Word: deadhead
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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NAME: Bill ("Deadhead") Walton OCCUPATION: Trash-talking basketball commentator for NBC BEST PUNCH: Called Johnson's play in Game 4 of the NBA finals a "pathetic performance by this sad human being...a disgrace to the game of basketball...
Harlequin, 17, whose Deadhead father gave her a hippie nickname, as he did most of his 12 children (Sunshine, Moonshine...), opines that "the '60s life-style still seems to be going very strong." But beyond her fashion statement--a flower-child revision, with pastel jewels on her nose and forehead--she is hard-pressed to cite any examples. "We have Phish, now that the Dead are gone," she ventures. "And raves. It's very much the same idea as a be-in or love-in to go to a rave...
...tilt at the White House or at G.O.P. leadership in order to cut spending. Kasich, 44, could win John Glenn's Senate seat in '98, if he can live down the infamy of once getting thrown off the stage at a Grateful Dead concert. He is less a Deadhead, though, than a red--as in the color of the deficit--head...
...what will true Deadheads do? "These are people who've dedicated their lives to the nomadic existence of following the Dead," says Andrew Behar, whose Deadhead docufilm Tie-Died opens in theaters next month. "A lot of them have raised and taught their children in the back of school buses. With Garcia's death they may become like the Travellers in England, or Gypsies. But I don't think they'll just say goodbye to this spirit...
...Deadhead David Shenk is something of an expert. The 28-year Brown graduate has been attending shows for the last 12 years, and now he's written a book about the Dead phenomena. He was at the Coop yesterday for a book signing session...