Intro Track
At 1:43 Greetings Xenophiles!
It’s International Jazz Day!
On this day in 1789 George Washington was inaugurated as the first POTUS.
In 1897 J. J. Thompson announced the discovery of the electron. Without which you would not be hearing this now.
Today in 1945 Adolf Hitler shot himself.
And today in 1952 the first toy ever to be advertised on television was…. Mr. Potato Head.
Happy birthday to Johnny Galecki from The Big Bang Theory. 51 today.
Keith Lemon (or Leigh Francis - or Avid Merrion) is 53 today.
And to friend of the show Rob Bousie - now living in Scotland.
Our guest this week is - or was - maybe still is - a music teacher. He’s also a force of nature who is doing a very good thing here in Bucharest with T5 Social. We will of course talk more about that in part three.
Rob Lever
Throwback
Raynes Park London. Happy childhood. Positive school experience. Joining in. Choirs & orchestras.
Very competitive. Wimbledon ball boy.
Growing up / Music / First instrument / first song heard / first song written
Doctor / Lawyer / Astronaut etc
19:17
Money Money Money
Esher College / Dropped art for music / Music at Oxford Brookes University.
Open Mics many times per week / Catweazle Club / Ukulele club.
Took a break to travel / loads of coutries in Europe & South East Asia - ended up teaching in Malaysia.
Return to London but unclear on direction or stability
19:32
Chaotic, Quixotic, Exotic
2019 - Volunteering at First Hostel. Found Podstel - Complete pivot from this point on.
Covid came / Teaching at IBSB / Podstel owners sold - Rob bought.
T5.
Played cricket for Transylvania.
Song competition!
19:46
Next Chapter
What happens next?
Expand into another building.