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"This generation must come to terms with nature, and I think we're challenged, as mankind has never been challenged before, to prove our maturity and our mastery...not of nature, but of ourselves." - Rachel Carson
"Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity." - Gen. George Patton
"We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution." - Bill Hicks
"Be sure to put your feet in the right place, then stand firm" - Pres. Abraham Lincoln
1. When did you first come to San Diego?
I first visited San Diego in October 1999 while I was living in Seattle, and first moved here several weeks after the sign-on of FM 94/9 in January 2003.
2. What is your favorite thing / attribute / place in or about San Diego?
My favorite thing about San Diego is the abundance of activities in the Great Outdoors, including Cabrillo National Monument, Torrey Pines State Reserve, Cuyamaca and Palomar Mountain State Parks, Blue Sky Ecological Reserve, El Capitan Open Space Reserve, and of course, Balboa Park. Nearby Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is a wild hiker's paradise, providing you're not out there in the middle of summer.
3. Where is your favorite place to eat in San Diego?
• Tobey's 19th Hole Cafe - Balboa Park Golf Course
• Mama Testa - Hillcrest
• Bay Park Fish Company - Bay Park
• El Pescador - La Jolla
• The City Deli - Hillcrest
• Hob Nob Hill - Bankers Hill
• Regents Pizzeria - UTC
• Pizzeria Luigi's - Golden Hill
• Pipe's - Cardiff
• Ortega's - Ocean Beach
• Carino's - La Jolla
• Rocky's - Crown Point
• DiMille's - Normal Heights
• Descanso Junction - Descanso
• Casa Machado - Montgomery Field
4. What are the top five shows / concerts you’ve been to?
• R.E.M. at the Capitol Theater, with Billy Bragg and Robyn Hitchcock
Charleston, West Virginia
April 28, 1991
• Lollapalooza at Riverbend Music Center, with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden,
Jesus and Mary Chain, Ice Cube, Ministry, Pearl Jam and Lush
Cincinnati, Ohio
July 28, 1992
• Bruce Springsteen at Veterans Auditorium
Columbus, Ohio
December 11, 1996
• Billy Bragg and the Blokes at the Moore Theater
Seattle, Washington
September 30, 2000
• Pearl Jam at Irvine Meadows
Irvine, California
June 3, 2003
5. What are the 20 albums you can’t live without?
• The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
• The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks (1977)
• Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
• The Beatles - The Beatles / White Album (1968)
• My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
• Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (1978)
• The Clash - London Calling (1979)
• The Who - Live At Leeds (1970)
• Steve Earle - Train A Comin' (1995)
• The Stooges - Fun House (1970)
• R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant (1986)
• James Brown - Funk Power (1970)
• Son Volt - Trace (1995)
• Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)
• Motorhead - Ace of Spades (1980)
• The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1967)
• Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
• Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange (1994)
• U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
• The Harder They Come - Soundtrack (1972)
6. If you could be one rock star for a day, who would it be (name and era)?
Seriously, I've never wanted to be anyone but myself.
7. Who is the most intimidating person you’ve ever met?
No one yet.
8. If you went into the witness protection program and had to rename yourself, what would it be?
Wicked Lester
9. If you had to create a burrito, what would be in it and what would its name be?
I like to see my food, so I'm not really into burritos, although I do enjoy Mexican food. I prefer tacos because I can get a good idea of what I'm eating, but if I was going to name a food or a dish, I'd call it the Runny Tommy.
10. What books would you recommend everyone read?
• Catch 22, by Joseph Heller (1961)
• All Quiet On the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque (1928)
• Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson (1962)
• Cadillac Desert, by Marc Resiner (1986)
• Wartime, by Paul Fussell (1989)
• All the President's Men, by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward (1975)
• Animal Farm, by George Orwell (1945)
• The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck (1939)
• The Wild Cascades, by Harvey Manning (1965)
• We Were Soldiers Once, by Hal Moore and Joseph Galloway (1992)
• Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, by Hunter Thompson (1971)
• Ramona, by Helen Hunt Jackson (1884)
• The Mountains of California, by John Muir (1894)
• A Soldier of the Great War, by Mark Helprin (1991)
• Tatoosh, by Martha Hardy (1947)
11. What is your dream car?
Aside from having some energy-efficient, four-wheel drive vehicle which doesn't exist yet, I'll have to go with a car which actually exists...and nothing is cooler than a restored and tip-top shape 1969 Chevrolet Camaro.
12. Heroes (come on, don't tell us you don't have any)
• John Muir, conservationist (1838-1914)
• Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1858-1919)
• George Bird Grinnell, conservationist (1849-1938)
• Stephen T. Mather, founder of the National Park Service (1867-1930)
• Howard Zahniser, activist and writer (1906-1964)
• Harvey Manning, activist and writer (1925-2006)
• Carl Sagan, astronomer (1934-1996)
• Bill Hicks, prophet (1961-1994)
Three Guitars: Garett, Tommy, and Jeremy.
Garett and Tommy at the FM 94/9 Anniversary Bash 2008.
Garett and Tommy at the 2004 FM 94/9 Super Bowl Party.
Prizes for Everyone: "I can't read this person's name either."
Lunch at Hodad's: Ocean Beach, November 2004.
Thank you! Receiving my Surfrider Clean Water Award, May 2008.
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