from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera: View from the top of crane at new Library site — BrumCityCentre.com
Listen to the latest from BiNS’s radio show The Big Paws: With arts, culture news and music from local boys Gurdan Thomas, Black Market Empire and er Neil Young: The Big Paws is live every Saturday at 8am on Rhubarb Radio.
from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera: Boot Sale Sounds: Charlie Gillett – UB40: Undercurrents radio shows from 1981 with Charlie’s guests being UB40 and Joe Lung. Both talking about the independent music scene at the time. UB40 , who’s debut album was high in the charts chat about their influences and how they got started and play music from The Clash and Gregory Issacs etc. as well as featuring tracks from “Signing Off” which they made in a bedroom studio in Birmingham.
Long time since I’ve seen a Brum-related topic trend on Twitter, but a great pun-game today — Birmingham Film Remakes. Started I think by Gordon Eight8all. Here are some of the best I spotted: mandapops Howls Moving Castle Bromwich thecoldgun Toyah Story 3 mazzawoo Smilla’s Feeling for Snow Hill jaymeetee You’ve got Mailbox captjenny Charlie & The Custard Factory craigfots Things To Do In Deritend When You’re Ed Doolan RussL Three Colours: Rednal brumchick Oscott of the Antarctic drivelbunny Digbeth, the biggest dog in the World lpmorgado Raging Bullring siwhitehouse A Bout De South Yardley
Feature in the Post about the documentary Made In Birmingham: Reggae Punk Bhangra. I’ve seen this, it’s very very good.
from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera: “Anyone in the Birmingham area who wants to join a mod-psych band playing Vox Continental or Farfisa, let me know!” – Twitter / PJ Crittenden: Anyone in the Birmingham a …
A Press Release we can’t be bothered to rewrite, but that might interest you: The Reeperbahn Festival takes place in Hamburg, Germany between 23rd and 25th September. In association with festival sponsor Simple Shoes the organisers have been running an online competition for a place on the bill and Birmingham-based folk collective Gurdan Thomas have made it down to the final few. The band are signed to our label, Commercially Inviable Records, and will release their 3rd album, "The Fat Lady Sings", in September. A place on this bill would really help them (and us) promote their release. As part of the competition the band were asked to make a video, which they did, and this went live on the competition site today to mark the beginning of the final stage, which is a first-past-the-post vote. It would be great if you could spread the word via your sites and encourage Birmingham's online community to get behind the band. It only takes a moment to vote and the competition runs until 16th August. LINK TO VIDEO - if you want to embed it, please do so with our blessing. Most importantly, here's the LINK TO THE VOTING PAGE Permalink | Leave a comment »