Misc

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

If you’re at all interested in what this blog (along with Jon at BiNS, Nick at Podnosh, Adrian at The Stirrer and others) is trying to achieve you really should put aside half an hour to listen to this interview with Simon St. Laurent who’s been running an ultra-local blog, Living in Dryden, in the … [Read more…]

Here’s the cover for issue 32 of Fused, the arts and culture mag produced in Birmingham. You can pick it up for free in the usual arts venues in the city, buy it from enlightened magazine stands nationwide or by mail order and read most of the articles online.

Sign up for the 4Talent Midlands Mailout – “your bi-monthly fix of exciting talent, creative events and opportunities.” Be an Artsfest volunteer. You get a groovy t-shirt and everything! Birmingham Post reports on the Midas chart thing with quotes from the chart company. ta Jon. Also in the Post, a report on Suzie Norton starting … [Read more…]

Here’s the cover to Clutter issue 11, due out in a few weeks. Clutter was the first English language magazine to concentrate on the designer toy phenomenon and is produced by Miranda O’Brien & Nick Carroll in Uttoxeter. Which is close enough for my purposes. They were part of Ten4’s Creative Class 2006/7 and there’s … [Read more…]

Rescheduled for next week, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. I’m wondering what sort of weather conditions they’re waiting for, and if we actually get such conditions in Birmingham. [Update to the Update (6.5?): Helga for Fierce has left loads of useful info in the comments along with contact details if you want to be informed when … [Read more…]

Just the other day we were wondering what the hell was happening with the promotion of Artsfest this year. Turns out there is a campaign but it was all kept under wraps until last night when Feel The Heat was launched at the Jam House. (I managed to blag an invite but my thoughts on … [Read more…]

Lots to catch up on. I’ll try and space it out a bit. Birmingham Words wonders why Artsfest doesn’t get more press outside Birmingham. To which I would add, why doesn’t it get more press inside Birmingham. Nobody I know outside the arts world knows it exists. In a move I’d like to see more … [Read more…]