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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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Iggy and the Stooges cover Madonna: "Ray of Light" and "Burning Up"
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Review Preview: Burger Bar and Sub Zero New American Burger Restaurant
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This Is Hawkwind -- Do Not Panic
06:08PM 11/09/07
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Umbrellas
7 p.m. Thursday, August 16. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.
By Brooke Foster
Published: August 15, 2007St. Louis native Scott Windsor doesn't look like a rock star. He looks more like your best friend's cousin, maybe, or that nice guy in your Econ 201 class who's always willing to share his notes. But in the context of his indie-pop band, Umbrellas, Windsor is absolutely magnetic. His beautiful voice is the group's biggest selling point — as it was in his previous band, the Lyndsay Diaries — but the deliciously retro, dance-y melodies are also a treat. Like similar acts Death Cab for Cutie and Dashboard Confessional, Umbrellas puts cinematic strings and hiccupy synths to good use; the band's latest full-length release, Illuminaire, is 35 minutes of pop pleasure. And while Windsor sometimes reaches into the Sexist Rocker Grab Bag and pulls out a particularly d'oh-inducing lyric ("I can't trust a girl who does the buying"? Seriously, dude?), for the most part his songs are sweet and self-effacing. And oh, that voice.
