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  New single by @littlecomets is called 'Jennifer'. It's Tune of the Week on the show, so I'll be playing it on @Xfm every day.

  Posted: 28 May 2012

It's early. You're probably recovering from the previous night's onslaught and you're possibly a little fragile. What you need is a blast of brilliant music helmed by the soothing tones of Richard Walters. Let Rich ease you into the day with five hours of the greatest radio out there.

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Text Rich on 83936 (standard charges apply), @Xfm on Twitter, on Facebook, or via email using the form below.

Questions, Questions, Questions....

Your favourite virtue?
Loyalty

Your idea of misery?
Working a 9 to 5 doing something I detest.

Your biggest flaw?
Laziness mostly but occasionally making a tit of myself after a few too many probably ranks too, if I’m honest…

For what fault have you most toleration?
Bad drunks!

What was your worst ever job?
Selling flowers and Christmas trees by the roadside… it was piss easy money though.

What would your favourite occupation be?
This can’t be beaten.

Where would you most like to live?
California has always appealed, as has The Gold Coast of Australia.

Which characters in musical history do you most dislike?
Am I going to get shot for saying Bono?

Which characters in musical history would you like to be?
Dave Grohl has had quite a life, eh?

Your favourite album ever? (Yes, I know it’s impossible, but try dammit)
This is hard, really hard. Smashing Pumpkins Greatest Hits collection, impossible to pick one album by them. Also Killswitch Engages 'Alive Or Just Breathing' HIM’s 'Razorblade Romance', Guns ‘n’ Roses 'Appetite For Destruction' would all come close. You can’t ask that question and get a straight answer, far too hard…

What was the first single you bought? (and be honest about it)
Michael Jackson’s 'Heal The World'

…and you first gig? (Ditto)
Can’t remember whether it was Ill Nino at The Mean Fiddler or The Offspring at Wembley Arena. (Although seeing the Spice Girls years earlier may have conveniently slipped my mind)

Your favourite qualities in a band/musician?
As much as I enjoy listening to a band at home or in the car, if they’re shit when I see them live, it part kills it for me. So I’d say being able to pull off a live rock show.

Your favourite film director?
I love the Lethal Weapon films by Richard Donner, Richard Kelly’s work on Donnie Darko was brilliant, Alex Proyas’s The Crow is another favourite. I guess Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight would be the most recent.

Your favourite hero or heroine in real life?
My Dad, for many reasons… and if he’d not told me to join our local Hospital Radio Station after I’d stuck a middle finger up to Newspaper Journalism, I’d not be doing something I love so much now.

Your favourite hero or heroine in fiction?
Martin Riggs from the Lethal Weapon series, I’ve never been big on comic book heroes or anything.

Your favourite food and drink?
Pie or Scampi in the pub suits me fine, with a few pints of Carling followed by Jagermeister shots.

Your pet aversion?
Bad drivers.

What three songs would you have played at your funeral?
I’d have to have Green Day’s 'Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)' but I can’t say I’ve thought about it in all honesty. It’s not like I’m going to bloody hear it!

What is your present state of mind?
Excited.

….and your motto is?
“If a job’s worth doing… it’s worth doing well.”