Random posts that don’t fit anywhere else.
Pop on over to Rhubarb Radio to check out the live stream for Birmingham’s newest radio station. For the time being you can’t listen through your web browser, but will need to use your media player of choice (iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp, whatevs). There are plenty more bits and pieces to come on the … [Read more…]
These are a series of short films (each around the 30 second mark) produced by the Eccentric City folks to celebrate their third year. There will be 24 in total, the first four are up on the Eccentric City YouTube account and also here: Episode 1: Episode 2: Episode 3: Episode 4: Stay tuned for … [Read more…]
<a href=”http://vtsc.info/en/publication/” mce_href=”http://vtsc.info/en/publication/”>optical communications</a>Capsule are after folks to volunteer their time to put together a ‘people’s archive’ celebrating Birmingham and the West Mids as the home of heavy metal: I spoke to Jenny from Capsule about this last week and she made the point that discussions about the Birmingham music scene (or lack of) tend … [Read more…]
A neat little item this – Tales of Creativity is a collection of video and written profiles of graduates from the various courses run from Screen Media Lab that hopes to give readers an insight into the everday reality of working in the creative industries. There are 18 profiles from a whole host of disciplines … [Read more…]
This is always good to see – following a discussion on the Film Birmingham forum, Rill Marchant and Rebecca Sloan are organising a pub meet-up on Saturday: If you’re interested/involved in any aspect of filmmaking or media come along and join us on Saturday 30th August 2008 from 5:30 pm at Lloyds Bar on Broad … [Read more…]
D’Log has spotted that the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery have been given some money by the DCMS/Wolfson Foundation Improvement Fund to develop new audiences. From the BBC: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery will spend its £300,000 grant on a new gallery telling the story of the city from medieval times to the present.
Another week, another MA show with a pleasingly cheap & cheerful approach to internet promotion. This time it’s the turn of BCU’s Jewellery, Silversmithing and Related Products MA Show 2008. This year the emphasis has been on extending the conventional boundaries of jewellery and silversmithing. 48 WEEKS… LATER demonstrates a variety of approaches to the … [Read more…]
Russell Hall (who has a blog too) is a freelance graphic designer in Birmingham. He’s been working on Speak Out – a free magazine for an equal opportunities company called Brap. Here’s the blurb: Every three months Speak Out will deliver a magazine packed with articles, stories, poems, photographs and comment, and to do this … [Read more…]