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When Doris Muñoz met Cuco, one of the first things she told him was that his art was pure and should never be exploited. “I said, ‘I want to advocate for you because I don’t want you to get Ritchie Valens’d,’ ” she recalls, referring to the Chicano rock & roller whose label owner, Bob Keane, kept Valens’ recording rights in perpetuity.
When Doris Muñoz met Cuco, one of the first things she told him was that his art was pure and should never be exploited. “I said, ‘I want to advocate for you because I don’t want you to get Ritchie Valens’d,’ ” she recalls, referring to the Chicano rock & roller whose label owner, Bob Keane, kept Valens’ recording rights in perpetuity.
- 6/15/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Face it, the rules don't apply to snowboarding god Shaun White. And it appears they don't apply to his coach either.
On Wednesday (Feb. 17) night, NBC decided to forgo the annoying tape-delayed coverage of the Winter Olympics and air the Men's Halfpipe live. Not to say this wasn't thought through properly, but this is the sport that White joked to Playboy has a lot of participants sweating their drug tests.
White already had his gold medal win in the bag, so his final run was really for himself and the fans.
Before he got started audio was captured of his coach, Bob Keane, giving White a pep talk.
"You freaking send that thing. And make sure you stomp the s*** out of it," Keane said, referring to White's signature trick, the double-McTwist-1260 (and, no, it does not get old listening to sportscasters say "double-McTwist-1260" over and over). He then stressed...
On Wednesday (Feb. 17) night, NBC decided to forgo the annoying tape-delayed coverage of the Winter Olympics and air the Men's Halfpipe live. Not to say this wasn't thought through properly, but this is the sport that White joked to Playboy has a lot of participants sweating their drug tests.
White already had his gold medal win in the bag, so his final run was really for himself and the fans.
Before he got started audio was captured of his coach, Bob Keane, giving White a pep talk.
"You freaking send that thing. And make sure you stomp the s*** out of it," Keane said, referring to White's signature trick, the double-McTwist-1260 (and, no, it does not get old listening to sportscasters say "double-McTwist-1260" over and over). He then stressed...
- 2/18/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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