Rob Auton - The Human Experience (Part 2)

The Moon Under Water

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4.8 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

*This is part 2 of Rob Auton's episode. Though you are free to listen in whichever order you so desire we really do recommend listening to part 1 first or things might be slightly confusing*

Poets have frequently appeared in the Correct Realm over the years. For example, did you know that Edgar Allen Poe once ordered a round of flaming sambucas for the whole pub? And Emily Dickinson could often be found sipping a pint of ale whilst reading her weekly copy of Pints Weekly? Yes, The Moon Under Water and wordsmiths go hand-in-hand; and grabbing the hand of everyone's favourite Pub of the Mind this week is the inimitable Rob Auton!

Rob is able to seamlessly blend the world's of comedy and poetry to create shows that are as unique as they are hilarious. He's a mainstay at the Edinburgh Fringe, and even won 'Dave Funniest Joke of the Edinburgh Fringe' in 2013. But something that isn't a laughing matter is just how much he loves pubs, and you can be sure that a lot of thinking has gone into creating his ideal alehouse (just don't expect all his choices to rhyme).

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0:00.0	I'm Welcome back to the Loon Selamere, the Moon Underwater, where Robin Allender has set us a pub quiz,
0:36.2	and Rob Orton is delighting us with his dream pub,
0:40.0	but also his takes on the vibe of life.
0:43.3	And that's not a not a bad title for your next book, Takes on the Vibe of Life.
0:48.7	Your previous book is I strongly believe in Incredible Things,
0:52.5	which is a wonderful mixture of sort of poetry, imagery.
0:57.9	I guess it's like a kind of book of memes in a way.
1:02.4	But they feel like written memes.
1:06.1	Okay.
1:06.7	I was chatting to a friend the other day, and we were involved in a flight of fancy,
1:10.8	which was the idea of the long meme.
1:14.1	Like, you know how you have a long read?
1:16.0	A long meme.
1:17.1	Well, like a sort of 45 minute meme.
1:19.8	Yeah.
1:20.4	That it takes quite a long time to digest.
1:24.0	But I mean, memes give people a good feeling, right?
1:26.7	Yeah, people love a meme.
1:27.7	And it doesn't take long to get there, does it?
1:29.9	From the feeling they get from a meme.
1:31.6	And if that feeling lasted for 45 minutes, I think that would be pretty good.
1:35.4	I think there's something really interesting about memes and the way they catch on.
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