Sitting Under A Tree with Aidan Jones

EP 118 - Please Don't Make Me Go For A Run

First week back in Melbourne and I've spent most of my time pottering around my empty house with no clothes on. I also did the feature spot at one of the Raw Comedy heats on Saturday, which honestly was a bit of a big moment for me, and so rather than using my 8 years of experience as a comedian to tell jokes, I took the opportunity to lecture the crowd and impart my wisdom unto the new acts at the show. What a loser. Music: Lost In U (feat. McLean) - Logistics

Ep 117 - The Fancy New Bedspread

I bought a new bedspread today from this Japanese linen store called Muji, it cost $230 for two pillowcases, a duvet cover and a fitted sheet, and the pillowcases I got are the wrong size. They're too big. I'm taking them back tomorrow to trade them for the right ones. I made a lot of money in Perth and this is the sort of thing that is going to happen all the time from now on. Music: Know What I Mean - The Manor

Ep 116 - Nothing To Sue Here

Last week I had sold out shows and amazing reviews, it looks like I'm going to make $10k from this run, but it's never enough is it. Even if I had the perfect run for the next few months, and even for the rest of the year, next year it all starts again. How to escape this cycle and stop running on the wheel? Music: The Things That I Used To Do - G. Love and Special Sauce

Ep 115 - Perth, Baby!

Yesterday I spent the whole day sitting in a pool eating great food and not thinking about comedy. It was fantastic. I feel rejuvenated. On Saturday I spent three hours doing my taxes and it was awful. This is life, no? Music: Before I Lose My Mind - Claptone

Ep 114 - Back On The Road

I didn't want to leave Melbourne on Friday, I was thinking about my garden, and my piano, and my friends and how I wouldn't see any of them for a month and it made me sad. But Perth is awesome, it really is. The beach, the weather, the fact that there's no smoke. And the first two shows have been great. It's just leaving home is always hard, especially when you've never had a home before! Music: Kojaque - Eviction Notice

Ep 113 - It All Just Happens Again

Someone messaged me and called me a douchebag because I was a douchebag, so I've tried to apologise on my podcast, which to be honest, seems exactly like something a douchebag would do. Also I discuss a business case for the continuation and expansion of the fires. Gotta keep the wheels turning, baby! Music: Way Down The Line - The Offspring

Ep 112 - Smoke in the City

Melbourne has been covered in smoke for a lot of this week, the whole city smells like a campfire. Scotty Dumbcunt isn't doing shit, people's lives are being ruined, and every inner-city artist I know is absolutely furious. It feels silly to talk about my own emotional exhaustion when I haven't lost so much as a fencepost to these fires. But it has been an infuriating, exhausting, and sad few days. I hope we figure out how to do something about it. Music: Transmission Pt. 2 - DJ Shadow What Does Your Soul Look Like Pt. 1 - DJ Shadow

Ep 111 - New Year's Day

I just got back from Falls in Tasmania, what an amazing few days of live music and great hangs. Went to MONA in Hobart before that and was blown away by some of the best art there is. Not much to complain about actually, but you've gotta try don't ya, so I did a bit of bitching about a pizza. Song: Chameleon - PNAU

Ep 110 - Breaking Sobriety

I went back to Adelaide and did Christmas early, saw some family, and caught up with a bunch of mates, many of whom I've not seen in 7 or 8 years. Confronted with their memories of me and the person I've been in the past, I've been able to understand the real reasons why I stopped drinking. Also I broke my sobriety! Had a bit of 28-year-old port with Auntie Marilyn. What a card she is!! A few names are silenced in this for anonymity's sake. People got jobs and stuff. Music: Boyboy - Bella Boo

Ep 109 - The Big 600

Tonight I did my 600th gig for 2019, but Peter Jones and I are still locked in a merciless competition to do the most for the year, and it is honestly destroying me. I hate it, but I can't give up this close to the end. Maybe this has nothing to do with stamina, and is just what it feels like to get to the end of something? I dunno, I just can't wait for it to be over. Music: Tezeta - Mulatu Astatke