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7-Up vs. Coke Part 2
Heir to a fortune, Andrew Gladney went from John Burroughs to Yale and came home to found the dot-com darling Savvis Inc. Then he squandered it all. The spectacular flameout of a St. Louis soft-drink scion.
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Red Alert: Everything they really don't want you to know about those pesky traffic-light cameras
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Ludo is fired up and ready to play on the national stage
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Curious Gorge: Ian tests the animal magnetism of Three Monkeys
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Seeing Red: Partners battle over a Wash. Ave. eatery's ownership
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Red Alert: Everything they really don't want you to know about those pesky traffic-light cameras (10)
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Seeing Red: Partners battle over a Wash. Ave. eatery's ownership (9)
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7-Up vs. Coke Part 2 (6)
Heir to a fortune, Andrew Gladney went from John Burroughs to Yale and came home to found the dot-com darling Savvis Inc. Then he squandered it all. The spectacular flameout of a St. Louis soft-drink scion.
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Will Ian flip for the Original Pancake House? (4)
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Is a Wash. U. dean destroying alumni records and making unjust department cuts? (3)
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Have two Nirvana producers helped create the next Metallica?
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"The Sex Song": Not TASTiSKANK's homage to Matthew McConaughey
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Bret Michaels (sort of) talks dirty to RFT
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The 75s make an extra-fancy splash with its debut record
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Producer nonpareil Pharrell Williams is happy to be just one of the band again
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Boeing vs. Airbus: The Winning Bird Might Be Too Big
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This Band Could Be Your Life, Part II: So Many Dynamos Tours to SXSW
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Is Red Kaput?
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This Is Hawkwind -- Do Not Panic
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All hail R.E.M.! They were the jingle-jangle morning of indie rock, and their latest albums are...not bad for a bunch of old farts. For all the great tunes, we have held our tongues in regards to goofy frontman Michael Stipe. But no longer. For releasing yet another of these tiresome charity songs, this one for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, Stipe has earned himself a fatwa!
Stipe's Joseph Arthur-penned "In the Sun" is bland and, worse, mopey; frankly, Stipe, the victims of Katrina could give two shits about your two-bit malaise. Sad-sack whitefolk know what you mean when you sing "Everybody Hurts." A person who found his mother's corpse by the smell of it in the wreckage of his home might tell you to sit down and cheer up. Have a Coke and a smile, Stipe (along with your celebrity guests, such as Chris Martin and will.i.am). Next time, think about quietly donating the proceeds of a hit single instead of having a self-indulgent public wankfest.
Fatwa! May "In the Sun" be the sunset of the charity song. May artists learn to do good works to get good feelings. It is written.
