Great moments in interview history ...

April 24, 2010

Saw this on Grant's Facebook today. Got me so stoked. I won't name any pro skater names, but this has pretty much happened to me, but not because they were doing it on purpose.

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Great moments in interview history ...

April 20, 2010

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ADMIRAL HYMAN RICKOVER
"60 Minutes" Interview by Diane Sawyer

DIANE SAWYER:
He's the Navy's most famous and most cantankerous admiral. Hyman George Rickover, the father of the nuclear submarine, was censored last month for accepting gifts from a naval contractor, General Dynamics, over a 16-year period. The gifts totaled more than $67,000 but it seems that the company was wasting its money. Before he retired, Rickover declared war on General Dynamics. He accused them of trying to cheat the government. When we first broadcast this interview, the investigation of the admiral and the gifts had just begun, but the 84-year-old Rickover was undaunted. He was much the same as he had been in 1957, the last time he submitted himself to an unrestricted personal interview - combative, challenging, deliberately provocative.

ADMIRAL HYMAN RICKOVER:
No, I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were as dumb, were dumb, including you.

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How to write a press release ...

April 18, 2010

rob brink godspeed you! black emperor press release

From here.

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Festivus: Festivus: Damn Am / YBAm Awards

April 4, 2010

years best am damn am awards rob brink the skateboard mag

Festivus: Damn Am / YBAm Awards
Words: Rob Brink
The Skateboard Mag May 2010

One of the coolest things about The Skateboard Mag and Skatepark of Tampa’s YBAm / Damn Am awards is the fact that you might actually win (or get nominated for) an award that you don’t want to win. Like … that’s soooo cool. Seriously, how often does that happen in life? Being scared to win an award? So awesome.

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