Yelling at concrete

Who watches cartoons? Should adults watch cartoons? Is it ok to enjoy cartoons? Mystery ain't it. It seems a generational divide more than anything where adults who play with lego, parents who play video games and people who enjoy oddity are setup to be knocked down when they meet people who are older. This week I wax lyrical on a topic of when i was questioned by an older woman in a lift and disc...

Available also on: Youtube: Itunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yelling-at-concrete/id1238765054 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3T2OhYE07edgaBDXrm86sa Acast https://shows.acast.com/yellingatconcrete Coming straight of the back of a recommendation from a previous guest this week we catch up with Jas Ingram who is also known online as Captain Lovehandles! Jas is a man with a wealth e...

Wondering what to do when you have too many ideas? How to narrow down down your ideas? How to be productive in your own time? Reality is there isn't an easy solution but having an abundance of ideas is not the problem which a lot of people present it as. It shouldn't be something you get stunted by as it's a demonstration of your minds capability for generating new ideas. So join us as we look at...

Available also on: Youtube: https://youtu.be/AH3U4-DHQoc Itunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yelling-at-concrete/id1238765054 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3T2OhYE07edgaBDXrm86sa Acast https://shows.acast.com/yellingatconcrete It's that time of year where I sit down with my brother and discuss the state of things. This year in what has been described as "The most relaxed podcast o...

Feel bad about your life? How dare you? Got a complaint about the world? What a whiny kid you are. Didn't you know there is always someone worse of, in peril or wholly unprepared for whatever situation they are befallen with? You didn't? Oh well let me explain. That's right we're going out on a bang of controversey and logic. Something we were told often as kids or at least my generation was "Ther...

In the second to last episode of the year we talk about defiance, how differing from the status can be liberating but come with many pitfalls and how social media has generated a culture of being seen to be against things but doesn't necessarily progress a cause and how considering your actions and methods along side your online presence can be very effective. It's also just a chance to tell a few...

This week I'm erratic and looking for that thread to form my thoughts so you can see it in real time! We're looking this week at what it takes to get back on track if you're dealing with a lot of issues. How i use art as a coping method to regain my balance and the importance of maintaining at least one safe space! Itunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yelling-at-concrete/id1238765054 Spoti...

This week i have a muse, a moment of reflection on the idea of use it or lose it and how as a sentence it's a very human phrase. We often feel like we're missing out in some way or that we're abandoning a practice but overall it's nonsense. It's our anxiety of facing challenge in something we knew we were previously good at. I'm in the midst of Inktober and a couple other challenges i set myself a...

This week I get chance to catch up with Lizzie from Clay Disarray! Lizzie is a fellow youtuber who publishes content in a format which reminds me of old youtube. Thorough breakdowns of topics, info on who to create like she does and overall just wise insight into the work she's creating and the industries she's worked in. Focused on Claymation style still portraits and tableaus we talk expectation...

This week i talk emotional intelligence and well being and how creative efforts can give younger people an outlet which prevents them becoming emotional stunted adults. We've all me them, the temper tantrums, the poor winners the adults who have struggled to get to their age without realising that the chorus of the world does not sing for them. So what's the answer? How can this emotionally stunte...

Ever watched Mamma Mia? No? ever watched the second? No? Me Either but I was captivated by a video I saw online which came very close to convincing me other wise. Trevor from Media Processing created an absolutely fantastic break down of Mamma Mia 2 and in doing so found me e-mailing him to talk all things film, media and creation. Trevor is a Film/Video and Music producer living in LA and from ch...

Done is better than perfect is the mantra of Sheryl Sandberg. It was the slogan of tech kids for years and even now in corporations you're seeing bros and brosettes coming out the wood work pushing it. You can see it with the death of twitter and all other apps which are flung into the market. Sloppy products, broken releases and overall just a mess of information and production planning. But it's...

