Archive for February 28th, 2007
Media interviewers as Grand Inquisitors
There’s no way that I can sit here and be a normal human being, because being interviewed is one of the most abnormal things that you can do to somebody else. It’s two steps removed from the Inquisition. – Frank Zappa in a 1983 TV interview with Britain’s Channel 4, posted on YouTube
Posted: February 28th, 2007 under Quotes about Interviews.
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None of this interview can go on the record
Sometimes a surprise media interview isn’t a welcome thing: In a small, windowless conference room in downtown Mountain View later the same day, [Roger] Lee [of venture capital firm Battery Ventures] does his best to introduce a six-month-old startup to a Mercury News reporter. But the company’s 25-year-old founder, whose mirrored sunglasses sit perched atop [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2007 under Business Beat, Guest Experiences, Tips for Interviewees.
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The mother of inventing yourself for each media interview
In this clip from a 1983 TV interview, musician Frank Zappa places media interviews just slightly above the Inquisition, but also makes an interesting point that he “accommodates” each interviewer by being the Frank Zappa that suits the interviewer’s level of questioning. Thanks to Todd And for finding this clip and posting it on his [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2007 under Guest Experiences, Tips for Interviewees.
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