Matt Skolnik
@mattskolnikesq.bsky.social
City dweller, music connoisseur, Philly sports fan. No time for dancing, or lovey-dovey. (Personal account, obv.)
"The American President" is the most underrated #RobReiner movie. #RIP
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"The American President" is the most underrated #RobReiner movie. #RIP
@wxpnfm.bsky.social 1. Great job with the #xpncountdown!
2. Wasn't Lana Del Rey's cover of "Doin Time" also a cover of Gershwin's "Summertime"? That would make Summertime tied with Satisfaction for the 4th most covered song.
cc @somevelvetblog.bsky.social
2. Wasn't Lana Del Rey's cover of "Doin Time" also a cover of Gershwin's "Summertime"? That would make Summertime tied with Satisfaction for the 4th most covered song.
cc @somevelvetblog.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
@wxpnfm.bsky.social 1. Great job with the #xpncountdown!
2. Wasn't Lana Del Rey's cover of "Doin Time" also a cover of Gershwin's "Summertime"? That would make Summertime tied with Satisfaction for the 4th most covered song.
cc @somevelvetblog.bsky.social
2. Wasn't Lana Del Rey's cover of "Doin Time" also a cover of Gershwin's "Summertime"? That would make Summertime tied with Satisfaction for the 4th most covered song.
cc @somevelvetblog.bsky.social
I can't believe this beat out "Black Betty" by like 700 places #xpncountdown
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I can't believe this beat out "Black Betty" by like 700 places #xpncountdown
I tried guys, I really did... #xpncountdown
Friendly reminder that Marvin Gaye's version of "I Heard it through the Grapevine" is a COVER, not the original. #xpncountdown
December 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I tried guys, I really did... #xpncountdown
My #4 pick on now - such a great cover of Slippery People, especially the "Club mix" #xpncountdown
My Top Ten cover songs for the #xpncountdown (I omitted the most obvious):
1. There's No Way Out of Here - David Gilmour
2. I Heard it through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye (original was Gladys Knight)
3. Trapped - Springsteen
4. Slippery People - Staple Singers
5. Take Me to the River - Talking Heads
1. There's No Way Out of Here - David Gilmour
2. I Heard it through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye (original was Gladys Knight)
3. Trapped - Springsteen
4. Slippery People - Staple Singers
5. Take Me to the River - Talking Heads
It's on! This year's countdown theme is the 885 Greatest Cover Songs Countdown. Start putting YOUR lists together to help us build the final list. xpn.org/vote-for-the...
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My #4 pick on now - such a great cover of Slippery People, especially the "Club mix" #xpncountdown
The "most obvious" being my prediction for this Top Five of the upcoming #xpncountdown:
1. All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix
2. Hallelujah - Buckley
3. Respect - Aretha
4. Hurt - Johnny Cash
5. Nothing Compares 2U - Sinead
Do I win a prize if correct? @wxpnfm.bsky.social
1. All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix
2. Hallelujah - Buckley
3. Respect - Aretha
4. Hurt - Johnny Cash
5. Nothing Compares 2U - Sinead
Do I win a prize if correct? @wxpnfm.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Love the way Chris Cornell's cover of "Patience" seems to begin with a sample of the Twin Peaks theme #xpncountdown
December 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Love the way Chris Cornell's cover of "Patience" seems to begin with a sample of the Twin Peaks theme #xpncountdown
But did you know the original title of War and Peace was "War, What is it good for?" #xpncountdown
Oh, come on, @wxpnfm.bsky.social Soundgarden is not the original artist for "This Land is Your Land" (#301 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings). It's Woody Guthrie.
#XPNCountdown
#XPNCountdown
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
But did you know the original title of War and Peace was "War, What is it good for?" #xpncountdown
A lot of things happened between the 3rd of September and the 21st of #September #xpncountdown
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A lot of things happened between the 3rd of September and the 21st of #September #xpncountdown
Hi @kristenkurtis.bsky.social Which live version of @pearljam.com covering RITFW is #503 on #xpncountdown, and is that Bono on guest vocals?
