Straight Up, Straight Through Downtown

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Straight Up, Straight Through Downtown is an audio podcast hosted by artists Jamie Boyle and Colin James McDonald. It follows them on their journey across town to and from work. Conversations, while directed and concentrated on art related topics (Artist interviews, Art show reviews/commentary, Audi…

Jamie Boyle and Colin James McDonald


    • Oct 4, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 10 EPISODES


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    Episode #12 - P.S. It Doesn't Always Taste Good, But It Looks Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2009


    Jamie help out with a performance piece at her project space this last weekend, 13 E. Tulane. The way home, we talk about the art of food. Colin makes it look good, Jamie smells.

    Episode #11 - Speech, Good, Personality, Driving

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2009


    speech glitchesgood weekendPersonality meets drivingMoral: (based on Eminem) whenever you feel the gut feeling that you need to do something, do it.

    Episode #10 - Try

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2009


    "if you have an idea and you want to do it, just go out on the street and do it, see how it feels, you'll learn way more than doing anything else." -JamieWe delve into the planning process and the context of art situations, especially performance. We also try describing everything we seeColin gets the flu mid-day and leaves work... bit of a shorter episode here :( This is also why we dont have a show for Tuesday or Wednesday...

    Episode #9 - Whathaveyou or Gripes (Trying to catch the deluge in a paper cup)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2009


    Basically blabbering - Jamie Radio DJ's at the end of the show... look forward to that!also, the Steelers, and everything to do with the number 9.

    Episode #8 - (It is what it's become) Thinking too much before making enough

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2009


    Process process process, how we make. do we plan, how much do you need to plan, why do we plan so much/little?And of course the talk flows into "filtering" and "editing".Special guest... Stella the Dog!"There is always editing in any project, but it's where it comes." -Jamie"It is whatever its become" -Colin

    Episode #7 - Artistic Shmorgishborg of Flavorful Topics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2009


    This episode has all kinds of talk about all kinds of art topics... aaaaaaa shmorgishborg. yum.Jamie is BACK! yet we still talk about working on our own...But for real, and it all comes back around, eventually. We also plug John Powers' blog Hats For Health:http://hatsforhealth.blogspot.com/His Steelers themed hat.People doing good things for other people.[above is Song Dong's "Waste Not"]

    Episode #4,5,6 - Goin' Solo (working on your own)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2009


    Colin goes solo this weeks and talks about just that... being on your own, full time job, still trying to work on your own art whenever possible.Being that each show was considerably shorter than normal, this is all of last weeks shows combined from when Jamie was gone, off to the great NYC and Philly.

    Episode #3 - Low Bells

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2009


    We brought in audio clips today as a topic. In the morning we also delve a bit into William Kentridge and Mr. Cremaster Cycle himself, Matthew Barney.It also rained... the plants in Columbus smiledhttp://naomicleary.com/home.html

    Episode #2 - Where Art Is and Life Ends (Match Point and Whatnot)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2009


    Today's theme: "re" words and filtration :)We talk a bit about Ken Goldsmith, a contemporary Poet. See his work here:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Kenneth%20Goldsmith

    Episode #1 - What's this podcast even about?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2009


    Wondering what the heck this show is about? Take a listen to episode #1... as we figure that out too.

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