Awkwardness/Celebrity/Sampling Virus

Once I interviewed the film director Kurosawa Kiyoshi. After about an hour of fascinating discussion, I looked down at my MD recorder and realized that it hadn't started recording yet. I was completely devastated but tried not to show it, thanking him politely a couple minutes later and then wanting to throw myself out a window once he left. With the opportunity to interview Otomo Yoshihide (a musical hero of mine), I was much more careful and Otomo, perhaps being a sound guy, tapped on my player and asked, Haitte iru? (Is it recording). That time there was no problem but the interview wasn't as fruitful. I was very interested in his idea of a sampling virus that he addressed through his group Ground Zero during the 1990s. Everything felt rushed and if I was probably too casual with Kurosawa, I was way too formal with Otomo. Something like using the Queen's English to interview the Sex Pistols. I usually don't consider myself much a worshipper of idols, false or otherwise (I have to learn my celebrity gossip from Anne and I am usually a few relationships behind). But when it comes to meeting them face to face (even people who aren't breaking sales records in the arts), I manage to bungle it. Fortunately, the arts can speak for themselves better than I can. This is a live recording of Ground Zero's noted Consume Red recording, which is fortified by the absolutely breathtaking (sampled) sound of the Hojok, a Korean instrument. Pretty unbelievable.
Ground Zero-Consume Red Live MP3