It seems there were a fair number of bloggers at the Pram / Modified Toy Orchestra / Shady Bard gig at the Town Hall on Monday if the Going Deaf For A Fortnight project is anything to go by. If you reviewed the gig leave a comment on that post and it’ll be included.
Dunc of promoters The Autumn Store has started a lovely little blog that makes me very happy. Already he’s covering all the bases I like to see. Travelling to Bristol to a mini-fest in the wonderful Here shop there, Reviewing a local gig and, best of all, talking about the trials of putting up posters. … [Read more…]
I occasionally get emails from people looking for work experience and today had one from a parent looking for somewhere for their 15 year old to go for a week. She’s specifically looking for graphics / design / art / illustration businesses but it occured to me that there should be some sort of system … [Read more…]
Update: Here’s the Pacman Plus site. In Stef’s Plus prelude post he mentions games of real life Pac-Man will be taking place throughout the festival in a specially built maze. Here’s the skinny: The game will see one person taking the role of the iconic, ball-shaped hero as he is guided around by Player One. … [Read more…]
The Plus International Design Festival starts today in Digbeth. Lots of exciting things are happening from talks to tours, more than I could attempt to summarise here so have a look through the site. Of particular interested to this blog, though, is the Exposition where many of the agencies from Birmingham and the region will … [Read more…]
As part of Project X Presents m’chum Matt Murtagh will be accompanying Einstellung‘s set with a series of photos based on Wim Wender’s Wings of Desire. He’s posted three of them on Flickr. Project X Presents takes place on Saturday 3rd November and tickets are £15/20 from here.
A couple of items about the La Traviata opera have appeared online. John Mostyn writes about his experience being part of the chorus and then one of the actors and there’s another video on YouTube, this time about the rehearsals. Previously on CiB
BIAD, the Birmingham Institute for Art and Design at UCE BCU, has a new website. There are a couple of nice things about this. The most obvious is the extensive gallery of graduates’ work which serves to show off the grads and their alma mata, though links to their sites would make it really useful. … [Read more…]