The Birmingham St Patrick’s Festival has a new website, proudly launched last month. Given that this represents one of the major cultural celebrations in the city, one which has been claimed to be one of the largest outside of New York (if I remember rightly) I’d be interested to hear what you all think.
A chat with Mike Johnston 23 minute audio interview with Mike in Mono from 2005 (tags: mikeinmono interview music bbc) Beholder’s Eye: Gorgeous, Gorgeous and Gorgeous Deb the gardener goes to the Tim Maguire show at the Ikon and reports at length. via D’log. (tags: ikon art blogs reviews via:dlog) Chris Unitt A live music … [Read more…]
Another of Kate Beatty‘s portraits of local creatives has surfaced, this time of the Mama Feel Good DJs, Bobbalin’ Hot and Sister 45. Set of 4 here.
A film by Scott Johnston and Pram. Filmed around Highbury Hall and Moseley Private Park, according to About My Area. via Jez
Spaghetti Gazetti: Introducing new children’s author Michelle Gannon “The story is about a young boy called Michael and a Wizard called Woll which stands for Wizard Of Love and Laughter.” (tags: literature publishing) Gay Birmingham Remembered The Gay Birmingham History Project was formally launched on Thursday. Love the Bull icon. (tags: gay birmingham history) Pedro … [Read more…]
The first wave of acts confirmed for this year’s Supersonic festival in the Custard Factory have been announced by Capsule. Taking place over three days rather than the usual two the headliners are Battles and Harvey Milk along with the usual eclectic mix of the experimental and the heavy. Here’s the full list. Not heard … [Read more…]
Some interesting fashion related stuff is establishing itself in Millennium Point right now with Matthew Boulton College‘s Feed Studio hosting the finals of the PIN competition. From the press release: Matthew Boulton College celebrated the launch of their two brand new specialist design studios, ‘FEED Studio’ and ‘Fashion Lab’ situated at Millennium Point with a … [Read more…]
Insectoid, a collective that’s been creeping into my consciousness of late. Here’s one of their tunes, Giant Termite Queen: [audio:http://404corporate.net/insectoid/insectoid2.mp3] Coming out of the a.a.s. group their members include Ana Milgram and Antonio Roberts, the latter of whom gives the game away in this post. It seems they’ve been active for at least 18 months … [Read more…]