Photo of an incredibly handsome man, though his face is hidden by an N95 mask and a very complicated sciencey-looking goggles contraption with wires coming out of it. You can see his gray hair above it, the incredibly handsome man, and part of his green and white shirt collar below it and the N95. The label on it says THE KING TEEN SONGERATOR 5000, and the product label under that has a QR code and, among a bunch of letters and numbers that haven't been digitally altered, a line reading "3 CHORDS MAXIMUM." A logo on the front of the contraption, in raised black letters on the black background, says Micromedical by Interacoustics.

In the lab. cookin up new stuff.

#thekingteen #singersongwriter #folkpunk #americanamusic #antifolk #singersongmakerupper

I set my TripAdvisor review of the Thunderbird Motel to music.

#TheKingTeen #americana #singersongwriter #kingsverybrieftomwaitsperiod #roadsidemotel

Thanks to everyone who came out to The Cave Saturday.

#thekingteen #chapelhill #livemusic #thecavenc #folkpunk #surfpunk #punk #americana #bloodredriver #bengtandthewalkers

Wanna not get away? Come on out!

The Cave, Chapel Hill, Saturday at 9pm opening for Blood Red River, Bengt & The Walkers

#thekingteen #folkpunk #musichumor #bloodredriver #bengtandthewalkers #punk #surfpunk #americana #singersongwriter

A climate disaster love song. Enjoy your weekend. Enjoy every weekend, because ...

#thekingteen #climatechange #climatedisaster #planetaryextinction #fearofcommitment #singersongwriter #americana #folkpunk

Photo of a horizontal flyer that's a monthly calendar for The Cave, Chapel Hill's Oldest Tavern, Original live music in FEBRUARY. The February 15 show is clumsily circled in red with two !'s, obviously not on the original.

Awful nice of The Cave in Chapel Hill to subtly highlight our show on the 15th on the monthly calendar.

Blood Red River
Bengt & The Walkers
#TheKingTeen

#livemusic #punk #surf #americana #chapelhill #trianglemusic

Pretty sure Allen Iverson could do for music what he did for the Sixers.

Come on out to The Cave in Chapel Hill Saturday February 15. Me opening for Blood Red River, Bengt & The Walkers.

#thekingteen #singersongwriter #folkpunk #musichumor #ai #artificialintelligence #aimusic #alleniverson #nba

Some life advice from The King Teen, who speaks from experience.

#thekingteen #mediocreman #mediocrity #singersongwriter #musichumor #badspelling #comicsans #americana #trianglemusic #chapelhill

Here’s the one thing, babies: Ya gotta chase your dreams. You won’t get there, but it’s the only way.

Next show Feb 15 The Cave in #chapelhill.

#thekingteen #americana #folkpunk #singersongwriter #everlybrothers #unsubtlereferences

Photo of an incredibly handsome man in a killer blue and black (brocade? is that the word for it?) tux jacket, dark shirt and pants and light tie — hard to tell colors in stage lighting — playing acoustic guitar at a microphone in front of an interior brick wall and a big round mirror, with an air duct thing above it. I don't know how to describe things. Those metal pipes people crawl through in movies but not in real life.

Good times at Speakeasy Carrboro last night. Thanks to everyone who came out, and for the kind words after.

The Rattletraps were great! Go see them.

Next up for me: The Cave on Feb. 15 w/ Blood Red River, Bengt & The Walkers.

#thekingteen #trianglemusic #chapelhillmusic #folkpunk #americana

Psychedelic colored cutout photo of a man in a dark suit, from the waste up, playing an acoustic guitar with his pony tail caught by the camera flying up in the air. Text says: The King Teen opening for The Rattletraps TONIGHT! 6 pm Speakeasy Carrboro

Tonight in Carrboro! Early show - 6 pm. Come on out.

📸 Stephen Mullaney

#thekingteen #carrboro #livemusic #singersongwriter #americana #country #southernrock

Screenshot from a newsletter: But we were talking about my friend Spalding Gray*. He came in for an interview once, and when he did a station I.D., he said something like "This is Spalding Gray, sitting in a studio at KALX Berkeley — a beautiful city. A loving city. The only city in the world where people put up flyers that say, 'Kitten found.'" Here's a photo of a flyer on a pole. Photo showing a pink flyer on a poll, with some other flyers. The flyer says The Rattletraps The King Teen Speakeasy Carrboro Wed Jan 29 6 pm And has an image of a woman's face with a bob haircut and flapper-style cap applying lipstick as she looks at a compact in front of her face.

