Random posts that don’t fit anywhere else.
More bad jobs news. Channel 4 have announed that the 4Talent Networks teams, including those at the Birmingham hub, ‘won’t be around‘ in 2009. We’re told that: under new management channel4.com/4talent will at least continue but whether they can maintain the impeccable standards set by Nick Carson, Helen Byrne and Catherine Bray is another matter.
This is the CiB mantelpiece and here are some cards: Boxer Design Supercool Clusta Audiences Central Fused (click for mixtape) Substrakt S&X Creative Republic Creative Republic – Christmas 2009 from Created in Birmingham on Vimeo. Fierce Made Media Aston Villa Capsule Creative Alliance Advent calendars 383 Project Birmingham: it’s Not Shit Presents Birmingham Jazz – … [Read more…]
Thanks to Amy (aka Sister 45 of Mama Feel Good fame) for kicking me in the direction of Birmingham’s cycling culture. Spinwell is a blog dedicated to fixed wheel/single speed cycling, the writer is Blacksmile and he covers the scene’s bikes, fashion, art and all that sort of goodness. It’s also worth mentioning Fix Up … [Read more…]
Creative Republic’s masterclass with Michael Wolff happened a few weeks ago – here’s a video of what happened: Also, if you’re at a loose end tonight, come along to the Creative Republic Christmas bash at Kerrang Radio, starting at 6.30pm.
Wrote Under (“Birmingham’s only non-for-profit multimedia publishing co-operative”) have a couple more events to trumpet. First up, on Sunday 14 Dec from 3pm til late they’ve got their ‘anything goes’ open mic night at The Adam And Eve in Digbeth. Expect music, spoken word, comedy… pretty much anything of that ilk. Then every other Friday … [Read more…]
I mentioned a few weeks back that it’d be nice to know of a few people blogging about jewellery in Birmingham. Here’s what I’ve got so far: Jewellery Quarter – the newly launched site has a blog which Andy Munro (of the JQ Regeneration Partnership) and David Louis will be contributing to. David says: I … [Read more…]
The Undercurrent is: several voices from Birmingham’s Creative Community, with disciplines spanning Music to Design, Photography to Fine Art, collectively exploring the idea of an online magazine in the form of a blog… Many authors, bringing their own fresh perspectives… Those authors include 7 Inch Cinema, Capsule, Geoffrey Dolman, Lucy McLauchlan and Surely? At the … [Read more…]
Worth reproducing this email from John Tighe of The Spotted Dog: Kent Davis of The Rainbow has asked for help in support of two retrospective planning applications for the Rainbow Warehouse. These are for premises that are already up and running, licensed and to quote the local police “run in an exemplary mannerâ€. Kent’s problem … [Read more…]