Get well soon Ross Lydon of skapunk band 360 who’s suffered a relapse of back troubles that had him in surgery earlier in the year. They were due to play Project X Presents and have been replaced by Dexter who I saw just the other day supporting Jeff Lewis and, in my opinion, were rather … [Read more…]
Congrats to the Birmingham Royal Ballet who won the Outstanding Achievement In Dance Award from the Theartical Management Association for their Stravinksy! season earlier in the year. More info and quotes at The Stirrer.
If you’re going to Music Live at the NEC next weekend be sure and check out the Birminghamusic.com area at stand P40 where they’re showcasing a whole swathe of acoustic acts from the region over the three days. Here’s the schedule.
Digital Central has the Gigbeth conference line-up for the 1st of November. Speakers scheduled for the day are David Ashworth, Dan B, Andrew Dubber, Neil Emery, John Hemming, Anthony Hughes, Cliff Manning, John Mostyn, Matt Parsons, Tim Riches, Ben Sandbrook, Robert Sharl and Chris Thompson. Information about who these people are, with links to their … [Read more…]
Stef Lewandowski was the roving photographer at Plus and has started posting his very many photos online. Here’s his set with 171 shots so far and he’s asking people to add their own photos to the Plus Flickr pool, something I would endorse as a good idea. Check out the slideshow. Top: Pacman Plus. Bottom: … [Read more…]
The Apology Line is a short film made in Birmingham that was recently shown at a 7 Inch Cinema event. Based around messages left on a special phone number the stories are juxtaposed with beautiful yet mildly creepy surveillance-style footage of the city at night. There’s an edited version on YouTube. It also showed at … [Read more…]
Here’s Brumcast 72, as usual featuring an hour of music by some bands you know and and a whole bunch you don’t. Which is, of course, the point. [audio:http://ipodnetworks.com/podcast/363/1962_hifi.mp3]
I don’t write this merely to plug Pete’s Birmingham Gig Guide. While I hope some of you will check it out and follow my tips I also hope some of you will take a look, decide I’m an idiot with my stupid tastes and start your own. Or something inbetween. My thinking for starting this … [Read more…]