Clare Edwards: “I have often wondered if CBSO concerts would be more enjoyed by some of the audience if they had an area where they could dance or at least move along to the music.” God YES! Howabout an experimental concert at the Town Hall without seating?
The Birmingham Post is to get a new website next year. We know this because journalist Joana Geary has put in a request on her blog asking what people want from the new site so she can feed this into the design process. Which, I have to say, is a damn refreshing way to go … [Read more…]
Councilor Martin Mullaney interviews graffiti artist Rob Elliott, aka Juice 126, specifically about the Selly Oak graffiti park where he worked in the 80s and 90s. via Mullaney @ The Stirrer
The Pub Conversations event about studio space provision for artists in Birmingham has proved too popular for the Lamp Tavern and will be relocated to Vivid on Heath Mill Lane (and presumably renamed “Warehouse Conversations”). The date remains the same: Tuesday 4th December at 7.30pm Some observations: The topic is obviously a hot button issue. … [Read more…]
Pram are on the front cover of The Wire this month. Sadly the article isn’t online but they have made an mp3 available, “an unreleased instrumental soundtrack to the short film Electric Séance directed by Scott Johnston of filmficciones and produced as part of the 2006 Photophonic Experiment“. via Feuilleton
The Stirrer interviews Councilor Ray Hassall about the future of Artsfest, the new bi-annual Dance Festival and an “embryonic” bi-annual music festival to complement it. Your thoughts?
A film by WebsterGotts as part of the current show at Crowd 6 in, yes, Bearwood. It runs until December 9th. via JRD168
Heeeere’s Brumcast #77. [audio:http://ipodnetworks.com/podcast/363/2015_hifi.mp3]