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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
July 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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
Paging folks in Raleigh/Durham, NC -- cool program Wednesday nite at @quailridgebooks.bsky.social. Come on out!

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June 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Catchy. I like it.

#TrumpAlwaysChickensOut
May 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
May 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
May 18, 2025 at 1:24 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
Reposted by David Menconi
##NowReading Step It Up & Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music by
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May 1, 2025 at 8:21 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!
April 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Reposted by David Menconi
@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
April 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Figures that International Women's Day would be the one that's only 23 hours long, eh?
March 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
No, I'm not watching him. And you shouldn't, either.
March 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Happy Tariff Day, to those who celebrate -- and if that's you, well, you're an idiot.
March 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Let's see action
Let's see people
Let's see freedom
Let's see who cares...
February 17, 2025 at 3:48 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.
February 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
At right, cat. At left, convenient travel-sized cat for those on the go.
January 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'.
January 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A happy Tik Tok Ban Eve to those who celebrate.
January 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Presenting the President-elect's official portrait, in which he legit looks like a serial killer.
January 16, 2025 at 7:56 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?
January 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Accurate.
January 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I'll say.
December 30, 2024 at 7:36 PM