Wall of Sound is another blog run by a UCE lecturer. I ask again, where are the Birmingham and Aston Uni bloggers? This one is by Tim Wall, Professor of Radio and Popular Music Studies, and the recent post I want to draw your attention to is Making money out of music: how can regional … [Read more…]
From suselstahl Photos are posted here from the Birmingham Flickr community. Click on the image for more details.
The Webheath Digital Photography Club is a new-ish group that meets every Tuesday in Redditch. The Club was formed in January 2007 and exists to encourage the development of members’ photographic skills in a friendly and sociable atmosphere. Anyone with any interest in digital photography is encouraged to join, whether they are owners of compact … [Read more…]
Dave Hart digests another impenetrable strategy document and throws out an interesting fact: “Stat Three: We’re growing faster than the economy as a whole. Hang on, that last one is kind of true but if you look closely you’ll find that growth in the creative industries is like a rollercoaster, sorry I mean its cyclical. … [Read more…]
The Metal Symposium, which took place at the Walsall Art Gallery on the Friday of Supersonic, was quite excellent though unfortunately all the ideas and thoughts it generated in my head were smashed to pulp by the subsequent festival. Thank heavens, then, for this New Statesmen article where Daniel Trilling takes the themes and runs … [Read more…]
Birminghamusic.com has a couple of competitions of interest to photographers and drummers respectively. Summer of Love is run in conjunction with St Paul’s Gallery‘s exhibion of Karl Ferris’ work. Karl Ferris, the father of Psychedelic photography, is holding his one and only 40th anniversary of the Summer Of Love Exhibition – The Karl Ferris Experience, … [Read more…]
From Simon Medlicott Photos are posted here from the Birmingham Flickr community. Click on the image for more details.
At the Fierce launch party I noticed a banner by the entrance. It was about 5ft high and covered in the logos of all the agencies, sponsors and other organsations who had funded the festival. It stood as a testament to the work Fierce had done in making the festival possible but it was also … [Read more…]