Author: Pete Ashton

Demolition

From willgrant Photos are posted here from the Birmingham Flickr community. Click on the image for more details.

Johnny Foreigner’s tour diary

Johnny Foreigner kept a diary for Drowned in Sound. Here’s a day picked at random. February 14 Glasgow, King Tut’s. We play Frisbee and listen to Joan of Arc really loud in the car park as the sun sets. Fucking hippies. The venue cooks us (the lowly £50 show support act) a three-course meal. ARE … [Read more…]

Bearded Four

If you haven’t already, go download issue 4 of Bearded magazine as a free PDF. Inside you’ll find a load of good stuff including a four page overview of Birmingham’s music scene.

Black + White = Blues

This month Gary Corbett has had a photography exhibition at the Central Library Gallery of his photographs from Rush Hour Blues which he’s been shooting with great consistency for years now. You can see the whole lot in this Flickr collection and it was only a matter of time before something physical came of it. … [Read more…]

Shaping the City book

Birmingham: Shaping the City is a new book published by RIBA about our fair city written by Ben Flatman after years of research. The photographic editor was Craig Holmes who took photos at the launch night. Here’s the blurb: “Birmingham: Shaping the City” is an authoritative and objective assessment of the redevelopment and regeneration of … [Read more…]

Printmakers Reopens

Over the last few months Birmingham Printmakers have been relocating from the old Birmingham Artists building on Lee Bank to their new home at 90 Floodgate Street, Digbeth. The move has been documented by BPM member and technician Phil Wilkinson over January and February who also informs us the grand opening will take place on … [Read more…]

Through the taxi window

From abrinsky Photos are posted here from the Birmingham Flickr community. Click on the image for more details. A bit of context