Adam Buxton's Big Mix Tape

Adam Buxton's Big Mix Tape (6 Music, Sunday) is right on trend, with compilation tapes back in vogue, and is also solace for those of us craving Adam and Joe. This new show is a different beast, but still very funny and the music around a weekly theme – yesterday's programme was "odd music that's not totally repellent" – works well. Just as, Buxton was quick to point out, Bob Dylan knows. "I did that! That's my idea!" Buxton cried in his best Dylan impersonation. There's a guest each week, and Julian Barratt from The Mighty Boosh warmed to the musical theme. He brought in tracks by Moondog, some Vangelis from Blade Runner, and Scott Walker. "It's quite horrifying music," he said of Walker's Cossacks Are, meaning that as a compliment in this so-odd-it's-good realm. "It's late night, and you're staring out of a window with a knife in your hand," he imagined. The two men talked about much beyond music. They compared beards, with Barratt complimenting Buxton: "You've got a nice plush beard, right round-the-mouth coverage." Buxton imagined how it goes when Barratt sees Ricky Gervais, as he often does, on Hampstead Heath; Gervais jogging, Barratt not, and the two only knowing each other from television. "You ask him to do the dance," mused Buxton. "And I do some surreal stuff," joked Barratt.