The House Jacks - Fast Facts on Deke

Name

Deke X Sharon. The X stands for "no middle name." Credit card companies never get the joke.

Hometown

San Francisco, CA

Birthday

December 12

Alma Mater

New England Conservatory of Music and Tufts University

Likes

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on strudels.

Dislikes

People who torture animals just so they can have pleasant skin products. Pizza burn on the roof of your mouth. "Freeze burn" you get from drinking a Slurpee too fast (not that I've had a Slurpee in 10 years, but the memory is still vivid).

Groovin' On...

Movies:
Singin' in the Rain.
Spinal Tap - always Spinal Tap.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls - not a movie for those who can appreciate a good movie.

Music:
Vocal Sampling, "Una Forma Mas" - Salsapella at its finest.
"The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook" - Mellow, mellow, mellow.
Vox One, "Out There" - America's best vocal jazz.
Real Group, "Primer" - Europe's best vocal jazz.
Tony Bennett, "Here's To The Ladies" - I hope I can sing like this when I'm 70.
k.d. lang, "All You Can Eat" - One of the most underrated albums of '95.
Lenny Bernstein conducts "Mahler's 1st" - Two great tastes that taste great together.

Books:
Mark Leyner, "Et Tu, Babe?" - Very strange. Makes you wonder about stuff.
Martin Gardner, "Aha-Gotcha" - Paradoxes, and stuff about paradoxes.
Daniel C. Dennett, "Consciousness Explained" - Yes, it has a pretentious title, but it's cool and stuff.
Thomas Moore, "Soul Mates" - Stuff about people and stuff.
"The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath" - Stuff.

Words To Live By

"Don't live by words."

Greatest House Jack Moment

Singing for Ray Charles. He's the man. He's the MAN. He's THE man. HE's the man. You get the idea.

Anything Else?

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