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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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St. Louis Concert Calendar, March 11 through June
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The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 3.11
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This Is Hawkwind -- Do Not Panic
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Recent Articles By Roy Kasten
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The Campbell Brothers
8 p.m. Friday, February 15 and 11 a.m. Saturday, February 16. Edison Theatre, 6445 Forsyth Boulevard
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Nina Nastasia
8:30 p.m. Saturday, February 9. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.
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Parachute Musical
9 p.m. Friday, February 1. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.
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Giant Bear
9 p.m. Wednesday, February 6. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
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Lucy Kaplansky
8 p.m. Friday, January 25. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
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
Richard Thompson
8 p.m. Monday, February 11. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard
By Roy Kasten
Published: February 6, 2008
Unless you're a Boeing shareholder or a John McCain strategist, you'll agree that the Iraq War hasn't been good for shit. Still, that five-year nightmare has sired some lyrical greatness (including Tom Waits' "Day After Tomorrow" and Steve Earle's "Rich Man's War" for starters). Add Richard Thompson's "Dad's Gonna Kill Me" to that playlist, as it's a vicious triple entendre ("Dad" could refer to a higher power, a grunt's father or just ol' Death himself) that matches a breathless delivery with the post-folk-rock guitar spray that Thompson alone has mastered. With the exceptions of Dylan and Young, no rock & roll child of the '60s has remained as vital, productive and demanding as King Richard. After all, few other musicians alive would venture "1000 Years of Popular Music" — as Thompson is billing the show — and triumph over the absurd concept.
