There was a bit of Dave Harte’s Birmingham’s Creative Industries – the ‘business case’ post that really caught my eye – something that I hadn’t noticed/thought about before. First the set-up: I think this position [that creative industries need handouts] comes from the confusion of thinking that the subsidised Arts sector has much to do … [Read more…]
Birmingham: British rock’s forgotten city? Louis Pattison at The Guardian Music blog chews the fat over the city’s musical heritage and starts debate a plenty with statements like ‘Birmingham, however, is not a music city’, and comparing Brum to the swaggering ‘Madchester’. D’log – Handsworth Songs The excellent 60-minute film Handsworth Songs (John Akomfrah & … [Read more…]
Voting for the Weblog awards now over. Yes, the polls are closed and thanks to huge support CiB received the most votes in the Best UK Blog category. The winners are not officially announced until tomorrow, but whilst waiting you can go explore some of the nearly 500 finalist blogs in the 48 categories. The … [Read more…]
A good idea from D’log this afternoon – with the announcement that the Icknield Port development is being put on hold, he wonders: if this represents an opportunity for artists to present a series of temporary large works on the cleared site? It’d be more exciting than the actual proposed plan for the area which … [Read more…]