Monthly Archives: September 2008

ArtsFest mapped

The Artsfest programme isn’t easy to search, and the venue map isn’t comprehensive – so with the help of LiveBrum’s by venue and day split-up of the listings I’ve started this Google map of the whats and wheres (the whens – apart from by day – proving just too much effort): View Larger Map It’s open to editing and improvement by all – go see.

The Evening Mail report with inordinate glee about a extra ‘l’ in a road sign pointing to St Philip’s Cathedral: “Council chiefs were left red-faced today after admitting that roadside signs directing drivers to the Cathedral Church of St Philip had been mis-spelt. The authority accepted an extra L had crept into a number of signs around the city centre, despite the presence of a large Church of England sign mounted outside the cathedral giving the correct spelling.” Well the church sign is tiny, I doubt the road sign was produced on the spot, and it’s always a bit dodgy to cry horror at a typo – especialy when you don’t notice the absense of the possesive apostrophe on the names of both churches on the sign you were moaning about. Come on Mail, you could have had two demoninations gving handwringing quotes.

Artsfest Programme Live

At last

I’ve just met a girl named Maria

Fritz Lang’s 1927 film Metropolis is set in “the extraordinary Gothic skyscrapers of a corporate city-state, the Metropolis of the title. Society has been divided into two rigid groups: one of planners or thinkers, who live high above the earth in luxury, and another of workers who live underground toiling to sustain the lives of the privileged. ” Birmingham 2008 has parallels according to this clip on the ol’ YouTubes: (Spotted on it’s way through the “river of Brum” on upyerbrum.com)

Tommy Steele moves one step closer to plan

Brasso is looking a shade or two lighter today: Photo from the Mail Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

Now we see why airlines want to sponsor the Brum Beach

It makes British holidays seem very unattractive. Only in the UK, originally uploaded by Paul Tomlins.

Bostin Heroes is a new comic strip that is forged from the Black Country brain of Donarto Esposito. Featuring a sort of fantastic four that are out to “save the world, starting with Wolverhampton”. Looks nice, but I’m no cartoon expert, here’s an introductory vid so you can make your own minds up: Lovely bit of ephemera for the “50 years of Bostin Heroes” retrospective, You Tube’s related videos algorithm assumes that Bostin is a typo and presents you with clips all about the heroes of Boston: Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

Gigbeth announced – Things can only get better

As far as I know only rap granddaddies The Sugarhill Gang are confirmed for Gigbeth 2008, but the facebook group brings rumours of… Argh! Maybe Peter Cunnah will be able to tell us what they’ve been up to, and how he’s stopped doing their big hit (please) as it’s tainted with Tony Blair. Gigbeth 2008 is going on on the Friday 7th and Saturday 8th November throughout Digbeth — 10 venues across the weekend and a outdoor stage at Millennium Point. Tickets are priced at £15 for Friday, £18 for Saturday, or £25 for the entire weekend, available now from (0121) 202 5000, but we’re betting more widespread soon. Last year was brill, we really enjoyed it. Hope to do a myspace marathon with the line-up soon.

Campaign launched to save Friends Institute in Birmingham – Post

"Moseley blogger Barnard Hobbit, who is organising a campaign to save the Institute on the social networking site Facebook, said: “Its days seem to be numbered and when boarded up and vandalised this will no doubt be the nail in the coffin of yet another historic Birmingham building.” Barnard has a blog?

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Monthly Archives: September 2008

ArtsFest mapped

Journalists in glass houses

Artsfest Programme Live

I’ve just met a girl named Maria

Tommy Steele moves one step closer to plan

Now we see why airlines want to sponsor the Brum Beach

The ink is black, the page is white

Gigbeth announced – Things can only get better

Campaign launched to save Friends Institute in Birmingham – Post

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