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
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Books on Black-Jewish relations (Right to Sing the Blues and Leo Frank), 9/11 and Manson.
skyhorsepublishing.com/9781628728941/…
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Jeff Melnick
@melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Start with the debut record by my daughter’s bf Alfredo Colon (Blood Burden). Great alto player and bandleader
Song of the day!!! youtu.be/0Y_qpkLd-8E?...
Ed Is Dead
YouTube video by Pixies - Topic
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September 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Song of the day!!! youtu.be/0Y_qpkLd-8E?...
Thanks to my brilliant daughter, I already had the shirt
September 16, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Thanks to my brilliant daughter, I already had the shirt
Just called my guy in Vegas to ask him what the line was on Ed Sheeran’s tour cancellation (“nervous exhaustion” or vocal polyps?).
September 16, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Just called my guy in Vegas to ask him what the line was on Ed Sheeran’s tour cancellation (“nervous exhaustion” or vocal polyps?).
I’ve been listening to it blissfully for over 40 years now and still not sure how Marshall Crenshaw pulled off the magic of “Cynical Girl.” The way he turned the girl group ode to the bad boy (“he’s Good bad, but he’s not evil”) inside out and made it chime! A little miracle.
September 16, 2026 at 1:22 AM
I’ve been listening to it blissfully for over 40 years now and still not sure how Marshall Crenshaw pulled off the magic of “Cynical Girl.” The way he turned the girl group ode to the bad boy (“he’s Good bad, but he’s not evil”) inside out and made it chime! A little miracle.
This Ed Sheeran fella making me update my “Own Goal” list of beloved cultural figures who have recklessly squandered the cultural capital they have accrued. JK Rowling certainly safe for now, but heads up!
September 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
This Ed Sheeran fella making me update my “Own Goal” list of beloved cultural figures who have recklessly squandered the cultural capital they have accrued. JK Rowling certainly safe for now, but heads up!
I generally do not find Paul Simon’s lyrics cryptic, but I am at a loss about what he means in “Duncan” when he sings “sweet New England”
September 15, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I generally do not find Paul Simon’s lyrics cryptic, but I am at a loss about what he means in “Duncan” when he sings “sweet New England”
I sure hope Abdul El-Sayed has denounced Macklemore by now
September 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I sure hope Abdul El-Sayed has denounced Macklemore by now
The Jewish analogue of Blackface is Blackface. There was a brief vaudeville moment of Jewface (largely purveyed by Jews) that got virtually no historical traction.
Well, how about he dressed up in what I can only characterize as the Jewish analogue of blackface at a performance, complete with every bigoted stereotype of Jewish facial physiognomy?
September 15, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The Jewish analogue of Blackface is Blackface. There was a brief vaudeville moment of Jewface (largely purveyed by Jews) that got virtually no historical traction.
Just walked by the only dorm on campus, which was having a fire drill, apparently, and all these students just look like such sleepy babies!!!
September 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Just walked by the only dorm on campus, which was having a fire drill, apparently, and all these students just look like such sleepy babies!!!
If you are using this moment to say “hahaha Macklemore makes bad music” maybe you should rethink your priors
September 14, 2026 at 10:26 PM
If you are using this moment to say “hahaha Macklemore makes bad music” maybe you should rethink your priors
Didn’t necessarily see that nasty little toad Robert Kraft becoming Macklemore’s greatest hype man but I like a good surprise as much as the next guy
September 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Didn’t necessarily see that nasty little toad Robert Kraft becoming Macklemore’s greatest hype man but I like a good surprise as much as the next guy
Lifted weights from 7 to 8 this morning and then was sitting on my front porch around 3 and it was the nicest day of the year so I called an audible and went for a run for 35 minutes or so, and now I must insist that I am officially "training." Just not sure for what.
September 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Lifted weights from 7 to 8 this morning and then was sitting on my front porch around 3 and it was the nicest day of the year so I called an audible and went for a run for 35 minutes or so, and now I must insist that I am officially "training." Just not sure for what.
My sister and I were mods, ready to ride our scooters to escape from our rocker brothers.
September 14, 2026 at 2:38 AM
My sister and I were mods, ready to ride our scooters to escape from our rocker brothers.
Just learned that a distant cousin I always thought of as “Karen” actually spelled her name “Kaaren” after she legally added the second “a” and I honestly feel like my basic life foundations have been shaken.
September 14, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Just learned that a distant cousin I always thought of as “Karen” actually spelled her name “Kaaren” after she legally added the second “a” and I honestly feel like my basic life foundations have been shaken.
Talking with an old friend about the impact REM’s “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” made on us in 1984, not least because of how it revealed that Michael Stipe could, in fact, sing in human.
September 13, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Talking with an old friend about the impact REM’s “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” made on us in 1984, not least because of how it revealed that Michael Stipe could, in fact, sing in human.
“Mama, we made it to the internet!”
September 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
“Mama, we made it to the internet!”
In the Guggenheim, circa 1969
September 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
In the Guggenheim, circa 1969
I feel like it was spiritually good for me to sleep in a room with a theremin
September 13, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I feel like it was spiritually good for me to sleep in a room with a theremin
TFW you are at a family wedding and Alfredo sits in with the band
September 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
TFW you are at a family wedding and Alfredo sits in with the band
Colin Sheridan remains one of the few mainstream journalists I can think of whose moral compass remains robust. Unlike so many of his colleagues, he has kept his eyes on Gaza
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
Colin Sheridan: We watched 9/11 happen. Then we forgot what the pictures were telling us
From Afghanistan and Iraq to Gaza, Colin Sheridan argues that 9/11 exposed a failure to recognise every victim’s humanity
www.irishexaminer.com
September 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Colin Sheridan remains one of the few mainstream journalists I can think of whose moral compass remains robust. Unlike so many of his colleagues, he has kept his eyes on Gaza
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
Recited the Shehecheyanu tonight, probably for the first time this century.
Nailed it.
Take that, haters.
Nailed it.
Take that, haters.
September 12, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Recited the Shehecheyanu tonight, probably for the first time this century.
Nailed it.
Take that, haters.
Nailed it.
Take that, haters.
Happy New Year from the greatest Jewish artist ever to live in my hometown of West Orange NJ
youtu.be/dj4A62pJ1Vs
youtu.be/dj4A62pJ1Vs
Carole King - Beautiful (Official Audio)
YouTube video by CaroleKingVEVO
youtu.be
September 11, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Happy New Year from the greatest Jewish artist ever to live in my hometown of West Orange NJ
youtu.be/dj4A62pJ1Vs
youtu.be/dj4A62pJ1Vs
Ecclesiastes 9:11
September 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Ecclesiastes 9:11
I am no kind of political scientist, but five years ago I tried to reckon with how 9/11 conspiracy theories energized a culture "marbled with toxic misinformation." You can read it here.
archive.ph/GYPxG
archive.ph/GYPxG
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September 11, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I am no kind of political scientist, but five years ago I tried to reckon with how 9/11 conspiracy theories energized a culture "marbled with toxic misinformation." You can read it here.
archive.ph/GYPxG
archive.ph/GYPxG
I’m not sure you all realize how hard I’ve been working—literally for more than half a century—to resist forging unhealthy parasocial relationships with musicians I admire.
September 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I’m not sure you all realize how hard I’ve been working—literally for more than half a century—to resist forging unhealthy parasocial relationships with musicians I admire.