by Liz Scott, Membership Administrative Assistant, XPN
Circa the Summer of 1990 - Philadelphia, PA. I was the coolest kid in second grade that year. My “amazingly cool” mom took me to see the B-52’s at the Mann Music Center the previous summer. Oddly, my most memorable musical moment was NOT hearing them play my favorite […]

by Jen Oliver, Online Project Lead, XPN

In 1999, I had the good fortune to work for a (now-defunct) music dot-com called CDNOW. The company partnered with indie record label Matador to webcast “A Nice Weekend In New York City: Matador Records 10th Anniversary Concert.” In the spirit of partnership, Matador gave us a few VIP […]

By Kim Winnick, Director of Marketing, XPN
It was January 20, 2007. I was in a room on the oncology floor at HUP where my two younger sisters and I had spent nearly every minute of the past two weeks. We were vigilantly watching over our younger brother Keith, desperate to keep him from losing his […]

by Jen Oliver, Online Project Lead, XPN
In October 1991, I took my best friend Kathleen to see Crowded House at the Tower Theater for her 17th birthday. Before the show, we had dinner at a local Italian restaurant, and when the waiter asked us if we wanted anything to drink, I said, “Red wine?” I […]

by Deb Ashmore, Director, Individual Giving, XPN
The first time I saw a picture of Bruce Springsteen I was a little girl in my best friend’s bedroom that she shared with her older sister. At the time, my prized possession was my Shaun Cassidy album. It would take a few more years before adolescence and the […]

by Jen Oliver, XPN Online Project Lead
Amnesty International “Human Rights Now” Concert, Philadelphia, JFK Stadium, September 19, 1988

My best friend Erin asked if I wanted to see a concert — her older brother bought tickets and was willing to drive us to Philly from South Jersey. I was 15 years old, and the biggest hurdle […]

by Janis Martin-Hughes, Business Support Representative

It must have been sometime in 1969, certainly not in ‘68, when the album came out, that I had my most memorable musical moment -– I bought my first vinyl album. That album? Cheap Thrills by Big Brother and the Holding Company, featuring the incomparable Janis Joplin on vocals.
My best […]

by Larry Rayborn, WXPN Staff

It was bingo night at The Oasis, the one eatery in my hometown of Mullica Hill that ever played music. But we’re talking George Thorogood, Bon Jovi, Boston and Van Halen. Oh, sure, once a night you may hear the Simple Minds {of course a few of the locals would groan}, […]

By Paula Rogers, XPN, Assistant to the Associate General Manager
To this day there has been no greater personal musical moment than stepping foot into JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985 to see one of the most powerful musical events of all time: Live Aid. I was a music junkie all through grade school […]