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So sad that this is the last show but you've all done such a wonderful job and you've spoiled us somefink rotten. Love you loads and very excited about next weekend. xxxooooxxxx

I just echo the above. Enjoying this show too, and loving the beardy picture!

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Enjoy your holidays, but beware foreign dentists x

nice pict ! ! can i listen to the show somewhere . . . i would really love to . . .

Another great show and possibly the best yet. Sorry to hear it's the last one. I hope there will be a second series. Well done to all involved. Ed was a very engaging guest and gave good insight into what it means to be in a great band. He seemed very humble too. What a guy.

I've really enjoyed the mix tapes - such a shame they are going on holiday. But hey, we have adam and joe back, so I cant complain. Awesome show to end on too!!

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Well there I was happily listening along on my Feesat box (had to tape the show today) when all of a sudden you announce that this will be the last mixtape for the foreseeable future. This is very sad news, I hope someday we will again hear "It's a mixtape, it's a big mixtape....(cue monkey noises)" over the airways! Gonna miss you Beardy Buckles, but also looking forward greatly to the Glast-on-berry Festive-hole shows. I just wanted to say (as a humble listener)that you have made my Sunday for the last few months and I will really miss your little mixtape show. :( :(

Anyway *wipes away tears*, back to business...today's show...
Ed O'Brien, what a lovely, lovely man he can most certainly share the nicest man in rock trophy with the Grohlster...they can each hold one handle and raise it high together. It was so interesting to here some of his stories about life in Radiohead. He most definitely has a voice for radio too, I could see him presenting (when he gets a free moment) like Jarvis...just a thought. Your talk about backing singers made me think of my fave Michael Macdonald...you should have asked Ed who his fave is... nay mind...

Yay you played the 'Tears in Rain speech' from ze Bladerunner. I love that speech with all the images of Roy's life travelling around space! It was so great to hear the lost Deckard voice over too. It totally made me look at that scene in a different light...I never saw the ironical-ness of it before ;)

I loved the alternative Armstrong lines that peeps had sent in to you, my fave was the "...one giant birthday cake for conspiracy theorists" genius!

I can't believe you played "Walking on the Moon"! You never cease to amaze and suprise me with your choices which is one of the great things about the show...and the Black Hole soundtrack by the wonderful John Barry genius movie composer...a nice little memory for you there (and others of your era)!

I knew there would be some Bowie references in there, and it had to be The Man Who Fell to Earth...I think it's when he is talking to Rip Torn's character, but I may be wrong. I loved the way it led into the gorgeus Beach Boys track.

NICE move NOT playing the obvious version of Space Oddity. Although that version is very minimalist it highlights Bowie's great voice don't you think.

I so loved that funky version of "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (good choice Ed) I was such a huge Stanley Clark fan in my schooldays, I had no idea about this record, it totally worked didn't it...it wasn't at all cheesey!

I was laughing my socks off at the Portsmouth Sinfonia bit, so funny! Also chuckled at Radiohead's previous incarnations...Shindig...hehe! Interesting choice of Blue Bayou but totally got the link. That song was also used in Man on Fire with Denzel to great effect, he was kind of obsessed with it, only I think it was the Linda Ronstadt version.

I wonder if anyone else spotted the "Dark Star" quote in your megamix...a great and very funny movie, made on a teeny tiny budget, who can forget the beachball alien! :D

I think Bowie and Scott Walker will always be known as your calling cards!

Ed, you made a sweet choice with My Guy by Mary Wells, just a lovely song...that's also a nice thing for people to think about..what would their spacesong be???

Lastly with the beautiful Eno music from Apollo and the quote from the astronaut about looking back on the earth...well I got quite emotional and dare I say it tearful at the thought of it being the last mixtape...but it was a fitting and lovely end to a fun series.
Thanks again Buckles, we appreciate you hardwork. Hope to hear the Big Mixtape again sometime in the not too distant future.
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Just had a better look at the photo...you've so cut your hair off!

Why is the podcast not available in Republic of Ireland any more??? What am i going to do to get my weekly dose of count buxatron now?

And there it was, gone. :( :( :(

As @marge has said so well you've made my Sundays for the last few weeks, Mr Adam. A loads of fun and some absolutely cracking tunes a lot of which were completely new to me (Boards Of Canada, Coconut Records) plus some really interesting guests (special mention to Louis and especially Garth). I still can't believe I forgot The Rezillos - My Baby Does Good Sculptures for the Pop Art tape but I sort of got the wrong idea about that one. :(
This weeks tape was another cracker. I am fascinated about space and what might be out there and the Apollo astronaut stuff always seems so profound to me. Why, as a species, we want to spend time in green screen studios spending billions making movies about smurfs in space when we should cementing our place in the cosmos & finding out what is really there is beyond me. We seem to want the security of just staring at our navels and playing with our trinkets rather than doing something important for future generations. 41 years since the moon landings and now our only human presence in space will be Beardey Branson & his gazillionaire space tourists. And thats the problem with our species now isn't it? If it doesn't make a profit, don't bother. We should be ashamed of ourselves. Sorry about that, I'll get off me hobby horse now!

