In case you’ve not come across it, BookCrossing is “the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise”. There’s a Birmingham group who are meeting up next month: The Birmingham BookCrossers are hosting an author event with Mary Rochford, winner of A … [Read more…]
Thanks to Katie at Supercool Design for spotting this one. The artwork for the Killers’ most recent album was done by Paul Normansell. More info on the Supercool blog. (PS – if you’ve not yet voted for Created in Birmingham today, please go here – http://2008.weblogawards.org/polls/best-uk-blog/)
Secret Wars Birmingham is, well, I’ve leave it to the rather excitable blurb: Secret Wars is happening right now, you just don’t know! Similar to Fight Club it thrives on word of mouth. Put simply, it is a war between artists. The ultimate question however, is who will reign supreme? The only weapon they carry … [Read more…]
Dunc from the Autumn Store has compiled a non-exhaustive list of 101 West Midlands bands. Non-exhaustive because he gave up at 101 and because he set himself two restrictions: There were two criteria to this, firstly, they must have a myspace page and secondly, they must have spent most of their musical lives inside the … [Read more…]
If you don’t subscribe to these already I really do implore you to start. Little Chris is one of the region’s best champions of new music. Here’s Brumcast 114: The Conscripts – The Run Down Dastards -Take a left Gillian Stapleton – people pleaser мебели Filthy Cake – A Smile on your face che – … [Read more…]
From Birmingham Arts Lab, circa 1973 (probably). Click the pic for more info. . Thanks to blairdashpb for sending me this.
One of the best events I went to last year was Kala Phool’s Mother India: 21st Century Remix – a live re-scoring of the Bollywood classic that blew me away. I’ve wittered on about it on my blog. I was really pleased to hear that the musicians will be in the studio (in Birmingham) next … [Read more…]
On 1 February I’m going to stop running Created in Birmingham. It’ll be run by Kate Spragg instead. Before I start waffling, you may care to know that the ways to get your stuff on CiB won’t change much. Email createdinbirmingham at gmail dot com or, much better, blog about it somewhere yourself (your info … [Read more…]