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10 Things You May Not Know About….Don Bosch
Posted By katie allison granju
After several “10 Things” interviews featuring folks who could safely be described as conservative (Glenn Reynolds, Susan Richardson Williams, and Rep. Stacey Campfield), today we move to the other side of the aisle.
Don Bosch is a former UT athlete, a longtime booster of all-things-downtown-Knoxville, a prominent trial lawyer, and one of our regular commentators each week on WBIR’s Inside Tennessee.
He’s also a proud and unapologetic progressive Democrat doing business in a largely Republican town. He’s active in party affairs locally and at the state level, and is one of the first people Democratic campaigns should call on when they’re trying to put together a successful East Tennessee operation.
Plus, he’s immensely entertaining (ask him about being onstage with The Flaming Lips). He would definitely make my list for favorite local dinner party guests.
So here’s your chance to get to know Mr. Bosch just a little bit better.
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10 Things You May Not Know About ….Don Bosch
KAG: What’s the best kept secret in Knoxville?
DB: Bill Haslam is really a Democrat… you never see him and Madeline Rogero in the same place, do you?
KAG: Describe your personal philosophy in one sentence.
DB: If you build a rocket 98 percent right, the damn thing still blows up on the launch pad…
KAG: What kind of car do you drive and why?
DB: Really fast ones; my lawyer is free…
KAG: If you were the DJ at my party, what would be the first five songs you would play?
DB: Flashlight, Parliament; Damn, Damn Leash, Be Your Own Pet; Castanets, Alejandro Escavado; I Wanna Be Your Dog, Iggy and the Stooges; The Courageous Cat Theme as performed by The New York Dolls.
KAG: What’s the bravest thing you’ve ever done?
DB: Throw a chair at my college swimming coach, Ray Bussard. Insert “stupidest” and this question still works.
KAG: What’s your favorite joke?
DB: (Censored) (It involves Martians, a laser gun, an explosion and a gas pump- use your imagination or see me later)
KAG: What’s your guilty pleasure?
DB: The Sci-Fi channel, late night- when the movies are really bad and star David Keith…
KAG: What’s a talent few people know you have?
DB: Self restraint.
KAG: What’s the last book you finished?
DB: The Driver, by Alexander Roy. I know that I can make NYC to LA faster…
KAG: If I handed you $1,000 to spend on something completely frivolous today, what would you buy?
DB: iTunes and I would have a long, strange evening together.
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Apr 18th, 2008