I spotted the Dark Star bit too. Great film, written by the guy who later did Alien. Thank you for squeezing in the Bladerunner speech when it wasn't really about space (just for us.). We had The Portsmouth Sinfonia album when I was a kid so that brought back a lot of happy memories. You haven't lived til you've heard their version of "You've Really Got Me" with the worst cymbal playing evah. Pant wettingly funny. I wonder if my Mum still has it?
My space song would have to be "Love & Affection" by Joan Armatrading. If I was looking down on the wonder of our planet, I would need the most beautiful song ever recorded and "Love & Affection" is it. I think it just the most perfect combination of lyrics, mood and melody in one perfect 4:39 of music. There I've said it and I don't care.

I'll run the risk of the wrath of the moderators but here we go. (big gulp, dons tin helmet). As I have mentioned on here before I've been working on my own website and its about musical memories, about what music means to you, the special songs that make up the soundtrack of your life. Its not really finished yet (I wanted to wait til we had a few more entries before showing to you wonderful people) but I would love it if you were to pop over to;

www.bluemondaymoment.com
& have a nose around. I'll leave out some cheesy nibbles and a couple of bottles of cheap plonk if you want to help yourselves while you have a browse.

Well I guess thats it. Adam, its been emotional. Please bring the mixtapes back again soon. Thanks everyone for a fantastic few weeks.

You've done a man's job, sir.

Oh Adam, you picked my name! I am genuinely surprised and dead chuffed. I did a little 'squee!' when both my Facebook and my Twitter exploded with friends telling me I got a shoutout (I can't listen live because I live in New York). I'm doubly proud that I named the very last Mixtape, although it is with mixed feelings as I'm horribly sad to lose you on Sundays. This show was a great idea and you did a fabulous job.

Looking forward to hearing you and Joe at Glaston-berry! Hope you are both back on the radio before we realise. The airwaves just aren't the same without you guys. Much love, Rachel xxx

Hi guys. Long time listener, first time blogger. Looking forward to the Glastonbury coverage.

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Thank you so much for a really wonderful series!

Well hello. I haven’t actually listened to this yet; I was able to catch the first ten minutes yesterday though so I do know it’s the last show for a while. I just wanted to say how much I’ve enjoyed it, I speculated somewhere on this blog before about what the A&J show would be like if you picked all the music, and so this was pretty much perfect for me! My own current compilations have been enriched by things I’ve discovered: The Shins, Ween, Tortoise, Jonathan Richman, Boards of Canada… and great to hear so much of my favourite stuff on the radio – Grizzly Bear, Sparks, Scott Walker, Kate Bush, Talking Heads and of course XTC, I was very happy with my mention with my former name of Bolly Knickers!

Looking forward to hearing the last-for-now show this week, I haven’t looked at what music’s on it yet as I like it to be a surprise! Thank you Adam and 6music for such a fantastic series, come back soon!

Producer James, now that the Big Mix Tape has sadly ended, will we hear Adam and Joe on 6 Music after Glastonbury?

cheers,

TheBeastieBhoy

Adam Buxton, King of Mixtapes.

@tom wilson - here here!

"I am the KLON Centaur, what is your biding? Step on my face, I will change the sound!" HAHAHAHAHA Brilliant!! I LLOL'ed, that's "Literally Laughed Out Loud", (I just made that up, did you like it? You can touch it if you want.) Anyway, funniest thing I've heard all the day long.

Yes, yes @LTBS that was hilarious....
I just watched the Shatner Rocket Man video....Ummmm...I was sat open mouthed...it's staggering that the crowd were so quiet and respectful...I kept waiting for the hysterical laughter, but no they just politely listened and then cheered and clapped at the end! Amazing, I would have been in a happy tear filled puddle on the floor if I was in the audience for that :D

Hey man

Loved the show, sad to hear its the last one. This has kept me going on Monday mornings, featuring regular hysterics to bemusement of fellow drones. Much love Silly

This has been an absolutely brilliant series. It's not so much the witty banter that one expects from Dr Buckles, but the fact it's introduced me to so much great old and new music that I'd never heard of. Steve Jobs is now making even more money from me, probably buying himself a gold plated jetpack tomorrow.

Being the nostalgic kind, I'm really really sad this was the last mixtape. I usually hate Sundays, but you Adam had made them something to look forward to. I would wake up and shower and click on "³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 6 Music" in my list of favourites here on the left, and I would wait for your show with excitement. *shed a tear* So thank you, thank you, thank you for all the great mix tapes and for making my Sundays brighter.

