Jeff Axelrod:  

Life I've been living in L.A. ever since leaving Deerfield for USC. Married in '88, dad in '89, divorced in '91, and hoping to repeat that process sometime in the not-too-distant future, sans divorce! As I always have, I still love music. Playing music, writing music, listening to music, seeing live music. Except these days, I now also get to meet and interview musicians, which is usually pretty cool and inspiring. I wasn't much of an athlete while at DHS, but I've become very fitness-conscious over the years, especially after I nearly destroyed my leg in a motorcycle accident. While I haven't gone the tofu-and-sprouts route (hey, I'm still a Chicagoan at heart... I still love my meat and pizza!), I do work out at least 4 or 5 times a week. For a while, I was pretty active in doing triathlons, and lately I've been giving some thought to doing that again... I've somehow managed to keep at least one job in the radio industry without a day of unemployment since I was 19. Spent the summer of 2000 hanging out with my friends on the U.S. softball team, going to Sydney to share in their gold medal celebration... an amazing experience! I've done a lot of traveling, for both business and fun... taken a lot of great pictures along the way as I rediscovered my childhood love of photography. My daughter is now just a year away from graduating high school herself, which is pretty mind-blowing. I don't feel anywhere near old enough to have a kid getting ready for college! I'm an uncle to 2 nieces and 2 nephews in the Chicago area, all of whom are absolutely adorable. There's more to the family story, but that's for another time and p...Expand for more