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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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Legendarily Ornery STL Bartender Mark Pollman ICU Update
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Tokyo Police Club, the RAC and SXSW
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The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 3.12
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This Is Hawkwind -- Do Not Panic
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Recent Articles By Jess Minnen
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Owen
Monday, March 6. Doors at 7 p.m. Creepy Crawl, (412 North Tucker Boulevard)
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I Need You Around
Catching up with the World Sax Quartet, atoning for V-Day sins with Stars and heralding the triumphant return of the Smoking Popes
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Les Claypool
Tuesday, October 11; Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)
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Umphrey's McGee
Friday, September 30; the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)
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Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon
Friday, September 16; Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)
National Features
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Matisyahu
Thursday, March 16, at 8 p.m. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)
By Jess Minnen
Published: March 15, 2006The given name of famed Bible commentator Rashi is Shlomo ben Yitzhak. Famous reggae singer Don Carlos was born Euvin Spencer. Rarely will someone know both of these things. Rarer still is the person who takes cues from both of these men. Yet Matisyahu — born Matthew Miller and often called "a Hasidic human beat-box" — has in two short years converted from novelty act to hot ticket with his spiritually charged blend of hip-hop, dancehall and reggae. Don't be deterred by the now-trademark beard and black hat — while the intermittent religiosity of his lyrics and the devotion of his fans would make any good agnostic wonder, Matisyahu isn't out to proselytize anything other than good music. And he doesn't do bar mitzvahs.
