101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

Squid cello/keys player Arthur Leadbetter is a harpsichord tuner and former cello teacher. He tells me about the last couple of years and committing to the attention the band is getting, plus his one job at the Tate as a performative artist. Want to sponsor this podcast? Get in touch: giles@mightymoonmedia.com Photo: Machine Operated Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit aca...

Jon & Liz from New Zealand powerpop rockers The Beths join me from across three continents! They talk teaching instruments in school, navigating band life in an isolated country and bumping into Thom Yorke at London's U.S. Embassy. Want to sponsor this podcast? Get in touch: giles@mightymoonmedia.com Photo: Mason Fairey Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy...

Singer and guitarist in The Magic Gang, Jack recalls the years he worked in a call centre concurrently to the band. He tells me the conversation he had at that job which inspired 'Tuning In', and how a recent role at a florist has given him grounding in routine. Want to sponsor this podcast? Get in touch: giles@mightymoonmedia.com Tracks: The Magic Gang - Believe In Yourself (The Arthur Theme Song...

Jock Norton, singer and guitarist in Bill & Ted-inspired metal band Puppy, talks to me about bar work, keeping humour in the heaviness and his most unbearable part time jobs. Want to sponsor this podcast? Get in touch: giles@mightymoonmedia.com Photo: Sean Black Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Will reveals all: working in a grocery store (and getting held up in a robbery), Domino's Pizza & HMV. Plus an exclusive insight into the band's new album Sex, Death & The Infinite Void. Want to sponsor this podcast? Get in touch: giles@mightymoonmedia.com Photo: Zain Zia Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad c...

Before life in the road-hardy Boston Manor, Michael was a biomedical scientist. We delve into how life in a van took that over, his love for Taco Bell, being in a band with his brother (this ep's photo eye) and way more awesome shit I didn't know about. BM are on the front cover of KERRANG! this week! Get in, Michael. Boston Manor's new album Glue is out 1 May and it rips. Photo: Daniel Cunniff Ou...

Brooke's new album Everyday Nothing is out now and it's a wonderfully chilled out indie rock experience. We talk about her early years doing musical theatre before moving to London to do music at university. We touch on social media woes and her current jobs at a shoe shop and in customer service. Pick up Everyday Nothing at Rough Trade or your local independent record store, and stream it everywh...

The most performative UK ska-punk band ever, Lightyear are a band from Derby who started in the late 1990s. Chas takes us through all the big moments, starting from being a bullied kid who'd just moved to a new town; booking tours without having any music; to facing growing up during tough periods of more dense touring. P.S. I was trying to keep it PC for the young ones, so tried putting in curse...

Ben Ayres is half of legendary Anglo-Indian band Cornershop and works as a press officer for Rough Trade Records. In this episode he tells me about the band's beginnings, working in a vinyl pressing factory and how he sees the future of music PR. Cornershop's new album 'England Is A Garden' is out now; it's fantastic and I implore you to check it out. Photo: Joe Dilworth Our GDPR privacy policy wa...

Releasing his new album Back To The Party on 27 March, Sam Russo is one of the smartest, most talented people I’ve ever met. An enigma of poetry, punk and unabashed storytelling, he talks to me about his jobs as a window smasher & school teacher, growing up in the tiny town of Haverhill, and releasing records on Red Scare Industries. Plus a lot more. Thanks for listening! Cheers. Photo: Julian Har...

On the eve of their new record Altogether, I spoke to the Virginia Beach band about the jobs they would juggle between tours. We talked Starbucks (and now being on their playlist), California farming and future university plans. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Graphic designer Lucinda Livingstone - frontperson in Cultdreams - tells me about their beginnings on the tennis court before the Apple store as a genius. After being accepted for a job at Sony, they worked on campaigns for Beyonce and Robbie Williams. All before making a jump to go freelance - for which she offers some solid advice. Find her work at instagram.com/bloodflowerdesign / bloodflower.b...

Ecologist Phoebe Cross - aka drummer in Happy Accidents and Cheerbleederz - offers an insight into her full-time job, including the rehoming of great crested newts. She talks about her nightmare first day working at a garden centre and what she would do if she could do any job she wanted. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn mor...

Ogikubo Station are a folky pop-punk band from California. Starting bands in high school, working at Urban Outfitters and being a hairdresser. Megan and Maura tell all. Zip up and get in. Photo: Dean Unsworth Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Leutert is an illustrator in Brooklyn, New York. From Nuremberg, Germany, he began designing friends’ bands t-shirts before studying art and eventually becoming a full-time digital illustrator. He talks about his first job filling tankards at one of Nuremberg’s hundreds of beer distributors, and being an angsty teenager working at the Playmobil theme park. Plus the mobile-digitalisation of g...

I spoke to Keith from The Office about his IRL DJ career, how filming the first series didn't feel like anything special, and telesales jobs alongside starting out as an actor. Signature Brew is the official beer of 101 Part Time Jobs Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I spoke to Joey about their home-schooled and child-acting upbringing, up until going to university in London and forming itoldyouiwouldeatyou. Signature Brew is the official beer of 101 Part Time Jobs Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I spoke to Sally Brown while she was in London on tour with German band GURR. She talks us through learning an instrument at an early age, and the projects and jobs that were to come. Photo: Anna-Lena Weusmann Signature Brew is the official beer of 101 Part Time Jobs Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choice...

I speak to Nicola from the band Doe about her jobs former-to and in-tandem-with leading a sick, loud as fuck postpunk trio. Photo - Chiara Gambuto Signature Brew is the official beer of 101 Part Time Jobs Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I speak to Dimash Kudaibergen about his life within and outside of music. He was in London for a performance at the 'DQ' show, where he played at The O2 Arena. 'The unique “DQ” show is part of the Kazakh Culture Days in the UK. The organiser is the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the United Kingdom of Great Brit...

Tom May walks us through his early career opportunities as a Domino's delivery driver in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to slowly making the transition to playing music full-time with The Menzingers in Philadelphia. Signature Brew is the official beer of 101 Part Time Jobs. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choice...

I speak to Frances Quinlan before Hop Along's show at the Hammersmith Apollo (supporting The Decemberists). She talks us through dog walking, cleaning university dorms during summer and Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia - where she still picks up shifts. Signature Brew is the official beer of 101 Part Time Jobs. If you own this photo, please let me know - 101parttimejobspodcast@gmail.com. I haven't...

Maximo Park's Paul Smith joins me to discuss his former life on the dole and as an art supply teacher. What a legend. Their latest album 'Risk To Exist' is out now - go listen to it. Signature Brew is the official beer of 101 Part Time Jobs. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

Part deux of my chat with Alex Wonk Unit - featuring debacles of under the counter record sales and generally fucking shit up in Soho and Central London. Enjoy! Photo: Man Alive! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian Lauren Pattison meets me at The Miller in London Bridge (her first ever London venue) to talk everything before she went full-time. Waitressing, Boots and working at a nightclub - before getting sacked - are all involved. Signature Brew is the official beer of 101 Part Time Jobs Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more...