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About Me

A brief bio.Hi. My name is Dean. Some people like calling me Deano. I have been and will be many things. Here's my life story. I was born in New Jersey. As soon as I was old enough to realize where I was, I got out of there and came to New York City.I attended various prep schools and went to college, majoring in English Lit. My first job was in a library; my second job was in a bookstore. Then I became a sales manager at "The World's Largest Store." Quickly, I knew that I wasn't cut out for a career in retail sales, and I left there to attend Clown College.After Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey kicked me to the curb, I became an announcer for "976" telephone messages, like the weather, back when people used the telephone for that kind of info. This later expanded to include hundreds of messages of all sorts for dozens of cities across the United States.Remarkably, the retailer I ditched invited me back to work on its famous "Thanksgiving Day Parade," and I became, first a make-up artist for the clowns, then Crew Chief for all make-up artists, and then Clown Coordinator for all of the clowns in the parade.Meanwhile, FAO Schwarz, the famed Fifth Avenue toy shop, requested me to be their official clown performer. I entertained celebrities, royalty, and millions from all over the world!After that, I became a club Disc Jockey, playing in places like Polly-Esthers, Decade, Culture Club and T.J. Whitney's. "The Collection" of music I own is massive and as far as Billboard Top 40 pop hits, may be the most complete you'll ever find. Need a hit song from the 60s to now? I likely have it... but I'm always searching for some myself!Since then, I have written a book, done a bunch of freelance writing assignments, and am working on several writing projects.What's next? I can't wait to find out!

My Interests

Pop culture, history, writing, music, the earth, travel, people, comedy, film, baseball, and I know I'm forgetting 2 or 3 hundred other things... I have a lot of interests.
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I'd like to meet:

You!

Music:

I'm a DJ. I own pretty much every pop hit from the 1960s on.I listen to pretty much everything (INCLUDING Country!) so, try me.

Movies:

Yes. Many, many movies.

Television:

I watch TV. The "Don't miss" shows I have are "24," and "Lost" (yes, even after The Sucking Point) I also enjoy "30 Rock" (even with that brutal loon, Alec Baldwin), and "Shark" and "House" (kind of the same show only with Law and Medicine as their separate motifs).Pop culture!

Books:

Ok, there are a lot of good writers out there that have written some very good books. There are far too many writers to properly list here, without diminishing their greatness. So, I won't do that. However, if you want to talk writers and books, we can do that when we converse.

Heroes:

Many.

My Blog

SUPER!

I have to say, beating the New England Patriots was one of the best things I've seen in a Super Bowl game in a long while. It was EPIC!I won't bore you with this but I just had to say how happy I was ...
Posted by Dean on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:03:00 PST

Groundhog Day

Ya know, there's all sorts of stuff to help us get through these cold winter months. It's nice that February is the shortest month, it helps make the cold seem to go faster.Let's see. Today is Groundh...
Posted by Dean on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:31:00 PST

My Interview With Hygena

If you got to see the second season of "Who Wants To Be A Superhero," You have already heard about the world's cleanest superhero: Hygena, who fights grime AND crime!I interviewed her for talk_show ju...
Posted by Dean on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:06:00 PST

Happy 2008!

In the spirit of this new year, I'm starting off with a new attitude!See, I do an interview blog with people about the things they write about in their blogs, the communities they create and what happ...
Posted by Dean on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:21:00 PST

Mid December Rush

Ah well, it's the typical holiday situation. Too much to do, it's all rushed and occasionally unpleasant, the weather isn't cooperating and there's the nagging sense of forgetting something constantly...
Posted by Dean on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:54:00 PST

The Holiday Diet

Clearly, you're supposed to be running around like a maniac to lose the weight you gain when dining with friends, relatives and others during this season. If you aren't getting pummeled by a crowd of ...
Posted by Dean on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:46:00 PST

Macys Parade Sneak Peek

It's Thanksgiving Week, so if you're in the NYC area, you can get an early look at what the NBC telecast is going to have on the coverage of this years Parade by going to 34th Street and Broadway, and...
Posted by Dean on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:05:00 PST

Not That Different From The WGA, Except No Union!

I was a Disc Jockey in several clubs in NYC for several years. Let me tell you about my experiences.Disc Jockeys are basically the lowest rung of the ladder when it comes to a nightclub. The owner ALW...
Posted by Dean on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:58:00 PST

Bring Me The Head Of JJ Abrams!

I'm really sort of sick of JJ Abrams. He first came to my attention with a show called "Felicity," which was the first television program about a female stalker who went cross country in pursuit of so...
Posted by Dean on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:54:00 PST

Blogging Interaction -OR- How Lonely Can MySpace Get?

As I have mentioned more than once here, I have a much more active blog over at LiveJournal. It's also a much older blog, since I've been writing there since March 2001 and this is only the 70th post ...
Posted by Dean on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:03:00 PST