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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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Feel a Draught?: Tigín opens an outpost in a Hampton Inn downtown? O'Really!
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Seeing Red: Partners battle over a Wash. Ave. eatery's ownership (9)
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Red Alert: Everything they really don't want you to know about those pesky traffic-light cameras (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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R.E.M. Accelerate: An Advance Review and Song-by-Song Analysis of the Band's New Album
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This Is Hawkwind -- Do Not Panic
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Recent Articles By Jason Toon
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Gonn
9 p.m. Saturday, January 5. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
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Strange Boys
8 p.m. Tuesday, December 4. The Cavern at Fort Gondo.
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The Avengers
7:30 p.m. Friday, October 19. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.
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Show Me the Garage Rock!
B-Sides highlights must-see acts in this weekend's Show-Me Blowout.
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Football in the Dome
No, the other football
National Features
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Houston Press
"It Was Like an Armageddon Movie"
For days after Hurricane Rita, a Texas prison was hell on earth.
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The Candidate
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How Not To Be a Rap Star
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Rockin' Bones: 1950s Punk and Rockabilly (Rhino)
By Jason Toon
Published: June 28, 2006Ducktailed, greaseball rockabilly gets the Nuggets treatment with this four-disc set of hits (Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes," Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lot of Shakin,'" etc.) and obscurities (most of the rest), all augmented with Rhino's typically excellent liner notes. Revelatory moments include Peanuts Wilson's sax-driven "Cast Iron Arm" and a howling, echo-drowned take on "Froggy Went A-Courting'" by Danny Dell & the Trends — although almost any other cut here would do just as well. And therein lies the one strike against Rockin' Bones: To the casual ear, 101 tracks of slapback, twang, Cadillacs and kitties might get a bit monotonous, especially in one sitting. But one square's monotony is another cat's pure unalloyed thrill, and there's no arguing with the raucous excellence of pretty much everything here.
