R Eric Knappe
@ericknappe.bsky.social
I am the person my parents warned me about.
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My New Year’s resolution is to stretch before work, but I didn’t do either today.
January 2, 2026 at 12:35 AM
My New Year’s resolution is to stretch before work, but I didn’t do either today.
Start every year at the beach.
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Start every year at the beach.
For all #DeadHeads - here’s a very special Space from the Sphere for tonight. Mickey Hart with his good friend Renee Fleming.
Full six minutes at vimeo.com/1149099001
Full six minutes at vimeo.com/1149099001
December 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
For all #DeadHeads - here’s a very special Space from the Sphere for tonight. Mickey Hart with his good friend Renee Fleming.
Full six minutes at vimeo.com/1149099001
Full six minutes at vimeo.com/1149099001
Hey fellow #DeadHeads - have you been naughty or nice this year?
December 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Hey fellow #DeadHeads - have you been naughty or nice this year?
Get you a beach with a Christmas tree.
December 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Get you a beach with a Christmas tree.
This is becoming a New Year’s Eve tradition - spending the evening with people who love to play, listen and dance to the music of the Grateful Dead.
December 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is becoming a New Year’s Eve tradition - spending the evening with people who love to play, listen and dance to the music of the Grateful Dead.
@wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown
I’ve added the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs Of All Time to my countdowns landing page.
ericknappe.github.io/countdowns/
Why something 5 years old? Well, they are the greatest songs of all time, no? Next up the 21st century. Good on a phone, great on a laptop.
I’ve added the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs Of All Time to my countdowns landing page.
ericknappe.github.io/countdowns/
Why something 5 years old? Well, they are the greatest songs of all time, no? Next up the 21st century. Good on a phone, great on a laptop.
December 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
@wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown
I’ve added the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs Of All Time to my countdowns landing page.
ericknappe.github.io/countdowns/
Why something 5 years old? Well, they are the greatest songs of all time, no? Next up the 21st century. Good on a phone, great on a laptop.
I’ve added the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs Of All Time to my countdowns landing page.
ericknappe.github.io/countdowns/
Why something 5 years old? Well, they are the greatest songs of all time, no? Next up the 21st century. Good on a phone, great on a laptop.
@wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown
I’ve expanded my dashboard idea to include other XPN countdowns, first up is 2023.
ericknappe.github.io/countdowns/g...
The GitHub repo is
github.com/ericknappe/countdowns
I’ve expanded my dashboard idea to include other XPN countdowns, first up is 2023.
ericknappe.github.io/countdowns/g...
The GitHub repo is
github.com/ericknappe/countdowns
December 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
@wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown
I’ve expanded my dashboard idea to include other XPN countdowns, first up is 2023.
ericknappe.github.io/countdowns/g...
The GitHub repo is
github.com/ericknappe/countdowns
I’ve expanded my dashboard idea to include other XPN countdowns, first up is 2023.
ericknappe.github.io/countdowns/g...
The GitHub repo is
github.com/ericknappe/countdowns
Birthday present concert - Pure Prairie League last night. An evening full of steel guitar and harmonies. I’m now 71 years old and 70 inches tall. The trend is not my friend.
December 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Birthday present concert - Pure Prairie League last night. An evening full of steel guitar and harmonies. I’m now 71 years old and 70 inches tall. The trend is not my friend.
@wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown
Definitely still thinking about it. I’ve expanded my dashboard to include a player and looked up a lot of the songs on Spotify and Deezer. Might add band camp for some.
ericknappe.github.io/885coversongs/
GitHub repo is public.
Definitely still thinking about it. I’ve expanded my dashboard to include a player and looked up a lot of the songs on Spotify and Deezer. Might add band camp for some.
ericknappe.github.io/885coversongs/
GitHub repo is public.
WXPN 885 Greatest Cover Songs – Countdown Dashboard
ericknappe.github.io
December 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown
Definitely still thinking about it. I’ve expanded my dashboard to include a player and looked up a lot of the songs on Spotify and Deezer. Might add band camp for some.
ericknappe.github.io/885coversongs/
GitHub repo is public.
Definitely still thinking about it. I’ve expanded my dashboard to include a player and looked up a lot of the songs on Spotify and Deezer. Might add band camp for some.
ericknappe.github.io/885coversongs/
GitHub repo is public.
My list of songs all landed on the #XPNCountdown
All Along the Watch Tower - 1
Woodstock - 36
Not Fade Away - 98
I Shot the Sherrif - 83
Blinded by the Light - 28
Me and Bobby McGee - 19
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 49
The Letter - 90
Take Me to the River - 8
Hurt - 2
Back to work Friday!
All Along the Watch Tower - 1
Woodstock - 36
Not Fade Away - 98
I Shot the Sherrif - 83
Blinded by the Light - 28
Me and Bobby McGee - 19
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 49
The Letter - 90
Take Me to the River - 8
Hurt - 2
Back to work Friday!
December 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My list of songs all landed on the #XPNCountdown
All Along the Watch Tower - 1
Woodstock - 36
Not Fade Away - 98
I Shot the Sherrif - 83
Blinded by the Light - 28
Me and Bobby McGee - 19
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 49
The Letter - 90
Take Me to the River - 8
Hurt - 2
Back to work Friday!
