just a really poor interview technique, like hes trying to go for the whole "yeah I know your famous but Im just going to treat you like on of my pals" thing but really you can sense the underlying starfuckdness that hes obviously feeling. it causes him to force his jokes (which are dry and obvious most of the time anyway) and basically embarrass himself. He needs a chat with uncle Havo to learn how it should be done

(unforgivable? nah ... ) signs of shyness and overwhelmed-ness i reckon. compensating and trying to create atmosphere from what's given him? perhaps he's dealing with some huge egos that demand thta sort of specific attention and spin? Hugh has done good in the past, i'll forgive him (but i like your 'ears-fork' description).

It's like real groovy employees - they think that because they work at these musical shrines, they are somehow better than everyone else. It pays to remember that at both establishments, the people paying their wages know how much these people value their workplace and accordingly pay them fuck all.

Yeah, I mean there was one occasion when heard a song I rather liked and phoned up to ask the DJ what it was. "Fucked if I know" was the answer he gave me, and hung up. Then I asked if they would play a Smiths song during the Monday night British show and it was like "Hey everybody, this caller 'would like to hear a Smiths song', hahahaha."

Bastards.