Yelling at concrete

This week i sit down to talk about my apparent nihilistic point of view which has also been eluded to as a zen calm. Neither of which i see of course as i get to be inside my head! But for episode 150 I thought i'd sit and discuss my death and how an acceptance of my own mortality frees me up for many other things whether it be creative or otherwise. Because there is no timeline. Itunes https://po...

This week I sit down with a slightly nervous Yanna Law, Yanna is a painter based in Lincolnshire and creates stunning surreal often ornate paintings. Through mutual friends we crossed paths and found we both shared a common goal of using art as cathartic motivation and a blunt attitude with how we present ourselves. So we sit down to talk how painting helped her cope with darker moments in life. H...

I watch a lot of biopics, a lot of true crime a lot of stories based on stories and it's a very mixed bag. Some are glorious and detailed and unfold a life you could only wish to live and so dive vicariously through the window into them. Others are trashy and awful car crashes which you cannot look away from and some are dramatic over exaggerations of what in reality are very simple events and som...

This week i sit down with illustration artist Sam Saint, She creates these fantastic pictures of moments in time which offer a voyeuristic view of the world and have a real peace to them. We sit down to discuss how thats become a thing of comfort to the people who commission her work and how she got into creating. All the while we compare and contrast notes on just when we were really aware of our...

This week i get reflective on feedback. Having exposed my work and self to the world throughout the lock-down periods I have had my fair share of positive and negative encouragement and received many a question about how i handle criticism so I wanted to look into that a little more. I think it's good to have the occasional negative comment because it allows you to really balance your work outside...

This week i got to sit down with one of my favorite contemporary painters, an artist i have followed for many years on Instagram Madeleine Rhondeau is a painter and collage artist and all round lovely person. We got together to talk not only why we both create more visually dark imagery but also to talk how surrealist work has evolved and how women have taken the fore front of that development. Ma...

Why are you so weird? Counter point, why are you so normal? This week we get a little dark so a warning for those struggle with death and other such topics as we discuss just how i ended up covering the darker side of life and why I'm so comfortable with it. Hopefully giving those with kids they dont understand a little insight into why they may be leaning toward more "dark" content but also telli...

This week i sit down with a delightful new guest Romina! Going by RedRomina online she's been involved with many many projects and I found her through a tweet which went viral of all places. A creative through and through but with a passion for science and technology and star trek I managed to get hold of her in 2020 to talk through these subjects. Covering the world domination of robotics, the co...

At what point is the artwork no longer yours? When does the public own it? Can it be taken from you and repurposed in which case are you still responsible? Can you give up artwork and wash your hands of it when it has such a connection to you? This week i sit down to discuss all of this and knowing the way i wax lyrical even more as I talk about accountability in work and how my viewing habits hav...

We're back! 2021 Episode 141. My brother Martyn is back once again as is tradition for the first episode of the year and wanting to start a with something a little lighter having had the year which 2020 was so this time we sit down to talk Cartoons, sitcoms and any other nostalgia we can drag up to give you a brief glimpse of childhood through content. Martyn is a keen photographer and Graphic des...

Yelling at concrete podcast is a weekly three times a month podcast hosted by myself "Graham". Founded in 2017 I have been finding and catching up with guests and friends for what will be Four seasons going into 2020. Each week a new cast goes up on a leap frog basis of: solo podcasts so I have the opportunity to discuss something on my mind. Followed by a show with a guest where they pick the top...

This week i get my grump on for the final episode of 2020! Episode 140! I sit down to talk upper class, royalty and money as how the rich seem to dream so small with what they can do with their cash, How the pressure of royalty is not something someone should ever really want and how I don't think they would appreciate my presence. So lets sit back monocles on and discuss just how i'll never been...

This week i sit down with Tyrone Curran, Hub manager at Oasis Community Partnerships who is par of an initiative in my own home town called The Crosby Collective. We talk about how the podcast got started and how the Collective came to be and what they hope to achieve in Scunthorpe. We discuss what it means to be from a small town and just what challenges are faced when you try to bring a new idea...

