Misc

Marc Reck has a bunch of photos from La Traviata from the performance and the after-show party. Not a huge number of blog posts found so far. Marc Reck (with photos) Nadeem Shabir (with photos) Andy Pryke Charlotte Carey The Stirrer Birmingham Post review Any more, leave a link in the comments.

Stef Lewandowski posted this last night but I’ve been holding off writing about it while I get my head around what it might mean. In short he’s involved in a city-wide ideas project. I was invited to be part of what the consultants, Urban Initiatives, who are running the project are terming the ‘City Team’ … [Read more…]

Since it touches numerous geek bases at once it’s not too surprising that videos of the Pacman Plus game from the Plus+ festival are something of a hit on YouTube. The above made it to the YouTube front page, hence all the retarded comments. Sigh…

Birmingham based cartoonist Laura Howell has a new strip starting in The Beano this week, Johnny Bean: She talked about the creation a bit on her blog which is worth following if you’re of the budding cartoonist persuasion and her site has loads of examples of her work.

The second issue of locally produced magazine Bearded hits the streets on October 29th with a Misty’s Big Adventure interview and a cover by ZeroTen You can download a PDF copy for free from the site or pick it up from these outlets.

I don’t write this merely to plug Pete’s Birmingham Gig Guide. While I hope some of you will check it out and follow my tips I also hope some of you will take a look, decide I’m an idiot with my stupid tastes and start your own. Or something inbetween. My thinking for starting this … [Read more…]

Just came across Klunk.org, a collective blog that, while not explicitly Birmingham-centric appears to be based here. This website is the place to find information about the Klunk Kollective. Which basically is a bunch of like minded folks interested in creating digital media. My name is Gary Judge (aka Arcade) and I am the founding … [Read more…]