Hansen takes the Staff Survey
1. When did you first come to San Diego?
I CAME TO SAN DIEGO BACK IN '72... IT'S GROWN JUST A BIT SINCE THEN
2. What is your favorite thing/attribute/place in or about San Diego?
OBVIOUSLY THE WEATHER... WHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY CAN YOU SURF, PLAY 18 HOLES AND STILL HAVE TIME TO HEAD TO THE MOUNTAINS IN THE SAME DAY
3. What is your favorite place to eat in San Diego?
IT SEEMS UNFAIR TO NAME JUST ONE, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO GO WITH PHILS BBQ... DAMN! NOT VERY VEGAN OF ME I KNOW...
4. What are your top 5 shows/concerts that you’ve been to?
• U2 (JOSHUA TREE TOUR) AT THE SPORTS ARENA. IT DID SEEM A LITTLE STAGED LOOKING BACK WHEN BONO PULLED A LITTLE GIRL UP ON STAGE AND SUNG TO HER, BUT WE WERE GOING FREAKIN CRAZY AT THE TIME...
• BEASTIES (LICENSED TO ILL TOUR) AND RUN DMC AT THE SPORTS ARENA
• I SAW NWA (BOYS IN THE HOOD TOUR), SALT AND PEPPA, HAMMER, AND SOMEBODY ELSE (MEMORABLE) AT GOLDEN HALL 5TH ROW... THAT WAS WHEN HAMMER, I'M SORRY, MC HAMMER WAS WEARING NORMAL CLOTHES.
• ROBERT CRAY IN MINNEAPOLIS, OPENING FOR HIM WAS JOHN LEE HOOKER. WE GOT TO GO BACK STAGE AND MEET BOTH. I STILL HAVEN'T WASHED MY RIGHT HAND. THAT’S A DIFFERENT STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME...
• 5TH ROW FOR MC CARTNEY. THAT WAS UNBELIEVABLE... THAT AND I CAUGHT A PICK... IT WAS LIKE GETTING COMMUNION AT CHURCH... NOT IN A SACRELIGIOUS WAY, CAUSE I'D NEVER WANT TO PISS OFF THE BIG GUY YOU KNOW...
5. What are the 20 albums that you can’t live without?
THERE ARE THE MUST HAVES, STONES, ZEP, AC/DC STUFF LIKE THAT BUT LETS GET DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY... WHICH MAKES ME THINK OF WHODINI YO! WHODINI BACK IN BLACK ROCKED SO MANY PARTYS BACK IN THE LATE 80'S! CAUSE I'M A HO! STEVIE RAY VAUGHN TEXAS FLOOD OR IN SESSION... MUSE ABSOLUTION... ROCKET-SCREAM DRACULA SCREAM... I AM GOING TO GET SO MUCH CRAP FOR THIS BUT QUEENSRYCHE-WARNING... STRAIGHT OUTA COMPTON FROM NWA... I STILL DIG THE BLOODY HOLLIES ALBUM WHO TO TRUST, WHO TO KILL AND WHO TO LOVE... THE CLASH LONDON CALLING... THE RACONTEURS, CONSOLER... WOLFMOTHER... BUDDY GUY, DAMN RIGHT I'VE GOT THE BLUES.. RADIOHEAD, THE BENDS... FIRST G-N-R ALBUM CAUSE IT'S LIKE A KICK IN THE GROIN EVERYTIME YOU HEAR IT, DEFINITELY A CD YOU YOU GOTTA HAVE THE VOLUME UP TO 11... LL COOL J-RADIO... RUN DMC-KING OF ROCK OR THERE SELF TITLED.. AND SINCE I DIDN'T PUT DOWN EVERY LED ZEP, STONES, WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BEATLES RECORD EVER RECORDED, THATS ALL YOU GET!
6. If you could be one rock star for a day, who would it be (name and era)?
I WOULD WANT TO BE B.B. KING. FIRST OF ALL TO BE ABLE TO PLAY THE GUITAR LIKE THAT. HE PLAYS THE GUITAR AS EFFORTLESSLY AS I BRUSH MY TEETH. PLUS THE TIMES THAT HE'S SEEN. THATS GOT TO BE A 5 PART MINI-SERIES ON HBO. (NOW MY IDEA IS IN PRINT HBO SO IF YOU DO IT, YOU OWE ME!)
7. Who is the most intimidating person you’ve ever met?
COUNTRY DICK MONTANA. I WAS AT THE OLD BACCHANAL OVER IN KEARNY MESA ONE NIGHT, JUST LIT OUTTA MY GORD (NOT DRIVING)... I SAW HIM AT THE BAR, TURNED TO HIM, LOOKING UP SINCE, HE WAS ABOUT 8 FEET TALL, AND SAID “HEY MAN WHEN ARE YOU GUYS, PLAYING IN TOWN AGAIN”? HE LOOKED DOWN AT ME AND SAID “WE'RE PLAYING THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE WHATEVER BAR, YOU BETTER BE THERE, YOU BIG PU**Y!” I LAUGHED MY ASS OFF! HE WAS PRETTY AMUSED WITH HIMSELF TOO. BUT ANYONE WHO CAN SIT ON THE FLOOR, PUT A CORONA IN BETWEEN HIS FEET, ROLL ONTO HIS BACK WITH HIS FEET HOLDING THE BEER IN THE AIR POURING IN HIS MOUTH FROM HIS FEET IS PRETTY COOL HUH? HUH?
8. If you went into the witness protection program and had to rename yourself, what would it be?
GOD, I DONT MEAN GOD, I MEAN GOD LIKE “OH GOD, THATS TOUGH”. PROBABLY SOMETHING REALLY LAME LIKE DIRK DIGLER OR BURT REYNOLDS...
9. If you had to create a burrito, what would be in it and what would its name be?
ALL MEAT AND I CALL IT THE DIRK DIGLER...
10. What books would you recommend that everyone read?
I'M NOT A BIG READER, I KNOW YOU'RE SHOCKED, BUT IF I HAD A TORTILLA BIG ENOUGH, I WOULD READ THE SEVEN HABIT OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE. JUST TO FIND OUT WHY THIS GUY HAS SOLD SO MANY DAMN BOOKS. IF I WE'RE RECOMENDING ONE, I'D SAY HAVING FUN WITH DICK AND JANE. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PICTURES AND THE PRINT IS REALLY BIG SO IT WOULD BE EASY.