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hi @kristenkurtis.bsky.social Which live version of @pearljam.com covering RITFW is #503 on #xpncountdown, and is that Bono on guest vocals?
"Take a look at these hands!" #BornUnderPunches #xpncountdown
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"Take a look at these hands!" #BornUnderPunches #xpncountdown
R.I.P. Steve Cropper
🎥 From the Kevin Shuss Archives: On March 26, 1994 in Murfreesboro, Eddie introduces legendary Booker T. & the MG's guitarist Steve Cropper to join Pearl Jam for a cover of the Otis Redding classic "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" and "Rockin' in the Free World."
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
R.I.P. Steve Cropper
Now playing #TalkingHeads #RSDBlackFriday #BoycottAmazon
Cool demos & early live tracks - and (more creepy than the final version) alternate lyrics on that RISD demo of Psycho Killer
cc @chrisfrantz.bsky.social
Cool demos & early live tracks - and (more creepy than the final version) alternate lyrics on that RISD demo of Psycho Killer
cc @chrisfrantz.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Now playing #TalkingHeads #RSDBlackFriday #BoycottAmazon
Cool demos & early live tracks - and (more creepy than the final version) alternate lyrics on that RISD demo of Psycho Killer
cc @chrisfrantz.bsky.social
Cool demos & early live tracks - and (more creepy than the final version) alternate lyrics on that RISD demo of Psycho Killer
cc @chrisfrantz.bsky.social
Clearly these people have never seen Donnie Brasco, or Superman 3
Breaking News: Major League Baseball put a $200 cap on wagers for individual pitches after two Cleveland pitchers were charged with rigging bets. nyti.ms/4o7ELdT
M.L.B. Limits Bets on Individual Pitches After Gambling Charges
Two Cleveland pitchers were accused of colluding with bettors. The league and its gambling company partners have put a $200 limit on wagers on individual pitches.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Clearly these people have never seen Donnie Brasco, or Superman 3
His name is Bruce, but you can call him "Springsteen"
October 31, 2025 at 12:03 AM
His name is Bruce, but you can call him "Springsteen"
And he was reading FEVER BEACH, which I just read and highly recommend #PierreRobert
saw this post on #pierrerobert 's insta and hope he is enjoying peace and light on the other side🕯️
October 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And he was reading FEVER BEACH, which I just read and highly recommend #PierreRobert
R.I.P. #PierreRobert, forever a good citizen. I'll always remember his deep voice, the weekly Friday coffee break from "My Fellow Americans," and our shared love of Talking Heads. #WMMR
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
R.I.P. #PierreRobert, forever a good citizen. I'll always remember his deep voice, the weekly Friday coffee break from "My Fellow Americans," and our shared love of Talking Heads. #WMMR
I'm in shock. Will forever miss his voice. #PierreRobert
RIP Pierre Robert. A Philly legend gone too soon.
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm in shock. Will forever miss his voice. #PierreRobert
Reposted by Matt Skolnik
the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
October 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
Hmm, maybe @espn.com should take a break from all the over/under talk and prop bet BS while the NBA gambling scandal is still breaking news?
October 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Hmm, maybe @espn.com should take a break from all the over/under talk and prop bet BS while the NBA gambling scandal is still breaking news?
Anyone else seen this new footage of the Louvre heist? #BallroomGrift #EastWing www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...
BBC Verify Live: White House satellite image shows East Wing demolished to make way for ballroom
Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Anyone else seen this new footage of the Louvre heist? #BallroomGrift #EastWing www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...
Reposted by Matt Skolnik
This is what Trump is currently doing to the White House East Wing. Look at the broken and unusable windows destroyed and just hanging off their hinges. no attempt to save anything for re-use or history. Such respect for the People's house, eh?
October 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is what Trump is currently doing to the White House East Wing. Look at the broken and unusable windows destroyed and just hanging off their hinges. no attempt to save anything for re-use or history. Such respect for the People's house, eh?
Also it's "coming down the pike" (as in Turnpike) not "pipe"
Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
October 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Also it's "coming down the pike" (as in Turnpike) not "pipe"
