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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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The Rosebuds let their inner mirrorball shine on their third CD. The big-sky guitars, sexy guy-gal vocal volleys and transcendent porch-pop melodies the North Carolina band perfected on last year's Birds Make Good Friends are fitted for more glamorous garb and taken out clubbing. At first, Night drops like yet another perfectly good indie-pop band feeling it must defer to blippy beats for some unproven crossover appeal. When neon beats kick in and singer Ivan Howard hits his lowest notes ("Hold On to This Coat," "My Punishment for Fighting"), the vibe is Human League in scuffed Chuck Taylors. But when the mesh meshes, and the strings brush against those dusky guitar lines and sea-shanty backup "woo-ooh"'s ("Cemetery Lawns," "Get Up Get Out"), the Rosebuds exhibit suave songwriting skills that are far ahead of the mass of indieland swooners. Night falls on the Rosebuds as initially less charming, but ultimately stronger for the dancey dice roll.
