
David Menconi
Contributor at Visit Raleigh
Writer at Freelance
"Legacy Verified." 2019 Piedmont Laureate, formerly at @newsobserver. Author, editor, DJ, podcast host.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | David Menconi |Stephen Betts |Melinda Newman |Joseph Hudak
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1 month ago |
indyweek.com | David Menconi
Anyone who knew Karen Weatherman, local hardcore-scene matriarch and co-proprietor of Weatherman Jewelers, will appreciate the bitter irony of her cause of death: apathetic dementia. She had a sparkle and laughed a lot, in a way youâd find flattering if it were for something you said. And whether saving aluminum cans for a down-on-their-luck friend or chaperoning kids at punk shows, she always looked for ways to help others.
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2 months ago |
indyweek.com | David Menconi
Whether or not they’ll tell it in the interests of protecting the guilty, every Raleigh club-goer of a certain age has a Kenny Hobby story. Here’s mine, from way back in 1991, when a rumor went around that R.E.M. was playing “secret” shows under a pseudonym. Raleigh’s Brewery nightclub was supposedly on the itinerary. The night it was supposed to happen, a capacity crowd showed up and a bad scene broke out when R.E.M. did not turn up.
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Mar 6, 2025 |
visitraleigh.com | David Menconi
Thursday, March 06, 2025, 9am by David Menconi Note: Authored by David Menconi, this piece has been produced in partnership with Raleigh Arts.
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Dec 17, 2024 |
thebluegrasssituation.com | David Menconi |Justin Hiltner
Itâs certainly true that the Grateful Dead were never a bluegrass band, starting with the fact that their lineup had not just one drummer, but two. And yet it also canât be denied that the groupâs musical DNA has a wide streak of bluegrass deep within, both in terms of licks and improvisational flair.
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