Rob Watson's Media Stuff
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Distraction Therapy 030 – Leicester Backstreets
April 26, 2021 20:26 - 57 minutes - 53 MBI was late in getting out to put this soundwalk together, so there’s not as much recorded content as usual, and I didn’t really focus on getting good recordings. I only went for a stroll around my neighbourhood, and because I was worrying about another project I’m working on, I didn’t pay a lot of [...] The post Distraction Therapy 030 – Leicester Backstreets first appeared on Rob Watson Media.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 029 – Leicester Soundwalk
April 18, 2021 20:16 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBToday I went for a stroll in Leicester city centre and visited a couple of shops, bars and cafés to get a sense of how people are responding to the easing of the lockdown. Seeing people back in the shops got me thinking about what our culture is and how our sense of identity is [...] The post Distraction Therapy Podcast 029 – Leicester Soundwalk first appeared on Rob Watson Media.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 028 – Leicester Starts to Open
April 12, 2021 22:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBI had a quick walk through the city centre today, and captured some sounds as the cafés and the bars opened up. I’ve not missed the sound of drunks making lots of noise, and as the bars are only doing table service outside, it might take some getting used to. The weather was cold today, [...] The post Distraction Therapy Podcast 028 – Leicester Starts to Open first appeared on Rob Watson Media.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 027 – Aylestone Meadows Spring Soundwalk
April 04, 2021 20:20 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBI went for a walk earlier through Aylestone Meadows in Leicester and recorded a soundwalk. It was a beautiful day, with bright sunshine, which really illuminated the spring flowers and the new growth that was coming through on the floor of the wooded areas. It was great to see the wall of blossom on the [...] The post Distraction Therapy Podcast 027 – Aylestone Meadows Spring Soundwalk first appeared on Rob Watson Media.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 026 – Leicester Community Reporters
March 27, 2021 18:54 - 56 minutes - 52 MBFor today’s soundwalk I met up with Kulsum, Dhra, Zoe and Munira to record some vox-pops about the census for the Leicester Stories project. We spent time in the city centre chatting with people about why they had completed the census, and I got a chance to chat about what being a community reporter is [...] The post Distraction Therapy Podcast 026 – Leicester Community Reporters first appeared on Rob Watson Media.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 025 – Leicester Census Soundwalk
March 20, 2021 20:41 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBI had a relaxed walk around Leicester city centre today, and captured some sounds as people we out and about. It really feels like people are starting to emerge from the lockdown. I shared some observations about the census as well. The post Distraction Therapy Podcast 025 – Leicester Census Soundwalk first appeared on Rob Watson Media.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 024 – Leicester Traffic Soundwalk
March 13, 2021 20:13 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBI was set a challenge to record the traffic in Leicester. Which isn’t that difficult given that the whole city is surrounded by busy roads. I had a wander about with my microphone on one of my usual routes into the city centre, and captured something. Who knows, on a different day it would be [...] The post Distraction Therapy Podcast 024 – Leicester Traffic Soundwalk first appeared on Rob Watson Media.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 023 – Sunday Soundwalk
March 07, 2021 19:30 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBI managed to get out this afternoon for a short soundwalk. I had a mooch around Leicester city centre, and sat and listened to people walking past. It’s fascinating that when you get tuned in to the sounds that are being generated, it’s amazing how rich it is, with things happening in the foreground, in [...] The post Distraction Therapy Podcast 023 – Sunday Soundwalk first appeared on Rob Watson Media.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 022 – Åsa Malmsten
March 05, 2021 15:12 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBIt was lovely to catch up with Asa Malmsten today, to chat about how we’ve been coping with lockdown. Asa has been dreaming of beaches, Homes Under the Hammer and Imagined Commutes to work. The post Distraction Therapy Podcast 022 – Åsa Malmsten first appeared on Rob Watson Media.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 021 – Leicester Spring Soundwalk
February 28, 2021 19:10 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBI had a lovely time wandering around Leicester city centre earlier, listening out to the sound of families out playing in the park, the birds, and the people passing through on a lovely spring day. The post Distraction Therapy Podcast 021 – Leicester Spring Soundwalk first appeared on Rob Watson Media.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 020 – Aylestone Meadows Soundwalk
February 20, 2021 20:44 - 34 minutes - 32 MBToday I had a good walk around Aylestone Meadows, in Leicester, and recorded a soundwalk. It was a lovely February day. The ground was muddy, and it was cloudy, but the sunlight was pushing through, and the lichen was glowing on the bark of the trees and bushes, and the snowdrops were in full bloom, [...]
