Sitting Under A Tree with Aidan Jones
One December in Sydney, out of lonely desperation to tell my story, I sat in a park under a tree and recorded a podcast. I’ve released a new one each week since November 2017, and will continue to do so every Tuesday, forever.
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Sitting Under A Tree, October 30, 2018
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
I recorded sitting on my front porch this week, out amongst the nature, the birds, the wind, the men walking up my driveway asking to look at the tree in the back because the landlord wants to take it down. Beautiful stuff. Mum was here visiting on the weekend, and my friends kept telling me they were going to have sex with her. None of them managed, I don't think. Also Blake's chain came just after I finished recording, so things are looking up for him.
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
Sitting Under A Tree, October 23, 2018
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
Yeah our fridge is completely fucked, this is a nightmare, I can still hear it droning now. What have I got in there? some bacon, a few veggies, a bit of leftover fried rice, some cheese, soda water... not much, I guess most of that will be okay. I'll have to cook the bacon tonight though. God damn it, and now we'll have to get a new fridge and get it here and that's going to be a whole other hassle. This blows.
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Sitting Under A Tree, October 16, 2018
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Good week. Great week! Orange party, dance concert, found an old notebook, got a bunch of tram fines. Today I sang a song from my friend Naomi's dance performance that I assume is called 'Gay or European', then laughed about it a lot. Also if anyone knows a bar job in Melbourne I can get with minimal to no effort, honestly, I will fucking do it.
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
Sitting Under A Tree, October 9, 2018
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
Have you ever thought that meditation apps might be a covert tool to fill our minds with terrorist doctrine? Me neither. I'm back in Melbourne and Nike are still treating me like their personal whipping bitch - lucky I've not let it get to me. I feel happy. Fine. everything's all bubbly.
Tuesday Oct 02, 2018
Sitting Under A Tree, October 2, 2018
Tuesday Oct 02, 2018
Tuesday Oct 02, 2018
I recorded this sitting on the concrete floor at Sydney Airport because some bucket hat motherfucker wanted to sit next to me on the floor to eat his Krispy Cremes. Only a few hours until I'm finally back in Melbourne for the first time properly since June and god damn am I excited. I just ate some McDonalds, my flight leaves in a few hours, I might go for a floor-nap in a second to be honest.
Saturday Sep 29, 2018
Sitting Under A Tree, September 28, 2018 BONUS - Milo Edwards
Saturday Sep 29, 2018
Saturday Sep 29, 2018
BONUS PODCAST EPISODE A couple weeks ago I sat down with my mate Milo Edwards and chatted about his time living in Russia and performing stand up on Russian TV. Honestly what an insane sounding country, but hearing these stories makes me really want to go myself. Milo has a podcast called Trashfuture which if you're into politics you'll love. My Mum doesn't really like it, but she's basically a fascist anyway.
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
Sitting Under A Tree, September 25, 2018
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
Careful at the start of this one, I got real excited and played the chorus of September Rose by Cailin Russo on my phone and sang to it, then stopped it and started shouting hahahaha. I dunno man, I'm in a good mood, I'm back in Australia, staying in a hotel with my boy Blakey, and shit is all okay. This was a great pod.
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Sitting Under A Tree, September 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
I realised, while doing this podcast, that I'm in a bit of a shitty mood. Maybe it's the lack of sleep because my friends' baby kitten was meowing all night, or maybe it's seeing them stressed because they're going to have to give him back, or maybe it's the fucking awful show I saw last night, or the coke I did on Saturday? I have no idea, but I think getting angry helped eventually. I hope you're all good.
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
Sitting Under A Tree, September 11, 2018
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
At the end of this recording I finished my tea and went to put it down on the table but missed and hit it against the glass of water I'd poured for myself, it made a crisp ding sound like the end of a meditation tape, and I like to think that this week's pod might have a similar effect on you. I'm feeling very good today, and I've been listening to a bunch of good music and reading a lot recently too. Oh shit I just realised it's September 11! FUCK!!
Tuesday Sep 04, 2018
Sitting Under A Tree, September 4, 2018
Tuesday Sep 04, 2018
Tuesday Sep 04, 2018
I forgot to make myself a tea at the start of this pod, so got up with my laptop mid-recording and made one in the kitchen. It was touch and go there for a second, real duck-under-the-table stuff, but we made it. I'm in a good mood because I found new music and the sun is out in Edinburgh.