Random posts that don’t fit anywhere else.
Lisa Capsule informed me that videos of Birmingham’s very own ZX Spectrum Orchestra from this year’s Sonar Festival in Spain were already on YouTube, so I went a’diggin. A brief BBC interview: The rather nice Baroque: 3:43 of Beepulator: There may well be more.
This weekend a few events are being staged around the city by BCU students doing MA’s in Event Management. First in my inbox was news of The Fresh Air Kite Workshop on Sat 21 June in Victoria Square: The workshop will aim to teach children how to put together their very own ‘almost guaranteed to … [Read more…]
Yeah, ok, no-one likes ‘networking’. Fine. How about going for a drink with some good people? Yes? Ok, well there’s a few things coming up. On Friday there’s Likemind, hosted by James from Supercool and Lucie from Saint Caffe at the latter’s cafe on St Pauls Square. Drop in any time between 8.30am and 10am … [Read more…]
Those that were wondering about Aldi’s involvement with Aerosolarabic‘s graffiti mural (mentioned here the other day) that overlooks the Aldi car park on the Stratford Road now have an answer. To quote the artist: Aldi are not keen on the Feed the Poor mural, as it overlooks their car park, and they feel its not … [Read more…]
Graffiti artist Mohammed Ali started work on this mural in the car park of Aldi on the Stratford Road, Sparkhill today and will be back down there at about 12pm tomorrow to finish it off. This is a message for all the traffic that mounts along this busy road, as well as all the buses. … [Read more…]
June’s Out Of Hours, the creative sector socialising shindig at the Light House in Wolverhampton, features a look at the work of Sarah Ray, a Birmingham-based illustrator who’ll be introducing her exhibition Good Day. Among many other things she’s been featured by 4Talent magazine (as per the pic) who will also be there to talk … [Read more…]
Falsify is a Birmingham-based freelance illustrator who works under the house name SA3S. He says: I specialise in illo’s for the music and entertainment industries and love everything dark and graphic with a hint of mayhem! Which, from the look of the work showcased on his new site (shop opening soon) means designing some pretty … [Read more…]
One of the least likely, up-and-coming gig venues in the city, St Paul’s Church in the Jewellery Quarter hosts the really rather wonderful Laura Marling on June 12 and, as part of Vivid‘s FLUX-FEST, Re:Flux on June 27. I’ve no idea how good the place is as a venue but I’ll be at the Laura … [Read more…]