FotS remixes

Friends of the Stars have been leaking out tracks of theirs for free download on their blog. The current one is from their remix CD which accompanies the Lighting and Electrical album. Have a listen to the L&R Woodcutter Fabulous Remix of Sharpening a Blade… [audio:http://www.friendsofthestars.co.uk/audio/Sharp_remix.mp3] … and then go read all about it and … [Read more…]

Dunc on Flyering

The second of Autumn Store Dunc’s guides to putting on a DIY gig or club night is up, this time on the art of flyering and it’s a damn good one. The humble flyer is still the most important bit of paper in the independent promoters arsenal. Posters can be too easily ignored, but putting … [Read more…]

Iron Man on Last.FM

Mark Badger of Iron Man Records has uploaded loads of tracks to Last.FM from various artists on his label. Here’s the full list and, because I can, there’s the widget. Hit the big Play button. What’s interesting about Last.FM is the music isn’t available to download, just to stream, but people can embed stuff like … [Read more…]

Flickr Sunday

An irregular look through the the Birmingham Flickr pool. from suselstahl from Garry Corbett from Homer Simpsons Donut from Jon Iles

4Talent bits and bobs

Cat Bray of 4Talent West Midlands sent through some links to new stuff on their site. 4Talent looks ahead to Reggae event BrumFest this Saturday with Moseley boys Jam Jah. The first in a series of 4Talent inspiration sessions podcasts going out every Wednesday for six weeks is onsite. This week we’re hearing about animation … [Read more…]

CiB Open Mic Month

I’m going away over Xmas – spending a month with family in New Zealand – which means my bloggery will suffer but quite frankly I need a holiday. I’ll still be checking in but only once or twice a week at most. Since the arts / culture / etc world slacks off big time over … [Read more…]

Bearded Recruitment

Bearded Magazine is recruiting, specifically for an Advertising Manager and Marketing Manager. All interested should follow that link.