Following on from Alex’s post about Ikon Eastside closing, let me pile on the joy by presenting a few other things that aren’t going to be around so much. Birmingham City Council At least not as we know it. More Canals Than Venice Annabel has said that, needing to prioritise paying work, she’s changing her approach … [Read more…]
Excuse the preponderance of Digbeth, but: Goldie does Diggers « As One Arts ‘Diggers’? compliment sandwich From this bio on their Twitter account, compliment sandwich is the “Podcast by the people who brought you juneau projects (Ben Sadler & Phil Duckworth)” Digbeth is Good » For What? Nicky spots the link Digbeth is Good » … [Read more…]
Today, Alex and I are at the City As A Platform event, organised by Screen WM and taking place at Aston University Business School and Conference Centre. Building on the City as a Platform event that took place during the Conservative Party Conference 2010, this full day of panels and breakout sessions will explore these … [Read more…]
If Birmingham City Council meetings were televised… Not strictly arts/culture related, but if you only click one of these links, click this one. Includes chicken dancing, physical abuse of the Respect Party and what gold dealers in the city can be like Why are Birmingham’s Hackers letting FizzPop die? Thanks to a bit of nudging … [Read more…]
I’ve been invited to meet Jeremy Hunt MP (or The Secretary of State for Culture, the Olympics, Media and Sport, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP to give him his full name) later today. The email said: The meeting will give the Secretary of State the opportunity to discuss his plans for local TV with you, as well … [Read more…]
From an interview with Earth (who’ve played Supersonic) on Pitchfork. Talking about Black Sabbath: Pitchfork: Have you ever had any kind of personal interaction with any of the Sabbath people? Dylan Carlson, Earth: No. Sabbath is from Birmingham, England and Tony Iommi supposedly came to a festival we played there once, but I didn’t actually … [Read more…]
Robots Creative do digital video production and post production. I first came across them when I saw they’d signed up to Jobplot – I remember thinking “huh, nice logo” or something equally profound. Anyway, for reasons that completely escape me now, I followed a link to a video on co-founder Mat Cooper’s Vimeo account the … [Read more…]
Want to write something on CiB? We get plenty of emails from people wanting to contribute to the blog but the answer’s always the same – put that stuff on your own blog and perhaps we’ll link to it. Mainly that’s because CiB’s always been about encouraging others to have their own outlets for expression. … [Read more…]