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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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Seeing Red: Partners battle over a Wash. Ave. eatery's ownership
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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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Grand Old Patty: Ian goes on a beefy binge at Burger Bar and Sub Zero New American Burger Restaurant
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Seeing Red: Partners battle over a Wash. Ave. eatery's ownership (15)
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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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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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Fist City: Rockwell Knuckles aims to punch through St. Louis hip-hop's glass ceiling (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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LA punks X celebrate turning 31 in style
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Rooney/Jonas Brothers
7:30 p.m. Monday, February 25. Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.
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St. Patrick's Day the Unreal Way
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Iron and Wine at the Pageant, Friday, June 13
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Dooley's Last Day
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This Is Hawkwind -- Do Not Panic
06:08PM 11/09/07
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Recent Articles By Christian Schaeffer
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O'Death/Langhorne Slim
9 p.m. Thursday, March 20. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Boulevard.
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DJ Trackstar Presents
Boogie Bang Vol. 12
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All the King's Horsemen
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Matt Pond PA
9 p.m. Thursday, March 13. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.
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Speakeasy Does It
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.
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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
The Showbiz Kids/Shining Star
8 p.m. Friday, March 21. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: March 19, 2008-
Groovethang: Split personalities.
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Subject(s): The Showbiz Kids/Shining Star
Two seemingly disparate '70s acts will become one on Friday night, when the local cover band Groovethang transforms into both Steely Dan (as the Showbiz Kids) and Earth, Wind and Fire (in the guise of Shining Star). On the surface, not much unites these two musical behemoths. One is a wry, literate group of studio rats specializing in songs about deadbeats, losers and aging hipsters. The other is a platinum-clad funk and soul powerhouse that crafted effervescent slow jams and bombastic barnburners. But a closer examination reveals that the pairing is inspired: Both bands played polished, intricately arranged soul music that could kick your ass at the drop of a drumstick with ace soloists and hypnotic grooves. And where else can you sing along to "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" and "Reasons" in the same night?
