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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.
After repeatedly bypassing the Triangle last year, Billy Corgan's latterday version of Smashing Pumpkins will finally play in Raleigh next month -- Aug. 17 at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the usual places.
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.
