Beautifully put by Jon over at Birmingham: It’s Not Shit: Fritz Lang’s 1927 film Metropolis is set in “the extraordinary Gothic skyscrapers of a corporate city-state, the Metropolis of the title. Society has been divided into two rigid groups: one of planners or thinkers, who live high above the earth in luxury, and another of … [Read more…]
With just (only just) over a week to go before Artsfest the programme of events has just been released on the website. With 500 or so events scheduled, picking through the programme isn’t easy but there is at least a ‘recommended’ section on the homepage. When I get a chance I’ll have a flick through … [Read more…]
Pop on over to Rhubarb Radio to check out the live stream for Birmingham’s newest radio station. For the time being you can’t listen through your web browser, but will need to use your media player of choice (iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp, whatevs). There are plenty more bits and pieces to come on the … [Read more…]
I’ve been feeling a bit off-colour the past couple of days, so apols for the lack of decent posting. If anything’s going to raise my spirits it’s the prospect of a sodding great whale and a huge robot both turning up in the city. It’s like Power Rangers or something. The former comes courtesy of … [Read more…]
The Birmingham Book Festival starts 1 October with a programme of events that will cover fiction, non-fiction and poetry, as well as a series of workshops and seminars. The festival ends on 24 October. There’s a few big names listed in the festival diary – the ones that stand out for me are Mark Thomas, … [Read more…]
Call and Return : ludogeography Nikki Pugh’s new project looks like being the Emergent Game writ large, although I’m wary about second-guessing this – one of the strategies is ‘take nothing for granted’, after all. Missions will be announced on 19 September but the time to sign up is now. Workshops will be taking place … [Read more…]
I’ve had a nice email from Sam about Bloco Louco, which I’ll let him tell you about: Bloco Louco is a samba band/community making some awesome music – arguably some of the best unamplified beats in the city. We were started with Lottery funding, and since that happened a year and a half ago we … [Read more…]
From 4 September to 19 October Ikon Eastside will present The Eternal Now: Warhol and Film ’63-’68, organised with the Warhol Museum, Pittsburg: Key films by Warhol and his collaborators are presented, from the earliest period of the Factory when Warhol announced he was no longer making painting Some of Warhol’s series of Screen Tests … [Read more…]