GET TO KNOW..... SJ

Town and state you grew up in: Born in Cleveland, grew up between Phoenix and Cleveland

Town and state you live in now: Miami

First instrument: Guitar

Instruments you currently play: Guitar

First performance: Gannon University, Erie PA, 1997

Last book you read: “Earth” by Jon Stewart & The Daily Show

Favorite movie: “The Big Lebowski” (No movie has ever made me laugh harder)

Song you wish you had written: “Holiday In Spain” by Counting Crows

Favorite song: This is the toughest question here and really can’t answer, so I’ll have to just go with a classic: “What A Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong.

Three people (alive or dead) you would want to have dinner with: Aristotle, Richard Dawkins and Stephen Colbert

Three CD's you can't live without: “Friday Night In San Francisco” by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucia, “Live At Luther College” by Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, “August And Everything After" by Counting Crows

Guilty pleasure: The occasional Hugh Grant romantic comedy

Your most recent project: My new album, "Coffee," being released on May 31, 2011

Message to the world: In a world of utter randomness and chaos, cherish your own ridiculousness, laugh a lot and be true to yourself (as long as the doesn't involve hurting others). I have a feeling that life is way too short.