Month: November 2007

CiB on Facebook

I’m not a big fan of Facebook apps, but that’s mainly because most of them are stupid and get in the way of using Facebook properly for serious things, and also because I’m a miserable git, but here’s one I can get behind 100%. I present to you the Created in Birmingham Facebook App. How … [Read more…]

Gigbeth Survey

There’s an online survey for Gigbeth which it’d be cool if you could complete if you went to anything. If you give your address you might also win an iPod Shuffle.

Digital Festival confirmed

Birmingham a pioneer of the digital age is the mildly eyebrow raising headline of this Post feature by Culture Secretary James Purnell about our Digital Film and Media Festival scheduled to take place in October 2008. The details of next year’s festival are still being put together, but I can reveal that it will be … [Read more…]

Urban Watercolours

Change in the Midlands – Urban and Industrial Watercolours is a new book of paintings by Arthur Lockwood, a member of the Birmingham Society of Artists. From the publisher’s site: Without making judgements, Arthur Lockwood has dedicated himself to recording the demolition of nineteenth-century buildings and the construction of new landmarks such as the Bull … [Read more…]

Things

Charlotte Dunckley is looking to turn her zine Things We Love into a more professional magazine called Things and is seeking feedback on what people would like to see in it, not to mention contributors both online and off. Full details at the link.

Collective Memories

One of the things I’m rather proud of on this blog is the regular Collective Memory posts, gathering together all the writing, photos and video I can find online about major events in Birmingham. So I’ve put them all in a new category – Collective Memories – should you want to view them in one … [Read more…]

Project X collective memory

Stuff online about Saturday’s Project X Presents. [Later: They’re doing the collective memory thing themselves, which is refreshing to see.] Blog posts Joanna Geary – “The night summed up what Birmingham is capable of when it pulls its cultures and its talent together” Robin Valk – “A vibe that took me back 40 years, bolstered … [Read more…]