Yelling at concrete

Look at that kid, he's a self reflective little tyke isn't he? It's true and I don't mean to throw shade at anyone in their twenties as we get it! You're going through some stuff you're figuring out life, you're meant to be! This episode I sit down to discuss how growing personally never really ends and you go through stages of thinking your cracked it until suddenly you find a new level, another...

This week I sit down with musical prodigy Alyssa Payne who caught my attention with her song "Chicken & Horse" and then released a musical EP! which I thought was a fascinating as a concept to have a mixtape/e.p for a musical. Turns out it got even better as it's fully of dramatic, funny, slice of life songs about the world around us especially those who are younger. Alyssa is a burgeoning act...

That right we're looking at face value of things. Because the world is simple on it's face, this is a man in a room talking about the thing right? Well I know it's not that simple but when you notice these simplicities you can start to do more with the information you do have. Recognise the important parts and the parts which mean more to you as there is less noise when you simplify the value of e...

This week I'm joined by Kristin Stone the artist known as Strange Folks Dolls over on instagram who I found through instagram. Her work looks at creating one of dolls for the most part which I honestly love! We sit down this week to discuss that "strange" what makes something strange to one but not to another? How do we find the media and content that we do and what makes us stop and look. As we t...

This week I sit down to talk about the boogey man in the room AI "art". Now if you don't know about it and want to know how AI "art" works there is a very good legal and technical break down in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv9cdTh8cUo by Corridor Crew who are a visual effects company and I suggest you watch that for an in-depth of the tech whilst I cover the moral and conceptual impl...

This week has been a long time coming! I found Jennifer on instagram in 2022 and reached out to her but sadly due to my life making changes without me I didn't have chance to catch up with here till now! But we did and in doing so got to chat about her work, the streets of NYC and what makes this city what it is along with how she ended up here. Jennifer is a talented artist working with reclaimed...

This week i follow on conceptually and discuss the circle of logic which is fighitng with yourself to just leave the house. It's the discussion of how the hardest part of going and doing anything can simply be getting out the door to do it as you're tackling your own own personal space and damn that space is comfy. Itunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yelling-at-concrete/id1238765054 Spoti...

This week I sit down with NYC artist Tanja Konwinski who runs her own design company called Rose Hollow design. She is one of the first people I had a chat with on my exploration of the city since my move and I thought i only right we have a catch up and discuss the implications of that! So not only do we sit down to take ethics of creating art in a world with so much "stuff" but discuss empathy,...

This week we sit down to talk numbers, being followed by concept and being able to see symbolism in all things. It's a blessing and a curse and one which despite my move has followed me like a ghost follows a group of teens. So lets talk concept, lets get self indulgent and ask am i looking for it or am I simply subject too it. I cant turn it off but then why would I want too? Itunes https://podca...

This week I sit down with Zine extraordinaire Ryan Ewing who is one of the most prolific Zine makers I've known in recent years a single dad who produces, writes and reviews Zines from all over the globe he consistently pushes out his Zine pocket thoughts which is a tongue in cheek collection of magazine parody, sincerity and fun! This week as expected we talk Zines once more and how the medium ke...

This week I sit down to talk about holding onto the branch, holding on to the semblance of normal even when it becomes uncomfortable because change is a difficult process. Maybe the new year has brought the thought maybe it's the change of the seasons but it's good to review and remember that if you deal with anything long enough the body gets used to it even if that "it" is uncomfortable. So be b...

We're back! As long winded as ever we are back and chatting nonsense once more. As is tradition me and my brother have gotten together to kick the year off in style and talk about one of our favourite topics: "Culture and content!". Having worked in marketing and media we both have a pretty clear view of what we think of the world so this week we sit down to talk about how few creators seem to be...

It's that time again, the last episode of 2022! I want to offer a huge thanks for those who's watched this year and joined me on the show and hope you'll continue to come along for the ride as this week we sit down to talk "failing upward". I'll be talking about my own view of success, my comfort levels with doing well and how I seem to casually keep going despite set backs or the world around me....

Not everything comes together how you would want, not everything can. Sometimes there is damage, sometimes there is frustration and sadness and overall it can be alot of stress and anger and mess to get things turning in the right direction. Lets talk about that and how we can take other views into our consideration when approaching any situation. We need to remember everyone of us is going at our...

This week we walk the unknown, we talk the future and how to live with anxiety in a productive manner. How claiming constant over an ever changing chaos is key to a balance in life and finding that level of Concrete. We talk post-positive and how an advantage of learning to let go can be you make those who try to control you react accordingly and panic. It's about claiming back your own space in a...

This week I got the opportunity to catch up with the myth the legend that is Ned Hartley. Ned is the current writer for one of my childhood favourite comics Bananaman. Which if you don't know is a very funny serial comic from the UK and you should all read the Beano because of it. But Ned himself has a long history in the UK comic industry having written for Titan, Penguin, 2000AD and many more he...

This week I sit down to talk about depression, about sad about seasonal and emotional trauma but you know. In a light way which doesn't make you want to just throw a brick through a window. I think emotional outbursts are a right, it's a balance of being human and whilst it's good to encourage people who are going through tough things and provide them support the last thing you want to hear in tha...

This week we dive into the world of hobbies and potential copyright infringement as I chat to Ben Gore. I bought Ben's book with the full intention of getting into making my own bootleg figurines or custom action figures, but life gets in the way so I thought i'd catch up with the author and learn all I could about his work and world. We talk his work, photography, fine art, rap and all all the ho...

This week i sit down to discuss, the want of the hungry. And the want of the hungrier. Hunger is a great driver but so is greed and privilege and suddenly having something you thought was standard removed. It instigates change it motivates and it modifies your view of the world. Whilst this can be a bad an terrible thing I wanted to sit and talk about how it can be used in a positive way and how a...

This week I catch up with overall fab and chatty Nevada McPherson who is a writer and teacher within Georgia. A huge fan of cinema and character driven stories she's taught and written her own work throughout her career. Including her book "poser" which is part of her larger series! So when we caught up we of course discussed that but also delved into Film noir, why we love it why we like revenge...

This week I sit down to talk my bad habit of predicting the future. It's been said many a time I end up talking about things well into the future which suddenly become relevant and It's interesting to me that that is the case. So this time we're talking coincidence, self reflection and how just maybe I'm not really here and a subject of your own unconscious. Itunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/po...

This week i get together with online sensation and fellow moustache man Will Boyajian. Will is an a writer, actor, creator, musician and overall champ as during this chat he was quite sick so double shout out for him! But more importantly he's a huge proponent in hopeful cases, A NYC based philanthropic group in which subway performers open up their hats, and cases and allow anyone with need or ot...

This video isn't specifically made for kids but perhaps more Adults with kids? I dunno i thought the title was funny. This week I sit down to talk coping, coping with life and mechanisms and how we as adults develop these rituals which allow us a reset. This isn't something which really is taught to kids as we're busy talking to them about the world at large and teaching them the basics of well......

This week we get gritty, a little violent and a little sweary but not really as i catch up with Author James Jenkins who kindly filled a slot at short notice. James is a writer and recently published his book Parochial Pigs. We caught up to discuss the own-ness of responsibility on writers and the subjects they choose. How finding characters in your own life can impact your work and what got him i...

Watching paint dry? Nah we're reacting to concrete. It's been 5 years of the podcast. 10 years of making and as such I thought it time to dig some skeletons in the closet and cringe in the closet too and took a moment to look back at the content I used to make the reasons it was made and see how much of younger Graham agreed with older Graham! So sit back strap on and enjoy me hating watching myse...