Bad news from Friction Arts – with the builders due to arrive in a fortnight to start work on the refurb of The Edge Lee, their operations coordinator, has trapped a nerve in his back. With prep work to do that’s a bit of a disaster so they’re asking for a hand: We need some … [Read more…]
Little Chris is back after Brumcast‘s summer break. Here’s the tracklisting: Royal Gala – Rich Girl (5:35) Miss Halliwell – Doggers Dog (LIVE) (4:24) All Hail the Ruin – Vultures (3:57) The Mallory Heart – Death Stars Casino (3:50) The Vinegarstroke – Hide and Seek (3:13) March of the Union – Cult Stickers (6:20) The … [Read more…]
Script are a registered charity based in the Custard Factory and are: dedicated to developing and promoting new dramatic writing in the West Midlands For their new project they’re: inviting writers to submit a short (10 minute) play in response to the “Beijing Map Games†exhibition at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Images from the … [Read more…]
This is a lovely example of how to use that free online stuff (call it blogging, Twittering, social media if you like) to drum up interest in your work. Twitter is a micro-blogging service. Smile is a creative consultancy. Smile don’t have a blog as such but they have a Twitter account and a Smile … [Read more…]
Two meet-ups on Thursday 25 Sept at TIC, Millennium Point (and the last Thursday of every month, come to mention it). From 4-6pm there’s the Birmingham Music Network with a networking event for the city’s music-related peoples: The Birmingham branch of Musicians Union will be supplying luxury chocolate biscuits and good coffee for all. There’s … [Read more…]
On Birmingham Counterculture, a blog started just before the weekend, Mr/Miss/Mrs/Ms B promises to: raise issues, concerns and/or promote countercultural events and activities in and around Birmingham. Why this has to be done as “a slap in the face to mainstream cultural developments” (which are to be demoted) isn’t yet clear but then I’m a … [Read more…]
The dust has hardly settled on last weekend’s excellent Project X Presents and many of the folk involved are already gearing up for ‘Celebrate Birmingham’s Underground’, a: 12 hour beach and warehouse celebration of our brummie underground scene In an era of big headliners, its easy to forget the people who make it all happen, … [Read more…]
Digbeth is Good – Sunday Xpress open mic and dangling Quoting the organisers – “open mic session this Sunday at the Adam & Eve, Bradford Street, Digbeth. Free entry, free roast potatoes, free arts & crafts, free junk stall, free entertainment, we’ll even give you some free advice if you ask for it. We are … [Read more…]