Unfortunately we don't get Spectacle over here, which is a shame as, judging by his performance as host on the above Late Night Show, he's quite a level-headed interviewer. As you say, he's talked to a variety of pretty interesting people as well. Unfortunately all I've ever seen of the show are little snippets online.
You're right about his musical mind as well, and I know from what I've read that he was a huge fan of jazz, Motown and delta blues in particular when he was growing up - certainly much more so than you'd assume listening to his earliest records anyway. Classical music's something he started to get into later, and his orchestral composition album Il Sogno's definitely worth hearing at least. Might review it at some point.
And talking of potential reviews, I've now got hold of the Hollywood High album, as well as having dug out my copy of My Flame Turns Blue, so watch this space if you're interested eh.
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