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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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Recent Articles By Shae Moseley
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The Whigs
7 p.m. Thursday, February 14. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard
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Leo Kottke
8 p.m. Friday, February 15. Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Boulevard
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Larry Dersch returns to St. Louis as part of A.K.A.C.O.D.
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Band of Horses finds its rhythm from evolution.
Ben Bridwell points out there's no "me" in "band."
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Coyote Bones
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Pétur Ben
9 p.m. Friday, February 8 and Saturday, February 9. Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust Street.
By Shae Moseley
Published: February 6, 2008
Though already a star in his homeland of Iceland, Pétur Ben is probably not doing anything quite as groundbreaking as some of his otherworldly counterparts (e.g., Sigur Rós, Björk). But the alt-rock influence of Ben's music — along with his ability to move seamlessly from blues-based guitar stomps to tender, lushly orchestrated ballads — shows that he probably deserves some attention in America. His musical versatility (more so than his vocal style) begs a comparison to the ultimate lonely troubadour of the '90s, Jeff Buckley. "I'll Be Here," from 2006's Wine For My Weakness, is the type of somber, romantic dirge that would be at home on Beck's Sea Change. But the song possesses old-world flare (thanks to a romantic, slow-waltz tempo and lonely French horn and trombone embellishments) and perfectly frames lyrics which find Ben promising to stand by his lover even after death.
