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News & Observer music critic David Menconi's random (and we do mean random) musings about all things related to music and culture of the "popular" variety.
What do you know, the stock market actually went up on Monday for the first time in more than a week. But before anything like irrational exuberance sets in, maybe we should hear from Brother Billy Bragg -- a little song from six years ago that still resonates today.
David Menconi has been the News & Observer's music critic since 1991. Before that, he spent five years at the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo. He has a masters in journalism from the University of Texas and a B.A. in English from Southwestern University. You can find more of his writing here.
