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An irregular series of chats, discussion, playlists and audio experiments that somehow try to capture Rob's vague attempts to understand the world we live in. From the perspective of an INFJ, so it's more like personal therapy really.

Rob Watson

Leicester, UK

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    Distraction Therapy 081 – Driving Around or Living a Meaningful Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 64:28


    Ryan and I got together at the recently extended Phoenix Cinema and Digital Arts Centre in Leicester, for a chat about what makes for a meaningful life. Ryan shared his experience of getting a car and being stuck in endless traffic trying to get to work. This was the first time we’ve met in the [...] The post Distraction Therapy 081 – Driving Around or Living a Meaningful Life first appeared on Rob Watson Media.

    Distraction Therapy 079 – Literary Leicester

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 52:04


    It was really nice to have a coffee this morning with Jonathan Taylor and Paul Whitehead, who are based at the University of Leicester’s Centre for New Writing. We chatted about the way that literature has faced the challenge of the consumer society, and what role literature plays in a progressive and democratic society. As [...]

    Distraction Therapy 078 – Dafydd Roberts Listen to the Voice of Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 83:02


    Today I chatted with Dafydd Roberts, about Listen to the Voice of Fire, Dafydd’s music project that encompasses sound art and experimental music performances. Since relocating to West Wales, to pursue a PhD in the alchemical writings of Thomas Vaughan (fl.1650), Dafydd has been active in DIY underground music networks since the early 90s. His [...]

    Distraction Therapy 077 – Inspiration Beyond the Merch

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022 60:46


    For the first time in ages, Ryan and I met up to chat and discuss what we’ve been up to for the Distraction Therapy podcast. This was the first time we’d met on a Sunday morning, though the coffee was on hand as ever. We spent some time discussing Ryan’s visit to the Thought Bubble [...]

    Distraction Therapy 076 – Bikram Yoga and Symbolic Resonance

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 59:26


    Ryan and I met up on Saturday morning for our regular coffee and chat. Ryan came hot-footed from a bikram yoga session, and was super energised. We chatted about the after-effects of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, and how narrow many of our cultural options have become. It turns out I was a few hours away from [...]

    Distraction Therapy 054 – Leicester Lo-Fi Ten Year Photography Exhibition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2021 57:52


    Leicester Lo-Fi is a community darkroom and photography collective that promotes fine art and traditional photographic processes, by supporting specialist knowledge and facilities, education and exhibitions. Leicester Lo-Fi started in 2011 with no place to call a home, but managed to put on workshops and events at any place that would have them, converting toilets [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 024 – Mid-February Music Mix

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 71:29


    I thought I’d share another music mix. These are tracks I’ve been listening to as I work at home. There’s not a lot of time to wander about at the moment, but I’m sure this will be handy to keep me company on a walk one day soon, as spring starts to push in to [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 023 – Another Lockdown Music Mix

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 70:20


    I though’t I’d do a music mix I can listen to while I’m doing my supermarket shopping later. Another day in lockdown, and an endless succession of days that merge into one. This kept me entertained putting it together earlier though. Tracklisting (not in order): Osamu’s Theme: Kyoko’s House, Kronos Quartet & Philip Glass: Mishima [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 022 – Lockdown Continues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021


    The lockdown continues here in Leicester. It’s cold and not a lot is happening, so here’s a music mix I’ve put together as a way of interrupting the boredom. The Good Morrow – John Donne Read by Richard Burton Plans for the Future – Paul Leonard-Morgan – Last Breath OST Dropping Off the Bell – [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 021 – Leicester Soundwalk

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2020


    I went for a walk into Leicester on Saturday and recorded some sounds and some thoughts. I’ve mixed them together with a couple of tracks. It was a gloomy day. It was raining, and the city felt calm and lacking in festive spirit. I’m convinced that this is a good thing as long as we [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 020 – Clocks Go Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2020


    It’s the last day of British Summer Time, and the clocks return to Greenwich Mean Time tonight. It means we get an extra hour in bed, but the evenings are dark and the curtains get closed at 5pm. So, to while away the hours I’ve put together a mix of music and some spoken word. [...]

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    Rob Watson Media Podcast 019 – Days Are Getting Shorter

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020


    The nights are drawing in, and the leaves are shedding their green hue and turning brown before they fall and scatter. I’ve been working from home a lot recently, and these are some of the tracks that I’ve stumbled across as I’ve been answering messages, planning funding applications, and looking for my next client. I [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 018 – The Centre Cannot Hold

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020


    In our pandemic times, it’s worth reminding ourselves that people have been through these kinds of experiences before, and that we should be able to meet the challenges that are before us if we apply our imagination and our intelligence. As W.B. Yeats put it the ‘centre cannot hold’, and something is pushing to be [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 017 – Start of Autumn Music Mix

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020


    Here are some tracks I’ve sequenced together in no particular order. The summer is over, and we are heading into the shorter and colder days. Though with the lockdown we might all be taking it a little easier this winter. The tracklisting is: La verité – Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains -Piano ombre Secret of [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 16 – End of Summer Mix

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020


    Here’s another mix of tracks that I’ve been listening to as the summer is coming to an end, and autumn is on its way. Hang’em All – Carpenter Brut – EP II Interlock – Stereolab – Fab Four Suture Motion in Field – Tom Rogerson & Brian Eno – Finding Shore Subliminal – Fujiya & [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 015 – Random Music Mix

