‘Tweedeleededeedee, Sir Ru Barb and the Green Wolf‘ is the next project from The Destroyers and is an ‘urban folk opera written by Paul Murphy with a score by Frank Moon’. Set in no particular time this opera draws freely from past, present and future to create an upbeat cautionary tale for discerning audiences of … [Read more…]
Here are the Creative City Awards finalists, with thanks to Big Cat (who provided the list) and Dave Harte (who provided the links): The Regional Outstanding Business Development Award: Bubblequest Ltd Internet Arrow Digital Native Academy Ltd The Birmingham Outstanding Business Development Award: Electric Cinema Substrakt Limited (blog) Innovation Award: Adwords Expert Ltd LHM Media … [Read more…]
MeeNoKawaii (lit. Me Not Cute), also known as Annalise Francis, is an illustrator and animator who: takes inspiration from the Oriental and traditional children’s illustration amongst other things
Karoline Rerrie is an illustrator who makes art like this: She did the album covers for Matthew Herbert’s ‘Doctor Rockit’ project and has also developed a comic called ‘X-Rated Animal Hospital’ at nursepussy.com, a website which I imagine gets a lot of accidental visitors.
I met i heart joan at Plus+. I’m pretty sure she doesn’t live in Birmingham but she did make this so I’ll let her off:
Brummie of the Year 2008 – Nominations open BiNS are asking for your suggestions. The early frontrunner seems to be the (semi-anonymous) TWMDriver D’log – Flogging Brum “An overseas student recounts his first-time experience of visiting Birmingham”. There’s a 2nd post too. BMAG fares well, Think Tank less so. How to promote your night/gig/event online … [Read more…]
Birmingham Future (the city’s ‘voice of the young professionals’Â are having a medieval banquet-themed ball in Feb 09 and are looking for a budding designer to design their tickets and invitations. The winner won’t be paid for their hard work but they will get a bottle of champagne, a couple of tickets for the ball … [Read more…]
Dom from Tak (on tunes) and Chris from Prime Objective (on visuals) have both blogged about their involvement in Culture Jam 2 at The Rainbow on Saturday 14 Nov (tagline – bridging the gap between cultures through art and music. Chris says: some of the best Lithuanian hip hop acts in attendance, such as 3 … [Read more…]