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...
Thanks so much for this -- which I am just now seeing! Really appreciate it. Let me know if you'd like one of these buttons, I'd be happy to send it your way.
August 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Thanks so much for this -- which I am just now seeing! Really appreciate it. Let me know if you'd like one of these buttons, I'd be happy to send it your way.
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...
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...
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!
And look what just showed up in the mail, a few copies of the book we'll be talking about (and selling, I hope!).
April 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
And look what just showed up in the mail, a few copies of the book we'll be talking about (and selling, I hope!).
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?
Somehow, it's actually gone up a good bit today (so far, anyway). Nothing makes any sense at all anymore.
March 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Somehow, it's actually gone up a good bit today (so far, anyway). Nothing makes any sense at all anymore.
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.
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?