This week we dip into the psychedelic funky, Japanese, lucid energetic tone of Alpha Chrome Yayo. Yes that's a lot of adjectives but it's hard to describe the work of the Belfast based composer who makes music for films and games and has a mild obsession with Japanese train sims. So we deep dive into why that is, how he sees music and where you can end up if you just listen to the music around you...

This week I sit down to discuss cost, time and process as we dive into the value or an artists time and anyone's time outside of their final product. Do the people care about where something comes from? Branding tells you yes, you want to know more about the creator their work and why they made it but in social media where product is king and results get views where does that leave human beings? Y...

This week I get a treat and get to go to Brooklyn to meet Dave Zackin. Dave is an artist who's work I've been following for a while and I hadn't realized was local to NY but after being shown the way I was able to reach out and we decided to sit down in person and have a catch up. This week we talk considered creation, using found objects in your work and the concept of saying less with more. Dave...

Lock and load your expectations as we sit down to discuss something which is obvious if you have been paying attention as we discuss my move to the United States of America. In July 2022 I relocated my life to the USA for my day job and in doing so took on all the advice I could on moving to a place I'd never even visited before. In doing so I found youtube littered with click bait videos and comp...

This week I sit down with comic artist Adam Yeater! Adam, creator of Blood desert comic popped along so we could get a little conspirital and talk about AI, the change of comic conventions and how surviving as a creator is being impacted in the ever changing landscape. Adam is long time creator and continues to let his work evolve and grow more organically than most so it's fitting we got chance t...

This week we sit down and talk adult relationships and how in reality meeting people, whether it be workmates, friends or significant members of your life it's hard to gauge intent as we as people come with years of baggage and systems we have put in place for dealing with the world. So lets talk new meetings, social politeness and ow we hide what and who we are behind a vague trust that hopefully...

This week we have talking hands! How do you do a podcast where you kind of require your personality to be kept somewhat anonymous? Well this week we answer that question with Black Moth Societies The Thrift Keeper who creates guerrilla art work in public places and as such needs to remain unseen as to not tarnish the work and world we live in. So we sit down talk remaining elusive as well as makin...

Urgh toxic behaviour am I right? We all have it. Some more than others, some are working through it, some are ignoring it but what's at the core of it is you're stuck with it at least for a little while. One thing I've tried to do through my life is address myself and think about what that means to me. As whilst toxic masculinity and behaviour lead to me doing some questionable but not illegal thi...

This week we go underground, over ground and publisher free. As we catch up with writer and comix creator Paul Kortjohn. Maker of impactful comics such as Not Spawn and Donald Trumps Super Awesome American Adventure. Paul is a former US resident now living in the UK and as someone who made the opposite move we thought it would be great to catch up and consider the culture clash of short fiction. E...

This week i get on my trolly horse again to talk adverts. But no so much how evil it is or how they try to subtly manipulate the day to day but more about how generationally we react differently to them. How as a society we alter our perception of media and how that results in some interesting behaviour person to person. So settle in as we talk capitalism, graphic design, tik tok, media, televisio...

Want to know how to make things? Well have I got the guest for you! Dan Does know how to make things, lots of things. Mainly horrific terrifying things but still...Things. I was introduced to Dan's channel by an avid watcher who mentioned I may enjoy his humour, work and overall attitude to creation and it turned out i do! Alot. So I reached out and the rest as they say is history. We caught up to...

This week I sit down to talk clothes. Having been told that every sidewalk in Manhattan is a runway it's been on my mind and clothing concepts and me have a long history. Having been alternative and still in many ways am I've found through the years what you wear has a strong impact on what you're putting out but at the same time I pay very little attention to what I put on. So lets talk clothes,...

This week I had a real privilege of catching up with Graham Annabele. Whether he knew it or not joining the call I'm a big fan of his work and as I found the more I researched him I've been a fan longer than I thought! Having worked on old game titles like Curse of Monkey Island, Sam and Max and created his own original works in the form of comics and cartoons such as Grickle. One of the main thin...