Birmingham: It's Not Shit

Honours, even

Andy Raphael Thomas Hamilton, [link edited, thanks] local Jazz legend has been given an MBE for services to music in the city as has Amajit Talwar Chief Executive of Punch Records. A former lecturer at South Birmingham College, a ward sister from Sandwell Hospital, a Doctor from Balsall Heath and Julie Walters are also amongst the Brum-related honours. All nice worthy winners of the Royalist awards – there are a few more local ones too.

To get past the main Kylie and Parky awards I read the entire honours list – it’s fascinating, and it’s obvious that lots of people working hard for their communities across Britain – each award is given a reason as well as listing the occupation of the recipient. Kylie is a singer btw, but my absolute favourite was an MBE given for services to hairdressing. What a tease.

The Vale’s not shit

Vale Mail is a fairly new (online at least) newspaper for residents of Castle Vale. They don’t quite get us, I don’t think, but we like them.

Old Queen

BiNS Christmas Message on YouTube

Bins Advent 07 – Dec 24th – Merry Christmas Everybody

See all of the advent calendar here. Don’t forget our 2008 Calendar – now on saleAnd tune in for the BiNS Christmas Message tomorrow at 3pm, don’t be doing with that HM The Queen nonsense.

“This is the dawning of the age of furniture rock”

Envy & Other Sins  won a public vote to be crowned champions of T4’s mobileAct unsigned show

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BiNS Advent Calendar 07 – Dec 23rd – Snow Bath

Floozy in the snow, originally uploaded by bounder.

See all of the advent calendar here. Don’t forget our 2008 Calendar – now on sale

Vernon Burgess Christmas Special

He’s no Condori, but “Vernon off Skint” – Brum’s most famous Big Issue seller – has designs on becoming a busker. Catch his Christmas special on the Beeb’s new streaming TV thingy.

BiNS Advent Calendar 07 – Dec 22nd – Town Hall

Christmas In Brum II, originally uploaded by stephenpaul.

See all of the advent calendar here. Don’t forget our 2008 Calendar – now on sale

BiNS Advent Calendar 07 – Dec 21st – LOLMAS

SANTA, originally uploaded by loldeirdre.

See all of the advent calendar here. Don’t forget our 2008 Calendar – now on sale

End of the Year show

by Jon Bounds December 21st, 2007 1:06 am

I’ve spent a nostalgic evening compiling the BiNS 2007 review of the year – which you will find reviewing the year, here.

In other, year in review type cliches I’ll mention at this point that BiNS will be going head to head with HM The Queen on December the 25th – tune in at 3pm to see our Christmas message to Birmingham, it’s Commonwealth and Dominions (or Bearwood as it’s known). Annus Horribilis jokes guaranteed.