Describe the Republican Party in one sentence: theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...

Next week: Monday 5/25 at Slim's Raleigh with Bobcat, The Salt Creeps and Mary Anna. Thursday 5/28 at Ox4d Music in Oxford NC. Stuck in Rotation live radio show 8 pm. Livestream at NextDoorRadio.com

Subvert has launched and I'm a co-owner! That sounds like I'll be cheating you out of overtime pay but no — it's an artist-owned co-op. A good way to think about it: Every day is Bandcamp Friday. All my recorded music's for sale there. Check it out. You can join! www.subvert.fm/kingteenmusic

Horns? In this economy? Come on out May 25 Slim's Dive Bar Raleigh.

If you have ever used the word "poptimism" in any way other than to ridicule it, please lose my number.

"I don't get why people would go to WATCH a DJ." Here's a clip of Björk DJ'ing. Hello? Hey where'd you go? "Sorry. Was just watching this clip for the 900th time."

Very forward thinking, that Johnny Cash. blanktapes.co/interview-th...

I don't use AI and it looks like I've saved 10 minutes. www.wired.com/story/using-...

Mr Narrator, this is Bob Dylan to me. youtu.be/cfzhq1CjJG0?...

Tonight at The Cave!

Swaggering into The Cave in Chapel Hill Friday May 1 like ... (w/ Taylor Hollingsworth and Rod Smoth, 9 pm)

I'm worried. If the CBS Evening News ratings go low enough I'm afraid my contrarian nature is going to make me want to tune in.

The room you're in. The town, the county, the state, the country, the hemisphere, the planet, the galaxy, the universe. All of these things would be improved by orders of magnitude if there were no billionaires in them.

Describe America in one sentence.

I only saw The Minutemen once. D. Boon said "This is a song by our fathers" before they played Have You Ever Seen the Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival. This is a story about 45 songs by my fathers.

Highlights from a fun interview I did with Aldora Britain Records, "The Global Independent & Underground Music E-Zine." It's in the UK hence the UK spelling. The whole thing is here in PDF form. Free. drive.google.com/file/d/14b3c... I'm just as fascinating in person! May 1 The Cave Chapel Hill

If you're going to play sitting down you have to do some slow sad songs. I'll be STANDING UP at The Cave in Chapel Hill on May 1, with Taylor Hollingsworth and Rod Smoth. I'm not even 6 feet and I have to mind the ceiling there.

You have to ask yourself, if Betty Potter bought a bit of better butter, where is the bit of better butter Betty Potter bought? Or ask Betty. Three times. Or come to the Grit Diaries North Carolina songwriter showcase tonight at 7:30 at Speakeasy Carrboro.

I'm in the first group. 7:30 p.m. Come on out. Lineup subject to a few changes.

New newsletter's out. Read it and subscribe for free if you want. Photo by Emma Esser. thekingteen.beehiiv.com/p/breaking-t...

Everyone's all upset about this. I don't get it. When something important is happening, there's no place I'd rather Trump be than somewhere else. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...

If you can't time travel to Slim's Dive Bar in downtown Raleigh Monday the 13th to see me and Joe's Cousin's One Man Band doors 8 show 9, just wait till Monday and come on out. Jaxon Wilkerson on the tubs makes me a two-man one-man band.

Now that you've got 2 weeks, maybe probably, before the next nuclear war, this EP's a pretty good investment. Should amortize completely! thekingteen.bandcamp.com

“In this world of sin and sorrow, there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.” — H.L. Mencken

So um ... wanna be friends? Come hang with me at Slim's Downtown Raleigh Monday the 14th. It's me and Joe's Cousin's One Man Band. 9 pm.

Nostalgia is an illness. Yes! But it didn't used to be.

Thanks for kind words, blanktapes.co @jax.blanktapes.co "From the post-punk Dylan provocation of "Luigi" to the barnburning honky-tonk closer "Hard to Get Loaded", True Stories of Time Travel pulls back the curtain on a side of The King Teen that demands to be heard." blanktapes.co/new-music-nc...