Rob Watson Media Podcast 024 – Mid-February Music Mix
February 19, 2021 18:56 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBI 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
February 16, 2021 15:23 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBI 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 [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 019 – Soundwalk Lockdown Reflections
February 15, 2021 20:06 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBI had a stroll in the sunshine this afternoon, and captured some thoughts and some sounds as I found places to sit in the sunshine. It was a relaxing approach, less informational than I have been doing, and a bit more time to think about how the lockdown has affected me.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 018 – Braunstone Park Soundwalk
February 08, 2021 19:49 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBToday I went out in the snow and walked up to Braunstone Park in Leicester. It was bitterly cold today, and the snow was only a dusting on the road, but it was atmospheric, if rather windy. I read a couple of poems about the winter and the snow that I thought might illustrate the [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 017 – Jonathan Taylor
February 05, 2021 12:46 - 5 MBIn this episode of the Distraction Therapy podcast I chatted with Dr Jonathan Taylor. Jonathan is an author, lecturer, editor and critic. John writes creatively and critically. His specialisms include fiction and creative non-fiction, memoir, poetry, writing for voice, music and literature, laughter and literature, and literature of the ‘long’ nineteenth century. Jonathan is on [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 016 – Leicester Soundwalk
February 01, 2021 20:49 - 5 MBToday’s soundwalk was a journey across the Leicester City centre, taking in the roadworks and environmental improvements that are making changes to the roads bringing people into and through the city centre. I also stopped off at Leicester market, though it was a quiet day compared to normal. If anyone wants to take part and [...]
Rob Watson Media Podcast 022 – Lockdown Continues
January 31, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBThe 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 – [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 015 – Leicester Soundwalk New Walk
January 25, 2021 18:55 - 5 MBToday I braved the snow and the ice to record this week’s soundwalk. I wandered up New Walk, which runs from the centre of the city to Victoria Park. On the way I visited Leicester Museum, the Midland Mainline bridge, De Montfort Square and then ended up just at Victoria Park gates. It was very [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 014 – Catherine Flick
January 19, 2021 12:40 - 5 MBIt was really nice to catch up with Catherine Flick today, and talk about the things that have been distracting her through the lockdown. We talked about Zoom meetings, children, pets, Instagram perfectionism, doom scrolling and the joy of jumping in puddles and getting wet. Catherine is a researcher at The Centre for Computing and [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 013 – Leicester Soundwalk
January 17, 2021 17:38 - 5 MBToday I had a walk along the River Soar and the Grand Union Canal here in Leicester. I started off at Leicester Castle, and made my way up along the canal through to Abbey Park and Wolseley Point, before finishing at the Leicester Space Centre and the Abbey Pumping Station.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 012 – Cat Thompson
January 13, 2021 16:54 - 5 MBWe need to make time in our lives for creativity and growing things if we are to balance the stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. That was what emerged from my conversation with Cat Thompson today. Cat is an Emergency Physician who enjoys playing around at photography. We chatted about gardening, going for walks, and [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 011 – Scott Choucino
January 11, 2021 18:35 - 5 MBIt was really nice to catch up with Scott Choucino and chat about how he’s been managing through the lockdown, what kind of coffee he’s drinking, how his cat is becoming more famous than him, and how things might pick up when the lockdowns ease and the vaccinations are rolled out.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 010 – Leicester Sound Walk
January 11, 2021 14:49 - 5 MBThis week I had a stroll along the River Soar in Leicester, up to Aylstone Meadows. As lockdown permits I’m looking to find some guests to take part in a stroll around Leicester, where we can chat about what these places mean to us. Message me on Twitter or Instagram, or email [email protected]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 009 – Leicester Soundwalk January
January 02, 2021 18:40 - 5 MBI’m starting a new project for 2020. I’m developing a series of podcasts and radio programmes that will be based on soundwalks around Leicester. The idea is to meet up with a guest and to go for a short stroll along a route of their choice. As we walk, in a suitably socially distanced way, [...]
