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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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Seeing Red: Partners battle over a Wash. Ave. eatery's ownership
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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 (12)
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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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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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Is a Wash. U. dean destroying alumni records and making unjust department cuts? (3)
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Can Taqueria los Tarascos' tacos make you feel homesick for a place you've never lived? Si! (2)
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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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Texas Tornado: St. Louis musicians invade SXSW
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Rooney/Jonas Brothers
7:30 p.m. Monday, February 25. Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.
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The legendary Mavis Staples looks ahead with a Turn Back
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Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com Drop "Mamalogues" Columnist Dana Loesch
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Dead Confederate at Stubb's, SXSW, Wednesday, March 12
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Gut Check's Hibernation Almost Over
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This Is Hawkwind -- Do Not Panic
06:08PM 11/09/07
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Recent Articles By Ryan Wasoba
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HEALTH
9 p.m. Monday, February 18. The Billiken Club, 20 North Grand Boulevard
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Early Day Miners
9 p.m. Friday, February 8. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.
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Cobra Starship
7 p.m. Friday, February 1. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.
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Sound Tribe Sector 9
7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 2. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
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The Dillinger Escape Plan
7:30 p.m. Saturday, January 26. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
National Features
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Phoenix New Times
Canine Crusaders
That drug-sniffing dog up ahead? He may not be your best friend.
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Broward-Palm Beach New Times
The Muscle Men
Thanks to a string of Florida "anti-aging clinics," baseball's steroid scandal isn't limited to superstars.
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Miami New Times
Picked On
Farm workers earn nada in America's green-bean capital.
By Janine Zeitlin -
Village Voice
"Why I'm No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal"
An election-season essay from one of America's greatest playwrights.
By David Mamet
An Albatross
7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street
By Ryan Wasoba
Published: March 12, 2008
Given that the average An Albatross track clocks in at a minute or less, "progressive" may seem like an odd tag for the band. But these short songs and vocal shrieks (reference points include the Locust or Daughters) still manage to have logical structure and memorable melodies. The keyboards shred just as much (if not more) than the guitars do — and in fact, the MC5-like riffs and Iron Butterfly-style organs make the Pennsylvania group sound like an early-era Yes song on fast-forward. And thankfully, there are no breakdowns or hardcore clichés, making An Albatross sound smarter than the average ADD-inspired weirdo hardcore band. Plus, it's always having fun: A food fight is as likely to break out as a mosh pit is at the band's unpredictable, hectic live shows.