Screenshot from a newsletter Nick Parker of The Rattletraps took it a day or so ago. I put it up maybe five days ago in Carrboro. Carrboro — a beautiful city. A loving city. The only city in the world* where people put up flyers and they don't immediately get torn down or covered over. Who wouldn't want to live in such a city? Who wouldn't want to play music there? And most importantly, who wouldn't want to go see live music there? Not you, which is why you'd have a great time if you came to the Speakeasy in Carrboro Wednesday night at 6 pm for an early show, me opening for The Rattletraps. The Rattletraps The King Teen Speakeasy Carrboro 100 E. Main St. Wednesday, Jan 29, 6 p.m.

A square, color version of the same flyer that's in the first image.

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#thekingteen #singersongwriter #livemusic #americana #trianglemusic #carrboro #spaldinggray

I’ve had many adventures I’ll sing about Wednesday at 6 pm — early show! — at Speakeasy Carrboro. The Rattletraps play too come on out. They're good.

#thekingteen #singersongwriter #deadmall #americana #southernrock #folkpunk #countrymusic

The Groovy Part.

I'm not sure but I think I stole "Here comes the groovy part" from the '80s '60s folk revival revival band The Washington Squares.*

Next show: Wed. Jan 29 at Speakeasy Carrboro.

* There are no typos in this sentence.

#thekingteen #americana #singersongwriter #launderette #groovy

Show flyer with an art deco-style illustration of a woman in a 1920s-looking outfit — white coat, white gloves, green cap, bob haircut, applying lipstick and using a compact mirror. The compact has Wednesday Sessions inscribed on it, and the text on the rest of the flyer says The Rattletraps The King Teen Speakeasy Carrboro - 100 E. Main S. Wed. Jan 29 6 p.m.

Better start getting ready. Next show is an early one! 6 pm at Speakeasy Carrboro Jan. 29 with country blues Americana good-song band The Rattletraps.

#thekingteen #livemusic #americana #countrymusic #blues #singersongwriter #carrboro

Come on out tonight! Big show in Durham.

#thekingteen #folkpunk #americana #singersongwriter #jazz #livemusic #areyoudrinkingwithmejesus #kazoo #kazoosolo #durhamnc #trianglemusic

Show flyer with a full moon on a yellow background and black type over it: Living Earth Wigg Report Big show at the MOON (Dog Meadery) The King Teen Ken Moshesh & Friends Featuring MC Josh Rosenstein! Saturday Jan 18, 7 pm 1104 Broad, Durham

I'm told farmers get in free, and there will be no billionaires present. Come on out!

#thekingteen #durham #livemusic #mead #singersongwriter #jazzmusic #rocknroll #americana #durhamnc #musicandcomedy #livemusic #trianglemusic

Low angle photo of a meeting table with various papers, water bottles, pens, a Hello Kitty cup etc., with people on the other side of the table a little out of focus. In the foreground, print on the top of a piece of paper is in focus. You can see the title IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST and the words ACT II at the top of the page. Nearby, out of focus, is what looks like a script with some of the lines highlighted in orange.

First table read. My life as an actor now includes one (1) event.

There were Fritos this is going well.

#thekingteen #theater #theatre #theimportanceofbeingearnest #chapelhilltheater #chapelhilltheatre

Tonight! Speakeasy Carrboro. 7:30 pm. Me and 7 other singer-songwriter/makeruppers.

Shoutout to whoever laughed right before I sang "And laughter."

#thekingteen #singersongwriter #americana #thegritdiaries #songwriterscircle #nashvilleround #guitarpull #carrboro #carrboromusic #trianglemusic

Where else didn't I find the American Dream? Find out Wednesday night at Speakeasy Carrboro. 7:30 pm.

#thekingteen #americana #americandream #singersongwriter #antifolk #folkpunk #carrboro

Photo of an incredibly handsome man appearing to scream while standing at a microphone and playing guitar just in front of a gigantic ball of flame that's totally real and not photo edited boy it was hot that night shooey.

Show flyer showing a simple wooden chair with an acoustic guitar hovering over it as if an invisible person in the chair were playing it. Text: The Grit Diaries 4 chairs 4 guitars 8 singers 200* songs *maybe less Nashville Round showcase Round 1 Rabbi Sandra The King Teen Nick Langston Michael Melia Round 2 Eric Sommer Vito Dito Matthew Amy Teeyum Smith Speakeasy Carrboro No cover Wed 1/8 7:30 pm

Blowin up into 2025 like ...

