Emily
@eajm.bsky.social
Why can't I lock this? | Interests include narratology, speech representation in Latin literature, Berkeley lore, and the Philadelphia Eagles. | W '16, UCB deo volente
Okay, look, I don't think it's a BAD cover or anything (though I don't love this remix,) but it's wild to me that Lenny Kravitz' "American Woman" ranks this high in the countdown. Like, it is not better than Blue Cheer's "Summertime Blues." #XPNCountdown
December 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Okay, look, I don't think it's a BAD cover or anything (though I don't love this remix,) but it's wild to me that Lenny Kravitz' "American Woman" ranks this high in the countdown. Like, it is not better than Blue Cheer's "Summertime Blues." #XPNCountdown
Just missed JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound's "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart." The second one off my list to appear. Brings back memories of getting my driver's license in high school and listening to WXPN all of the time. #XPNCountdown
December 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Just missed JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound's "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart." The second one off my list to appear. Brings back memories of getting my driver's license in high school and listening to WXPN all of the time. #XPNCountdown
Once again catching up on #XPNCountdown from my desk in Berkeley, CA. Looks like I've missed some of my elevens: "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "My Back Pages" from the Byrds, and I'm realizing I should've put their "Wild Mountain Thyme" on my list. Not sure who I'd bump, though.
December 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Once again catching up on #XPNCountdown from my desk in Berkeley, CA. Looks like I've missed some of my elevens: "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "My Back Pages" from the Byrds, and I'm realizing I should've put their "Wild Mountain Thyme" on my list. Not sure who I'd bump, though.
I am FINALLY on the board with Blue Cheer's "Summertime Blues." One of my all time favorite songs. #XPNCountdown
December 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I am FINALLY on the board with Blue Cheer's "Summertime Blues." One of my all time favorite songs. #XPNCountdown
HOW could I have forgotten The Raincoats' "Lola?" The best. I listened to it practically every day in 2019. #XPNCountdown
December 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
HOW could I have forgotten The Raincoats' "Lola?" The best. I listened to it practically every day in 2019. #XPNCountdown
I was hoping Bruce's "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" would show up!! One of my elevens, and I'm not ashamed to say it. #XPNCountdown
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I was hoping Bruce's "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" would show up!! One of my elevens, and I'm not ashamed to say it. #XPNCountdown
"Mony Mony," and especially Billy Idol's version, was my favorite song when I was around five years old. #XPNCountdown
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Mony Mony," and especially Billy Idol's version, was my favorite song when I was around five years old. #XPNCountdown
I do like Phil Collins' version of "You Can't Hurry Love," and I'm sorry to have missed it.
December 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I do like Phil Collins' version of "You Can't Hurry Love," and I'm sorry to have missed it.
Catching up on #XPNCountdown. "Hush" was one of those songs that I did not put on my list because I figured it'd have plenty of votes anyway. I happen to enjoy Bruce's version of "Dream Baby Dream."
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Catching up on #XPNCountdown. "Hush" was one of those songs that I did not put on my list because I figured it'd have plenty of votes anyway. I happen to enjoy Bruce's version of "Dream Baby Dream."
Guerilla Cafe closed? What?? Oof.
December 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Guerilla Cafe closed? What?? Oof.
Could not listen to the countdown today, so reading the playlist to catch up. None of my top ten or elevens yet--either my taste in covers is super obscure, or super basic. #XPNcountdown
December 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Could not listen to the countdown today, so reading the playlist to catch up. None of my top ten or elevens yet--either my taste in covers is super obscure, or super basic. #XPNcountdown
Absolutely grooving to Jane's Addiction's cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" rn. #XPNCountdown
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Absolutely grooving to Jane's Addiction's cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" rn. #XPNCountdown
I have never heard this version of "Positively 4th Street" before, and it absolutely rules. #XPNCountdown
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I have never heard this version of "Positively 4th Street" before, and it absolutely rules. #XPNCountdown
Do I... like The Residents? #XPNCountdown
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Do I... like The Residents? #XPNCountdown
I did not know Jefferson Airplane's version of "Somebody to Love" was a cover, and I have to assume many other people did not know, otherwise it wouldn't have fallen so low in the countdown. #XPNCountdown
December 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I did not know Jefferson Airplane's version of "Somebody to Love" was a cover, and I have to assume many other people did not know, otherwise it wouldn't have fallen so low in the countdown. #XPNCountdown
Do I... like Nine Inch Nails? Not a band I seek out, but I am enjoying this. #XPNCountdown
December 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Do I... like Nine Inch Nails? Not a band I seek out, but I am enjoying this. #XPNCountdown
Either I caught two different non-covid/flu viruses back-to-back, or one virus somehow only managed to take me fully out on days five and six.
December 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Either I caught two different non-covid/flu viruses back-to-back, or one virus somehow only managed to take me fully out on days five and six.
I have had my Kindle Paperwhite for over ten years, and just today I realized I could pay to have the ads removed. Happy Thanksgiving to me.
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I have had my Kindle Paperwhite for over ten years, and just today I realized I could pay to have the ads removed. Happy Thanksgiving to me.
Put this in the Louvre
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Put this in the Louvre
Kopi (the cafe that just opened upstairs at BAMPFA) is very good! Having my second moringa latte in 48 hours.
November 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Kopi (the cafe that just opened upstairs at BAMPFA) is very good! Having my second moringa latte in 48 hours.
That was nifty. Go bears.
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
That was nifty. Go bears.
Presenting at SCS for the first time in January. Looking forward to it! I'm sure the inevitable nerves will come in a couple of weeks.
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Presenting at SCS for the first time in January. Looking forward to it! I'm sure the inevitable nerves will come in a couple of weeks.