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THE IDLE HANDS SOCIETY
Dan Higginson & Paul Bence
Frequency: 1 episode/25d. Total Eps: 56

Welcome to The Idle Hands Society, a community for creatives. Join us for regular chats with people across all disciplines, loosely focused on creativity.
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054: Brian Carroll
Episode 54
mardi 7 mai 2024 • Duration 02:02:38
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @danshigginson, @paulbenceuk on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar.
053: Ryan McDonagh
Episode 53
vendredi 23 février 2024 • Duration 01:09:27
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SHOUT OUTS:
Fractions by Luke Saxon on Another Place Press - Paul
Sofia Coppola Archive: 1999-2023 on Mack Books - Dan
Daniel Dodson - Ryan
MENTIONS:
Clem Ono
Joy Division
Pleasure Pool
Paul Room
Hawaii Kerby
The XX
Slowdive
New Order
Alex Lewis
Smallprint Studio
044: Return of the prat’s
Episode 44
mercredi 5 juillet 2023 • Duration 55:29
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Shoutouts:
Dan’s choice is Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine
Paul’s pick for this episode is The Big Moon - Here is Everything
Mentions:
Pick up a copy of Paul’s masterpiece, Not So Far
The pre-order of Josh (The Goose) Edgoose’s new book, 10 Miles West.
Dan’s half of “Adult Youth Club”
043: Not So Far Is Closer Than You Think
Episode 43
vendredi 3 mars 2023 • Duration 01:04:04
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Shoutouts:
Paul picked Infidel by Tim Hetherington
Dan’s choice is Shame, Food For Worms
Mentions:
The Copeland Gallery | UAL exhibition 19th March 2023 @ 4-8pm | 133 Copeland Road, Peckham, SE15 3SN
042: David O’Mara
Episode 42
vendredi 10 février 2023 • Duration 01:18:57
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk, and @detrituszine on Instagram. You can support the Podcast by contributing to The Idle Hands Tip Jar. Support us and get Idle Hands Society merchandise
Shoutouts:
David O’mara’s three shout outs
1. Corrosion #2 by Hiroko Komatsu, Man Cave
2. Unreliable Narrator by Phil Hill
3. I Just Want To Stay Home by Robbie Spotswood
Paul picked Vortex by Kikuji Kawada
Dan’s choice is American Mirror by Philip Montgomery
Mentions:
Tono Monotagari by Masatoshi Naito, Shunju-sha 1983
041: It’s F’in Xmas
Episode 41
samedi 24 décembre 2022 • Duration 56:33
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Shoutouts:
Paul - Falsification by Seba Kurtis
Dan - DIIV Live at the Murmrr Theatre
Mentions:
Jack Latham’s Parliament of Owls
David O’Mara - Guardian article by Diane Smyth
040: Mostly Chatting
Episode 40
vendredi 9 décembre 2022 • Duration 45:40
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Shoutouts:
Dan - The unbearable weight of massive talent - Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten
Paul - Geoff Dyre - The Ongoing Moment
Mentions:
039: Tom Collins
Episode 39
lundi 31 octobre 2022 • Duration 01:16:50
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Shoutouts:
Tom Collins’ shout out is the incredible movie Everything Everywhere All at Once
Paul picked Nick Mulvey’s album, New Mythology
Dan’s choice is Heart Tax by Jenny Lee
Mentions:
038: Al Brydon
Episode 38
jeudi 30 juin 2022 • Duration 01:11:28
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Shoutouts:
Paul’s shout out this week is a song by Gwenno - An Stevel Nowydh
Dan picked a mixtape by the fantastic Joy Orbison - Still Slipping. Vol 1
Al’s choice is a book by Joanne Coats - Daughters Of The Soil
Mentions:
A Photographic Life Podcast (What Does Photography Mean to You? Episode feat. Al Brydon)
037: Becoming A Student
Episode 37
jeudi 9 juin 2022 • Duration 01:00:24
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Shoutouts:
Paul’s shout out is ‘I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating’ by the amazing Alec Soth
Dan’s pick is Dmytro Kozatsky, Azov Regiment fighter and photographer who documented the siege of the Azovstal metalworks.
Mentions:
The Messy Truth: Dr Jennifer Good - On Ethics (With Gem Fletcher)
Sasha Wolf - PhotoWork: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice
Aperture: The Photography Workshop Series:
Todd Hido on Landscapes, Interiors, and the Nude
Richard Misrach on Landscape and Meaning
Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image
Larry Fink on Composition and Improvisation
Zen in the Art of Archery: Training the Mind and Body to Become One by Eugen Herrigel