Some will be pleased, some will vomit, some will think it's not such a bad choice even if they don't really like them. Some will wonder where the heck a 'Centenary Square Stage' is going to go.

Would of been able to tell you sooner but the Artsfest blog has no RSS feed and the Twitter is unresponsive (and piped from Facebook).

Listen to the latest from BiNS’s radio show The Big Paws:

Including Morrissey’s thoughts on cocks:

The Big Paws is live every Saturday at 8am on Rhubarb Radio.

"From Thursday, VIVID present a new multi-screen video installation by Karin Kihlberg & Reuben Henry. In a series of tracking shots, the multiple screens show a journey through the empty Brutalist space of Birmingham Central Library."

Pointed out on Twitter over the weekend is that the opening titles of Childrens’ ITV ‘classic’ Woof! (plot: boy turns into dog at inopportune moments — Billy’s Boots with more fleas) are set in luscious King’s Heath.

The dog wanders down the High Street and surprises a vicar who’s hanging around the toilets on the corner of Vicarage Road. Also the setting for this classic bit of filming.

i've just heard that Kojak's famous visit to town is being restored and cleaned up for HD and a showing on Sky Arts in December. Only five months until we can see the "multi-carriageway motorway" and dally in Dale End all future. More news as and when, until then enjoy the standard (or lower) definition version:

Cllr Philip Parkin points out a proposal and consultation on shifts of power around Birmingham City Council… with possibly more power centralised:

"civic pride in its theatres, galleries, concert halls, conservatoire and ballet company has to contend with the Brummie accent, associated with stodginess and despondency. When pigs feature in British TV commercials, they tend to speak Brummie."

Pigs? where?

Good piece by Jon Walker. We'll never know the real reasons behind the choice I shouldn't think, but I do think it's been a worthwhile bidding exercise this time.