My guest this week is Mark Hex
Mark is an author and musician who describes himself as “Scottish bred, London exiled. Deep fried in Glasgow” who writes, according to his Amazon page, “stories for people who don't like books.”
He has written a series of books about growing up in Ayrshire in the 90s, including Nae Burds, Here We Go, Decks of Ten and Exploding Cans and Utter Bams.
He has also released several albums on Bandcamp, including Edgelore of the Land of Nihilists, People Hate Glasgow and, most recently, Unique Results (New Adventures in Lo-fi) - an album that one website said “spits, seethes, and struts with unruly charm.”
Hit the ground running
1. Big Black - Pete, King of the Detectives
Left of centre
2. Tortoise - Swung from the Gutters
Tortoise at the Barbican November 2025
Wildcard
3. My Bloody Valentine - new you
Weirdness Flows: The Songs of Dinosaur Jr
Something blue
4. Lou Reed - The Day John Kennedy Died
Edinbro (am a Glesga man masel)
Something old
5. Nick Drake - Hazey Jane II
Something borrowed
6. Lana Del Rey - For Free
Joni Mitchell - For Free (1970)
Something new
7. Pavement - Zürich is Stained (Live at Cirkus, Stockholm)
Around the world
8. La Düsseldorf - Silver Cloud
Take it down
9. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
Finale
10. Kate Bush - Aerial
Twilight Turntable - Never Forever
Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love (33⅓)
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