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Dave vs. Mmm-Bop

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:30:32 +0000

NPR recently released its Songs of the Summer, which invokes memories of summers past by conjuring up (or dredging up, in some cases) songs you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing. Songs like “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley (2006), or “Hips Don’t

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And another nail in Crestwood Plaza’s coffin

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:58:17 +0000

The old 10-screen Crestwood Plaza AMC theater closed last month. It took two weeks for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to notice, and probably for many others. As a sign that I’m getting older, the theater’s obituary called it “dated.” And

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Farewell, Crestwood Plaza

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:00:49 +0000

The Sears anchor store at Crestwood Plaza near St. Louis closed in May 2012. It was a long, slow decline, and nobody knew what was next. More than five years later, there’s still nobody who knows what’s next. I went

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Bernard the Legend

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:36:12 +0000

It was Friday or Saturday night and I was back from college. I don’t remember what the occasion was anymore, but I’m pretty sure it must have been 1993. I got together with some friends back home in St. Louis

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What high school did you go to?

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:55:16 +0000

Crestwood Plaza is a mall in the southwestern suburbs of St. Louis. It was originally built in 1957, and was one of the largest, if not the largest, malls in the area. I remember the radio commercials from the 1980s where the pitch line was "The ultra mall has it all."

Today it's at least 30% vacant and struggling. It's been for sale for a while. They finally found a buyer.

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How IBM and DOS came to dominate the industry

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 19 Feb 2003 23:27:30 +0000

Revisionist historians talk about how MS-DOS standardized computer operating systems and changed the industry. That's very true. But what they're ignoring is that there were standards before 1981, and the standards established in 1981 took a number of years to take hold.

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