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Dan O'Connell takes over the Xfm mothership between 2pm and 5pm Monday to Friday. Expect the best new music, big anthems, banter and competitions.

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Questions, questions...

Your favourite virtue?
Generosity (receiving it).

Your idea of misery?
Pot washing in a restaurant for the Iranian Mafia.

Your biggest flaw?
Impatience.

For which fault have you most toleration? 
Competitiveness.

What was your worst ever job?
Picking Cucumbers by day and Pot Washing for the Iranian Mafia by night.

What would your favourite occupation be?
I’m doing it.

Where would you most like to live?
New York.

Which characters in musical history do you most dislike?
I can only think of Donny from Towers of London who comes slightly close on this one.

Which characters in musical history would you like to be?
Cliched, but a Beatle. Not Ringo though.

Your favourite album ever? (Yes, I know it’s impossible, but try dammit)
Lemonheads, 'Come On Feel...' or Counting Crows 'August And Everything After'.

What was the first single you bought? (and be honest about it)
It was 'Karma Chameleon'.

…and your first gig? (Ditto).
It was the Mass Pipes and Drums of Scotland, Edinburgh 1991.

Your favourite qualities in a band/musician?
Normality.

Your favourite film director?
Quentin Tarantino.

Your favourite hero or heroine in real life?
The Scottish fella who tackled the Glasgow Airport Bomber. Class act.

Your favourite hero or heroine in fiction?
Highlander.

Your favourite food and drink?
Thai and Guiness.

Your pet aversion?
Being on boats. I hate them. I once threw up on a pedalo.

What three songs would you have played at your funeral?
The Cinematic Orchestra – 'To Build A Home'
Sigur Ros – 'All Alright'
Jose Gonzalez – 'Remain' (Basically I want people to cry lots.)

What is your present state of mind?
I’m proud and hungry.

...and your motto is?
Keep going...