Newsletter's out! I’ll be playing two sets of The King Teen favorites tonight at the wonderful Sidetrack Bar & Lounge in Chapel Hill. OK there aren't 2 hours of The King Teen favorites but there's a few favorites and a whole lotta pretty good. Come on out! thekingteen.beehiiv.com/p/quick-one-...

JUDAS!

See you Thursday at the Sidetrack in Chapel Hill. Sing with me and you might win a trophy. Plus it's just a great bar. 7 pm, 2 sets, no cover.

Sound up. See you out there. #nokings Full song: thekingteen.bandcamp.com/track/left-t...

Been waiting for this: I've set up my artist profile at @subvert.fm Subvert is a co-op, owned by its membership base of artists, labels, supporters, and workers. Check it out if you're an artist. It's in alpha. Social images not there yet I guess. Pic in reply alpha.subvert.fm/kingteenmusic

Two one-hour sets with hardly any covers and if you sing along with me you might just win a trophy.

It's Patsy and Isabel from Chicken Ranch Roadshow singing harmony with me just like they did on the record. Stream or BUY the song here. It's BANNED on YouTube! thekingteen.bandcamp.com/track/luigi This was a throwback for me to singing with Gene Vincent's Clapper Boys. 1/2

Band practice. My two-man one-man band hits the stage at 7 pm tonight at Rubies on Five Points in Durham NC. It's a record release show for True Stories of Time Travel, with The Rattletraps and John Rodney.

Newsletter's out. It's about being in other newsletters. And my show tomorrow in Durham NC. thekingteen.beehiiv.com/p/record-rel...

The songs are whatever but my real talent is avoiding predators by blending into my environment. blanktapes.co/interview-th...

It's the grand finale of my series Meet the Badasses What Helped me make my new EP, True Stories of Time Travel. I'm making today's a thread. 🧵 If you're in the Triangle, or even if you're not, my record-release show is Friday at Rubies on Five Points in Durham. Early show: I start at 7 pm sharp.

There's also an anti-gentrification song that complains about how bars get more expensive after the rich people move in that goes "it's hard to get loaded since all these fuckers moved to town." It's even better given that @kingteenmusic.bsky.social acknowledges that he's part of the problem.

He has a new EP out on Bandcamp too. There's a song about Luigi on it. @kingteenmusic.bsky.social DNGAF. thekingteen.bandcamp.com/album/true-s...

"I'd strangle Baby Hitler/It'd sterilize Fred Trump" A fun and funny new single, "Time Traveler's Blues," from @kingteenmusic.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL91...

Part 2 of Meet the Badasses who made the True Stories of Time Travel EP with me. It's out now and you can get it thekingteen.bandcamp.com or for nameyourprice dollars at my show with The Rattletraps and John Rodney Friday at Rubies on Five Points Durham NC. tickets.venuepilot.com/e/the-rattle...

Pick up this song for a buck or go hog wild and get the whole EP for $4. I jam econo so you can too. "Confident, chucklesome songwriting ... proof that a good story beats a fancy trick." — @addtowantlist.bsky.social thekingteen.bandcamp.com/track/time-t...

First full review of the new record. Hey, they like it! Thanks @addtowantlist.bsky.social. addtowantlist.com/index.php/20...

#JustListened Now here's something that can brighten up the Monday morning blues! The new EP by @kingteenmusic.bsky.social is fun and anarchic, but still feels honest and heartfelt. Even the production is spotless. Great stuff! Highly, highly recommended! thekingteen.bandcamp.com/album/true-s...

BANNED BY YOUTUBE!! You can let The Man push you around or you can stream or download my new song Luigi on Bandcamp. Let your conscience be your guide. thekingteen.bandcamp.com/track/luigi

New EP is out! It's #bandcampfriday so if you buy it today I don't have to pay their fees, which I give instead to @projecthopeorg.bsky.social. Want to see the whole video for Time Traveler's Blues? Go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL91...

My new EP True Stories of Time Travel is available for pre-order at Bandcamp, but you can buy a CD at tonight's show at Local506 in Chapel Hill. I go on at 8, and then there's Severed Fingers, The Malamondos and the 20th anniversary show of Blood Red River! thekingteen.bandcamp.com

Newsletter is out because guess what: So's the new EP. For pre-order. thekingteen.beehiiv.com/p/true-stori...

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