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2020 63:00


    Once again I’ve been compiling random tracks into a playlist as I’ve been working and travelling about. I’ve put them into a mix, and the tracks listed here are not in order. Yodh Song – Limousine   Siam Roads Ondine – Limousine -II Disco Hi-Life – Orlando Julius – Deux fils (Bande originale du film) Musica [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 014 – Something To Do When Its Raining

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 67:46


    Here’s the tracklisting for this podcast. I’ve been stuck in as it’s been raining for the last couple of days. I’ll go for a walk at some point tomorrow and listen back to these tracks, and hope that the rain holds off. These tracks are in no particular order. Lullabye – No Home – Below [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 013 – Wandering Around Leicester Music Mix

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 67:06


    I’ve been wandering around Leicester, as usual. There’s a feeling that we are at the end of summer and the weather is starting to turn towards autumn. So it’s time to make the most of the last few weeks of mild weather and decent hours of sunlight. Kollera  -Dusty Kid -Rages 1992 – EP One [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 012 – Music Mix

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 70:40


    I’ve strung together another mix, with some random tracks that came up on my playlist today… Dumb Waiters (Remastered) – The Psychedelic Furs – Talk Talk Talk Soft Dog – Peter Gabriel – Flotsam and Jetsam Ten Fingers of Love – Anne Dudley – Plays the Art of Noise Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 011 – Live Music Mix

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2020 83:20


    As it’s been a while since I’ve seen a live band, I’ve put together a mix of different concerts that I’ve been listening to over the last few weeks. It feels a bit like I’m making mix tapes at the moment, but that’s probably no bad thing, as it’s a useful distraction. Disintegration [Live] – [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 010 – Unfocussed Mix

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 49:18


    This is something different than I’ve done in a while. I’ve put together a mix of poems and tracks from different genres that I’ve been randomly skipping through as I’ve been searching for things to focus on. The lack of a focus seems to be the theme. Who will believe my verse in time to [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 009 – Mix for Post-Lockdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 73:08


    I’ve been listening to some playlists while I’ve been reading and sitting in the sun over the last couple of days. I’ve put together a mix of some tracks that have caught my attention, and some old favourites that add a bounce to my step as I’m wandering about. Rain – Hanz Zimmer & Benjamin [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 008 – Coming Out of Lockdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 63:31


    I’ve put together another podcast with some music tracks that I’ve been listening to as I’ve been wandering around Leicester. Wallace – Hanz Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch – Bladerunner2049 Soundtrack Circles – Moon Duo – Circles Media Bowie – Brian Reitzell – American Gods OST End Theme – Johann Johannsson – Person Effects OST Sunshine [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 007 – Watching the Wheels Go Around

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2020 48:34


    I’ve been intending to put together a music compilation for ages, and now that we are heading out of lockdown here in Leicester I’m wandering about more, and listening to music as I walk around. I’ve put a mix together which includes: Binary Heaven – Diamondstein from Wire Tapper 53 Waiting for a Train – [...]

    Lockdown Sounds – Doorstep Sounds Sunday 3rd May 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2020 7:58


    While I didn’t get up this morning to listen to the dawn chorus, because that would have meant dragging myself out of bed at 5am, I did spend some time sitting on my doorstep listening to the sounds of my street. It’s amazing how the birds have really gained space to be heard during the [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 006 – December in Leicester

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2019 64:49


    I’ve spent more time this week wandering around Leicester city centre, watching people and looking for sounds and images. I’ve put together a music playlist from the tracks that I’ve been hearing while I’ve been out and about. The weather has been cold, and the short days make everything look gloomy. I’m not a winter [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 005 – Wandering Around Leicester in December

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019 57:28


    I’ve put together a podcast with some sounds I’ve collected in Leicester, and a mix of some music I’ve been listening to over the last couple of day. Tracklist: The Chemical Brothers – Born in the Echoes Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie – Turn Off the Sun The Chemical Brothers – Snow Stereolab – The [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 004 – Impressions and Sounds Bangkok

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2019 65:17


    I’ve just been mooching around the centre of Bangkok for the last couple of days, and while I walk about I’m wearing noise cancelling headphones and listening to music. The constant rumble of traffic is very difficult to escape from, and occasionally I’ve been able to find a location or a route that is away [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 003 – Mooching Around Bangkok

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 69:35


    I’ve been in Bangkok for over a week now, and I’m starting to feel that I am making sense of the place to a limited degree. I’ve put together some tracks and some rambling observations on my time here so far. Penelope Isles – Round Pink Floyd – The Dogs of War John Lennon – [...]

    Rob Watson Media Podcast 002 – Arriving in Thailand

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 52:52


    I’ve been in Bangkok for a couple of days now, and I wanted to stay out of the heat in the afternoon, so I’ve put together a podcast with some thoughts and a few tracks. I’ve recorded it in the apartment I’m staying in, so the audio quality isn’t great. I actually used my phone [...]

    Rob Watson Podcast 001 – Test, Testing, Testing…

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019 50:30


    It’s a while since I’ve done a music podcast, and I’m banging this out just to test the new and upgraded website. The hardest thing is to get all of the subsiduary links and connections working, and iTunes Podcast Conneect is not the easiest thing to use. That said, the music in this podcast includes [...]

    Podcast Test 001

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2019 30:29


    This is a test file to see if my podcast feed works

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