xpncountdown 1-vote wonders, & this is making me miss Diego Garcia. He just stepped away from music after his second solo album came out in 2013. And now some DJ w/ the same name creeps into my streaming feed because it can't tell the difference.
Who also made the countdown!
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December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Who also made the countdown!
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Whoa! One of my @wxpnfm.bsky.social Greatest Covers #xpncountdown picks cracked the Top 40!
Yes' cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "America" comes in at No. 35!
#PhillyProgCabal
Yes' cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "America" comes in at No. 35!
#PhillyProgCabal
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Whoa! One of my @wxpnfm.bsky.social Greatest Covers #xpncountdown picks cracked the Top 40!
Yes' cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "America" comes in at No. 35!
#PhillyProgCabal
Yes' cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "America" comes in at No. 35!
#PhillyProgCabal
At No. 74 on the #xpncountdown is William Shatner (w/ Ben Folds and Joe Jackson) with Pulp's "Common People"!
Good choice, @rahrahraina.bsky.social
Good choice, @rahrahraina.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
At No. 74 on the #xpncountdown is William Shatner (w/ Ben Folds and Joe Jackson) with Pulp's "Common People"!
Good choice, @rahrahraina.bsky.social
Good choice, @rahrahraina.bsky.social
Couldn't bring myself to vote for this on my #xpncountdown list, but I can't really complain about a Mark Hollis/Tim Friese-Greene song making the top 80...
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Couldn't bring myself to vote for this on my #xpncountdown list, but I can't really complain about a Mark Hollis/Tim Friese-Greene song making the top 80...
LIANNE LA HAVAS!
Thank goodness! I'm sorry I left you and this amazing cover of "Weird Fishes" off my #xpncountdown list. It was an accident! I swear! It was supposed to be my No. 2!
Thank goodness! I'm sorry I left you and this amazing cover of "Weird Fishes" off my #xpncountdown list. It was an accident! I swear! It was supposed to be my No. 2!
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
LIANNE LA HAVAS!
Thank goodness! I'm sorry I left you and this amazing cover of "Weird Fishes" off my #xpncountdown list. It was an accident! I swear! It was supposed to be my No. 2!
Thank goodness! I'm sorry I left you and this amazing cover of "Weird Fishes" off my #xpncountdown list. It was an accident! I swear! It was supposed to be my No. 2!
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Peter Gabriel gets my #xpncountdown list back on the board with his cover of The Magnetic Fields' "Book of Love," coming in at No. 226.
Also, a correction...my messed-up final list apparently did have PG's cover of "Heroes" on it...one spot ABOVE this track.
Never sleep-listing again. 🤦♂️
Also, a correction...my messed-up final list apparently did have PG's cover of "Heroes" on it...one spot ABOVE this track.
Never sleep-listing again. 🤦♂️
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Peter Gabriel gets my #xpncountdown list back on the board with his cover of The Magnetic Fields' "Book of Love," coming in at No. 226.
Also, a correction...my messed-up final list apparently did have PG's cover of "Heroes" on it...one spot ABOVE this track.
Never sleep-listing again. 🤦♂️
Also, a correction...my messed-up final list apparently did have PG's cover of "Heroes" on it...one spot ABOVE this track.
Never sleep-listing again. 🤦♂️
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Saw the Betamax below the VHS VCR here & decided to see if anyone was selling a Beta VCR for cheap because I have a few likely deteriorated Beta tapes from the 80s with footage of my band that didn't get transferred to VHS. Found a working model of the Sanyo we had for under $100 (incl. shipping)!
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Saw the Betamax below the VHS VCR here & decided to see if anyone was selling a Beta VCR for cheap because I have a few likely deteriorated Beta tapes from the 80s with footage of my band that didn't get transferred to VHS. Found a working model of the Sanyo we had for under $100 (incl. shipping)!
Oh man...RIP Raul Malo.
Tomorrow will mark four years to the day that I saw Raul Malo & The Mavericks for the only time at a @wxpnfm.bsky.social Free At Noon show. My wife, Alison, is a big fan so she took a rare day off work to attend that show with me.