Rob Watson Media Podcast 021 – Leicester Soundwalk
November 29, 2020 09:41 - 5 MBI 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
October 24, 2020 18:19 - 5 MBIt’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. [...]
Rob Watson Media Podcast 019 – Days Are Getting Shorter
October 06, 2020 19:12 - 5 MBThe 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
September 26, 2020 08:02 - 5 MBIn 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
September 24, 2020 17:30 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBHere 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
September 22, 2020 12:57 - 5 MBHere’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
September 05, 2020 19:59 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBOnce 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
August 28, 2020 18:56 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBHere’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
August 25, 2020 22:13 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBI’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
August 21, 2020 21:42 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBI’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
August 16, 2020 15:27 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBAs 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
August 14, 2020 19:54 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBThis 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
August 12, 2020 18:13 - 1 hour - 67 MBI’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 [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 008 – John Coster
August 12, 2020 15:34 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBIt might be a combination of the heat and the lockdown, but getting my brain working and focussed seems to take more effort as the pandemic continues. Trying to make sense of this I met for a coffee and a chat with John Coster. Hopefully we made some sense even though it’s difficult to have [...]
Rob Watson Media Podcast 008 – Coming Out of Lockdown
August 11, 2020 21:35 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBI’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
August 01, 2020 09:11 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBI’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 – [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 007 – Jon Prest aka Brandmaster Flash
May 12, 2020 21:16 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBIt was great to catch up with Jon Prest, aka Brand Master Flash, this evening, and chat about how we are coping under lockdown, and what we are doing to keep our routines going, while also thinking about adapting. Jon introduced me to the concept of ikigai, and how we can use it to manage [...]
Lockdown Sounds – Doorstep Sounds Sunday 3rd May 2020
May 03, 2020 09:10 - 7 minutes - 7.31 MBWhile 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 [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 006 – John Halker Psychotherapist and App Developer
May 02, 2020 15:19 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBThis afternoon I’ve been chatting with John Halker, who is a psychotherapist and app developer. We chatted about how we are keeping busy during the lockdown, and what media and music we are distracting ourselves with. John explained why he dislikes joggers who can’t social distance, and I talked about how the praise for heroes [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 005 – Jay Sykes on Cats, Haircuts and Finding Time to Write
May 01, 2020 20:30 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBI’ve been chatting with my friend Jay Sykes, who is an audio drama producer and writer, who is based in Sunderland. We chatted about how he is coping with the lockdown, what he’s been watching on Netflix, how he’s getting on with his cats, and how he’s managed to find some time to get some [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 004 – Jackie Crawfords Beatles Selection
April 23, 2020 14:37 - 1 hour - 98.7 MBThere are many different ways for us to cope with the lockdown. I wanted to find out how my sister, Jackie Crawford has been coping. It’s a mixture of Beatles songs, Carry On movies and gardening apparently.
Distraction Therapy Podcast 003 – Leon Barton in Innsbruck and Russell Todd in Cardiff
April 15, 2020 22:53 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBThis evening I’ve been chatting with Leon Barton and Russell Todd about how they have been managing during the lockdown, and what they have been doing to keep themselves occupied while they are based at home. Leon is based in Innsbruck in Austria, and Russell is in Cardiff, Wales. We chatted about our coping strategies, [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 002 – Jurgis Masilionis in Vilnius
April 04, 2020 19:25 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBThe lockdown is affecting all countries across Europe, and to get a sense of what the mood is like in Lithuania I spoke with Jurgis Masilonis, who is an audio engineer based in Vilnius. We chatted about the way he is coping with the lockdown, what his creative response has been like, and how he [...]
Distraction Therapy Podcast 001 – Dr Eric Chowanietz Resilience Sustainability and Risk
April 03, 2020 16:58 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBThis is the first Distraction Therapy Podcast. I wanted the chance to do something more persona and to connect with people who have something valuable to share about how they are coping with the coronavirus lockdown. I’ve known Eric for over twenty years, and he has one of the best engineering minds around. So I [...]
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