Jeff Melnick
@melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social
See link below for Manson book!
American Studies, UMass Boston
Current Project- “Boston Sounds, 1974-1999” @fsu_UMB
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Books on Black-Jewish relations (Right to Sing the Blues and Leo Frank), 9/11 and Manson.
skyhorsepublishing.com/9781628728941/…
American Studies, UMass Boston
Current Project- “Boston Sounds, 1974-1999” @fsu_UMB
🇵🇸
Books on Black-Jewish relations (Right to Sing the Blues and Leo Frank), 9/11 and Manson.
skyhorsepublishing.com/9781628728941/…
The fact that the first two have the same initials jumbled (HRC/HCR) is fucking up my mind right now. It's like a bad experiment that leaked out of some neoliberal laboratory.
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The fact that the first two have the same initials jumbled (HRC/HCR) is fucking up my mind right now. It's like a bad experiment that leaked out of some neoliberal laboratory.
tfw the record skips on the line “I’ve tried to do my best”
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
tfw the record skips on the line “I’ve tried to do my best”
I know that there is no hiding place down here but after listening to this gem I still went running with my brother
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I know that there is no hiding place down here but after listening to this gem I still went running with my brother
Brennen Leigh’s great new honky tonk record
November 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Brennen Leigh’s great new honky tonk record
The security dude who stood on top of the bar for the whole gig at the Palladium is gonna haunt my dreams
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The security dude who stood on top of the bar for the whole gig at the Palladium is gonna haunt my dreams
God bless and keep the stage divers
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
God bless and keep the stage divers
Listen
I believe everything we dream
Can come to pass through our union
We can turn the world around
We can turn the earth's revolution
—Patti Smith
I believe everything we dream
Can come to pass through our union
We can turn the world around
We can turn the earth's revolution
—Patti Smith
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Listen
I believe everything we dream
Can come to pass through our union
We can turn the world around
We can turn the earth's revolution
—Patti Smith
I believe everything we dream
Can come to pass through our union
We can turn the world around
We can turn the earth's revolution
—Patti Smith
No idea what that whole No Cut November is about anyway, but I promised myself I’d get shorn if Cuomo got knifed, so
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
No idea what that whole No Cut November is about anyway, but I promised myself I’d get shorn if Cuomo got knifed, so
Always loved how angry John Fogerty sounded on this; now I’m smitten with how Margaret Glaspy has found its bereft heart
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Always loved how angry John Fogerty sounded on this; now I’m smitten with how Margaret Glaspy has found its bereft heart
My sweet RCP neighbors just swung by
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My sweet RCP neighbors just swung by
First thing I do every morning is make sure there is nothing impeding my access to the nap couch
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
First thing I do every morning is make sure there is nothing impeding my access to the nap couch
I used to love how my daughter's little friend Neha, down the street, would call me "Uncle Jeff" when the girls were little.
October 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I used to love how my daughter's little friend Neha, down the street, would call me "Uncle Jeff" when the girls were little.
I was so impressed by Esther Rose’s guitarist Kunal Prakash last night. One of those guys who just never wastes a note, utter cool in every aspect of his presentation.
October 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I was so impressed by Esther Rose’s guitarist Kunal Prakash last night. One of those guys who just never wastes a note, utter cool in every aspect of his presentation.
I think one of Esther Rose’s many talents is how she will lean into a worn-out word—“insecure” here—and find new meanings in it.
Turns out “insecure” means…human? In love?
Turns out “insecure” means…human? In love?
October 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I think one of Esther Rose’s many talents is how she will lean into a worn-out word—“insecure” here—and find new meanings in it.
Turns out “insecure” means…human? In love?
Turns out “insecure” means…human? In love?
I think I like her new record more than the previous but this is the song that got me hooked on Esther Rose (“Estah!” as one waggish fan yelled out tonite in Medford): a thrill to hear this Sunday crowd sing it back to her.
October 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I think I like her new record more than the previous but this is the song that got me hooked on Esther Rose (“Estah!” as one waggish fan yelled out tonite in Medford): a thrill to hear this Sunday crowd sing it back to her.
This is prolly my fave overall Amy Rigby song—incredibly economical and evocative writing, powerful vocals, she gets knocked down but she gets back up again: Rode Hard, Put Away Wet
October 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is prolly my fave overall Amy Rigby song—incredibly economical and evocative writing, powerful vocals, she gets knocked down but she gets back up again: Rode Hard, Put Away Wet
Amazing new song from Amy Rigby on why you shouldn’t sing “Danny Boy” for her father upon his passing
October 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Amazing new song from Amy Rigby on why you shouldn’t sing “Danny Boy” for her father upon his passing
Blessed to see Amy Rigby in a converted garage in Dorchester, especially because she sang this—my favorite song ever about parenting.
October 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Blessed to see Amy Rigby in a converted garage in Dorchester, especially because she sang this—my favorite song ever about parenting.
A sign in Boston that makes me feel the weight of history
October 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A sign in Boston that makes me feel the weight of history
Still really glad I told the tattoo artist to forget about drawing that Croatian metal record with the Iron Cross on it that I was first thinking about
October 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Still really glad I told the tattoo artist to forget about drawing that Croatian metal record with the Iron Cross on it that I was first thinking about
Come for the singer-songwriter intensity, stay for the shredder intensity
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Come for the singer-songwriter intensity, stay for the shredder intensity
Come for the singer-songwriter intensity, stay for the shredder intensity
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Come for the singer-songwriter intensity, stay for the shredder intensity
Good shit, Cambridge
October 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Good shit, Cambridge
When bumper stickers like this appear on my block I know it’s the worst weekend of the year in Cambridge
October 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
When bumper stickers like this appear on my block I know it’s the worst weekend of the year in Cambridge
In case any of you ladies need a lift today
October 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In case any of you ladies need a lift today