We analyze the single-particle spectra of a bi-layered electron system near a
stripe instability and compare the results with ARPES experiments on the Bi2212
cuprate superconductor near optimum doping, addressing also the issue of the
puzzling absence of bonding-antibonding splitting.Comment: Proceedings of the XXII International Conference on Low Temperature
Physics August 4-11, 1999, Espoo and Helsinki, Finland (minor changes to the
figure) Similar results in the Proceedings of the International Workshop on
``Electronic crystals, ECRYS-99'', May 31-June 5 1999, La Colle sur Loup
(France), J. Phys. IV France 9, Pr10-337 (1999
