You may recognize him from his shoulder-length blonde hair when standing front and center in the Saturday Night Live house band every weekend. Jared Scharff is currently the youngest guitarist among the old pros at SNL. In a city filled with posers and talentless, wannabe rock stars, Scharff has taken the music scene by storm with his electrifying sound and sheer ability to tear up his instrument. Guitar hero Scharff was kind enough to put down his axe long enough to answer our Pop Quiz.

When you were in elementary school, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Oddly enough, a musician and a hockey player.

Do you have any tattoos?
One of the only musicians I know without any.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock in New York, you’ve walked into one of Johnny T’s East Village hangs. A staple in the NYC music and nightlife scenes, Johnny recently opened Cabin Down Below, an insta-speakeasy sensation. We sat down for an afternoon cocktail in the basement of his bar Niagara, source of many rock n' roll memories.

What bars do you claim as your own these days?
Black & White, Niagara, Bowery Electric, Cabin Down Below, and Pizza Shop.

Every comic hears his biological career-clock ticking, and while comedian David Cross is only in his early 40s, he tells me that he’s past his prime for “these types of interviews.” Really, his prospects are only improving -- devoted fans will surely line up for his first book, I Drink for a Reason, on shelves in August. And let’s not forget his upcoming role in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squekuel, which Cross is apparently less than enthusiastic about. “There is nothing in my contract that says I can't show up to work stinking drunk every day though, so I'll have the last laugh", he told Gothamist. Fellow comic Artie Lange once said, "David Cross plays a gay guy and it just doesn't work. And his stand-up is self-indulgent, awful, boring and he treats an audience like shit. ... There's moments of brilliance. Don't get me wrong. ... He comes off like an uptight prick."