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Dec 22-28, 1999

Dec 22-28, 1999 / Vol. 15 / No. 51

Tough love for a spoiled democracy

Somewhere in the middle of this country an 89-year old grandmother is walking for democracy. Chances are she won’t make her goal. Well, maybe she’ll make it to where she’s going, but it’s still a long-shot for democracy. Even so, Doris Haddock from Dublin, N.H. (better known to her friends and supporters as Granny D)…

Al Krulick

History in the faking

Recently Disney announced plans for a new resort hotel to include 20 four-story buildings grouped in pairs, with each pair themed to a different decade of the 20th century. The prospect should make any observer gleefully expectant in a rather mean way, like when it’s announced that Keanu Reeves has been cast in a movie…

Theresa Everline

Recall rewind

The minor movement to recall Orlando Mayor Glenda Hood built little momentum before a judge formally ended the effort on Dec. 16. Political consultant Doug Guetzloe still could take his beef with the mayor to appeals court. Or he could start anew on the petition process that gathered 4,000 signatures in an attempt to force…

Orlando Weekly Staff

No Meah culpa

No one has actually apologized. But at least Amazon.com finally decided last week to remove from its website posters that reproduced the work of celebrated Tampa circus-banner artist Johnny Meah `Sideshow Infraction, Dec. 2`. The posters, manufactured by a Philadelphia-based company called Make It Big and sold on Amazon for $50-$200, erased Meah’s signature and…

Orlando Weekly Staff

She’s on crack

Celebrity mother Jacqueline Stallone, previously known as a mere astrologer, recently began specializing in “rumpology,” the study of a person’s character and future as based on the contour of his or her behind. Stallone does not conduct hands-on examinations, but has subjects sit on sheets of inked paper and make impressions (“maps”). The left cheek…

Chuck Shepherd

Lighting fire with fire

Don’t you love those psychological tests where they ask you to name the seven dwarfs, and whether you start with Grumpy or Sneezy is a sign of how old you were when you lost your virginity, or something like that? Me neither; they’re tricky and sneaky. But I thought of a new one. Just like…

Liz Langley

You better watch out

Christmas has always been the most spiritually profound and emotionally packed holiday — for all the good and bad that entails — and this importance is reflected in the wide range of Christmas films that have been produced. The Christmas holiday, so richly encrusted in legend and fantasy, has proven to be particularly fertile ground…

Jack Stevenson

Link your way to Kwanzaa feasts

Kwanzaa kicks off Dec. 26, followed by seven days of celebrating African-American culture and values. Food is an important part of the festivities, which include the Karamu feast on New Year’s Eve. Whether or not you observe Kwanzaa, this is a good time to explore its delicious traditions. A wealth of websites offer history and…

Colleen Moore

Minshew navigates Mississippi

Before disbanding in 1993, bombastic alt-rock quartet Slow was sitting high atop the local music scene, having built an impressive fan base behind a timely, heavy-hitting grunge attack — a sound that was spotlighted during key opening slots for Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Even major labels like Sony and Atlantic came calling for the band’s…

Mark Padgett

Do you hear what they hear?

The phrase “the sounds of Christmas” carries nasty connotations of jingling Muzak and the blaring of car alarms in overfilled toy-store parking lots. But the cast of “The Shangrila Trailer Park Radio Show” had something different in mind Saturday night at the Borders Books & Music outlet in Winter Park: a live taping of their…

Steve Schneider

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