Monthly Archives: January 2007

Great Barr house – used as niteklub

fruit machines, a bar, a glitter ball and a steam room powered by paint strippers. is it up for sale? has anyone been?

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ride ‘em cowboy

worth clicking on this link to Nick Owen’s blog – just to see him all cowboy’d up…

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Gigbeth – coming soon

and they’re after bands to play at this wide-ranging festival. (via)

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you can’t whack a bit of showbiz

you can’t whack a bit of showbiz

Frank Sidebottom wow’d the Jug this evening. you know he did, he really did. variety is back, indeed.

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the academy might not be closing as soon as we think

the academy might not be closing as soon as we think conformation comes from ‘the cumberland news’, which is bizarely reporting that a fella from the area has got the job managing the Academy in Brum. young baldy there wouldn’t of taken the job if it was only for a year or so surely.

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blues win european cup

blues win european cup according to the new club diary – spin worthy of tony blair.

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hello me old pal, me old beauty

hello me old pal, me old beauty you might know that The Archers is made in Brum – there’s documentary about it on BBC Four, Fri 12 Jan, which features some nice shots of old Birmingham as backdrops. And the story behind what Ruth’s up to as well.

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