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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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Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest
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This Is Hawkwind -- Do Not Panic
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Recent Articles By Mike Appelstein
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Zeda's Beat Box
7 p.m. Saturday, December 29. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
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Peter Frampton
8 pm. Sunday, September 30. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard
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Eddie Money
7 and 9 p.m., Thursday, September 13. Bottleneck Blues Bar, Ameristar Casino, 1260 South Main Street, St. Charles.
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Cause Co-Motion!
8 p.m., Monday, August 20. Cruisin' Rte. 66, 7895 Watson Road, Affton
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The 75s
9:30 p.m., Friday, August 10. Lemmons, 5800 Gravois Avenue and
9 p.m. Monday, August 13. CBGB, 3163 South Grand Boulevard
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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SF Weekly
The Candidate
Our columnist knows Ralph Nader's running mate all too well.
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The Pitch
How Not To Be a Rap Star
First of all, lay off the Ecstasy.
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Village Voice
Project Runaway
What becomes a gossip columnist most?
By Michael Musto
Ladybug Transistor/ Bound Stems
8 p.m. Sunday, July 29. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.
By Mike Appelstein
Published: July 25, 2007
Originally part of a loose Elephant 6-ish collective revolving around Marlborough Farms (which, as rustic as it sounds, is actually a Brooklyn apartment/basement studio), the Ladybug Transistor has emerged over several CDs as one of pop music's brightest lights. The band's latest album, Can't Wait Another Day, is perhaps its most sumptuous and tuneful to date; it boasts sophisticated, near-orchestral arrangements and lead singer Gary Olson's baritone croon, which evokes both Stephin Merritt and Lee Hazlewood. Despite the loss of some key members (including, sadly, the recent death of drummer San Fadyl), the Ladybug Transistor is currently touring with the likes of Starlight Mints, Papercuts and Sparklehorse. This rare local date with Bound Stems is one of the very first shows at the Bluebird, a brand-new club with an ambitious schedule.
