David Menconi
@dmenconi.bsky.social
Formerly at Raleigh (NC) News & Observer, now scribe for hire at various places. https://loseringbook.wordpress.com.
Singer, songwriter, painter, photographer -- & freshman physics student at NC State University at age 55. Truly, Jonathan Byrd contains multitudes. Read all about it in my latest for Orange County Arts Commission.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Singer, songwriter, painter, photographer -- & freshman physics student at NC State University at age 55. Truly, Jonathan Byrd contains multitudes. Read all about it in my latest for Orange County Arts Commission.
artsorange.org/hillsborough...
artsorange.org/hillsborough...
While I'm a lot more comfortable on the page than the stage, occasionally I do find myself there.
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Where Texas meets North Carolina: Alejandro Escovedo brings it all back home
As repeatedly noted here, there and everywhere over the years, Alejandro Escovedo is a personal North Star for me. I regularly have musical experiences I enjoy, even love. But an Alejandro show con…
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June 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
While I'm a lot more comfortable on the page than the stage, occasionally I do find myself there.
loseringbook.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/w...
loseringbook.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/w...
Paging folks in Raleigh/Durham, NC -- cool program Wednesday nite at @quailridgebooks.bsky.social. Come on out!
www.quailridgebooks.com/event/davidm...
www.quailridgebooks.com/event/davidm...
June 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Paging folks in Raleigh/Durham, NC -- cool program Wednesday nite at @quailridgebooks.bsky.social. Come on out!
www.quailridgebooks.com/event/davidm...
www.quailridgebooks.com/event/davidm...
May 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Hard news today, Sugar Hill Records founder Barry Poss has died at age 79. Truly, one of the finest music-industry folks I've ever met. You can tell how much I thought of Barry by how often I quoted him (a lot). I'll miss him terribly.
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May 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Hard news today, Sugar Hill Records founder Barry Poss has died at age 79. Truly, one of the finest music-industry folks I've ever met. You can tell how much I thought of Barry by how often I quoted him (a lot). I'll miss him terribly.
loseringbook.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/b...
loseringbook.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/b...
Reposted by David Menconi
##NowReading Step It Up & Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music by
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#BookSky
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May 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
##NowReading Step It Up & Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music by
@dmenconi.bsky.social
#BookSky
@dmenconi.bsky.social
#BookSky
Attention, anyone in the vicinity of Durham, NC -- come on out to the main Durham public library on Roxboro Road, 3pm today (Saturday, 4/12/2025) for a cool program about North Carolina music. I'll have buttons to give away, and even books to sell!
April 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Attention, anyone in the vicinity of Durham, NC -- come on out to the main Durham public library on Roxboro Road, 3pm today (Saturday, 4/12/2025) for a cool program about North Carolina music. I'll have buttons to give away, and even books to sell!
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@dmenconi.bsky.social & @paulfriedrich.bsky.social, 2 Raleigh pop culture icons, scheduled for author events the same week in June @quailridgebooks.bsky.social ? Yes please!
April 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
@dmenconi.bsky.social & @paulfriedrich.bsky.social, 2 Raleigh pop culture icons, scheduled for author events the same week in June @quailridgebooks.bsky.social ? Yes please!
Figures that International Women's Day would be the one that's only 23 hours long, eh?
March 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Figures that International Women's Day would be the one that's only 23 hours long, eh?
No, I'm not watching him. And you shouldn't, either.
March 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
No, I'm not watching him. And you shouldn't, either.
Happy Tariff Day, to those who celebrate -- and if that's you, well, you're an idiot.
March 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Happy Tariff Day, to those who celebrate -- and if that's you, well, you're an idiot.
Let's see action
Let's see people
Let's see freedom
Let's see who cares...
Let's see people
Let's see freedom
Let's see who cares...
February 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Let's see action
Let's see people
Let's see freedom
Let's see who cares...
Let's see people
Let's see freedom
Let's see who cares...
ETTD -- like the Kansas City Chiefs' dreams of a Super Bowl 3-peat. That was why KC QB Mahomes' mom was holding up 3 fingers.
February 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ETTD -- like the Kansas City Chiefs' dreams of a Super Bowl 3-peat. That was why KC QB Mahomes' mom was holding up 3 fingers.
At right, cat. At left, convenient travel-sized cat for those on the go.
January 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
At right, cat. At left, convenient travel-sized cat for those on the go.
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'.
January 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'.
A happy Tik Tok Ban Eve to those who celebrate.
January 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A happy Tik Tok Ban Eve to those who celebrate.
Presenting the President-elect's official portrait, in which he legit looks like a serial killer.
January 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Presenting the President-elect's official portrait, in which he legit looks like a serial killer.
I keep seeing complaints about egg prices. Here's what a dozen cost today in Raleigh, NC (3 bucks has been the going price here even when it's not designated as a "Hot SALE!"). Doesn't seem exorbitant to me, does it to you? Are other people buying fancier eggs at Nieman Marcus or something?
January 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I keep seeing complaints about egg prices. Here's what a dozen cost today in Raleigh, NC (3 bucks has been the going price here even when it's not designated as a "Hot SALE!"). Doesn't seem exorbitant to me, does it to you? Are other people buying fancier eggs at Nieman Marcus or something?