Much love from France! *mwah*

Oh. My. God. Now the Stewie Griffin skit makes sense! I mean, you know man, it was funny before but NOW it's developed a whole new level of hilarity. Thank you Adam!!

And the last MixTape... *sniff* I'd just got into it. What sort of a series is 12? Tell Aunty Beeb to get her act together and recommission it please!

Excellent programmes Mr B. I thought the Ken Korda programme was quite brilliant, easily the funniest thing I've heard or seen this year. Good luck fella.

I really, really hope you come back for another series of the mixtape, because it's brills! I've listened, laughed, sang and cried (okay, maybe not sad tears but DEFINITELY funny eye waterfalls)

Adam, you are THE BEST!

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Missing you already!

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:-( @ brevity of series

Ahh, now I've listened to the last show I miss it even more and it isn't even Sunday yet!

When you are back on the Squadron shift, please can you have more freeplays if the 6 music cheeses allow it? I don’t think there was a single track on the Big Mixtapes that I didn’t enjoy (Actually there was one, just the Bugsy Malone one due to being forced to watch the movie at school on a wet day at the end of term, but I think a lot of people have similar issues! I can appreciate that it is a good song, even if it makes me want to run away) and I’ve got loads of things to investigate still that I wrote down.

I really hope Big Mixtape comes back though, after so many years of radio listening it was definitely the best thing I’ve ever listened to.

Hi James, I'm having trouble navigating the Glasto website, can you post links to all the A&J stuff please?

Loved the Glasto shows and Podcasts. Cant wait for when youre both permanently back together.

Will you be posting any pictures from the festival on the blog? Id love to see the clay model Joe made for Adam.
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This show is returning though, right James?? If it isn't then... I don't know what I'll do with myself! I need the comfort of Ad's voice to soothe my teenage angst!!!!

Dear Dr Buckles;

This is a bit delayed, but I've finally managed to grab five minutes (on the train to my wonderful job) to write and say thank you for the wonderful Space mixtape. The music was perfect, and your chatterations with Ed effortlessly interesting (even to a Radiohead philistine like me). I was really sad when you announced it would be the last one for now, but talk about going out on a high-note. You always seem to make self-deprecating remarks about your 'unconventional' interviewing technique but as someone who usually finds interviews rather excruciating to listen to (mostly due to boredom of hearing the same sorts of questions/sycophancy over & over) I think the BMT gets the mix (ha!) just right between seriousness, lunacy and the general sharing of music geekery.

So yes, 'A Tape Odyssey' was great but thank you generally for the Mixtape show. I've looked forward to it every week and now there's a giant Buxtonian chasm* in my Sunday afternoons. I hope you'll come back soon.

Meanwhile at least there's still BUG - I know at least 5 other TwitSquadron members who are attending/planning to attend on the 15th so we'll probably all wave at you shyly from behind our Twitter-enabled smartphones. No weird gifts planned this time though (that I know of).

I am 12 and you are brills,

Roo x

PS: It occurred to me this morning that you could do an amazing version of John Lennon's song 'Woman' in the style of Roger Moore.

PPS: Your impersonation of Mr Tom Waits is without doubt the finest I have ever heard. I'm a big lover of the Waitsmeister, and I seriously did a double take.


*which sounds like a euphemism, but isn't

Anyone else think that this program has been cancelled. I mean they only just start doing the twitter thing and then all of a sudden the series has ended...?

Oh well... least 6 music is safe and Adam and Joe should return later in the year.... perhaps :)

Pssst... does anyone know where I can find this show/podcast? I was away with the Glastonbury fairies and missed the sell-by date...

I found it. If anyone else is after some good quality stuff [What you after? We got the lot...], meet me on the corner at half 8. I'll take you to my guy's flat and he'll give you the instructions. Don't bait me up though man.

The other day I thought I would have a go at a tracklist for one of the mixes I suggested, a mixtape to cheer someone up. The first track would really only cheer someone up if they like Wilco and would appreciate Wilco’s concern for their wellbeing! After the fantastic 6 music news though maybe I ought to go away and make a party & celebration songs one instead!!

Wilco - Wilco
Dusty Springfield – I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today
Billy Bragg – The Milkman of Human Kindness
10,000 Maniacs – Trouble Me
Morrissey – Hold On To Your Friends
REM – Why Not Smile?
Van Morrison – Jackie Wilson Said
Bob Marley – Three Little Birds
Beirut – Nantes
Bjork – Undo
Sundays – I Feel
Ok Go – This Too Shall Pass
Stereolab – French Disko
Guillemots – Trains to Brazil
Paul Simon – The Obvious Child
Scott Walker – Get Behind Me
XTC – Senses Working Overtime
Ian Dury – Reasons to Be Cheerful Pt. 3
Rickie Lee Jones – The Evening of My Best Day
Go Team – Everyone’s a VIP to Someone

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