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Thousand Dollar Baby: By day Jamie O'Hare studies for a master's in social work. Her night job is anything but.
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Cock and Awe
St. Louis pickup artists rule the roost.
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Hot Contender: If looks count, Sarah Steelman may be your next governor
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John Ray used to own a tavern in Benton Park. Now he lives in Quincy and dabbles in conspiracy theory.
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Dora Magrath was blessed with a beautiful voice. She's gone, but you can still hear it.
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Unreal puts "Jorts & Mandals Day" initiative on the back burner, weighs in on Saint Louis Fashion Week (13)
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Hot Contender: If looks count, Sarah Steelman may be your next governor (3)
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John Ray used to own a tavern in Benton Park. Now he lives in Quincy and dabbles in conspiracy theory. (3)
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Red Alert: Everything they really don't want you to know about those pesky traffic-light cameras (13)
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Dora Magrath was blessed with a beautiful voice. She's gone, but you can still hear it.
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Feeling Gravity's Pull: R.E.M. hurtles toward the future on Accelerate
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The Monads turn tradition on its tail with a stomping live show and new CD
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Slice of Life
John Vanderslice celebrates warmer weather with an exclusive mix of tunes.
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Remaking Michael
Why waste money (or steal) those bogus Thriller remixes when you can get better Michael Jackson reinventions legally — for free? Plus, the history of the classic Harlem Globetrotters song "Sweet Georgia Brown."
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"Birds of a Feather" Feature: Map of St. Louis Bail Bond Agencies
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AdOne Media CEO Jim Neumann Files for Bankruptcy
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The Count and Sinden featuring Kid Sister, "Beeper"
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Download Trackstar's Boogie Bang 13 Here
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Hell's Kitchen: Episode 3
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In This Week's Issue: Pappy's Smokehouse and Taco Bell Bowls
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Recent Articles By Ryan Wasoba
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Enon
9 p.m. Wednesday, April 23. Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard
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Unwed Sailor
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B-Sides catches up with Lou ex-pat Black Spade and finds out how Black Moutain manages to rock so hard
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An Albatross
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Pelican
8 p.m. Sunday, March 2. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University at Forsyth and Skinker boulevards
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Rogue Wave
8 p.m. Sunday, April 20. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University, 1 Brookings Drive
By Ryan Wasoba
Published: April 16, 2008
Geographically, Rogue Wave resides in Oakland, but musically, the band comes from the same sunny indie-pop hills as the Shins and Built to Spill, where glasses are half full and minor chords exist only as stepping stones to the next major. Place the band's recent major label debut, Asleep at Heaven's Gate, into your preferred music listening device and your speakers are likely to emit glitter, rainbows and high fives. Still, the lush, full-bodied Gate finds Rogue Wave dulling its edges with 100-grade sandpaper; the band experiments with longer songs and brings Zach Rogue's deliberately delivered vocals into sharp focus. Some might say the shimmer of their previous two Sub Pop releases has dimmed slightly, but only in exchange for hooks sharp enough to hang your Nada Surf hoodie on.
