The most tragic thing I've read in recent memory. :( www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

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...

Paging folks in Raleigh/Durham, NC -- cool program Wednesday nite at @quailridgebooks.bsky.social. Come on out! www.quailridgebooks.com/event/davidm...

Catchy. I like it. #TrumpAlwaysChickensOut

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...

##NowReading Step It Up & Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music by @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!

@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?

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.

Let's see action 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.

At right, cat. At left, convenient travel-sized cat for those on the go.

This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'.

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.

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?

Accurate.

I'll say.

is an outlaw in the court of strong opinions.

One of my all-time favorite pictures of my twins, Edward & Claudia Menconi -- shown here getting into the holiday spirit on this date in 2015. How the heck has it been 9 years?...

I cannot imagine this being anything but a disaster for all concerned. www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/s...

Always a thrill to have one's book coming in right behind a collection of blank paper on the charts. 😉 From Amazon's "Best Sellers in Ethnomusicology" -- www.amazon.com/.../books/17...

Honored to be a part of this. loseringbook.wordpress.com/oh-didnt-the...

Doesn't happen often nowadays, but sometimes actual good news hits the inbox. loseringbook.wordpress.com/oh-didnt-the...

Miss Claudia was EXTREMELY pleased with herself right after letting forth a HUGE belch at the breakfast table this morning.

Scanning the feed today, it feels like some folks need a reminder of how horrified we were at NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s declaration that, “Some folks need killing.” Isn’t our side supposed to be better than that?

Sometimes, one's book winds up on the shelf at the store alongside a seminal work by a longtime idol. Durham's Letters Bookshop has my "Oh, Didn't They Ramble" next to "Mystery Train" by Greil Marcus -- a book that completely turned my head around 40-odd years ago.

The Spotify festival poster based on who I listened to the most in 2024. Yeah, I'd totally go to this.

Woof.

Season's greetings from my daughter, the incomparable & super-cool Claudia, who you'll be seeing a lot of here if you follow me.

There were some tears shed with this one -- a remembrance of the late, great, recently departed Reese McHenry. indyweek.com/music/triang...

may fascinate a woman by giving her a piece of cheese.

Matt Gaetz as Attorney General? Sure, why not -- truly, we are living in the "Idiocracy" timeline.

Well, here I am, back again after more than a year away. Maybe? We'll see! How all y'all doing?

Is this thing on?