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Tomorrow will mark four years to the day that I saw Raul Malo & The Mavericks for the only time at a @wxpnfm.bsky.social Free At Noon show. My wife, Alison, is a big fan so she took a rare day off work to attend that show with me.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Oh man...RIP Raul Malo.
Tomorrow will mark four years to the day that I saw Raul Malo & The Mavericks for the only time at a @wxpnfm.bsky.social Free At Noon show. My wife, Alison, is a big fan so she took a rare day off work to attend that show with me.
😢
Tomorrow will mark four years to the day that I saw Raul Malo & The Mavericks for the only time at a @wxpnfm.bsky.social Free At Noon show. My wife, Alison, is a big fan so she took a rare day off work to attend that show with me.
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Oh man...Dave is coming back to Philly in April. Would love to see him live. He is fucking amazing. His performance of his song "Black" at the 2020 BRITs remains important and legendary...
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Oh man...Dave is coming back to Philly in April. Would love to see him live. He is fucking amazing. His performance of his song "Black" at the 2020 BRITs remains important and legendary...
December 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Back on the board with Phil Collins' cover of "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes, at No. 422. Supposed to be my No. 3...ended up as No. 2 because of my final list snafu.
Also, this afternoon is an absolute adventure with @kallao.bsky.social — musically & technically! 😀
#xpncountdown
Also, this afternoon is an absolute adventure with @kallao.bsky.social — musically & technically! 😀
#xpncountdown
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Back on the board with Phil Collins' cover of "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes, at No. 422. Supposed to be my No. 3...ended up as No. 2 because of my final list snafu.
Also, this afternoon is an absolute adventure with @kallao.bsky.social — musically & technically! 😀
#xpncountdown
Also, this afternoon is an absolute adventure with @kallao.bsky.social — musically & technically! 😀
#xpncountdown
OK..."I Only Have Eyes for You" by The Flamingos should've been at the top of my #xpncountdown list, but I inexplicably forgot it. This is one of the greats songs of all time so I have to think it's only at No. 487 because many don't realize it was first done by Dick Powell in the 1934 film, Dames.
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
OK..."I Only Have Eyes for You" by The Flamingos should've been at the top of my #xpncountdown list, but I inexplicably forgot it. This is one of the greats songs of all time so I have to think it's only at No. 487 because many don't realize it was first done by Dick Powell in the 1934 film, Dames.
FINALLY! Phil Collins closes out Day 4 of the @wxpnfm.bsky.social Greatest Covers countdown with "A Groovy Kind of Love"—his #xpncountdown debut. That puts my list on the board. Because I messed up, I actually put this at No. 1. Thought it was No. 2...but should've been No. 4. WTF was I doing?
December 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
FINALLY! Phil Collins closes out Day 4 of the @wxpnfm.bsky.social Greatest Covers countdown with "A Groovy Kind of Love"—his #xpncountdown debut. That puts my list on the board. Because I messed up, I actually put this at No. 1. Thought it was No. 2...but should've been No. 4. WTF was I doing?
Can you imagine how high this would have been ranked on the @wxpnfm.bsky.social 885 Greatest Cover Songs #xpncountdown if the Phillies had won it all in 2022? A lot higher than 582, that's for sure.
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Can you imagine how high this would have been ranked on the @wxpnfm.bsky.social 885 Greatest Cover Songs #xpncountdown if the Phillies had won it all in 2022? A lot higher than 582, that's for sure.
This fascist fuck Alito has a street named after him in his hometown of Hamilton Twp. (Mercer County), NJ. And, unfortunately, that's where I am so I have to deal with this bullshit. Fucking embarrassing.
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This fascist fuck Alito has a street named after him in his hometown of Hamilton Twp. (Mercer County), NJ. And, unfortunately, that's where I am so I have to deal with this bullshit. Fucking embarrassing.
Hmm...as someone who voted for 3 different covers recorded by Phil Collins, I didn't really expect to hear a cover of Phil Collins. #xpncountdown
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Hmm...as someone who voted for 3 different covers recorded by Phil Collins, I didn't really expect to hear a cover of Phil Collins. #xpncountdown