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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 Sex Song": Not TASTiSKANK's homage to Matthew McConaughey
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Mandisa
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American Idol winners (Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood) have it easy, as do American Idol early exiters (Jennifer Hudson, Chris Daughtry). But the penultimate position is a toughie. Beatboxer Blake Lewis tries to prove that America chose wrong with his debut disc Audio Day Dream, a refreshingly high-energy album that sounds far more crisp and confident than any recent AI alums' efforts. "Break Anotha" is a hearty dance track that could position Lewis as the beatboxing angle in a Timberlake-Thicke triad, while "Know My Name" (which features Lupe Fiasco) is a hip-pop staccato jam that makes you wanna do the Robot. "How Many Words" seamlessly incorporates Lewis' beatboxing on a nostalgic, '80s-synth backdrop, and "Without You" is the best kind of power ballad — unapologetically cheesy. Though Lewis loses his step toward the end of the album — the songs become increasingly generic — the bulk of Audio Day Dream ensures that his runner-up status was a fluke.
