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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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Dogtown Allstars
Live at the Venice Café
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By Christian Schaeffer
Published: January 16, 2008
Subject(s): Dogtown Allstars, Venice Cafe
How appropriate that the city's funkiest band, the Dogtown Allstars, recorded its live album at the city's funkiest bar, the Venice Café. Bands like this should really only release live records anyway, and the quartet doesn't drop the beat throughout the nine songs collected here. The Allstars specialize in the syncopated struts of New Orleans R&B and the percolating rhythms and runs of high-octane jam bands. Keyboardist Nathan Hershey and guitarist Adam Wilke pass the grooves back and forth, with Wilke favoring a more jazzy approach while Hershey pounds the soul out of his Fender Rhodes piano. The band's instrumental cover of the Rolling Stones' "Bitch" retains the original's chugging riff while stretching out the verses for some smooth solos. The Allstars work in some vocal performances as well, as on Lee Fields' "Hey Sallie Mae." The recording is clear and balanced, giving each member a clear space in the mix. Some of the stage chatter seems obtrusive to the final product, but what is a live record if not a faithful document of a night's performance? If nothing else, it will make you hustle to the next of the Allstars' many gigs around town.— Christian Schaeffer
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