Stephen Duffy – Twenty Three Not a proper video, but a great song – and one my dad likes. It is father’s day. June is Birmingham Music Month, so get off your arses and talk Brum Music, make Brum Music, promote Brum Music, listen to Brum Music and have fun with Brum Music. BiNS is showcasing a Brummie Music vid every day in June, The Big Paws had a Brum Music Special (listen here) and you can do whatever you likes…
Danny Smith was writing lots of guides to Brum for the Itchy guide, last year. It never happened, so we present his guide to the past in a number of parts (see all the parts): Subside Fletchers Walk, Paradise Place, Birmingham, B3 3HJ. Tel: 0121 212 0211 The alternative “alternative” bar to Costers with a generally younger crowd, good if you like your music loud and shouty or want to take your parents for a drink in place they are guaranteed to feel uncomfortable. Decorated like a cheap gentleman’s rub club because it actually was a cheap gentleman’s rub club. The fairly cheap drinks, super late closing times, large number of event nights and convenient location make this a handy boozer to know. Sun – Tues and Thurs; 5pm – Midnight, Weds Fri and Sat; 5pm – 6am Maison Mayci Poplar road Kings heath Tel (That sound is me writing this while straining to avoid the easy French stereotype gags) French owned and themed café right in the heart of Kings Heath, purveyors of good coffee, semi-decent tea and tiny cakes that are so cute they’re guaranteed to make a woman’s voice raise several octaves to a pitch that...
Denim – Middle Of The Road June is Birmingham Music Month, so get off your arses and talk Brum Music, make Brum Music, promote Brum Music, listen to Brum Music and have fun with Brum Music. BiNS is showcasing a Brummie Music vid every day in June, The Big Paws had a Brum Music Special (listen here) and you can do whatever you likes…
As you should all know by now The Rainbow pub in Digbeth is fighting for survival as it’s been served with a noise abatement order. They’ve got tons of support (joining the Facebook Group is a painless way to do that, actually going is better) and held a meeting tonight. Landlord Kent Davis gave a speech that was impassioned enough to stand the cliché of being called an impassioned speech: Pete Ashton recorded it and shared it for all, so listen.
Michael Grimes tells us why we should go vist one of Brum's lesser known attractions.
The Blue Ox Babes – There’s No Deceiving You As played on The Big Paws special, as requested by Eightball, who’s just written a great blog post about his love of Dexys’. June is Birmingham Music Month, so get off your arses and talk Brum Music, make Brum Music, promote Brum Music, listen to Brum Music and have fun with Brum Music. BiNS is showcasing a Brummie Music vid every day in June, The Big Paws had a Brum Music Special (listen here) and you can do whatever you likes…
Lovely image of the “ingenious” water feature planned for the new park in Digbeth: Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Allowing brummies to walk on water, pretending to be Brian Clough. Really like the plan to have a new city centre park, and kudos to the council for going ahead without Lottery funding.
Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy – Kiss Me (1985) June is Birmingham Music Month, so get off your arses and talk Brum Music, make Brum Music, promote Brum Music, listen to Brum Music and have fun with Brum Music. BiNS is showcasing a Brummie Music vid every day in June, The Big Paws had a Brum Music Special (listen here) and you can do whatever you likes…
Great history of the QE & Selly Oak Hospitals work from the NHS itself. (Hat Tip Birmingham Post)
