Now here’s a thing: Located in the heart of Digbeth, PST offers the best in Birmingham’s underground music scene. The first of a new breed of members-only clubs, PST promises a truly inclusive atmosphere from an exclusive club. Address is 71 Lombard St, Birmingham B12 0QU and the official opening is this weekend (30 October). … [Read more…]
AE Harris, a lovely venue that I’ve seen put to all manner of uses over the past couple of years, is staying open for another two years. That’s good news.
You know the deal by now. I witter on about cuts to arts funding and make up for it all with a picture of a bunny at the end. Only this time it’s a video. Now, the good thing about writing this twelve hours after today’s announcement is that everyone else has summarised, pontificated and … [Read more…]
Good work by Louis Hudson of Dice Productions fame. In his words: Last week BBC Comedy asked me to animate to a rap by the very clever Dan Bull to commemorate John Lennon’s 70th Birthday and a blue plaque unveiling. After working out how to avoid some massive copyright litigation parties, I smashed it out in about 3 … [Read more…]
I’m on an awful internet connection so haven’t hadn’t a chance to watch these videos, but I’m going to go ahead and post them anyway, such are the exacting standards of quality control I conform to. The blurb says: In 1998 a film crew spent a few weeks following an aspiring artist who had recently … [Read more…]
If you’re aged 25 or under and you like getting things for free then make haste to A Night Less Ordinary and see what tickets you can snaffle up. This scheme’s getting the chop soon, so take advantage while you still can. Round these parts The Drum, The Rep and Hippodrome have offers. Looking a … [Read more…]
From Suspect Packages: reppin’ Birmingham’s Eat Good Records,Try My Angle & Mud Fam crews, a fresh mixtape showcasing the one like RTillery/RTKal, entitled ‘The Pre-fix’ Download it here. (Via @homeofpolar)
These cuts will inevitably have a significant impact on the cultural life of the country For local info on what’s happening, birminghambudgetcuts.blogspot.com might be worth keeping an eye on. What do you make of it all?