This is pretty impressive: Ken Jones of Bright Eyes has sent an incredible list of gigs he attended at the Town Hall (and other venues) from 1964 to 1974 Presumably that’s not Bright Eyes as in Conor Oberst’s band. Or maybe it is. In other Town Hall news, Classic FM have got an interview with Andrew … [Read more…]
A moving image exhibition project, an art gallery and a South Asian arts organisation make for quite a nice banding together, I think. Tonight’s event celebrates Chinese New Year and Fake Magazine inform us that highlights will include: On the Way to the Sea, directed by Tao Gu which was screened at the Toronto International Film … [Read more…]
The National Trust recently made the details of over 700,000 of the objects in their care available online for the first time. I quick search for objects around Birmingham reveals 1,350 items, a fair few of them with accompanying pictures. You can check out the online collection at nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. If anyone spots anything particularly good in there, … [Read more…]
Secret Admirer puts interviews with bands, mainly from around Birmingham and the West Mids, on her blog. I was just at the This Is Tomorrow gig the other night at the Hare & Hounds, so the Matt Beck interview and Silver Souvenirs made for good reading. Is anyone else out there blogging about Birmingham’s music scene? The … [Read more…]
It was good to see this list of favourite sites from BCT’s Leigh Walker. I’d not heard of a single one of them before so I’ll link them up from here too: Photo by D J Norton Old Maps Austin Memories A History of Birmingham places and Placenames The Lapal Canal Project Head over to … [Read more…]
Twitter / @TheCBSO: Big congratulations to our … Congrats to Paul Keene from THSH who won Concert Hall Manager of the Year at the Association of British Orchestras Awards Dine Birmingham survey A quick survey for Dine Birmingham with the chance to win £30 off a Valentine’s Day meal Poets’ Place “an informal gathering of … [Read more…]
The Oasis Radio has been up and running since Monday and is broadcasting until 27 January. It’s broadcasting from Birmingham City University and is being played out in the Oasis shopping centre and online. It’s mainly music and such, but they’ve also put together quite a decent short documentary about the history of the place … [Read more…]
Papergirl Birmingham has teamed up with billboard art project 48Sheet.