Sitting Under A Tree with Aidan Jones

Ep 238 - Velocity Gold

This week I'm recording from the Virgin Lounge in Brisbane Airport after the pleasant surprise of achieving Velocity Gold status. So long peasants and disgusting serfs, I now dine for free behind the locked door of privilege. This week I also had a lovely trip to Laidley, and saw the fantastic City Piss at the Outpost in Brisbane. It's been brilliant!

Ep 237 - James Donald Forbes McCann

James Donald Forbes McCann is an Adelaide-based comedian, writer, podcaster, and future boat-owner. We went to McDonalds after a show at the Rhino Room and after eating burgers in his car, we turned the mics on and had a conversation about what we want out of life. James is one of the funniest, most unique people I know, and I always love talking to him.

Ep 236 - The Warnie

I heard that they're thinking of getting rid of the 5c piece because the metal required to make them costs 6 cents now, so the RBA or whatever is making a loss on the coins. Pretty funny! They asked ScoMo about it in a press conference and he basically told them to fuck off and that he doesn't care. What a loser! If I were Prime Minister, that would be all I'd ever talk about - let's get some weird shit on our money!
Here's the link for the YouTube video I was talking about, please jump in and defend Michael Shafar and I against the right-wing trolls.https://youtube.com/shorts/lR25EVy2OTE?feature=share

Ep 235 - The Open Mic

I've been trapped for years in a neverending cycle of being busy to distract myself from depressive thoughts, then getting stressed because I'm so busy, so taking time to relax, but then when I relax, suddenly I'm faced with depressive thoughts. Lucky for me, there's one place I can always go to feel safe, and that's an awful open mic comedy night.

Ep 234 - I’ve Cooked It

I'm flying to Sydney and back, and then there again... three flights in three days this week. I've made an absolute mess of my schedule here. I listened to some comics talking about how you can only really make fun of something if you have love for it, otherwise it's just mean and spiteful. That rings so true to me, I think that's where I've fucked up so many times in my life. It's fine to make fun of stuff, so long as you also include some empathy, and see things from their perspective, otherwise you're just being a dick.

Ep 233 - Justice of the Peace

I went to see 'After Yang' with a friend yesterday and while it wasn't incredible, Colin Farrell's depiction of a man struggling to reconnect with his life and loved ones was very powerful, and I found a lot in it to identify with.

Ep 232 - It’s Good When People Do Well

My main takeaway from the Melbourne Comedy Festival is that if I feel jealous of other people getting opportunities that I'm not getting, the problem isn't them, it's me. The only reason I might feel jealous is if I'm not happy with where I'm at, and if that's the case, the only person responsible for that is me! So I'm going to make some moves to take responsibility for my own career and where I'm at, rather than sitting around and waiting for other people to give me stuff. That really is the only thing to do!

Ep 231 - Short People

My friend just sent me the song 'Short People' by Randy Newman and my god is it good. I laughed about it for about half of this week's pod. The other half was taken up talking about my friend Steph Broadbridge's amazing show last night. Still feels like there's some uncertainty around the future at the moment, but I'm feeling better and better.

Ep 230 - What Are You, Nuts?

Sunday night I drove to Lorne, slept in the car, and woke up to a man playing bagpipes at 6:30 in the morning in the carpark next to the beach. Sometimes the only thing you can do is laugh.

Ep 229 - What Am I Gonna Do Today?

A couple weeks ago in therapy I spoke about how I often reach out to people when I'm feeling down in the hope that they'll make me feel better. While there's nothing inherently wrong with that, the thought occurred to me, why don't I learn to do that for myself, rather than needing other people to do it? Pretty cool hey? So I'm working on that lately.