Come on out to the Speakeasy in Carrboro Wednesday! 8 of us singing and talking about the songs we make up. Plus good beer come on.

#thekingteen #singersongwriter #nashvilleround #gritdiaries #americana #folkpunk #antifolk

The stories behind the music with The King Teen.

Come on out to Speakeasy Carrboro Wednesday Jan 8 for a songwriters circle Nashville round guitar pull. Me and 7 others singing originals and telling stories bettern this.

#thekingteen #singersongwriter #americana #countrymusic #carrboromusic

Show flyer showing a simple wooden chair with an acoustic guitar hovering over it as if an invisible person in the chair were playing it. Text: The Grit Diaries 4 chairs 4 guitars 8 singers 200* songs *maybe less Nashville Round showcase Round 1 Rabbi Sandra The King Teen Nick Langston Michael Melia Round 2 Eric Sommer Vito Dito Matthew Amy Teeyum Smith Speakeasy Carrboro No cover Wed 1/8 7:30 pm

Singing and songmakingupping into 2025 like.

A Nashville Round or guitar pull is where singer-songwriters* take turns playing songs and talking about them.

* or singer-songmakeruppers like me.

Come on out Wed. 1/8 at Speakeasy #carrboro.

@rabbisandra.bsky.social
#thekingteen #singersongwriter

If you’re gonna play acoustic guitar, you gotta have a song about the romance of the road.

#thekingteen #roadsongs #countrymusic #tennessee #antifolk #folkpunk #americana #singersongwriter #ontheroadagain #carrboro

Photo of an incredibly handsome man in black suit in a nightclub setting playing the guitar and not playing the kazoo, but there is a kazoo in a harmonica rack around his neck, indicating that at some point, this incredibly handsome man either recently has or will soon play the kazoo, if not both. Behind the scenes excloo: It was "will soon."

I whip my hair back and forth.

And play the kazoo.

And make timely music references.

#thekingteen #antifolk #folkpunk #americana #singersongwriter #kazoo #chapelhill #chapelhillmusic

How’d your Christmas go? Here’s how mine went.

#thekingteen #christmas #xmas #folkpunk #antifolk #stationwagon #woodie #carsongs #songsaboutcars #humor #doubleentendre #americana #singersongwriter #tktaf

Screenshot of text from a newsletter: Let's Hang Santa Claus is the song version of a screenplay idea I percolated on for years. I've long been fascinated that the most common theme of Christmas movies and TV shows is "Christmas has gotten too commercial." You know, that whole "remember the reason for the season" vibe, whether that's religious or just kind of a spiritual peace on earth kind of thing. What fascinates me about that is that every person involved in the making of these movies and shows disagrees with the premise, as evidenced by them working on Christmas-related commercial products with budgets in the millions of dollars. And the audience that laps this stuff up, that suffers right along with Charlie Brown when he wails that his own dog has "gone commercial" — we disagree with that shit too! Otherwise we'd be watching midnight mass from the Vatican or something, not drunkenly sobbing when Harry Bailey goes "A toast to my big brother George: the richest man in town." Dang. Your uncle got me again, Zuzu. Give me a second here.

From today's The King Teen Newsletter, which you can sign up for at bit.ly/kingteenlist. And why wouldn't you.

#thekingteen #christmas #christmasmusic #americana #antifolk #folkpunk #noncommercialchristmas #xmas

“Thousands of Amazon drivers have gone on strike in the thick of the holiday package season”

Yes! Non-commercial Christmas is happening!

www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/b...

#thekingteen #noncommercialchristmas #antiholidaysong #folkpunk #antifolk #amazonstrike #teamsters #tryingtogetonanenemislist

Dream Not Found.

A song that has its roots in late nights at Specs' in North Beach, San Francisco.

Thelonious Monk and I used to hang out there.

Not at the same time.

#thekingteen #nationaltreasure #singersongwriter #americana #folkpunk #dreamnotfound #sanfrancisco

You may say it’s madness
But I invented sadness
At my house, Birthplace of the Blues

#thekingteen #birthplaceoftheblues #charmingyetanxiousbard #nationaltreasure #singersongwriter #americana #folkpunk