New Media 4Cast the fifth

The fifth and final edition of Antonio Gould’s New Media 4Casts is online covering how engaging with the blogging community can help creative types reach new customers across the world. The core example, which I’d encourage you to check out, is Emily Malcom’s Black Apple blog. Subscribe on the site or listen here: [audio:http://www.channel4.com/4talent/media/midlands/new_media/audio/socialmedia4cast.mp3]

links for 2008-02-11

The Drawings on the Wall Radio 4 series looking at connections between ancient rock art and modern graffiti. Birmingham connection is contributions from our own Mohammed Ali (tags: graffiti) Bachdenkel “Bachdenkel were a psychedelic rock band from south Birmingham, who Rolling Stone called ‘Britain’s Greatest Unknown Group’” explains D’log (tags: Bachdenkel music dlog) Nick Broomfield … [Read more…]

The Public

The website for Public Gallery, to be housed within West Brom’s The Public building, has gone online signaling the first sign of life for this long troubled project. The building will finally open this summer and, thanks as ever to D’log’s pointers, I’ve been looking into what’s going to happen there. The best resource currently … [Read more…]

links for 2008-02-10

Retail Birmigham A new website for the central Brum Business Improvement District, built by 383. BiNS has commentary. (tags: website birmingham 383 bid internet) Khaliq (Acoustic / Alternative / Rock) MySpace profile (tags: myspace khaliq music) Anthony Herron reports from MIDEM 2008 Promises more posts to come. (tags: midem music blogs) Brumcast 86 ‘Viva La … [Read more…]

Step

Step is the art show currently running at Crowd6 in Bearwood. Charlie Levine will be curating the first three shows in her Step series, an ongoing exploration of the ideal way to present art. The show takes a strong standpoint on the perfect way to see a piece of art, and there are a few … [Read more…]

Cinemaphonic: Black Galaxy – Photon Hex

One of the criteria for an event to make it onto this blog (as opposed to my personal hopelessly prejudiced gig guide) is that it looks to be rather strange and unique. This, sent in by Nic Bullen of Monium, just about fits that bill. Experimental image meets live sound in an exploration of representation … [Read more…]