All Along the Watch Tower - 1
Woodstock - 36
Not Fade Away - 98
I Shot the Sherrif - 83
Blinded by the Light - 28
Me and Bobby McGee - 19
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 49
The Letter - 90
Take Me to the River - 8
Hurt - 2
Back to work Friday!
I’ve made my little dashboard experiment available on github.
You can run it right from a page there.
ericknappe.github.io/885coversongs/
#XPNCountdown @wxpnfm.bsky.social
You can run it right from a page there.
ericknappe.github.io/885coversongs/
#XPNCountdown @wxpnfm.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I’ve made my little dashboard experiment available on github.
You can run it right from a page there.
ericknappe.github.io/885coversongs/
#XPNCountdown @wxpnfm.bsky.social
You can run it right from a page there.
ericknappe.github.io/885coversongs/
#XPNCountdown @wxpnfm.bsky.social
Okay, enough with mp4 files. I whipped up a little dashboard for the final day of the #XPNCountdown @wxpnfm.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Okay, enough with mp4 files. I whipped up a little dashboard for the final day of the #XPNCountdown @wxpnfm.bsky.social
I’ve been having fun listening to the #XPNCountdown on @wxpnfm.bsky.social.
I’ve made a view visualizations of the leaderboards as of last night.
The Grateful Dead have shown up a lot so far.
youtu.be/IxAvVkMDuYo?...
I’ve made a view visualizations of the leaderboards as of last night.
The Grateful Dead have shown up a lot so far.
youtu.be/IxAvVkMDuYo?...
WXPN 885 Greatest Cover Songs Most Frequent Cover Artists
YouTube video by Eric Knappe
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I’ve been having fun listening to the #XPNCountdown on @wxpnfm.bsky.social.
I’ve made a view visualizations of the leaderboards as of last night.
The Grateful Dead have shown up a lot so far.
youtu.be/IxAvVkMDuYo?...
I’ve made a view visualizations of the leaderboards as of last night.
The Grateful Dead have shown up a lot so far.
youtu.be/IxAvVkMDuYo?...
I’ve been enjoying the #XPNCountdown of the greatest cover songs. It’s early days, but the Dead have been near the top since the beginning. It’s going to be a fun week!
xpn.org/885-countdown/
xpn.org/885-countdown/
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I’ve been enjoying the #XPNCountdown of the greatest cover songs. It’s early days, but the Dead have been near the top since the beginning. It’s going to be a fun week!
xpn.org/885-countdown/
xpn.org/885-countdown/
Beautiful moonlight for the 1am dog walk.
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Beautiful moonlight for the 1am dog walk.
The wheel is turning and you can't slow down, You can't let go and you can't hold on, You can't go back and you can't stand still,
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The wheel is turning and you can't slow down, You can't let go and you can't hold on, You can't go back and you can't stand still,
A few more shots from last night. Quite the night.
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A few more shots from last night. Quite the night.
Saturday in Stonington
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Saturday in Stonington
Every once in a while I thank the dog for getting up at 2am.
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Every once in a while I thank the dog for getting up at 2am.
Got to the beach at 4 and the day is over!
November 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Got to the beach at 4 and the day is over!
Woke up to Truckin’ from Dicks Picks Volume 36 on WXPN in honor of Pierre Robert of WMMR.
archive.org/details/gd72...
Then I opened my phone and read Krugman’s Substack on the Trade War which ended with this gem of a performance. Giddyup!
youtu.be/7SULSMMtBPg?...
archive.org/details/gd72...
Then I opened my phone and read Krugman’s Substack on the Trade War which ended with this gem of a performance. Giddyup!
youtu.be/7SULSMMtBPg?...
Grateful Dead - Loser (Philadelphia, PA 7/7/89) (Official Live Video)
YouTube video by Grateful Dead
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Woke up to Truckin’ from Dicks Picks Volume 36 on WXPN in honor of Pierre Robert of WMMR.
archive.org/details/gd72...
Then I opened my phone and read Krugman’s Substack on the Trade War which ended with this gem of a performance. Giddyup!
youtu.be/7SULSMMtBPg?...
archive.org/details/gd72...
Then I opened my phone and read Krugman’s Substack on the Trade War which ended with this gem of a performance. Giddyup!
youtu.be/7SULSMMtBPg?...
Nice walk at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge yesterday.
October 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Nice walk at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge yesterday.
Reposted by R Eric Knappe
"Newport Folk is a bright spot in the music industry. It’s a festival designed to celebrate what we as fans appreciate the most about live music: the community and connectedness it fosters."
xpn.org/2025/08/01/n...
xpn.org/2025/08/01/n...
'I Feel Like My Ancestors Came Here': Why Musicians Keep Coming Back to Newport Folk Festival - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart
Alynda Segarra of Hurray for the Riff Raff captured something truly essential when I asked her what Newport Folk Festival means to her. “As a student of folk music, I always get the chills when ...
xpn.org
August 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"Newport Folk is a bright spot in the music industry. It’s a festival designed to celebrate what we as fans appreciate the most about live music: the community and connectedness it fosters."
xpn.org/2025/08/01/n...
xpn.org/2025/08/01/n...