Top Girls at the Crescent has a weblog Another blog detailing the production of a play there. Very interesting. I’d suggest The Crescent get one blog and run all of these on it myself. via RussL (tags: topgirls theatre blogs crescent via:russl) Nooo, they be stealin’ mah Beckett! Russ L reviews Paul Bamborough’s Waitress For … [Read more…]
More great photos from the Outcrowd Collective’s archives, this time from their installation for the Flatpack Festival in the back room of the Jug of Ale (commissioned, as noted in the comments, by Capsule). Apparently it might still be there.
Whoa! It’s like looking in a mirror! The Birmingham Music Network, managed by Mark Badger of Iron Man Records and others, has a new blog inspired by Created in Birmingham apparently, right down to using the same theme. Which kinda gives the game away on how I made this blog look like it does. But … [Read more…]
Craig Holmes’ book A New Birmingham which sold out of it’s initial run last year available from the publisher presumably on a print-on-demand basis. There’s a 16 page PDF preview too.
I think this counts as some kind of artwork. Jon Bounds has an iPhone which picks up WiFi networks as he walks around Birmingham. He’s been making notes of their names and created this piece of digital folk art. Or something. Bigger here or as a poster. I note he hasn’t been past my flat…
Chris Unitt is attending the Punch Records Music Marketing course and blogging his notes. (tags: punch marketing music training funding) Lots Of Things To See And Do In The West Midlands: March 2008 Russ L’s monthly roundup is as essential as ever and particularly notable for the use of the word “blettum”. Many have tried … [Read more…]
Creative Britain: New Talents for the New Economy – The Digested Read Another gem from Dave Harte. Contains such observations as “Kids are great and way more talented than grown-ups. But they don’t get enough culture and are a bit fat.” (tags: digestedread daveharte report government) Birmingham FlashMob Applaud a Shopper (YouTube) I report on … [Read more…]
On the plus side we’ll all be able to track the culture articles on the Birmingham Post’s website much easier when their new site launches next week. On the downside that means these links will probably be broken next week. Ah well. Here’s my picks from the last fortnight or so. A director who lets … [Read more…]