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Okay, you're here, there has to be something you want to know? I'll try to get all the basic stuff down then if there's something else you want to know, e-mail the question to me and I'll try to get JR to answer it, although he's not one to read an entire e-mail so it may take me two or three tries to get an answer from him.

How old is JR?
JR is 30,... his birthday is April 30th (wow! only 17 days after mine).

How tall is JR?
JR is 5'11 1/2" tall,... I'm guessing that's WITHOUT the shoes, JR?

Is JR single?
Yes, well, he claims he is, however,... well,... look at him for Christ sake!

How long has Dishwalla been together?
Dishwalla has been together since 1993, so about four years now.

What happened to Scot?
As far as any of us 'Walloers know, Scot is still the bass player, JR has neither confirmed or denied him leaving the band. Despite the fact that he hasn't been seen for three television appearances.

What's the deal with JR's black and white shoes? He's a big rock star now, shouldn't he have more than one pair of shoes?
JR says, "I bought them because I thought they were cool." Simply put, but hey, they are. And they're very "Dishwalla".

Is there any truth to the JR and Liv Tyler rumor?

JR finally answered me about this rumor "...I think Kevin [Griffin] and Liv [Tyler] were made for one another, mainly because I think Kevin is much more of a 'Rock Star' than myself. Which would make their union much more appropriate, I think.......Besides she's not really my type.......... I guess what I'm saying is that the rumors you have been hearing about Liv and I are based on ficticious innuendo. Or maybe its just that because I'm so busy that I really don't get much of a chance to meet anyone. Not that I'm complaining mind you, because I like what I do...."

Her? God's a her? What?!
JR says you should "...question everything... you start hearing something and you hear it over and over and over and it gets drilled into your brain and you can't always take what you hear for facts, man. Question stuff..."

Why the heck is it called 'Counting Blue Cars' Where are the cars? I don't see any cars, darnit!
"...I called it "Counting Blue Cars" for a few reasons. First because "Tell Me All your Thoughts on God" sounded too obvious.... plus I didn't want to focus on the religious aspect of the song. To me its more about questioning things taught to me as a child, like, why is God male? Why not female or why not both? The song is from a child's point of view as he travels in a quest for answers. I think that as children we have a tremendous amount of incite that is undone by societies need to spoon feed its ideas of what is appropriate into our heads. For me some ideas are too limiting and having an open mind is too important. Where did CBC come from? Well, it is one of the ways this child passes time in his search for answers..."
Where has George been?
George [Pendergast, drummer] has been sitting out recently, due to a problem with his hand, no word on how this problem occured from neither Dave nor JR but Dave has said that George will be okay an just needs to sit out and live a 'normal' life for a little while them he'll as good as new.

Was JR upset because the band wasn't nominated for a grammy?
I feel really bad for them,... and I'm mad at the Grammy people, mean, c'mon! He could have been like The Smashing Pumpkins (don't get me wrong, I LOVE sp) and whine and cry 'cause they didn't win all SEVEN of the catagories they were nominated in,... but J.R. kept it short and [relativly] sweet, I've edited a few words from his statement "...Being upset for not being nominated for a grammy would be a bitg egotistical... but would of been nice..." It'll be okay, JR, you guys are still WAY better than No Doubt (Ev DESPISES No Doubt).

Does JR have any pets? Seeing how he's single and all :)
"...I don't have a dog or a cat [or a rabbit or a turtle or an iguana or a snake or a marcupial] because I don't have a home. Since we started touring 2 years ago I took all my stuff, checked out of my house, left my stuff in storage and hit the road. Cats and dogs would'nt dig being in a storage shed for two years. I do want a dog someday though........ a big ass one..."

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