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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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With 2003's A Dead Sinking Story, Japan's Envy hinted toward a sound that was more orchestral than screamo. But not even the band's biggest fans could have imagined how fully realized this transformation would become with the quintet's follow-up, Insomniac Doze. From the first notes of album opener "Further Ahead of Warp" to the cathartic chaos of the closer, "A Warm Room," Doze is cinematic in scope and vision without compromising the band's characteristic aggression. The shimmering introduction to "Scene" may sound like Envy's labelmates Explosions in the Sky, but just when listeners are lulled into a false sense of security, distorted guitars kick in and vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa's hushed vocals morph into a guttural scream reminiscent of metallic monoliths Isis. Envy's ability to alternate seamlessly between these two dynamics — without it sounding forced — is what separates the band from the rest of its instrumental peers. And although Doze is sung entirely in Japanese, it still manages to speak (and scream) volumes.