This week i tread water and try not to dig myself a hole as i talk about how it's actually quite hard to diversify the content you intake and how if you consider the media and art you consume you may find it's coming from a lot of the same sources. So it is ever important not only for platforms to highlight more marginalized cultures and backgrounds but for each of us to make our own effort to fin...

This week I sit down for a catch up with the ever delightful Lauren Pincher. Lauren has been on the cast before over two years ago and she originally joined me as a musician but now is focused more on her painting! This week we sit down to talk surviving lockdown evolving as creators and participate in some reflection on the upcoming year as we talk :Paint, Norwich, creative drives and make broad...

This week i sit down to discuss how i'm still blown away by the technology of the day, how find novelty in all the little things and magic we can perform and how the world has come along. It's fascinating and as i get older can only imagine it'll get more intelligent and kill us all but i discussed that previously see: "Hello Kitty will kill us all". Youtube https://youtu.be/KdIhh8k3eBY Itunes htt...

This week i have the pleasure of sitting down with punk poet, artist, writer and performer Simon Widdop. We discuss many things macabre, how people get into such subjects and the mentality it takes but also how that can be a stereotype in itself. We also discuss his new book "Poet from the Black lagoon" which is filled with poetry and musing on b-movies, horror and many late night sessions surroun...

Whether I think of it as a mantra or life advice or just a code I live by i have to admit I have one goal in my life which informs a lot of what i do and that's comfort. This week I si down and discuss how i view the term happiness and how "happiness" has never really been a goal for me. I worry people have been misled and mis-sold the idea of emotional happiness and suggest how we can swap that f...

Myself and Meghan have known one another for quite a while now, having met in my early youtube days when we were both making "vlog" content. We sit down this week to talk culture Meghan's life in the US and have our first actual conversation audibly despite having been chatting for over five years! Discussing everything from ice cream tours, cats, self care, world food and the Amish we learn more...

This is a discussion I've had with many a friend, the idea of approaching activism and boycotting as a more casual subtle affair. This week i sit down to discuss my approach why i do it this way and the power of subtle suggestion on those who are less accessible to your ideas. Clearly there is always place for protest and loud movement but day to day why not boycott in the background. Itunes https...

This week i sit down with "The Denezin's" Jim Simm to discuss not least his new book "The Denezin's Handbook" which is a manifesto written by Jim on the creation of art and how he works when in the role. Jim is a composer, musician and overall genuinely friendly person. We talk creation and manifesto risks along with music from one person who spends his life in music to myself who has very little...

This week we discuss project fatigue, working on productions and how we scale that in our minds. Reminding you that working on things regardless of how we finish them is an ongoing process. Youtube https://youtu.be/_p0wZsYhc7s Itunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yelling-at-concrete/id1238765054 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3T2OhYE07edgaBDXrm86sa Acast https://shows.acast.com/yell...

This week i sit down with Holistic Life Coach Charlotte Jane Kessler as we discuss our differing styles of work, theories on approaching a creative life combined with a more organisational one and tackling the age old questions of motivation, inspiration and therapy through creation. Something we're both proponents of! For more of Charlotte and to get involved in her workshops events and buy her a...

This week we discuss hot topic of weight, health and i talk my own insecurities and challenges with my body and diet. Remember being comfortable in your own body is much sexier than any body you see being sold out there. I'm a fat guys inside and always will be not much avoiding that so may as well talk about it. Youtube https://youtu.be/3giskC9Q2UI This week we discuss hot topic of weight, health...

This week i sit down with visual powerhouse Kim Thompson Illustrator, artist and another person i know of from Zine fairs! We talk our shared interest of Graphic novels, retro future chic and horror folk and discuss why visual horror is hard. Find her on https://www.instagram.com/kim_a_tron/ Itunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yelling-at-concrete/id1238765054 Spotify https://open.spotify....