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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.
We're all a little tired of year-end best-of lists by now, so here's one that takes a different angle: Pitchfork's 20 worst album covers of 2008, which is mean yet hilarious -- especially the borderline-offensive comment about spiritual North Carolinian James Taylor's latest.
But hey, I must confess that I giggled...
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.
