Archive for December, 2008

So what happened in Birmingham in 2008? Did Mike Whitby sell Mr Egg to a passing Chinese tourist, did anyone find our how to get to Aston from Spaghetti Junction without driving halfway to Sutton and doing a U-turn? Twenty-four questions, two for each month will sort the saft from those as brainy as...
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So just what is it about the Birmingham Central Library that generates such loathing (and almost as as much passionate support)?
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The latest in the foolhardy Karen Strunks’s series of photo projects that happen at 4 o’clock in the morning around Brum — this one sees her take to Acock’s Green Bus Garage.
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You always get a bumper window for Christmas eve — so here’s Meg Mathews singing up a Christmas storm for you from Crossroads’ ’79 Xmas special. See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.
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See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.
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What if Noddy had decided to do a Easter song instead? See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.
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Bernard Cribbins voiceover: “Birmingham, Christmas 1973 – Grim. Roy Wood… mental.” See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.
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Ozzy: “I f-king hate Christmas.” See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.
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Not one of Jaspers’ best, this 12 days of xmas song. Doesn’t move much on stage either… See every entry in the BiNS 2008 Advent Calendar. Buy a 2009 Calendar for 365 days of Brum.
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